tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-10-05:655482 A Cactus's Home on Dreamwidth Cereus 2012-03-26T03:38:23Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-10-05:655482:12921 2012-03-26T03:38:23Z 2012-03-26T03:38:23Z enthralled public 0 And then at odd moments she would see in her mind's eye the black dunes, the white ice, the silhouetted figures against a sunset sky.&nbsp; She would shiver and come to with a sigh.&nbsp; Ann had already arranged another trip and was gone, this time south to the northernmost arms of great Valles Marineris, to see more unimaginable marvels... <br />Maya complained about how much Ann was away.&nbsp; &quot;It's clear that she and Simon have started something and are just out there having a honeymoon while we slave away in here.&quot;&nbsp; That was Maya's way of looking at things, that would be what it would take to make Maya as happy as Ann sounded in her calls.&nbsp; But Ann was in the canyons - and that was all that was needed to make her sound that way...<br /><br />This is one quote I really like from Red Mars - I might add more to this same post as I write them up, or give them their own post, whichever is less confusing.<br /><br />Red Mars is a novel about the first 100 colonists on Mars and how they interact with it and how Mars changes them.&nbsp; And how they get along with eachother.&nbsp; And then there's environmentalism, and politics, and a mystery...&nbsp; It's a very &quot;big&quot; book for the number of pages it has. :)<br /><br />I really love and respect Ann Clayborne and her love for Mars.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cereus&ditemid=12921" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments