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Hm. nossy Send a noteboard - 23/04/2010 01:24:41 PM
Keeps showing up in lists. I don't feel like googling. Tell me why it's great and what it's aboot

I'm sure jh or shrike will be better able to tell you, but I can simply say that I love science and character/story-line development, and Robinson is very good at both. I'm sure I know nothing about what colonization of Mars would really entail, but Red Mars feels like you're reading what could actually happen, and about the personalities that would really be involved. Imo, that makes it better than typical sci-fi. It's just really well done.
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My real list. callandor1000 - 22/04/2010 03:36:11 PM 1048 Views
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authors? *NM* Aeryn - 23/04/2010 02:14:01 AM 526 Views
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This is difficult. nossy - 22/04/2010 06:51:00 PM 1135 Views
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on ode to engineering and world-building - the literal kind Aeryn - 23/04/2010 02:34:56 PM 1132 Views
Wow cool, thank you *NM* ironclad - 23/04/2010 03:29:49 PM 562 Views
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Re: Off the top of my head, I'd say these: GateKeeper - 23/04/2010 01:10:10 AM 1021 Views
A bit late... Vodalus - 30/04/2010 01:33:13 AM 1080 Views
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I'm about to start Anathem Brian - 23/04/2010 02:35:15 AM 1258 Views
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Alright I'll do the cutting for you. Aeryn - 23/04/2010 02:58:43 PM 1207 Views
Nice try. Tigr - 23/04/2010 03:08:58 PM 1166 Views
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