Saving Mars
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780983562160 |
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| Publisher: | Williams Press |
| Publication date: | 11/10/2012 |
| Series: | Saving Mars Series , #1 |
| Pages: | 388 |
| Sales rank: | 770,215 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.86(d) |
| Age Range: | 13 - 17 Years |
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Saving Mars
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What a well thought out, descriptive story of how life on Mars could be. You can almost see yourself looking out over the "Marsian" landscape ( as they like to call it). I liked the way you were drawn into the workings of society and the hardships endured over centuries. You know you've been hooked when you start wondering how they cope with other day to day issues of life on a waterless planet...like washing. LOL!
I particularly liked the character of Ethan...Jessamyn's brother. He's a genius with a very black and white way of seeing things...not a lot of social skills. It makes for really interesting reading to see how he handles different situations.
As for future Earth... or Terran...some of the concepts explored are fascinating. I've never read anything like the whole "re -body" experience. For anyone who loves a good sci-fi read this has got the lot. Inter-planetary relations, space travel, adventure, strong interesting characters, romance, and futuristic worlds that are both familiar and alien at the same time.
I can't wait for the next installment!
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I really love this book! (I may just really love the gift of living in C.Swanson's imagination) It's set on Mars (and Earth) in the future. How cool is that? It has a flawed heroine, who loves flawed people. Space travel is incredibly exotic and exciting to think about, and this does not disappoint. I love thinking about what things would be like on Mars and our fair author has examined it from all angles. Even to the degree of allowing for spacesuits, and a rip in a spacesuit...the lack of...hydration, edible food, etc. It is an enthralling book. I could not put it down.
I would recommend this book to my best friend, neighbor, and anyone I bump into in the course of a day. (and I HAVE recommended it to all of those people)
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Jessamyn Jaarda biggest concern in Chapter one is her brother, Ethan, and getting a piece of ice. She disobeys orders and is disciplined when the food supply is destroyed. Honestly it’s good if you ignore the fact the military would never take a rule breaker into their system as rule breakers get people killed. This isn’t in most novels or movies that rogues are bad officers, so I’ll leave that alone. She gets to go on the mission to save Mars, and her brother, Ethan, is recruited too. Jess is set up to rescue her brother and her shipmates. She doesn’t trust everyone, and she’s stuck deciding the fates of her family and the planet.
I don’t read YA, though my writers friends love the genre. I said yes because it was science fiction and to check out the genre more. I had issues believing the fate of the world in a girl’s hands with no experience. I’m not a fan and have massive issues of disbelief, but this isn’t my genre. What I do know and enjoy is science fiction. To me the author is imaginative and did her research. I never questioned the science, well okay the rebodying thing was interesting, but I’m in. I wasn’t lost. So for sci fi aspect, it’s readable. Just my opinion though, and I’m not in the demographic who reads YA. I’f give 4 out of 5 stars. Science Fiction saved the read for me.
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Great beginning to a great series! Be warned - you'll want them all!
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Well written
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Ok, this is one great book, the plot is well developed and has lots of twists and turns. I loved each of the characters, Jess and Eth are so in tune with each other. With the addition of Paval it makes it complete. I liked his way of falling in love with Jess, it happened when he wasn't looking! So cute. Now Jess has a big job in front of her. Guess I'll be heading for book two, hope to see you there. Recommend this series it's a good one so far.
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Believable and likeable characters, vividly imagined future worlds. A colony on Mars, believed by the citizens of a totalitarian Earth to have died out generations ago, sends a "raiding party" to trade for badly needed supplies. Of course, everything that can go wrong does... the first of four books (just finished reading the fourth book, "Mars Burning" this weekend) with more to come.
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Great read!
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I enjoyed this novel enough that I purchased all of the rest of the series as soon as I finised this one. The characters were fleshed out enough that I cared what happenechd to them and the story never got boring nor did I have to force myself to keep reading past any point to "get on with it." I finished it a while back and I've read about 5 books since then, so I don't remember any of the character's names, but I remember the story quite well and will probably read the second in the series next. For people who like space scifi and dystopian themes, I recommend this highly.
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I liked it at first but I lost interest.
I would recommend it for YA readers.
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Cidney Swanson's world of Mars is a feast for the science-fiction senses.
Flawless world-building, memorable characters, and heart-stopping action sequences abound in this wonderful story. Recommended for any reader who likes strong girl characters, and anyone who has ever dreamed of space or space travel.
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