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taliesinsghost 's review for:
Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Hard SF is a tough sell for me, but I really loved this book. It manages to balance a host of really fascinating characters, heartbreaking descriptions of an alien world undergoing immense geological and ecological changes, along with a good dose plot, politics, and intrigue. There are just enough rounded female characters to keep me from clawing my eyes out, and a lot of tough questions about our relationship with our environment that deny easy answers. I did feel like the ending lacked the emotional resolution I would have liked, and it did read very much like the first part of a series (I prefer self-contained stories, even when they're part of an ongoing saga), but I'm looking forwards to getting stuck into the next one all the same.