SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

I there, i was wondering if the Mars trilogy is good? I´m talking about, the Red mars, Green mars and Blue mars

Yup, awesome. Highly recommended.

Its not for everyone but for those who like it then it is one of the best SF series' out there. It maps out what the process of teraforming mars would involve and presents it in a very realistic and scientific sounding way.

I liked it. It does take a bit of reading though :)

Well now i know what i´m going to get for Xmas :P ehehehehe

i have some sci fi books like Jurassic Park, Brave new World, the lost world, journey to the centre of the earth, day of the triffids, hunger games, andronema strain.

I want something that is happening in space :P

I will try the Red Mars(is the first book right?)

Sorry for the noob questions

Thank you

If you're into space, you might also want to try Hyperion, Dune, The Forever War, Startide Rising, or Heart of the Comet .

While it's based on a different planet that's being colonized, and not specifically space, try The Legacy of Heorot for sheer fun.

Have fun :-)

Thank you so much Jen :D I´ll try the Hyperion and the red mars first and them the others :D

I found the Mars trilogy to be a worthy read, but you do have to go into it realizing it is a "hard SF" book, meaning it's real focus is on maintaining scientific verisimilitude. As such it can be rather slow and dry.

Probably good to know also that a lot of its non-science focus is on the political/social structures being built there by the new settlers. The chief conflicts in the novels are man-vs-Mar's harsh nature (obviously) and (even more so) the struggle to set up a new social structure rather than duplicating the social status quo of Earth. So expect a lot of socio-political push-shove.

Some may find that uninteresting. And in the end I think the author really failed in resolving that aspect in as "true to life" as he did the scientific side. But, as I said, it's still a worthy read.

Hyperion, now...that's a much more exciting, but also much more complex endeavor. It's very strange and mysterious. It's on my "will be read again" list.

Thanks Micah, the only sci fi that i´ve read and it was alot of science in that, was the 20,000 leagues from julio verne. Like 80% of the book, is the professor describing the underwater sea. I´ll give a try on Red Mars and them Hyperion

*underwater sea life sorry

Ben wrote: "Its not for everyone but for those who like it then it is one of the best SF series' out there. It maps out what the process of teraforming mars would involve and presents it in a very realistic a..."

I agree. Kim Stanley Robinson is a phenomenal writer but his work is so...dense it can sometimes read like fact rather than fiction. Not light entertainment.