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This book covers a longer time span than the previous two, and hence the plot, such as there is, is rather stretched. In places it almost seems like reading a historical account rather than a novel, but it maintains interest by being scrupulously detailed in descriptions of the science and geography of Mars. One memorable sequence returns to a flooded Earth suffering the after effects of catastrophic climate change, and this could have made a decent novel in its own right, I think.

All in all, a worthy picture of the sort of future that could be in our grasp if we take the necessary steps to colonise our solar system.]]>