- Taschenbuch: 464 Seiten
- Verlag: Aspect; Auflage: Reprint (1. Januar 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0446608904
- ISBN-13: 978-0446608909
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 10,7 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (13 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 268.820 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Esteemed Mars guru Bob Zubrin calls The Martian Race "one of the finest novels about human exploration of the Red Planet ever written." But then again, Bob is a character in the book (albeit in the briefest of cameos), so what else could he possibly say? That notwithstanding, Zubrin's right--he couldn't have picked a better book to show his face in. By popular assent, The Martian Race deserves top honours among the millennial wave of Mars exploration tales, propelled as it is by the skilful storytelling of physics doyen Gregory Benford, a Campbell and two-time Nebula winner.
Martian Race is near-future SF, set in the twenty-teens (just before Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars saga kicks off), which may contribute to its being a bit of a slow starter; this is realistic, nuts-and-bolts speculation on a mission using pretty basic technology. But the pace picks up considerably as our heroes--the likeable Julia and her Russky hubby Viktorand crew, backed by the Mars Consortium and its biotech billionaire CEO John Axelrod--begin to duke it out with a Euro-Sino concern to claim the $30 billion Mars Prize and, of course, get back from the Red Planet in one piece. Benford's work throughout is engaging and thorough, exploring every aspect of why we should make this trip at all (and even a few arguments against it, like Mars Bar marketing tie-ins). --Paul Hughes -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Esteemed Mars guru Bob Zubrin calls The Martian Race "one of the finest novels about human exploration of the Red Planet ever written. "But then again, Bob is a character in the book (albeit in the briefest of cameos), so what else could he possibly say? That notwithstanding, Zubrin's right--he couldn't have picked a better book to show his face in. By popular assent, Martian Race deserves top honors among the millennial wave of Mars exploration tales, propelled as it is by the skillful storytelling of physics doyen Gregory Benford, a Campbell and two-time Nebula winner.
Martian Race is near-future SF, set in the twenty-teens (just before Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars saga kicks off), which may contribute to its being a bit of a slow starter; this is realistic, nuts-and-bolts speculation on a mission using pretty basic technology. But the pace picks up considerably as our heroes--the likable Julia and her Russky hubby Viktor and crew, backed by the Mars Consortium and its biotech billionaire CEO John Axelrod--begin to duke it out with a Euro-Sino concern to claim the $30 billion Mars Prize and, of course, get back from the Red Planet in one piece. Benford's work throughout is engaging and thorough, exploring every aspect of why we should make this trip at all (and even a few arguments against it, like Mars Bar marketing tie-ins). --Paul Hughes -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
The martian race is a very good hard sci-fi novel.
NASA gives up going to Mars and instead offers a prize of $30 billion dollars to the first company that can safely land, conduct research and return. There are two companies that decide to take up the challenge, the first an american company run by John Axelrod and the second an asian/european company. The book is set from the point of view of the only woman (and wife of the mission captain) of the american team.
After a stay of 18 months on the planet the american crew is about to lift off when complications with their 'borrowed' return vehicle arise. To make matter worse the asian crew are about to land then leave almost immediately, to beat them back, in a quick snatch and grab operation. In the end it all boils done to a race on who can get of the planet and back to Earth first and claim the price.
Overall it was a good action/adventure type book that had just the right amount of believable science in it so that if you read the story in the paper tomorrow it wouldn't be hard to believe. Not a fantasy sci-fi but a believeable sci-fi. Like Jurassic Park.
The only drawback of the novel I found was a slight lack of punch at the end, but still very good. I would definitely recommend this book to any reader.
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This work is very tightly based around the Mars Direct architecture developed by Robert Zubrin and others, but the technical details do not weigh down the narrative. It takes a while for the story to pick up momentum. Benford has employed a broken time-thread, whereby he breaks back and forth between past and present. This is occasionally annoying, but the excitement of the story lets him get away with it.
It is easy to see how this could be made into a TV series.
All up, a good read.
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I loved this book. It blends scifi with a practical idea: Why not let the private sector do what the public sector can't afford or won't afford? Nice mix of possibilities of life on the red planet with what the human experience there would be like. A great read.
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Not a review....
... but a spoiler warning.
One of the editorial reviews, Kirkus, contains a major spoiler. I suggest you avoid reading their review/synopsis.
Excellent novel, BTW.
Am 28. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
A little too 'alienated'
I don't normally read sci fi, so maybe that played a big part in why I wasn't totally thrilled with the story. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. April 2000 veröffentlicht
Hard science fiction at its best
First a disclaimer: I'm an unrepentant Gregory Benford fan. But in a sci-fi world increasingly dominated by Star Wars and dragons, I think any lover of hard-science fiction will... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. März 2000 von J. Caufield
Buy It
I'm betting that this title will give Benford, yet, another award. I love his writing style and the richness of his ideas. I see a movie here.
Veröffentlicht am 22. März 2000 von Stephen Salbod
Well-paced, interesting Mars novel
This is near-future, hard (no "warp drive", ESP, or even nanotech) SF. Benford doesn't really milk the tension of the race to return from Mars, which is probably a good... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. März 2000 von J. Grantham
Mars Lives
Gregory Beford has created a plausible story of the first explorations of Mars. The book was well paced, with few (if any) dead spots. The character development was very good. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Februar 2000 von L. O'Connell
Very entertaining
Very entertaining reading, with lots of realistic details. I doubt however that Mars exploration will be a private venture. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Februar 2000 von hektor
I tore through it in a couple days
Loved the story and the characters. Excellent 'alternate' way of reaching Mars outside of normal thinking. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Januar 2000 von Thomas R. Hill
Engrossing and entertaining
I found this to be an excellent book.It had good character development, a firm plot and the story was interesting. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Januar 2000 von cbell@worldnet.att.net
THE BEST MARS NOVEL EVER
This is the real, hard stuff--an informed look at how we might go to Mars, for the very best reasons, both scientific and personal. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Dezember 1999 von pcash@ispchannel.com
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