Agreed, these books are interesting and cover the geopolitical aspects of a mars colony attempting to break away from the control a dying earth government.
Yep. Some good sci-fi. Each one is a bit different, but terrific. Funny enough I was thinking earlier this week that I should re-read them since it’s been a number of years.
I definitely recommend the series. Excellent excellent series. Coincidentally, I was out tonight at a used book store and I found and bought a copy of Red Mars (Book 1) to replace my lost copy. Ha!
Finished the first last year, stalled halfway through the second. I’ll finish it sooner or later. The series is entitled ‘Zones of Thought’ IIRC.
Also check out Alistair Reynolds. House of Suns is probably my favorite, which is a pity because it’s a standalone not a series. The whole Revelation Space series is good too.
Lately it’s been the new ‘Expanse’ book, and ‘The Culture’ series.
The solar war books are getting quite good. The latest one saturnine is actually a compelling story. Same with some of the watchers of the throne series. Also being a technologist I always like bellisarius cawl so really liked the great work.
It's literally my favorite science fiction. I also recommend purchasing and reading at least the first half of the series. The latter half of the series go into a lot more political fiction instead of science fiction but it's definitely worth reading if you like the political story that develops in the middle of the series.
In the first book the earth is attacked by Von Neumann probes launched preemptively by a civilization that wants to destroy potential agressors before they develop the technology to become a risk. The "benefactor" civilization group organises rescue and counter-assaults as a means of pan-civilisation trust building. The second book looks at the ethics of destroying a civ based on decisions it may have taken in its distant past.
Anvil has something of a young adult style, but the game theory and strategy elements are quite satisfying I think.
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