Moving Mars - Hardcover

Bear, Greg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031285515X ISBN 13: 9780312855154

Publisher: Tor Books, 1993

Synopsis

In a scenario based on the colonization of our neighboring planet by corporate interests, discontent on the part of the second and third generations of the original colonists lays the groundwork for a revolution destined to last for decades. 30,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"No one spins out ideas like Greg Bear. He explores the very frontiers of possibility, weaving tapestries of wonder. And yet, all of Bear's ideas, all the adventure and action, don't half compare to his finest creation yet--that treasure of a Martian, Casseia Majumdar!" --David Brin
"Strong characterization and compelling prose." --"Library Journal"
"Stunning and remarkable invention and extrapolation." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"Great! Great characters, science, cultures, action. "Moving Mars" brings together all the things that make science fiction wonderful!" --Vernor Vinge
Praise for Greg Bear' s "Moving Mars"

" 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"

Praise for Greg Bear's "Moving Mars"
 
"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"
 
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Praise for Greg Bear's "Moving Mars"
"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, g

Praise for Greg Bear's "Moving Mars"

"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"

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

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 031285515X
• ISBN 13: 9780312855154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1