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Published: March 17, 2012
Words: 36,081 (approximate)
Language: American English
ISBN: 9783981512403
Short description
Blue Sunset looks back on the first settlers on Mars. Their triumphs and failures, their loves and losses. Earth sent the good and the bad, the thoughtful and the clueless, the doers and the quitters, the lovers and the leaders, the vigilantes and the virtuous. The red planet changed them. Their epitaphs tell their stories while the universe has the initial last word on this first settlement.Extended description
What Edgar Lee Masters did for his Spoon River, Illinois, Mary Jo Rabe creates on the planet Mars with her Blue Sunset. Over a hundred and fifty of the first settlers on Mars look back on their lives. Their stories, their triumphs and failures, their loves and losses. A representative sample of what Earth had to offer. The good and the bad, the thoughtful and the clueless, the doers and the quitters, the lovers and the leaders, the vigilantes and the virtuous. They thought they would remake the red planet, but the planet changed them. These epitaphs tell their stories while the universe has the initial last word on this first settlement.Tags
mars, science fiction, poems, epitaphs, blue sunset, mars poemsAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Mark Walker
on July 04, 2012 :
(no rating)
I read this book from "cover to cover" on a trip, and really enjoyed the craftsmanship the author showed, developing each character with a few brief paragraphs, and putting them together to make a compelling story. She made Mars come alive for me. The use of science, especially science that does not exist yet, is careful and compelling. The dark and ambivalent character of the sheriff is offset nicely by several examples of productive, fulfilled lives.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Jim Martin
on April 14, 2012 :
This collection of biographies-in-verse will grab any reader who is interested in people and interesting social situations. What exactly would cause the first settlers on Mars to have conflicts? What would love relationships be like in an extraterrestrial colony? How would political and financial hierarchies work themselves out in an artificial, new society? Mary Jo Rabe has taken the time to think about all the ins and outs of 21st century colonial life and added her expertise in the field of science fiction as a colorful background to these stories. The science fiction element is more than just a backdrop, though. It also serves as an important catalyst for much of the interpersonal conflict.
I can highly recommend this book to all readers - even those like me who aren't well-versed in sci-fi.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)