Mars
by Ben Bova
Taste attributes: science fictionrobots/ai/spaceadventurefresh & originalheavyimaginarybig & variedall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA sweeping, heightened science-fiction novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
From the back cover of Bantam paperback July 1993: It is a world shrouded in mystery -- a planet pocked by meteors, baked by ultraviolet light, and covered by endless deserts the color of dried blood. To this harsh and unforgiving planet travel the twenty-five astronauts of the international Mars mission.
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- Author
- Ben Bova
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 555
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- Open Library
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