Moving Mars: 3 (Queen of Angels) - Softcover

Bear, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765318237 ISBN 13: 9780765318237

Publisher: Orb Books, 2007

Synopsis

The young may not remember Mars of old, under the yellow Sun, its cloud-streaked skies dusted pink, its soil rusty and fine, its inhabitants living in pressurized burrows and venturing Up only as rite of passage or to do maintenance or tend the ropy crops spread like nests of intensely green snakes over the wind-scoured farms. That Mars, an old and tired Mars filled with young lives, is gone forever. Now I am old and tired, and Mars is young again. Our lives are not our own, but by God, we must behave as if they are. When I was young, what I did seemed too small to be of any consequence; but the shiver of dust, we are told, expands in time to the planet-sweeping storm.... Casseia Majumdar was a daughter of one of Mars' oldest, most conservative Binding Multiples - the extended family syndicates that had colonized the red planet. But her life was changed forever by the student protest of 2171. Those brief days of idealism forged bonds that would last a lifetime, and set the stage for a more dramatic act of revolution than anyone could have imagined. Charles Franklin, too, was caught up in those days of passionate youth. A brilliant young physicist with a deep love for his native planet, he was forced to leave his world behind to gain the training he needed. And in those years, the political distance between Earth and Mars was growing wider than the empty reaches of interplanetary space. Moving Mars is Greg Bear's brilliant conception of humanity's colonization of the red planet, with lovingly painted details and a grand historical sweep, embellishing an audacious scientific speculation.

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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: Orb Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0765318237
• ISBN 13: 9780765318237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448