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September 11
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Sixty Days and Counting (Hardcover)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Martin said:
"Completes this trilogy. A good ending. I will miss the characters. A very good book.
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Martin
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Fifty Degrees Below (Mass Market Paperback)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Martin said:
"Book two of this trilogy. Great. Robinson has great characters and wonderful stories.
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Martin
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Forty Signs of Rain (Mass Market Paperback)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Martin said:
"This is a classic Robinson book. Many great characters with extensive backgrounds, great views of society and a wide range of sociopolitical and religious views, and a great story with lots of science to back it up. And this is our world, now! Or at ...more
This is a classic Robinson book. Many great characters with extensive backgrounds, great views of society and a wide range of sociopolitical and religious views, and a great story with lots of science to back it up. And this is our world, now! Or at least in the very near future (in the next few years).
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Martin
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The Years of Rice and Salt (Mass Market Paperback)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Martin said:
"What a unique mind.
This is a "what if" book that explores a world that could have happened. A world most of us could not imagine, but Robinson can. This gives a look at the Muslim and Buddhist religions that is refreshing and accurate. No...more
What a unique mind.
This is a "what if" book that explores a world that could have happened. A world most of us could not imagine, but Robinson can. This gives a look at the Muslim and Buddhist religions that is refreshing and accurate. Not as religions to hate or fear, but a view of the compassionate side that all religions are based on, and how they get twisted by some small groups.
Robinson is more than a SciFi writer. He is Sociopolitical writer of fiction with a hard science twist....less
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Martin
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Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, Book 3)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Martin said:
"Great series! Great author. Long, with a lot of character development, but it is all important. This is us in the not to distant future.
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Martin
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, Book 2)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Martin said:
"Continues the series. If you have read book 1, read this one. If not, Stop and read it first. It's a great series.
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Martin
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, Book 1)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Martin said:
"One of the greatest books about teraforming Mars. Robinson goes beyond the SciFi and goes into social aspects and how political agendas, religion, culture, racism, and just plain bias play in the outcome. There are many important characters and all h...more
One of the greatest books about teraforming Mars. Robinson goes beyond the SciFi and goes into social aspects and how political agendas, religion, culture, racism, and just plain bias play in the outcome. There are many important characters and all have background, so character development is long and slow, but well worth it, being that the character of the characters is a big part of the story. This is more a book about the people that happen to be on mars doing a job, than the job they are doing. When it comes to creating characters, I don't know of a author that is better than Robinson. There are so many with detailed backgrounds and personalities. These are not character, they are people in a book.
Beyond the people, the story is also great. It makes the whole idea believable. The technology he uses is just a bit beyond where we are in reality, so you get the feeling it could happen. So, the story feels real. It is a view of the near future, where we are no better than we are now. There is no utopian world working together. This is what would happen if we really did this.
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Martin
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Absolution Gap (Paperback)
by Alastair Reynolds
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Martin said:
"Completes the series in a good way. In fact, better than most series. He doesn't seem to feel he has to explain everything and wrap everything up. Things are left unsaid and open, but done - leaving the reader to imagine.
I love his universe. Good/B...more
Completes the series in a good way. In fact, better than most series. He doesn't seem to feel he has to explain everything and wrap everything up. Things are left unsaid and open, but done - leaving the reader to imagine.
I love his universe. Good/Bad Black/White Past/Present/Future are all blended into something real. Good people doing bad things and bad doing good. Moral boundaries become very grey at times. He doesn't have characters that are the classic Good guy. These are people we could become or maybe are already.
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June 16
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Martin
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Redemption Ark (Hardcover)
by Alastair Reynolds
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read in August, 2008
Martin said:
"Part of a Great series. He has a unique view of the future and has built a bizarre universe to fit it. As with all of his books, character development takes a bit to get through, but you get to know the characters and they become real - as I'm sure t...more
Part of a Great series. He has a unique view of the future and has built a bizarre universe to fit it. As with all of his books, character development takes a bit to get through, but you get to know the characters and they become real - as I'm sure they are to Reynolds....less
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Martin
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Judge (Wess'Har, Book 6)
by Karen Traviss
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read in May, 2008
Martin said:
"Weakest of a great series, but a pretty good conclusion. If you have read the others, you will have to read this one, but don't expect it to be as good as the others. But it is a better final book than many series manage.
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