A review by outcolder
Mars by Ben Bova

3.0

Bova repeats himself a lot. You could cut a few hundred pages of characters thinking the same things over and over. There is also a lot of forgettable backstory, that keeps the plot going in slow motion. If you want to go to Mars, go directly to [a:Kim Stanley Robinson|1858|Kim Stanley Robinson|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1217240935p2/1858.jpg] and only read this if that didn't quite scratch your itch.