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  <title><![CDATA[Mars]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1992</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ben Bova]]></name>
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    <review id="18928565">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Mars nerds]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 29 12:00:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 08 13:02:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a love for books about the colonization of Mars that borders on unhealthy.  I enjoyed this one, but it was impossible to refrain from comparing it to Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy (Red/Blue/Green).  And Robinson's trilogy was much more satisfying.  I found the portrayal of characters in Bova...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18928565">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68445735">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jessie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Halethorpe, MD]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 22 08:22:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 30 10:53:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very satisfying read.  It was a little dated--they used &quot;floppy disks&quot; and the media coverage of the Mars expedition was a little bit exaggerated but the story and characters were still interesting.  I learned a lot about Mars and what it would be like to go there.  The descript...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68445735">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53324182">
    <user id="2238960">
    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mcpherson, KS]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 20 06:32:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 20 07:29:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mars isn't everyone's conception of what science fiction is supposed to be:  this is no sweeping, epic space-opera populated by intelligent robots and raygun-wielding starship captains.  Rather, Mars is a story of exploration set against a brutally inhospitable backdrop.  A realistic take on what th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53324182">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="1237865">
    <user id="71658">
    <name><![CDATA[AJ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brighton, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue May 15 19:41:51 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 15 19:42:38 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the only two great Ben Bova books I've read. This is a great read, a nice, solid piece of science fiction, with a great sequel as well.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1237865]]></url>
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    <review id="25934769">
    <user id="1156136">
    <name><![CDATA[Nicolas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hellemmes, France]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Ceux qui sont intéressés par une version bureaucratique de l'exploration spatiale]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Bernard]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 30 12:36:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 11 23:58:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ce roman raconte un e possible future conquête de Mars et les différents problèmes qui en découlent. C'est un roman assez intéressant, même si la découverte de Mars n'est absolument pas le sujet central de cette histoire.<br/>Pour essayer de situer au mieux ce bouquin, je vais vous donner qu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25934769">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25934769]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="21329912">
    <user id="249913">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Claremont, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 30 10:48:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 30 10:58:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it was a fun read. There is drama, suspense, and science, all the ingredients for a good book. I just wanted more science. Bova focused heavily on relationships in this novel, which turned out to be a good thing, but it also seemed a bit watered down because th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21329912">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21329912]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12559815">
    <user id="426197">
    <name><![CDATA[Ken]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Jonesboro, AR]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 15 05:51:39 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 15 05:56:00 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first science fiction book I've ever read (other than H.G. Wells and Jules Verne stuff), and I was sort of disappointed. The story is done well and Bova writes well, but this came off more as a soap opera than an adventure story. He reverts to a lot of back story in the middle of the no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12559815">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12559815]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74703548">
    <user id="2818379">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 16 02:27:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 16 02:29:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favourite of the Ben Bova books I've read. This book tells the story of the first manned mission to Mars. The timeline jumps around a lot, starting with the team landing and then flashing back to the training and preparation, which I found confusing at first. <br/><br/>The story has some well-d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74703548">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74703548]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="27195064">
    <user id="1326982">
    <name><![CDATA[Neal]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 14 07:21:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 22 12:10:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I truly fell in love with this book when I read it in the winter of 1995. It's a long, painstaking account of a manned mission to Mars circa 2020. The details of the mission are very much in line with what NASA was speculating such a mission would be like back then, but the book is not just a lot of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27195064">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27195064]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="63063375">
    <user id="1595195">
    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brookfield, MO]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 11 12:52:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 11 12:56:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first of Bova's books where I began to feel disillusion for his story lines. After this one he seems to have fallen into a formulaic approach to the development of all his stories.  And that's such a shame because once upon a time he was one of my favorite authors.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63063375]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="58908049">
    <user id="1995871">
    <name><![CDATA[Jake]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chelsea, MI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1995871-jake]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 08 15:29:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 06 09:57:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was very pleased with the Ben Bova novel. It’s the first of his I’ve read. The accolade <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7779.Arthur_C_Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke"> Arthur C. Clarke</a> gave this book was a big selling point for me. After a couple of disappointing feature films failed to satisfy, I was interested in finding a good story that dramatized a first human missi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58908049">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67004718">
    <user id="2608677">
    <name><![CDATA[Rllk4]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dayton, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 11 16:57:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 11 16:59:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just started reading Ben Bova and really like his style.  It's very clear and concise writing like Isaac Asimov.  Great start to a three book series.  Very interesting characters and plot.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67004718]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="31819493">
    <user id="275188">
    <name><![CDATA[Rob]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/275188-rob]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 02 10:24:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 08 11:12:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I'm about to embark on a phase of reading sci-fi paperbacks.  This was a full-bodied, pretty realistic to life look at what the first expedition to Mars would be like.  I was expecting more crazy shit to go down, admittedly--but I also like when authors treat somewhat unrealistic concepts (o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31819493">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31819493]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="75957123">
    <user id="2884913">
    <name><![CDATA[Liz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2884913-liz-brau]]></url>
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 27 18:57:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 27 18:58:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i did not want to even give one star to this piece of crap book.  SPOILER ALERT!!!!<br/><br/>...it's scurvy]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75957123]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="64251956">
    <user id="1344551">
    <name><![CDATA[Randy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1344551-randy]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 20 13:03:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 20 13:05:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hard science fiction about man's first visit to the red planet. Part of the author's grand tour.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64251956]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="73746549">
    <user id="889028">
    <name><![CDATA[Joanna]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 07 09:56:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 09:57:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dude, this book just ended. In the middle of everything. Needs an ending like whoa. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73746549]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="58701138">
    <user id="2389620">
    <name><![CDATA[R2roswell]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[El Paso, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Jun 06 19:11:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 06 19:11:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definately a worth while book especially if you're into aliens and what not.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58701138]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60600688">
    <user id="2388553">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Alhambra, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 21 22:48:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 21 22:49:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60600688]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="37486104">
    <user id="122218">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most plausible novels of the exploration of Mars, this book is a fascination and riveting read. Bova is at his finest in this novel, and it is a great place to begin the loosely related novels that compose his Grand Tour series of the solar system.  Be prepared to buy another book soon af...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42184693">more...</a>]]></body>
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