Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)

I could not put this book down. Really one of my favourite books of all time. The book follows multiple protagonists and I found all of them interesting. Both political and social, the book gives an excellent commentary on our society, painted against the backdrop of Mars colonisation. The action is brisk and keeps you thirsty for more. Even a week on from finishing reading this, I'm still thinking about this book, which is a great sign. The one minus point was that there was a lot of focus on geology, which was lost on me because I don't know the terminology. But not even that will make this book lose a point, because it's actually a 6/5.

The first half-century of Mars colonization told from the perspective of a half dozen members of the first 100 colonists, each representing a faction or a school of thought. One there because they get off on hard work, one there for a personal political legacy, another there to make money for the capitalists, one for preservation & research, one for terraforming as fast as possible, one to create a new society, one who spearheads a Mars for Mars colonists movement…

Too dry and long for me to really enjoy it.