Topic: The Mars Trilogy is Awesome, with apologies to Elna
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quote:Jus wanna say, i Recently read the Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars trilogy and HOW COOL???!!! Wow, i'va wanted 2 go in2 astronomy as a career 4 about 3 years now but the whole men on Mars thing makes it even more interesting! I really was thinking i mite wanna try and get there some time in the distant future coz itd be so amazing an experience! BTW whoever made this site it is very cool!
We all apologize for hijacking your first thread. Here's the proper forum to discuss Robinson's Mars books.. Officer's Lounge is usually reserved for our personal discussions, while General Sci-Fi applies to the books. Discuss!
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Im sorry! The person who told me 2 come on this site said to post a general hi on officers lounge so i did! didnt mean to get it wrong i was just kinda introducing meself and wot i like!
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Ill bloody well blame whoever i want"! Only joking, Is there anyone out there who will reply to this with something to do with mars or is that totally outta the question?!!
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Well, all right; I hope they make films of the Mars trilogy, though it'd be hard to find actors to play the characters when they're *really* old!
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Well, I never got the chance to read them, but my former friend and current arch nemesis Tim (not you, Tim!) read them and loved them. I believe they came up in discussion when we were arguing whether or not Mars should still be Red after supposedly being terraformed (in Star Trek).
Were there a lot of scientific explanations for the processes of Terraforming used in the book? or am i way out in left field there..?
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Yeah finding actors would be hard, although they could try to age them a little bit and they are only supposed to look seventy at 200 due to the longevity treatments. It would make a damn good film though! Id reccomend the books definately, they changed my views on the planet considerably and since reading them ive actually started to consider becoming an astronaught rather than just an astronomer on earth. Dont know yet though, its a bit far ion my future to properly think about!
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i havnt red the mars 3logy yet, but im sure that their good *lol* if they make plains that traval to mars i want 2 be 1 of the 1st 2 go 2 mars.mars is 2 cool
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quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: Well, I never got the chance to read them, but my former friend and current arch nemesis Tim (not you, Tim!) read them and loved them. I believe they came up in discussion when we were arguing whether or not Mars should still be Red after supposedly being terraformed (in Star Trek).
Were there a lot of scientific explanations for the processes of Terraforming used in the book? or am i way out in left field there..?
I don't recall Mars being terraformed in Star Trek - one of the Captain's Table novels mentioned domes though. And no you're not in left field: Red Mars - the journey there and setting up and a bit on terraforming; Green Mars - mostly terraforming info; Blue Mars - I haven't finished this one as I got bogged down with political material in it, but plan to go back once I've moved house and unpacked.
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They've mentioned "Martian Colonies" in Star Trek, but I don't think they've ever said that it has been terraformed. There are probably big bubble cities or something like the Lunar colonies.
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the debate over whether or not Trek depicts, or should depict, Mars as terraformed began in page two of this thread and continued in this one
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As long as they don't slaughter it like Battlefield Earth.... That would have made a decent mini-series.....
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