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A review by bobreturns
Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson
3.0
Not as good as New York 2140, and a poor shadow of the Mars Trilogy.
It's Kim Stanley Robinson, so it's still a kind of interesting book, but there's not really anything new in here. The core ideas are all ones he's explored before, and the only real difference with this one is that it's viewed through a slightly more sino-centric rather than anglo-centric perspective. Which is all well and good, except that it feels a little bit like KSR went to a blockchain conference in China and wrote a book to justify the travel expenses.
There are three narrators on the audiobook, which is a little strange, but kind of works.
If you're a KSR fan already this is fine, but if not start with the Mars trilogy or Green Earth before going for this one.
It's Kim Stanley Robinson, so it's still a kind of interesting book, but there's not really anything new in here. The core ideas are all ones he's explored before, and the only real difference with this one is that it's viewed through a slightly more sino-centric rather than anglo-centric perspective. Which is all well and good, except that it feels a little bit like KSR went to a blockchain conference in China and wrote a book to justify the travel expenses.
There are three narrators on the audiobook, which is a little strange, but kind of works.
If you're a KSR fan already this is fine, but if not start with the Mars trilogy or Green Earth before going for this one.