On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM Bruce A. Metcalf via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote:
> My admiration of this book, and Kim Stanley Robinson in general remain. > > I used to recommend his Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars) > as the most hopeful and credible tale since Star Trek. I read The Ministry for the Future and was left hopeful. > It's still a good read, however: > > I have just finished reading "A City of Mars" by Kelly and Zach > Weinersmith (he of "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal"). Well researched > and carefully thought out, it's also funny and informative, with > extensive notes and bibliography. See why they call themselves "space > bastards", and like me, perhaps become one yourself. Turns out there's a > lot more to space colonization than rockets, and much of it involves > lawyers, which can't be good. > +1. Very good book. We are not going to colonize Mars. Not in my lifetime. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!
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