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A review by elusivity
Before Mars by Emma Newman
3.0
This one left me cold, most due to how little patience I have for the main character. So much anger, denial, waffling back and forth, struggling with guilt and denial of guilt, when she was the cause of at least half of her troubles.
It is well written, intricately plotted, peopled by real humans, and is a beautiful story. This is definitely a case of wrong book for the wrong reader.
Anna flies to Mars upon corporate orders to paint and be a geologist. In fact, she was sent there to investigate why extra supplies are being sent to a relatively small Outpost. However, she immediately found a note left herself by herself, everything feels like deja vu, and the AI is hiding and changing information.
Turns out there is a second Martian base nearby, where Gabor was building a spaceship to follow the first space ship, which left earth forty years ago on a mission to seek God. When Anna (and the other 3 members of the Outpost) found the second base, Dr. Arnolfi wiped their memories and recreated/restarted events to Anna's initial arrival. Meanwhile, Earth is half destroyed by nuclear bombs hurled between America and Noropean. The team spends 2 years building a spaceship to follow the other spaceship, and Dr Arnolfi stays behind in atonement, so their journey will have a chance to be more successful.
It is well written, intricately plotted, peopled by real humans, and is a beautiful story. This is definitely a case of wrong book for the wrong reader.
Turns out there is a second Martian base nearby, where Gabor was building a spaceship to follow the first space ship, which left earth forty years ago on a mission to seek God. When Anna (and the other 3 members of the Outpost) found the second base, Dr. Arnolfi wiped their memories and recreated/restarted events to Anna's initial arrival. Meanwhile, Earth is half destroyed by nuclear bombs hurled between America and Noropean. The team spends 2 years building a spaceship to follow the other spaceship, and Dr Arnolfi stays behind in atonement, so their journey will have a chance to be more successful.