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Old 03-04-2014, 10:01 AM   #19117
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Originally Posted by Yapyap View Post
I'm still making my way through Red Mars. I can't remember when it actually took me this long to get through one book, when sitting down to read daily (as opposed to just taking a few days off from reading completely).

Considering I'm now three quarters in, and it's just vaguely interesting enough that I don't want to quit now, I have a feeling I'll have a few more days with it before I can finally commence reading at a more normal (for me) pace.
I had a similar problem with the book, though I stubbornly continued through the next two sequels. The epitome of hard sci-fi where the ideas are all important and five minutes after you've finished the book you can't remember the name of any character in it.

Jim
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