Jon Gabriel wrote: > >From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBest > >of Current SciFi? > >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:22:19 +0100 > > > >"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > > > > At 02:07 14-2-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > > > > >On another (science-oriented) list, I am having a discussion with a > > > >professional geologist who, based on his remarks so far, apparently has > > > >not read much hard SF. I could use some suggestions of books which > > > >present realistic scenarios for terraforming Mars. > > > > > > Kim Stanley Robinson's _Mars_ trilogy would be a good read -- if you can > > > spare the time to read through some 3,600 pages. > > > > > > >Might I add that you best stop reading after the first book of that > >trilogy. > >It becomes a drudge after that. > > Ack! I really liked the second and third books in that series! Guess we > disagree. :) Plus, if Rich is looking for novels about terraforming Mars, > the second and third books are much more detailed than the first.
You are into politics then? I found it rather hard and bothersome reads with all the factions having issues and not really a storyline in sight. Then again I sloshed through the first three books of Tad Williamses Otherland as well. Only on the second read I started to notice things I had overlooked the first time. I'm just a sucker for story outlines so I wolf through a book hunting for them, just to find out on the second and third read how much of the story I actually missed. :o) Sonja GCU Story line hunter and/or gatherer. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
