false 77504 14 40711 book 1996 Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) total:1446|5:450|4:520|3:366|2:93|1:17| 1446 5631 1972 78 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 1 false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 11:09:42 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 19:50:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 13:46:34 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 08:14:24 -0700 2007
The final chapter in the saga of Martian colonization is by far the weakest. You'll probably want to read it if you read the first two, just to round out the story, but it's not the most exciting read, and doesn't really give the resoluti...more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 0 false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:04:41 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:04:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 5 0 false Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jun 07 12:04:50 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 12:05:11 -0700 2009 Starts as your classic colonization story.
Evolves into a clash between two political parties:
The Reds- want to keep Mars in its natural form.
The Greens- want to terraform Mars to make it an alternative planet for humans to live on, since Ear...more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 0 false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 13:24:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 13:28:44 -0700 2009
I think my largest issue with the book was that occasionally it woul...more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 5 0 false Fri Mar 20 12:50:39 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:50:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 4 0 false Wed Oct 28 18:41:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:55:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 0 false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 04:21:29 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 02:57:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 2 2 false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 01:00:25 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 01:21:00 -0700 2008
...more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 11:50:40 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 11:00:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 0 false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 19:20:17 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 15:13:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 2 0 false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:59:24 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 00:46:34 -0800 2008 More of a politic preaching whiney - things should be this way or that - than real sci-fi.
Perfect ending to a REAL let-down series.
For all the great reviews, I just didnt find this too interesting.
No great revelation(s), no real surprises, just a LONG ramble on politics....more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 2 0 false Sun Dec 07 05:42:13 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 05:44:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Jun 30 22:55:44 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:15:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 2 0 false Fri Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 01 17:25:18 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 17:25:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 5 0 true Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 09:27:54 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 14:35:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 1 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 02 07:57:20 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:01:14 -0700 2009 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 3 0 false Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 21:49:08 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 12:06:42 -0700 2008
I started reading this about a year ago, it's all very good but lacks any sense of moving towards a climax so I'd frequently lose interest and read other books before decidin...more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 5 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 07 08:02:16 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 08:02:50 -0800 2008
The series is, in short, about the construction of social order on the political, economical, environmental, and whatever other human-designed scale there...more...]]> 77504 0553573357 9780553573350 1328 74 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900220m/77504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77504.Blue_Mars 4 0 false Mon Jun 29 10:20:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 10:58:45 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2104116