"One dawn the deep plum color of the sky illuminated the spectacular fin ridge of the Acheron to the north, looming like a Manhattan of solid rock, as yet uncut into individual skyscrapers" (p. There are even a few humorous moments, which often involve the character, Coyote, who lives up to his trickster namesake. Every five or ten pages Robinson produces a moment of literary beauty and philosophical depth. Along the way we get Robinson's tremendous world building (those scenes where the characters drive around Mars and think about things have a point!). The plot follows the struggles of Mars to become independent from Earth. But if you're like me and you read science fiction for the ideas and don't cling dogmatically to the show-don't-tell rule, you may also love this series. Even worse, there are similar blocks of text on philosophy and politics (including several discussions of Thomas Kuhn, which warmed my philosophy of science loving heart - more on that later). There are large blocks of text, sometimes several pages long, consisting of elaborate scientific details and descriptions of the Martian landscape. I understand why some people don't like these books.
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