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![]() | The Martian Race (1999) (The first book in the Martian Race series) A novel by Gregory Benford |
Prometheus Award (nominee)
Martian Race is near-future SF, set in the twenty-teens (just before Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars saga kicks off), which may contribute to its being a bit of a slow starter; this is realistic, nuts-and-bolts speculation on a mission using pretty basic technology. But the pace picks up considerably as our heroes--the likeable Julia and her Russky hubby Viktorand crew, backed by the Mars Consortium and its biotech billionaire CEO John Axelrod--begin to duke it out with a Euro-Sino concern to claim the $30 billion Mars Prize and, of course, get back from the Red Planet in one piece. Benford's work throughout is engaging and thorough, exploring every aspect of why we should make this trip at all (and even a few arguments against it, like Mars Bar marketing tie-ins). --Paul Hughes
Genre: Science Fiction
Voyage (NASA Trilogy, book 1) Stephen Baxter | I, Robot (Robot) Isaac Asimov | Mars Crossing Geoffrey A Landis | Going Interstellar Les JohnsonJack McDevitt |
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Hardback Editions
| Title: The Martian Race Author(s):: Gregory Benford ISBN: 0446526339 / 9780446526333 (USA edition) Publisher: Aspect Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
| Title: The Martian Race Author(s):: Gregory Benford ISBN: 0446608904 / 9780446608909 (USA edition) Publisher: Aspect Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
| Title: The Martian Race Author(s):: Gregory Benford ISBN: 1857239997 / 9781857239997 (UK edition) Publisher: Orbit Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
| Title: The Martian Race Author(s):: Gregory Benford ISBN: B005K8H0JG Publisher: Gateway Availability: Amazon UK |
| Title: The Martian Race Author(s):: Gregory Benford ISBN: B001IZC3V0 Publisher: Aspect Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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