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    03/10/09

    In reply to Download Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars For Free!
    Am I the only one out there who hates KSR's Mars trilogy? Apparently so.
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    03/10/09

    @meirelle wants an F-15: I hated 2/3 of it.
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    03/10/09

    In reply to Download Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars For Free!
    Another great selection is "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik. Basically the Napoleonic wars fought with an aerial corps composed of dragons. Another terrific series.
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    03/10/09

    @TheRealVeon: Those are really fun books. Exciting, and top-notch worldbuilding.
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    03/10/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: Fun and exciting, certainly--love me some dragons. I have to disagree with you on her world-building. It is rich and detailed but crazy implausible.


    If Western civilization had developed with air travel a thousand years before the Wright or Montgolfier brothers I really doubt it would parallel our history that closely. Science, navigation/exploration, and of course warfare would be drastically accelerated.

    I enjoy the Temeraire novels, but with a heaping dollop of disbelief in thorough suspension.

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    03/10/09

    In reply to Download Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars For Free!
    I have to add my voice with those that say stop after the first book.
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    03/11/09

    @Grey_Area: Is it one of those books like Dune, where the ending really makes you want to read the sequels? Or is it more like Ender's Game, where you can get the sense of having read a full story, and there's no real need to go on to read the rest of the series unless you're interested?
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    03/11/09

    @Adah: There's no real cliffhanger at the end of Red Mars. You may be curious as to what happens next, but like most readers I was disappointed that the sequels weren't as good.
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    03/10/09

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    Red Mars is imo the best in the series.
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    03/10/09

    @tibbie: absolutely. A really great book. I really loved the obsessive attention to detail in simply equipping and sending out the expedition. The next two books dragged a bit, but this first one really really popped. A great read.
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