"The point is not to make another Earth. Not another Alaska or Tibet, not a Vermont nor a Venice, not even an Antarctica. The point is to make something new and strange, something Martian."
- Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars
I'm re-reading Green Mars, and while it doesn't have the same dynamic excitement of the political and cultural revolution in Red Mars, it takes deep detours into some really fascinating subjects while continuing to ask the deep questions relevant to the transformation of any environment. Like a lot of KSR's work, I don't love all of it - there are a few too many LONG rover trips around Mars for my taste - but I love how he examines how people would react and what they would become when living in a truly alien place.
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