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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Still on Green Mars. Bits of it are great, but the overall structure irritates me, and seems to be very slow and lumbering. I'm not sure I'll manage to finish it.
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Whew! Got to the end. The last few chapters were rather good. But Robinson really does like the slow build-up and explanation of how things slowly change between big events.
Rather than sticking with one main character, we get long stretches that follow on character, before we move on to another. This works OK, but it's hard adjusting to each switch.
I think I will move on to Blue Mars eventually, but not for a while. On the whole, I enjoyed Green Mars, but it did drag mightily in places.
And what next? Hmm... I think the latest Analog (
Nov. 2010) and Asimov's (
Oct/Nov 2010).