Benford's work throughout is engaging and thorough, exploring every aspect of why we should make this trip at all (and even a few arguments against it, like Mars Bar marketing tie-ins).

But the pace picks up considerably as our heroes-the likable Julia and her Russky hubby Viktor and crew, backed by the Mars Consortium and its biotech billionaire CEO John Axelrod-begin to duke it out with a Euro-Sino concern to claim the $30 billion Mars Prize and, of course, get back from the Red Planet in one piece. Martian Race is near-future SF, set in the twenty-teens (just before Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars saga kicks off), which may contribute to its being a bit of a slow starter this is realistic, nuts-and-bolts speculation on a mission using pretty basic technology. Arrives by Wed, Mar 29 Buy The Martian Race (Hardcover) at. By popular assent, Martian Race deserves top honors among the millennial wave of Mars exploration tales, propelled as it is by the skillful storytelling of physics doyen Gregory Benford, a Campbell and two-time Nebula winner. Warner Aspect, 24.95 (336pp) ISBN 978-8-3 In this unexceptional and somewhat slow-moving follow-up to The Martian Race (1999), Benford sends. An edition of The Martian race (1999) The martian race by Gregory Benford 0 Ratings 1 Want to read 0 Currently reading 1 Have read Overview View 2 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1999 Publisher Warner Books Language English Pages 340 Previews available in: English This edition doesn't have a description yet. 'But then again, Bob is a character in the book (albeit in the briefest of cameos), so what else could he possibly say? That notwithstanding, Zubrin's right-he couldn't have picked a better book to show his face in. Esteemed Mars guru Bob Zubrin calls The Martian Race 'one of the finest novels about human exploration of the Red Planet ever written. The Martian Race 1 in series by Gregory Benford ebook 1 of 1 copy available Borrow Read a sample Add to wish list Add to history Description Details Reviews From the Nebula Award-winning author of 'Timescape' and 'Foundations Fear' comes a hard-science thriller about the race to Mars that will tie into NASAs upcoming landing on the planet.

The Martian Race by Gregory Benford