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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1), by Kim Stanley Robinson

“I suppose the real question is, will we have a Lincoln?”

What?? I don't understand the metaphor here...are they casting the Martians as equivalent to American slaves? Considering their goal is to secede from Earth, maybe they should be asking for a Lee...

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18 Sep 23 · Flag

Old Time Tales

I thought that he meant Lincoln as a martyr for the cause.

23 Sep 23 · Flag

Amy

I think you're better at picking up what Robinson intended. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but at the time, I felt his metaphors were a little half-baked.

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