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In the near future Wade Norton has been sent to Antarctica by Senator Phil Chase to investigate rumours of environmental sabotage. He arrives on the frozen continent and immediately begins making contact with the various scientific and political factions that comprise Antarctic society. What he finds is an interesting and diverse mix of inhabitants who don't always mesh well but who all share a common love of Antarctica and a fierce devotion to their life there. He also begins to uncover layers of Antarctic culture that have been kept hidden from the rest of the world, some of which are dangerous indeed. Events are brought to a head when the saboteurs--or "ecoteurs" as they call themselves--launch an attack designed to drive humans off the face of Antarctica. This is Kim Stanley Robinson's first book since his award-winning Mars trilogy, and while some of the themes may be familiar to seasoned Robinson readers the book is never less than engrossing. As usual Robinson does a masterful job with the setting of his story, and anyone interested in Antarctica won't want to miss this one. --Craig Engler, Amazon.com
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In the near future, Wade Norton has been sent to Antarctica by Senator Phil Chase to investigate rumors of environmental sabotage. He arrives on the frozen continent and immediately begins making contact with the various scientific and political factions that comprise Antarctic society. What he finds is an interesting blend of inhabitants who don't always mesh well but who all share a common love of Antarctica and a fierce devotion to their life there. He also begins to uncover layers of Antarctic culture that have been kept hidden from the rest of the world, and some of them are dangerous indeed. Things are brought to a head when the saboteurs--or "ecoteurs" as they call themselves--launch an attack designed to drive humans off the face of Antarctica. This is Kim Stanley Robinson's first book since his award-winning Mars trilogy, and while some of the themes may be familiar to seasoned Robinson readers, the book is never less than engrossing. As usual Robinson does a masterful job with the setting of his story, and anyone interested in Antarctica won't want to miss this one. --Craig Engler
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Antarctica's most defining characteristic is that it follows on the heels of Robinson's Mars trilogy, which is some of the best science fiction anywhere. Unfortunately, this means the book has some enormous shoes to fill; and my rating is more a reflection of the fact that Robinson's narrative style, structure, and tactics are all quite familiar but are committed to a story whose scale and grandeur are considerably less than his previous work. The characters will be familiar to anyone who has read the Mars books, but they don't resonate the same way. Robinson has clearly done his homework on Antarctica, but the science, characters, and story aren't blended into the same kind of cohesive whole that so distinguishes the Mars books. Also, the recounting of early explorers' exploits and endurance is a bit volumous for my taste. The story principally follows two social misfits who have found themselves in the fledgling Antarctic society of the early twenty-first century and a Congressional aide has been sent by a forward-looking senator who wants to understand events unfolding at the bottom of the world. As is customary for Robinson's work, the narrative is stuffed with relevant science. Robinson uses the characters to show the reader what Antarctica is like, physically and socially. The plot climax and resolution are good but lack the drama of Robinson's earlier work. This book would be a good warm-up for someone who hasn't read the Mars books yet.
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I decided to read Antarctica because I loved the Mars trilogy so much and I was certainly not dissapointed. KS Robinson has obviously gone to a tremendous effort and goes to immense detail to make this book as vivid and lifelike a portrayal of Antarctica in the near future as possible. I just couldn't put it down! While I understand that some may find the immense detail of 'Antarctica' (or the Mars trilogy for that matter) to be mind numbing, I believe that the detail put into Robinson's books is what places them on a higher level. The characters, which often leave something to be desired in KSR's other books, are all likeable in this one. And as for the often oblique political references that some may object to... well, it is just a storybook, and maybe if these people took the time to read the arguments put forth in the dialogue of the characters instead of turning their noses in disgust and flipping across the offending pages they might understand where the author is coming from. My one criticism of the book is that in places within the last 250 or so pages it DOES get a little too far fetched which detracts somewhat from the rest of the book... and the ending is a bit too vague and inconclusive. At any rate I must commend the author for the vast scope of his tremendous imagination, for the huge amount of detail and research put into the history and geography of Antarctica.
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Kim Stanley Robinson is well-known for his Mars saga set in the future on another planet, in Antarctica he brings his formidable talents closer to home to create a hair-raising possibility about our own last continent, the South Pole. Intertwined with rich historical information about the adventurers of yore, their feats and their fears, their beau gestes and their pettiness, Robinson has given us a relentlessly unfolding drama of corporate profit-taking at the expense of employees in the most hazardous of job sites; of ecology protectors contemplating insane protests; of ludicrous yet intensely frank real-time televised travelogues. In the beginning, it all seems so clean and mild. The only enemy the weather, then bad, strange things begin to happen. And as the cracks deepen this isolated community that depends upon the sanity of the whole to keep it from killing itself off, finds itself in dire straits from those coming in for fun, profit or politics. Interesting and didactic.
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a disappointing effort by the author
This is 2 books, and the first book is ok and the second is unreadable. The first is a story of assorted characters in Antartica in the near future, with lots of geology, weather... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Antarctica up for grabs!
Set in the near future, all who come to this last great wilderness have their own agenda for its development once the international treaty expires. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Mai 2000 von Rebecca Brown
Unbearable
Hard as I tried, I could not finish reading this book. It must be the first time in the last 20 years that that happens to me. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Mai 2000 von Luis
Antarctia or Pre-Red Mars?
After reading the geological Mars trilogy (Red, Green, and Blue), I wasn't sure if Antarctica was going to be another geological story. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. April 2000 von orbops
Politics in the Guise of Fiction
I first became a fan of Mr. Robinson's work through his Mars trilogy, which is superb. So, first, the good news: KSR has once again managed to convey a true sense of place. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Februar 2000 von Bart Leahy
Antarctica: A world worth contemplating
I have never read Kim Stanley Roberts before reading Antarctica, but am I ever glad I picked this novel up at the airport bookstore! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 31. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
"Antarctica the last true wilderness"
Once in a long while a book comes along that can leave such an impression on a person, such a new perspective on a whole continent, such a feeling for the characters in the book,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
A mini-trip to Antarctica
For the price of a paperback, I got to visit Antartica for a couple days! Robinson's book is a real treasure. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Dezember 1999 von zey
A Masterpiece!
Robinson has written a powerful and beautiful novel which challenges the reader to think about the state of our planet and its immediate future. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Ice Cold Pleasure
Antarctica will chill your soul! If you like Michener you really need to go to Antarctica with Kim Stanley Robinson. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Dezember 1999 von M. Garretson
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