Red Mars

Decent book, good narrator. THE ENGINEER DESTROYED IT BY LEAVING ALL THE SPIT CLICK MOUTH SOUNDS BETWEEN WORDS AND SENTENCES; MAKING ME WANT TO THROW UP EVERY 30 SECONDS OR SO.

Noy my favorite KSR book. I've very much enjoyed KSR's other books, like 2312, New York 2140, and Red Moon. But Red Mars just didn't work for me. The science of terraforming was fascinating, but with the exception of the initial transit of the first hundred settlers to Mars, there were very few characters I could connect with, and because we are in a limited third-person point of view throughout most of the book, I never got a strong sense of any of the main characters' motivations or feelings.

A very enjoyable novel with lots of interesting characters. A times it was less of a sci-fi and more a political drama, but it was still very interesting