Une histoire original sur le déclin des civilisations et sur notre humanité. Usant de personnages simples (même caricaturaux), Wul transmet un message efficace avec une certaine dose de sous-texte.

Le roman est court et très facile à lire, je pense qu'il serait idéal pour de jeunes lecteurs. On y retrouve une certaine profondeur qui sera plus apparents aux lecteurs plus aguerris. 

Il paraît que la traduction anglaise est assez mauvaise malheureusement, c'est dommage pour les lecteurs anglophones.

Blue Mars provides an excellent conclusion to an epic of over 2200 pages and a story that last over two centuries and spans over the entire solar system.

Kim Stanley Robinson delivers an outstanding tale and a superb conclusion. The characters got more and more attention as the story went, and with Blue Mars, they grew even more. This book is different from the two previous ones. It focusses a lot more on the characters with Mars being used as a background more than anything else. In the previous books, Mars was evolving and taking part of the story. It still does in this book, but we are seeing it through the lives of the characters on the surface more than through scientific analysis. In Blue, we get to live on Mars, not only explore it.

We also get more of Earth in this book, as well as some other planets in our solar system. In Red Mars, it was almost claustrophobic, with people living in tents on the red planet, but here, they are part of the human experiment in space. The remarkable build up of the two previous books, both on the human side, and on the terraforming side, pays off in Blue Mars.

As for the previous books, it could feel tedious if you don’t appreciate the characters and the pacing . And it is completely understandable. But I, for one, really appreciated it. It’s well characterized, the science is sound, the (little) action swift and funny, and it’s grandiose in scale.

KSR touches on important human themes: love (of course), but also growing old and senescence, as well as grief. He takes what he built over the last two thousand pages and uses it to try and show us something about ourselves, something we rarely want to see. Whatever we do, no matter how good, mean, strong, weak, tall or small we are. We all eventually die. The ultimate common denominator.

To me, the trilogy is totally worth the time investment. It’s amongst the best science fiction series I’ve read and a remarkable literary accomplishment.

It’s rare that I come across a series that I find so enthralling and compelling. The Mars trilogy certainly qualifies, and I found Green Mars a perfect sequel to Red Mars. I will be starting Blue Mars right away.

I know many readers find these books slow, boring and bloated but I don’t. I mean, yes the pace is slow but it serves a purpose. People are colonizing and developing Mars. They are actually on another planet, for the first time in human history. So yes, this kind of thing takes time! And Robinson makes us feel that.

He develops his characters in a smart and intelligent way over the books. They are extremely well fleshed out, especially in Green Mars. There were some small issues with character development and pacing in Red Mars, but I find that Green Mars is more consistent. Subtle things, but is my overall impression. Female characters are also getting better treatment (thankfully), Maya in particular. Nadia was very interesting in Red but Maya less so, now they’re both great characters, more complex and deep.

I also love that Mars is treated like a character. The red planet is central to the whole story. It evolves with the characters and the plot. Also, every inch of it is a discovery, something new. So it’s no surprise that Robinson would describe it in detail. But I never found those descriptions boring or tedious. I always found them precise and relevant. Thanks to these, I always had a good idea of the scenery in my head, something lots of authors fail to achieve even in earthly landscapes.

There are some action scenes in the book as well as some sex. These are always useful for either the plot of the characters and they don’t feel out of place. 

All in all, a fantastic read and a great trilogy. Onto Blue Mars!

Certainly weaker than the previous collections, but a fitting end to a great series.

It’s a partially “good” ending, which I don’t mind that much, even though Remender was criticized for it. I think he’s right not to be the nihilistic guy who says “everything is FUBAR anyway”, even when showing how horrible people can be.

And the art is always fantastic, a constant in the series.

All-in-all, it’s my favourite long-run series from Remender so far. I usually don’t links his third acts but in this case I think it worked out ok.

More crazy violence around Marcus and Co. With some teenage Mr issues for good measure.

All in good fun.

Quite enjoyed this one! More than I did “Lord of Light”. Although this book is clearly not Zelazny’s deepest work, it is very readable and more compelling than I thought at first.

It’s a post-apocalyptic tale with and interstellar twist. It also features some mutated monsters and people and excellent fight scenes (something rare in sci-fi for some reason). 

I quite enjoyed the pacing and there was indeed some subtext and some tong-in-cheek humour that I appreciated.

Overall, a nice little novel. It won’t stay with me that much but I had a good time reading it and some of Zelazny’s ideas are actually pretty neat.

Although still funny, the series is really running on fumes and has been for the last couple books.

Murderbot is an interesting character, but I think Wells is running in circles now. She’s done a great job developing it but I believe she’s reached the end of what can be achieved here.

ART is also a great character, probably my favourite in the series, but even it is less interesting in this novel. 

The story was fine, the action was OK (although not as good as in the first few novellas) and the supporting cast of humans was decent. An easy read but not very rewarding.

So I definitely think Murderbot has run its course. It’s been a fun ride, but it’s losing its purpose. I hope Wells can create something else as gripping and funny as Murderbot was in the 4-5 first books. 

Extremely well researched book on Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution. I quite enjoyed the format, making it more vivid than most history books.

Reading this, you feel like you are part of the story and you understand the relationships between the various key players of the time better.

Highly recommended.

An excellent read. The story is original and better spelled out that many similar ones (sci-fi revolving around games).

Gurgeh is an intriguing character and Banks uses his strengths and flaws in a very smart way. The drones and sentient ships are also very well fleshed out.

There is also some dark humour that I enjoyed.

The plot is relatively simple but interesting and the pacing is very good. Overall, an excellent book and a nice introduction to the Culture series for me.

Certainly an interesting and original story. The premise is pretty clever and well executed.

The pacing is good, although it does get a bit repetitive in the last third. 

A few of the characters have… history attached to their names, which makes the story more interesting but also challenging.

The prose is clear and enjoyable. Overall, although I wasn’t extremely impressed by it, I quite like this novel and will probably read the next book in the series.