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Mark Lawrence
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It has a lot of the detail porn that made me DNF Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars.
I just waded through pages and pages detailing the controls and maneuvers for two pods to spin around on a tether. I don't mind a little, but this is a lot.
However, I'm still engaged because:
a) it's still not as dry as Red Mars
b) the doomsday scenario makes it all more tense and emotional and interesting.
— 22 hours, 44 min ago
I just waded through pages and pages detailing the controls and maneuvers for two pods to spin around on a tether. I don't mind a little, but this is a lot.
However, I'm still engaged because:
a) it's still not as dry as Red Mars
b) the doomsday scenario makes it all more tense and emotional and interesting.
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Mark Lawrence
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I'm enjoying the story, though I have major technical objections.
I can't see that it is possible to break the Moon into 7 big pieces - fragmentation would start immediately.
If it were possible it would take hours at most, not 7 days, for scientists to note the inevitable catastrophe.
It's orders of magnitude easier to survive underground in bunkers than in space.
— Feb 26, 2026 11:13AM
I can't see that it is possible to break the Moon into 7 big pieces - fragmentation would start immediately.
If it were possible it would take hours at most, not 7 days, for scientists to note the inevitable catastrophe.
It's orders of magnitude easier to survive underground in bunkers than in space.
