Red Mars again

[ailbhe]

Lord of the Flies in space with grownups - this time, with women! Still all white and straight though. Except for some token Mysteriously Spiritual Meditative East Asian bits.

I liked it well enough to start Green Mars though.

Comments

[barakta]

I think without spoilering it that there is a "progress" of sorts with shifts in society to an expected "ideal" and then sort of beyond it with the classic "Oh yeah but that prejudice doesn't exist any more so those 'extremer' types aren't needed anymore"...

It's not perfect and I think arguably it's too simplistic overall, but it doesn't seem to glorify war, while acknowledging the adrenalergic and "ok shit hitting fan lets deal".

I still haven't thought of anything which is as good without at least historical horrificness or excessive "femme-normativity" in the protagonist.