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It's an unexpected combination: Greg Bear, author of so many ambitiously complex SF novels, writing about the colorful simplicities of the Read more

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Unusual story set between Eps I and II.
Greg Bear brings some very notable writing credentials to the Star Wars universe, including multiple Hugo and Nebula awards. His book Rogue Planet is a notch headier than many of the EU novels, both in the prose itself and in his character-driven focus. The story of this one is unusual in that much of it ties closely to the New Jedi Order saga, which comes decades down the timeline.
A Headstrong Padawan
Rogue Planet is the story of the twelve-year-old Anakin Skywalker going with Obi-Wan Kenobi on a mission to find the mysterious planet of Zonama Sekor. A part of the journey is the continued training of young Anakin and a trial he must undergo to move forward in the ways of the Jedi. The book is an excellent adventure story on one level and our first real introduction into the mind of Anakin on a deeper level. Qui-Gon Jin obviously is no longer around, having fallen to Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, and the lack of his guidance is still deeply felt by both Anakin and Obi-Wan.
great book
this is a fantastic read.gives alot of detail of annikin's early training with the jedi and his first steps towards the dark side.if you like starwars pick this one up and read it. ... Read more

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In this 1995 Nebula Award-winning novel, a revolution is transforming the formerly passive Earth-colony of Mars. While opposing political factions on Mars battle for the support of colonists, scientists make a staggering scientific breakthrough that at once fuels the conflict and creates a united Mars front, as the technically superior Earth tries to take credit for it. Backed against a wall, colonial leaders are forced to make a monumental decision that changes the future of Mars forever. ... Read more

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Boldly Go...
Moving Mars is a high-quality story of imagination, science, and good characters.Greg Bear imagines a Mars set nearly two centuries in the future inhabited by fossils of the wet past of Mars and humans who dream of independence from Earthly overlords.The main character, Casseia Majumdar, is a budding politician who sees the world strictly through human terms.Her counterpart, Charles Franklin, is a scientist who sees the world in terms of epochs, physics, and technology.Together, they struggle through a budding Earth/Mars war and find the means to save their homeworld Mars by bending space to move their planet out of harm's way.

A good solid work of Sci-Fi from Greg Bear
This book was a fine piece of science fiction, and if you've loved Greg Bear's other works, you'll probably enjoy "Moving Mars" just as much.
could have used an editor . . .
Remember when Asimov, Bester, Clarke, Clement, Heinlein, etc. could pack action, characterization, and thought provoking social, political, and scientific speculation into 200 page classics?Was "Dune" the turning point, after which all "sci-fi" novels had to be as epic as "War and Peace"?I don't know, but this last generation of sawdust filled 500, 600, and 700 page doorstops has definitely soured me on science fiction.Nevertheless, I thought I'd try "Moving Mars" - after all, it was a Hugo nominee, so it must be great, right?Wrong.When Bear finally gets down to business, he's a pretty good read, but the first 350 pages of "Moving Mars" is mostly filler.Unfortunately, the author doesn't seem to have too much empathy with his first person narrator, either, and the science? well, what about tidal forces, for instance?Just call me an old fogey, but I'm going to go back and reread "Double Star" now. ... Read more

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All the best thrillers contain the solution to a mystery, and the mystery in this intellectually sparkling scientific thriller is more crucial and stranger than most. Why are people turning against their neighbors and their newborn children? And what is causing an epidemic of still births? A disgraced paleontologist and a genetic engineer both come across evidence of cover-ups in which the government is clearly up to no good. But no one knows what's really going on, and the government is covering up because that is what, in thrillers as in life, governments do. And what has any of this to do with the discovery of a Neanderthal family whose mummified faces show signs of a strange peeling? Read more

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Great concept made plausible by good science
I enjoyed this clever novel very much and unlike some reviewers think that the hard science is not at all tiresome.On the contrary, the careful explanations of genetics, bacteriophages, evolution and viruses are extremely helpful, even essential, for fully appreciating the story line.For readers who are not scientists, but who are smart and curious, this is a highly satisfying book.
Engrossing
This book could have been shorter and would have been the better for it. It is very well done though and hit some kind of deep psychological cord for me. It is a great piece of SF.

A wee bit tedious
Like a lot of the reviews on here, I was excited to read this book--my first Bear novel--and thought the premise of the plot was a great idea.But by midway through the book it became tedious and convuluted.Way too many characters to follow that don't go anywhere and aren't necessary for the good of the book.The science seems solid enough (don't listen to all those self proclaimed scientists [by the way, I'm a microbiologist] who slam it for being innaccurate or not up to their ego driven standards) but didn't really mesh with the character development or--as hard as this seems like it would be--the plot.
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