Title: Details, details
Product review: If you are looking for an action packed thriller, look somewhere else. In the first 25 pages a main character is killed -- BUT then the next 250 pages trace -- in laborious, almost mind-numbing detail -- the preparations for the Mars trek, the flight itself, the setting-up of the base, opening containers of supplies and descriptions of what was in them, the step-by-step construction of buildings, the Martian landscapes, etc. This is interspersed with lectures on psychology, politics, philosophy, and various other topics. Then in the last 200 pages the population builds up on Mars, a war occurs destroying everything, and the scenes are all described in long, extreme detail. If you are a geologist, or are trying to paint scenes of Mars and need detailed descriptions, then this book's for you. If you want a fast-paced (or even medium-paced) story, you'll be disappointed.
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