At 05:22 PM 2/14/03 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote:> At 02:07 14-2-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > >On another (science-oriented) list, I am having a discussion with a > >professional geologist who, based on his remarks so far, apparently has > >not read much hard SF. I could use some suggestions of books which > >present realistic scenarios for terraforming Mars. > > Kim Stanley Robinson's _Mars_ trilogy would be a good read -- if you can > spare the time to read through some 3,600 pages. > Might I add that you best stop reading after the first book of that trilogy. It becomes a drudge after that. Sonja
IIRC, I didn't get much past that point myself, which is why I was reluctant to suggest it . . .
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
O grant thy mercy and thy grace,
To those who venture into space.
(Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn)
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