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Compelling sci fi w/plenty of poly sci
Get ready to learn lots of science when you read a Robinson book. And brush up on your economics too. The book starts off with a shocking act, followed by a series of flashbacks. The book drags in the middle and then quickly becomes un-put-downable when all hell breaks loose. There's a bit of hand wavey stuff around things like food sources but I decided the book isn't intended as a How To manual for Mars colonization. It's main thrust is that the problems of capitalism and the haves/have nots will only be exaggerated if we manage to find another planet to stripmine and exploit.
Get ready to learn lots of science when you read a Robinson book. And brush up on your economics too. The book starts off with a shocking act, followed by a series of flashbacks. The book drags in the middle and then quickly becomes un-put-downable when all hell breaks loose. There's a bit of hand wavey stuff around things like food sources but I decided the book isn't intended as a How To manual for Mars colonization. It's main thrust is that the problems of capitalism and the haves/have nots will only be exaggerated if we manage to find another planet to stripmine and exploit.