Mars

One of the best books i've ever read.

Not bad.

The best sci-fi epic on MArs colonization written.

excellent book, really enjoyed it. Some of the plot didn't really check out but it is fiction after all.

This book reminded me of any Dan Brown book. It's entertaining to read but doesn't leave much within you once it's over. Sure, Bova tried to make it mean something. Especially in the main character's moving speech at the end. But all meaning to the story felt forced. It was just an adventure. The characters also felt very stereotyped, coming from many different nationalities. Especially Jamie. Oh...more

This book reminded me of any Dan Brown book. It's entertaining to read but doesn't leave much within you once it's over. Sure, Bova tried to make it mean something. Especially in the main character's moving speech at the end. But all meaning to the story felt forced. It was just an adventure. The characters also felt very stereotyped, coming from many different nationalities. Especially Jamie. Oh well, it was a good Spring Break read.   hide

A lengthy and slightly mysterious story, Mars focuses on the interactions of several astronauts living for months on the red planet. While the character interaction is compelling, the plot is almost non-existent, and the resolution of the central conflict is much like the cop-out deus ex machina of Wells' War of the Worlds.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite books. Copywritten in 1992, the scientific data is amazingly up to date and real. I will definately read more of his books.

All in all, a worthwhile read. Waterman and Brumado are good characters. The scenario is more believable than Robinson's, but lack's his complexity. And guess what, dispite all scientific and deductive evidence to the contrary, there really is life on Mars. Ok, so hope can spring eternal apparently ... if we can't have tall canal digging artists, we'll settle for extinct ones and lichens...more

All in all, a worthwhile read. Waterman and Brumado are good characters. The scenario is more believable than Robinson's, but lack's his complexity. And guess what, dispite all scientific and deductive evidence to the contrary, there really is life on Mars. Ok, so hope can spring eternal apparently ... if we can't have tall canal digging artists, we'll settle for extinct ones and lichens instead. Right, maybe. Still the plot is solid, the politics are quite well developed and the relationships are pretty good. I like the way the predominant setting is so accurately developed. Bova definitely finds a place in the ranks of those who take their science seriously ... mostly. No, really, in truth I like the book and will look into the rest of the Grand Tour.   hide

Ben Bova makes the case for further exploration of the universe in this stirring tale.