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A review by christianholub
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
4.0
A worthy conclusion to one of my fav science-fiction trilogies ever. The Mars Trilogy is not only my favorite work by Kim Stanley Robinson, which is saying a lot, but also the standard by which I will now judge most sci-fi.
This book in particular is named after my favorite color, and I love how utopian it is; nothing “dramatic” happens in the ways we’re used to with genre fiction because the problems of capitalism that drive that kind of story have been solved. And so a lot does happen, enough to make it an exciting and engaging read, it’s just all at the level of “how do we live our best lives as a species”? We could use more of this kind of story!
This book in particular is named after my favorite color, and I love how utopian it is; nothing “dramatic” happens in the ways we’re used to with genre fiction because the problems of capitalism that drive that kind of story have been solved. And so a lot does happen, enough to make it an exciting and engaging read, it’s just all at the level of “how do we live our best lives as a species”? We could use more of this kind of story!