Title: One bonus star for theoretical science...
Product review: I read a lot of science fiction, and typically enjoy books that work in good hardcore science, be it real, theoretical, or fantastical. This book manages to come up with a few of each. There is a great deal devoted to the science of terraforming mars into human habitable environment, and the process of human surviving in the harsh enviroment that exists today. Honestly though, Robinson would have done better writing a non-fiction essay on Mars habitation than this poor effort at a fictional story.The characters and plot lines are blurry and disinteresting. Time takes decades long leaps, with little warning and it became confusing and tedious.I had to force myself to finish it, and there is little danger of my reading the next two books in the series, or anything else from Robinson for that matter.
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