Red Mars
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# Science Fiction
It has been a fantasy by many that one time the human race would set foot on this red body and make a human civilization from scratch. This first book of the trilogy covers this perfect. It triggers my scientific self, my inner adventurer as well as covering many ethical and political topics that keep this book interesting to read from cover to cover.
Step by step progress
I liked how this book can easily be split up in different sections each chapter bringing you one step closer to a “more colonized” mars. The writer did a great job here to introduce the more important characters actually before they are landed on Mars. It becomes very clear in the initial chapter of the books that there are some very strong personalities which each their idea about the best approach to colonizing Mars.
When they are still on the ship on their way to mars this translates into being separated in groups, dividing the small group of 100 people into even smaller groups. It starts getting very interesting how the groups behave and evolve once they touch down on the red planet.
To keep things interesting there is the true progression of the planet as the chapters and pages pass by so does to colonization scale of the red planet grows, bringing the book of a more character-focused and relationship book to a political and scientifical interesting novel. You really do appreciate that an almost 30-year-old book goes into detail on how colonizing mars would work practically as well as affecting both the society on mars as well as earth, respectively called terra.
Stands on its own
One of the biggest surprises for me when reading the book is that the book does not cover a small aspect/time-frame of the colonization of Mars. I thought this would be the case since it’s part of a trilogy covering future development of the red planet. This book is very much readable as a standalone book and the expanse of time that the author was able to cover with keeping the characters relevant is amazing.
Rating
8⁄10