Got your starship BG sound right here :p
Did someone say Ganymede?
That was the point though: they were all essentially flawed people, and it explored what essentially immortality would do to the human mind. And yet Sax was still a fave character, and I think he has one of the best character arcs in the whole story: where he starts, what he's subjected to, and how his overall…
KSR's Red Mars is great on many levels, but I hated every single one of his main characters. I was supposed to be sad when these potential immortals died, but deep inside the nasty part of my brain grunted 'good'.
Although in the book it's a global catastrophe whereas in reality it would be more like a (very) long strip of silk fluttering about in the wind.
Ah, understood.
surplustorequirements is describing a scene from Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" series.
It's like some sort of natural law that someone in a discussion about Mars is reading the Mars trilogy and loving it. Still at Red Mars myself.
Areophany? Awwwwright.
Reading this series now, ironically! Hoping to get through Blue Mars before the end of the month. Great scope and some great characters!
There's also this, where David Mitchell explains it all so much better than any mere mortal could.
... And how many of those people can't distinguish between "astronomy" and "astrology?" This seems like a linguistic issue more than anything. Yes, it's embarrassing, but most people can't even get their/they're/there down, and those are much more quotidian words.
Don't worry about it. If you didn't like it, you didn't like it. There's nothing I can say that will change your mind, and that's okay. You're still a good person. :)
You've had too much internet. You better go lie down... :p
The thought process behind the 'burning snow' is just absurd.
That hat had one day left until retirement.
I nominate you for Comment of the Day... that just took me on an awesome tour and saved me air fare. Cheers!