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Old 06-21-2010, 08:50 AM   #5306
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt View Post
I couldn't finish Red Mars, but it has nothing to do with the quality of the book, which I thought was OK. Being locked up inside a rocket, and later a station, with 99 other people is a bit too close to my personal conception of Hell
I couldn't finish it either - once they got to Mars, I got totally bogged down in the technical details of establishing the colony and lost all interest in the characters.

[BTW - are those volunteers still in the capsule simulating the trip to Mars?]
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