It’s been a while since I wrote anything about what I was reading. Mainly this is because I’ve been wading through the Red Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. I’m about half way through Blue Mars (3rd book). Each book is about 800 pages long so it’s a pretty hefty undertaking. I don’t mind that at all except that I’ve ground to a halt out of sheer boredom in Blue Mars. Flame out. I might come back to it a bit later because I don’t like not finishing books, especially the last book in a multi-book series.
The reason I’m finding it to be boring is because it’s less about the characters and more about the planet and the characters trying to put together a government and infrastructure for Mars. While this is unbelievably detailed and totally believable, I don’t really give a rats ass. I care about the characters. So I’ve been stubbornly plowing along trying to finish it. It’s going to have to wait though.
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You did better than I… I didn’t make it through Red Mars… didn’t grab me.