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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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authors? *NM* Aeryn - 23/04/2010 02:14:01 AM 533 Views
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Wow cool, thank you *NM* ironclad - 23/04/2010 03:29:49 PM 568 Views
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Re: Off the top of my head, I'd say these: GateKeeper - 23/04/2010 01:10:10 AM 1038 Views
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I'm about to start Anathem Brian - 23/04/2010 02:35:15 AM 1289 Views
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Nice try. Tigr - 23/04/2010 03:08:58 PM 1192 Views
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