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If anyone is the complete master of the grand-scale sf novel, it's Bear....["Moving Mars"] is also told extremely well with nothing lacking in either scientific soundness or literary excellence. "Booklist"
Long, epic in sweep, and scrupulous in its details....The novel's best moments involve Bear's ingenous biological and physical speculations, which do not simply color the narrative but...shape and inform its texture. "Washington Post Book World"
Bear's "Mars" is one of the most vividly realized of the areological novels...He has the gift of implying a whole background with high-resolution but subtly-signaled background details, again built into the language of the milieu rather than in more obtrusive devices. "Locus"
"Moving Mars" is an accomplished, thoroughly mature novel that should be placed at the top of anyone's to be read' stack. "Science Fiction Age"
Bear, on of the stars of contemporary SF, shows the heights to which SF can reach in this sprawling, literate, science-laden saga. "Kliatt""
"If anyone is the complete master of the grand-scale sf novel, it's Bear....[Moving Mars] is also told extremely well with nothing lacking in either scientific soundness or literary excellence." --Booklist
"Long, epic in sweep, and scrupulous in its details....The novel's best moments involve Bear's ingenous biological and physical speculations, which do not simply color the narrative but...shape and inform its texture." --Washington Post Book World
"Bear's Mars is one of the most vividly realized of the areological novels...He has the gift of implying a whole background with high-resolution but subtly-signaled background details, again built into the language of the milieu rather than in more obtrusive devices." --Locus
"Moving Mars is an accomplished, thoroughly mature novel that should be placed at the top of anyone's 'to be read' stack." --Science Fiction Age
"Bear, on of the stars of contemporary SF, shows the heights to which SF can reach in this sprawling, literate, science-laden saga." --Kliatt
Greg Bear is the author of some of Tor's bestselling titles, including Eon and The Forge of God. He has won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards for his novels and short fiction. Bear lives in the Seattle, WA area with his wife, Astrid, and their two children.
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Nick Rodgers (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. © 1993: 3rd in the 'Queen Of Angels' series of books. 1st UK edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: A scientific epic set on Mars two hundred years in the future. 'Moving Mars' introduces Casseia Majumdar, one of a group of students fighting the State government which wants to impose unity upon the Binding Multiples - extended families covering the surface of the planet. As Earth also starts to interfere with Martian politics and economy, Casseia is sent to the home planet where she is part of a team attempting unsuccessfully to reach a compromise. Returning to Mars she finds that Charles Franklin, a fellow student to whom Casseia is reluctantly attracted, has uncovered a new form of physics which could change Man and the universe irrevocably and, unwillingly, Casseia is forced to become one of those who lead Mankind into a new era:- Review(s): "Greg Bear proves once again, by painting an original portrait of Mars and creating such a classic character as Casseia Majumdar, that he remains the premier hard-SF writer in the world:- (original cost £9.99). Seller Inventory # 13.008.00004
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