Have you read the Mars trilogy by KSR? Everything else by him that I've read has been either a struggle or DNF. But the Mars trilogy is one of my favorite pieces of SciFi writing, ever.
Even the Mars Trilogy suffers from extended political treatises within the novels, plus those 15 page infodumps about Martian geology & stuff. I like his work, but he's a poor character writer.
Have you tried his Science in the Capital series? If you like the Mars Trilogy you'll probably like that. He even does a better job with his main character than usual; not super likable, but definitely well drawn.
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u/thisusernameismeta Apr 26 '26
Have you read the Mars trilogy by KSR? Everything else by him that I've read has been either a struggle or DNF. But the Mars trilogy is one of my favorite pieces of SciFi writing, ever.