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Mars

(The Grand Tour #4)

Ben Bova,

Bruno Bodin (Translator)

3.85 · Rating details · 7,998 ratings · 298 reviews

Encore peu connu en France, Ben Bova est l'un des maîtres de la hard science aux États-Unis. Son roman, Mars, qui imagine la première exploration habitée de la planète, a eu un fort succès outre-Atlantique. Pour renforcer l'intérêt du lecteur, l'auteur a choisi d'ouvrir son récit sur les paroles de l'équipage, à dominante russo-américaine, se posant sur la planète rouge. P ...more

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Jul 15, 2010 Crystal Starr Light rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Shelves: buddy-reads, massive-disappointment, 2014-owned-challenge, audiobook, science-fiction, so-boring-it-s-boring, you-did-not-just-go-there, hello-my-name-is-mary-sue, big-heap-of-meh

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What an utter disappointment. Childhood Me is sitting in a corner, sobbing. Adult Me is just totally amused at how such an interesting concept can go so wrong in so many different ways.

For people who think all scifi sucks, that it's just a bunch of robots wandering around technobabbling and being hideously racist and sexist, this is not going to make any new believers.

2 stars, and all those stars are for the scenes on Mars that deal with MARS not the automatons masquerading as expl ...more

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Apr 20, 2011 Patrick Gibson rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

After hating Bova’s ‘Titan’–what was I thinking going right into another of his novels? It’s the COVER ART damn it! I am such a sucker. And this book is just pure trash. The characters are straight out of an exceptionally bad SyFy movie. I finished the book only because I wanted to convince myself it was consistently boring and stupid. I keep telling myself I will never read Bova again, yet I find myself getting sucked in from cover art, misleading blurbs or my latent desire to commit a form of ...more

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Feb 19, 2013 David rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Martian astronauts, Navajo geologists, shrill Vice Presidents

Shelves: hard-sf, science-fiction, near-space, mars, audiobook, space

Mars is Ben Bova's love letter to space exploration; it's a novel-length booster for a manned Mars program. A very well-conceived and engaging (in places) novel, you should not read it expecting it to be space opera or really, any kind of adventure aside from the inevitable dangers of flying to another planet. Mars stays strictly hard SF, so even when the possibility of life on Mars arises, you can be sure it won't come in the form of ancient cities and little red men, nor hazardous beasties who Mars is Ben Bova's love letter to space exploration; it's a novel-length booster for a manned Mars program. A very well-conceived and engaging (in places) novel, you should not read it expecting it to be space opera or really, any kind of adventure aside from the inevitable dangers of flying to another planet. Mars stays strictly hard SF, so even when the possibility of life on Mars arises, you can be sure it won't come in the form of ancient cities and little red men, nor hazardous beasties who need to be shot or run from.

The main character is Jamie Waterman, a half-Navajo geologist who is a member of the first Mars expedition. The expedition is a multinational effort, with astronauts and scientists from every country that could afford to chip in. Much of the drama in the book involves the politics of the mission — the Russians and the Americans jealously keep track of how many astronauts of each country get to join the landing party, the Japanese astronauts are hyper-conscious of how they are representing their country, and the resident sexpot deliberately drives the Russians crazy by not sleeping with them because Russians killed her grandfather fifty years ago. Meanwhile, back home the founder of the Mars project is trying to balance concerns for the mission (including the fact that his own daughter is one of the scientists on Mars) with satisfying the politicians, in whose hands rest the decision to send more Mars expeditions or not. There are politics in space and on the ground, along with dossiers on each character that add depth to their backgrounds so that we understand why each one behaves the way they do on the mission.

That said, while the characters were each fleshed out and the story is compellingly plausible, with just enough hazards introduced to make the mission more than a long walk in space, it's a little spare as sci-fi goes. The major life-threatening situation that arises — a "Mars flu" that mysteriously afflicts everyone and stumps all the physicians trying to figure out its cause — has a clever forehead-smacking solution. There are hints of Martian life that don't really develop into much by the end of the book, though they are enough to whet the appetites of scientists, and readers of subsequent books in this series. There is some political intrigue between Jaimie Waterman, his ambitious journalist girlfriend back on Earth, and the opportunistic Vice President of the United States, each of them trying to get what they want from the other to advance their own agenda.

(I also feel compelled to point out that Bova, like most SF authors of his generation, presents a somewhat narrow range of female characters. Many of them are capable and three-dimensional, but there is the opportunistic journalist who has no qualms about sleeping her way to the top, there's the promiscuous scientist who takes malicious pleasure in giving the Russians blue balls by screwing everyone else, and there is the Vice President who is described as "shrill," "strident" and generally a conniving power-hungry bitch every time she appears.)

An enjoyable if slightly dry hard SF novel that should certainly go on your "Mars or Bust!" reading list. 3.5 stars - good book, though not very exciting. ...more

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Nov 02, 2011 Megan Baxter rated it really liked it

This is a reread review. I went straight from one Bova as my bathroom reading, to another. Thankfully, I found this one much more engrossing and consistent than I did the Kinsman Chronicles. The pacing doesn't lag in the middle, as that one did, and I never had trouble convincing myself to pick it up and read a few more pages.

Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Goodreads policy and enforcement. You can read why I came to this decision here.

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Apr 20, 2009 C. Hall rated it it was amazing

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 the first manned mission to the red planet may actually be like, Mars presents challenges that are personal and environmental rather than the product of some moustache-twirling villain's skulduggery.

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Mar 29, 2008 Tara rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Mars nerds

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's Mars to be more caricatured, and the personal conflicts much more soap opera-y.

This book also had much less futuristic technologies and whatnot... in Robinson's books, he described fictional technolo ...more

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Sep 25, 2020 Deanna added it

DNF

As others have noted, despite the interesting science and promising plot, the unfortunate sexist, racist, and inflated males tradition of a good deal of classic sci fi overwhelms this read.

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Feb 04, 2015 Benoit Lelièvre rated it liked it · review of another edition

I'm ambivalent. This was a delightfully nerdy novel about humanity's first trip to Mars and a clutter of cliches and worn-down tropes that didn't give Ben Bova's nerdy ambitions the narrative breathing room it deserved. I loved that MARS was anchored in realism and yet let the reader mirror a boundless future. The strong writing and the rationalism of MARS won me over and got me to continue reading despite my issues with the novel.

MARS is a rare case of a novel suffering from too much exposition ...more

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Jun 15, 2010 Thomas rated it really liked it

A Review of Mars, a novel by Ben Bova

Author of over 120 novels and nonfiction books, Ben Bova is well-known in science fiction circles. In his fiction, Bova writes in a saga-sweeping style that is well-researched and dedicated to realistic portrayal. First published by Bantam in 1992, Mars is a story written from the point of view of a Native American geologist, Dr. Jamie Waterman, who is a member of the fictional multinational team to land on and explore Mars. Waterman's lifelong dream is to be A Review of Mars, a novel by Ben Bova

Author of over 120 novels and nonfiction books, Ben Bova is well-known in science fiction circles. In his fiction, Bova writes in a saga-sweeping style that is well-researched and dedicated to realistic portrayal. First published by Bantam in 1992, Mars is a story written from the point of view of a Native American geologist, Dr. Jamie Waterman, who is a member of the fictional multinational team to land on and explore Mars. Waterman's lifelong dream is to be among the first to explore the red planet. Bova's characterization of Waterman is that of a serious young man committed to ideals arising from his native-American heritage and to his passion for science. Bova has woven romance into the story, although it certainly takes a rationalized backseat to the character's exploits. Bova's interests also lead us into political territory as we witness the maneuverings of those in charge up and down the chain of command from team members to mission managers to project managers and clear up to the President of the United States. Perhaps the most interesting character in the book is Alberto Brumado, an Argentinean who is portrayed as the driving force behind the entire project.

Mars is an interesting read with solid science, a testimony to Bova's meticulous research. A great deal of the story surrounds the question of whether there could be life on an apparently dead planet. Bova shows how life could indeed exist in such a desolate and foreboding place. Recent analyses of Mars proving the existence of water in its varied forms has shown that Bova was certainly on the right track.

Bova also touches upon other topical issues by referring backhandedly to such matters as racial and gender equality. His female characters are drawn out at least as well as his male characters with each covering a wide range of personality types. For example, Waterman has two romantic interests in the story. One is portrayed as a Texas-bred, professional journalist willing to do anything for her career while the other is a coy scientist equally dedicated to her pursuit of science. Additionally, the fictional female Vice-President of the United States is portrayed as a ruthless political animal. The striking similarity that exists between all of Bova's female characters is that they are all strong to a fault, unyielding in their determination. The coy scientist who accompanies Waterman to Mars comes across as the most sympathetic. She is, incidentally, the Brumado character's daughter.

Reaching a page count of 549 pages, Mars is a not exactly light reading. However, for true science-fiction fans, it is a page-turner. Fantasy readers beware: Mars has no dragons, sorcerers, hobbits, swords, or even alternate universes, unless that is, you count the inner workings of American politics.
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Jun 21, 2010 Jayme rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: america, science-fiction, audio

This book was incredibly realistic. I was really impressed with the effort put into getting this story as close as possible to what an actual Mars mission might be like. Several times during the book I would totally stop and think, "Is it too late to live out my childhood dreams of becoming an astronaut?", only to think, sadly, two seconds later that, yes, it is most likely too late...

I liked the thought Bova put into the politics behind putting space missions together too. Most science fiction ...more

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Jan 06, 2009 Bryan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned

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 after this because you will mostly likely not want to put this one down. I could not!

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Oct 05, 2010 Anna rated it it was ok

the rocks in this book have more personality than the characters. No I'm serious! there's this lovely martian boulder with a green streak in it that has all this.. this potential! this guy knows his science but can't write complex emotion for shit. ...more

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Jun 19, 2017 David rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: speculative-fiction

Rounded up from 2.5 stars.

Mars is typical Bova, in that the bulk of the novel focuses on descriptions of machinery and landscapes, racial and sexist stereotypes, and interpersonal relationships straight out of middle school, while a minimum of the plot is actually given over to science fiction concepts or, indeed, storyline. It was not his worst, but it was not good.

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Feb 21, 2013 Suz rated it it was ok

Shelves: lets-go-to-mars, audiobook, science-fiction

Ye gods, where do I begin with this one...

Mars is a hard sci-fi piece about the first exploration/trip to, well, Mars with humans. To be honest, I thought this thing was written in the 80s, it felt so utterly dated (attitudes, more than science itself), and I was surprised to see that it was written in 1992. Even more, I don't understand how some people claim that it's not a "typical sci fi" because it doesn't have robots and other "stereotypical" sci fi elements. It's Sci Fi to the core, but I ...more

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May 20, 2013 Randal rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Recommends it for: sci-fi fans who have read everything else

Shelves: sci-fi

The science was better than the fiction.

Bova spends a lot of time rehashing Cold War tensions ... only for them to not play a part in the finale. (I get that he was making a point about common humanity being bigger than the flags we fly, but it was such a big plot point in the first half of the book.)

He pulls the same le herring rouge routine with the sex. Virtually every time we get inside the head of one of the supporting characters, an oversexed British doctor, it's like inhabiting the point ...more

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Nov 21, 2011 AndrewP rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

First off, I think this book deserves a 3 and a half rating, close to a 4.

This is a Hard Science fiction novel; detailing, as accurately as possible, the first manned expedition to mars. There is lot's of believable technical stuff here but not so much as to bog down the book. An interesting set of characters, although there were a couple of times where I thought that the characters would not be on the mission if they behaved in that way.

The book was written in the 90's and unfortunately there a ...more

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Sep 18, 2018 Dave Packard rated it liked it

Shelves: laser, audible

Have to say, just ok. Interesting style of back and forth in the timeline, but nothing really happens until the end of the book. I will keep going, hopefully the tour gets better!

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Oct 16, 2018 Paul Weiss rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction

A realistic vision of the first manned mission to Mars

The theme of Mars, Ben Bova's extraordinary vision of a first manned expedition to Earth's planetary neighbour, is hardly unique and imaginative. In fact, it's been pounded into submission on hundreds of previous occasions. Bova succeeds nonetheless and has served up a particularly compelling and realistic entry into the pantheon of space exploration sci-fi that unflinchingly explores the politics, the psychology, the emotion and humanity as A realistic vision of the first manned mission to Mars

The theme of Mars, Ben Bova's extraordinary vision of a first manned expedition to Earth's planetary neighbour, is hardly unique and imaginative. In fact, it's been pounded into submission on hundreds of previous occasions. Bova succeeds nonetheless and has served up a particularly compelling and realistic entry into the pantheon of space exploration sci-fi that unflinchingly explores the politics, the psychology, the emotion and humanity as well as the danger and excitement of an extended exploratory space mission that would in fact last almost two years. A healthy serving of science and day to day scientific realism rounds out this exciting and eminently readable story of a group of planetary explorers that are ultimately shown to have "the right stuff".

Nominally the hero of the tale, Jamie Waterman is a Navajo geologist selected to be part of the multi-national scientific ground team that will explore the red planet. The story opens as Jamie steps onto the surface of Mars and, overwhelmed with the power and emotion of the moment, he utters his first words to a waiting populace on Earth in Navajo instead of the carefully scripted English he was supposed to use. The resulting political firestorm that erupts on Earth is somehow sadly predictable in its powerful and dramatic realism.

Told primarily from Jamie's perspective, the main plot line unfolds around a debilitating and almost certainly fatal illness that every single member of the ground crew except the doctor contracts. While the forensic medical investigation into the illness is told with an urgent drama that will have every reader on the edge of their seat right to the literally cliff-hanging climax, it's the ultimate discovery of its cause that will leave readers slack-jawed with amazement at Bova's brilliant imagination and the almost absurdly humourous irony of the problem.

The Iron Curtain and the US-Russian Cold War are now relegated to the pages of history so the political structures and international rivalries portrayed in the story clearly date the writing of Mars to the latter part of the 20th century. But that takes nothing at all away from Bova's masterful development of full, complex characters whose well-being and success will matter to the readers. What more could a happy science fiction fan ask for - characters, plot and a heaping plate full of informative, entertaining and realistic science!

Highly recommended.

Paul Weiss

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Sep 11, 2014 Cheryl rated it really liked it

Shelves: mars

I understand the negative reviews for this book from 1992: the parts about American media and politics have not aged well. Bova does not anticipate the Internet and its effect on network news media. And the scenes where the astronauts put "floppies" into onboard computers and run out of space on their videotapes are cringe-y. Or talk about the half-Navaho protagonist as a "red man." And the cast of international characters on the mission are standard fare: the stoic Russian pilots, the obligator ...more

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Mar 23, 2012 Angela rated it it was ok

I give it two points for the political intrigue and the look at how difficult it would be to pull off this kind of scientific mission. But I have to subtract three stars for the awful characters. It's bad enough that they fall into such obvious categories and ethnic stereotypes - the American is the hero and the Brit is the jerk - but the real crime is the female characters. I put up with a lot of sexual stereotyping to read "classic" science fiction, but this one was written in the 1990s! Do we ...more

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May 07, 2019 Rick English rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Hard to beat. Good science, Good Politics, Good people, Good Action.
Predictable but very enjoyable for an old engineer

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Mar 07, 2019 Matt Midlock rated it liked it · review of another edition

Lukewarm near-future tale of a Mars expedition. The science in this book was great but the human interaction portion really fell apart. Those parts felt like it was written by a Junior High School student, just not very realistic or believable. Also, I understand it was a multi-racial, multi-gender crew, but the author felt like he had to make that point painfully clear all the time...... If I hear the expression "red man" one more time..... Conversely, the scientific portions of the book were w ...more

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Jul 22, 2017 Mats rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Controlling for the year of writing, this may be the most racist book I've ever read? Like, this is written in 1992, about the near future, say 2012-15, and every person who is not the Native main character refers to him as 'the red man' at best and by the name of a professional football team at worst. Multiple East Asian characters are described as mysterious because you can never tell what they're thinking behind those eyes. The women are described via the dudes' opinions of their boobs, are e ...more

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Mar 08, 2018 Aurora rated it really liked it

A very sciencey sci-fi book, more so than I generally read. It was reasonably interesting and enjoyable though.

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Jan 19, 2013 Roddy Williams rated it it was ok

Shelves: science-fiction, native-american, mars

‘To the harsh landscape of Sol’s fourth planet travel thirteen astronauts, the best scientists from eleven nations, on a history-making voyage into the unknown. The international crew of the Mars mission have spent nine months in space, crossing too (sic) million kilometres, to reach the last great frontier.
Their voyage is fraught with disputes, both personal and political, and their time on Mars limited to ‘footprints and flags’: yet while there they come face-to-face with the most incredible a ‘To the harsh landscape of Sol’s fourth planet travel thirteen astronauts, the best scientists from eleven nations, on a history-making voyage into the unknown. The international crew of the Mars mission have spent nine months in space, crossing too (sic) million kilometres, to reach the last great frontier.
Their voyage is fraught with disputes, both personal and political, and their time on Mars limited to ‘footprints and flags’: yet while there they come face-to-face with the most incredible and shocking discovery of all.’

Blurb from the 1993 NEL edition

Released during a period which saw a brief flourish of Mars-related releases, Bova’s novel breaks no new ground, and invites inevitable comparison with Kim Stanley Robinson’s infinitely superior ‘Red Mars’ published in the same year.
Bova’s dual timeline structure – which returns from the contemporary narrative to examine the former lives of various crew members does little to add depth to the characterisations.
In fairness to Bova, the central character, Jamie Waterman, is an interesting creation; a geologist of Amerindian descent, whose parents have – to a certain extent – abandoned their roots in favour of a middle-class American lifestyle. Jamie has rediscovered his heritage through his grandfather and now, despite political difficulties and the added problems of international quotas, has been selected to be part of the first team to set foot on Mars.
The science is well-researched, the political aspects are a clear and important part of the novel, but Bova fails in giving us any real feeling of Mars itself. Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars, in contrast, becomes almost a character in its own right, but on a first reading of Bova’s ‘Mars’ one is left with the impression that it looks a little bit like new Mexico.
Had this novel been shorter, one might not be so critical, but in its 566 pages, much is redundant and other issues are dealt with peremptorily, such as the Jewish biologist Ilona Mater’s reaction to the Russians. It’s a Hallmark plotline. Initially she irrationally blames all Russians for the massacre of her family, but later, when a Russian saves her life, her viewpoint is completely changed. This is simply too simplistic a device for such an emotive and complex issue which is not dealt with enough in the text to begin with.
Bova also, perhaps unintentionally, gives us rather caricatured characters from outside the US. The Austrian geologist – whom Jamie replaces on the mission – is depicted a sexist misogynist egomaniac. The English medical officer, Tony Reed, is initially a cowardly manipulator whose only aim seems to be to bed an unattainable female crewmember. He, in another Hallmark moment, ultimately faces his fears and saves the day.
The Russians are standard fictional Russians, efficient and humourless, but who display a more human face when disaster strikes. Conversely, the American characters, Waterman, Brumado and Pete Connors, seem to have no character flaws.
The mission eventually succeeds in finding primitive life on Mars and there are a couple of unimportant loose ends left for an inevitable sequel.
It’s a good novel for a long journey or a rainy afternoon, but pales in comparison with other Mars-related works of the Nineties. ...more

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Aug 08, 2014 Claire rated it liked it

Shelves: poc-main-character, scifi

A realistic near-future look at the first manned expedition to Mars.

Deals with some of the dangers which could be faced, some mundane (sandstorms)or more exotic (micro-meteor showers), but much of the book focuses on how politics effects space programs and the interpersonal relationships in the crew. Depending on what you like in your scifi you'll either think this interesting and adds a good dose of realism, or you'll find it incredibly boring. I was a bit in the middle, with it both being some ...more

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Oct 14, 2011 Steven Dzwonczyk rated it it was ok

"Mars", by Ben Bova, is a fairly accurate chronicle of what a first manned mission to Mars might be like. Bova did a good job of capturing what technology we might need, what the astronauts would do for the long journey there, how the politicians and world would react to events, how the astronauts might feel and behave, and what might be found on Mars.

When I say chronicle, though, I mean to imply this was not really a story, a drama, or a tale. It was simply what might happen day-to-day. Bova ma ...more

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Jul 14, 2008 Neal rated it it was amazing

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 technical jargon. Ben Bova has a terrific knack for creating sympathetic characters that you really root for, and the occasional bastard you want to see burn in oil. There's a bit of soap opera to hi ...more

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Jun 08, 2009 Jake rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction

I was very pleased with the Ben Bova novel. It’s the first of his I’ve read. The accolade Arthur C. Clarke 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 mission to Mars.

I enjoyed what felt like a plausible enough depiction of visiting the red planet. The characters are conventional, but not boring. It’s not a fast moving storyline, but that’s fine. My interes ...more

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Mar 28, 2013 Neil rated it really liked it

The story of the first human voyage to Mars, and the political hurdles faced both before and during the mission.
A well-written story, with likeable and relateable characters. Even the minor characters have an element of reality to them.
The author strives for scientific realism, and the only failing is the antiquated technology used for media recording. I suppose in the 1990's when this was written it was hard to imagine the end of magnetic tape as a viable technology as soon as 2010 (the approxi ...more

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Ben Bova was born on November 8, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1953, while attending Temple University, he married Rosa Cucinotta, they had a son and a daughter. He would later divorce Rosa in 1974. In that same year he married Barbara Berson Rose.

Bova was an avid fencer and organized Avco Everett's fencing club. He was an environmentalist, but rejected Luddism.

Bova was a technical writer ...more