Helpful Score: 2
I loved this book and I have the sequel to it that I am starting tomorrow. I understand global warming a lot better, but Robinson mixes scientifics with charming characters and their personal lives.
Helpful Score: 2
I found this one to be a tough start, but it was worth the effort. He throws a lot of technical detail at you. That's offset by characters that you can really come to care about, and a story that gets more interesting as it unfods.
Definitely worth a read. I can't wait to get my hands on the next one!
Definitely worth a read. I can't wait to get my hands on the next one!
Helpful Score: 2
Kim Stanley Robinson covers the science and the people behind the science of climate change. This is the first in the trilogy and does read like Robinson is warming up for the middle. It makes for interesting reading against the back drop of the daily news reports of our crazy weather.
Helpful Score: 2
First book in the riveting trilogy of cutting-edge science, international politics and the real-life ramifications of global warming as they are played out in our nation's capital and daily lives of those at the center of the action. You will become enmeshed in the lives of scientific heros and their families, displaced Tibetans, characters living in communities outdoors and a politician who wants to make a difference in the looming environmental disasters ahead of us. Highly recommended to readers of all genres.
Helpful Score: 2
Considering the depth and scope of the Mars trilogy, this book is much more reader friendly. I was hooked but you have to get through the first 100 pages to get truly into this one. Its a topical subject that is very interesting to think about what could happen with global warming. I liked it very much. The research that went into the book is again, impeccable.