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Title: The Mars trilogy in miniature
Review: The Mars trilogy was brilliant; the first hard science fiction I've read in years, since everything started giong cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic. Antarctica is very good, but restates the same themes, plot, characters, and story structure as the Mars books. However, this is not really a bad thing, since it worked so well the first time. And I agree that setting this book on Earth gives a certain immediacy to his social and political themes lacking in the Mars books. I can see this book being useful for a class in nature or ecology writing; not too long, and far better quality science fiction than, say, Ecotopia.
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