The Man Who Conquered Mars Alien Artifact eBook Doug Turnbull Joe Hardwick
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Ride with Anastasia Konstantinova across hundreds of miles of desert, go spelunking in ancient caves, endure a solar storm, meet a Martian dust devil, and experience life as a Mars Colonist. Ana, along with her friends Andy and Bob, become embroiled in political intrigue, fight in a revolution, explore the natural world of Mars, face the dangers of colonizing a planet using the technology of 2052, and rescue the crew of a crashed spacecraft. Together, Ana and her friends must also solve the mystery of who built a recently discovered alien structure and who left a human artifact there a hundred years before. As the object of the affections of her two young friends, Ana must also resolve the problem posed by a romantic triangle. The reader may be surprised by her solution and will enjoy the action, adventure, and lively dialog in this upbeat, swiftly paced story.
Studying to become an aerologist, or Mars geologist, Ana is the oldest person born and raised in Mars Colony and is a leader among her peers. How she will answer this unwanted call to leadership is one of her many challenges. While playing detective, Ana balances the romantic attentions of Andy, her young Mars-born friend, and Bob, a handsome young Colonist from Kansas. Wise beyond his years with a keen sense of humor, Andy is a courageous fighter in the Colony’s struggle for independence, as well as a loyal friend. Equally brave and a brilliant scientist, Bob proves himself to be a steadfast friend to both Ana and Andy.
No doom or gloom here This story takes an optimistic view of the next 45 years, during which Mars and the Moon are colonized while Earth prospers. Mars Corporation is a multinational, interplanetary company created for the purpose of colonizing and developing Mars. The major space-faring nations as well as private investors have combined their efforts to establish the Colony and finance it, and the economics of interplanetary exploration and development are an important part of the story. Intertwined with the story is a friendly introduction to areology, areography, Mars planetary science, the mechanics of interplanetary travel, and the many technical problems encountered while establishing a colony on Mars. During the natural course of the story, environmental issues such as the search for water; resource utilization; the use of nuclear power, solar power, and hydrogen power; and the rugged climate on Mars are explored by these capable, likeable, and well-informed characters.
The Man Who Conquered Mars Alien Artifact eBook Doug Turnbull Joe Hardwick
The Man Who Conquered Mars is a story about the inhabitants of Mars Colony of the future, where several Mars bases house over 600 Mars colonists who are either Mars-born or immigrants to the red planet.The story focuses on two teen Mars natives who discover evidence of mankind's real first man on Mars from 1956! The political machinations to keep the real secret and develop the hundred year-old technology are what make this story interesting.
On the downside, much of the dialogue is somewhat stilted and formal. The story is TOLD but it's a sometimes painful process getting from point A to Z. Conversationally, each speaker always names the person they're speaking to, as in, "Say, Bob, how are you today?" "Why I'm just fine, Mike."
It lessens any confusion about who is speaking to whom, but it really gets to be annoying in the long run. The conversations just do not flow normally.
The only other complaint I have is that parts of the book read like a college textbook on Mars. Less technical detail would make for a more satisfying story.
In all, though, the story itself was entertaining enough to hold my interest for the several hours that it took to finish. If you plan on reading other books by Doug Turnbull, read this one first as it
seems to set the stage for the others.
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The Man Who Conquered Mars Alien Artifact eBook Doug Turnbull Joe Hardwick Reviews
Fun romp around a future Mars colony.
I will probably check out some of the author's other offerings in the near future.
OK novel some what on the juvenile side..
Good book, it makes you feel that you are in mars.
There has been a lot in the news recently about an upcoming expedition to Mars. I purchased this book, as I was interested in the way these people may cope, with a difficult environment. In the book it is possible to return to earth, unlike what will happen to the real explorers heading for Mars. It seems not having experienced Earth, it doesn't hold much interest to the people in the book. Which just shows, it is possible to enjoy life in any environment, if you don't know any better and are happy.
The book has some good ideas, but they aren't completed. From the title, you might guess this about the fresh man on Mars, and the colonists find mysterious evidence of a Howard Huges type, who disappeared in the 1950s. But the author never solves the mystery instead we get a potential romance, that goes nowhere, political intrigue that is far too easily resolved and suggestions of corporate espionage and intrigue that remains undeveloped. This author needs to Learn how to finish a thought.
I've been on quite the sci-fi kick recently, even going so far as to re-read some of the classics from Asimov and Burroughs. This story was well-crafted and avoided the tempting pitfall of over-explaining or over-detailing the setting and enviroment. The setting is, of course, Mars, which allows some creative license in its description and defining the character experience, but the author did well to stick to the statistical facts. The story's plausibility and believability made it a much simpler read than I anticipated. I did, however, continue to revisit the seemingly "perfect" protagonists and how they appeared flawless and borderline encyclopedic. Though this could have been a deliberate attempt to limit going into too much depth with the characters, it seemed that the antagonists were portrayed in the extreme opposite bumbling, drunk, misguided, and obviously stupid. This seems like a typical good vs. evil formula, but I think the scope of this difference was almost too great. I would like to have seen a bit more of a challenging antagonist, and a protagonist that maybe fell on their face occasionally. Overall, it was a well-written and engaging story and as other reviewers have said very tough to put down. I look forward to more from the author, there was certainly enough of this story left open to warrant exploration in future projects.
In The Man Who Conquered Mars, Doug Turnbull has turned the clock back to the era of early Clarke and Heinlein stories. This story, updated for modern technology, captures the flavor of The Sands of Mars by Clarke while adding another technical dimension to the story.
To one that started reading Sci-Fi in the 1950's when it was still "science fiction", it is a real pleasure to find that someone can still write that kind of story. Actually, it is not as much of a stretch to have a good Sci-Fi story about Mars, since it looks like it will still be quite a while before we have an exploratory mission there, much less a colony.
The ending of the story, with the promise of new technology, lends itself well to a sequel. I very much hope that the author has that in mind.
The Man Who Conquered Mars is a story about the inhabitants of Mars Colony of the future, where several Mars bases house over 600 Mars colonists who are either Mars-born or immigrants to the red planet.
The story focuses on two teen Mars natives who discover evidence of mankind's real first man on Mars from 1956! The political machinations to keep the real secret and develop the hundred year-old technology are what make this story interesting.
On the downside, much of the dialogue is somewhat stilted and formal. The story is TOLD but it's a sometimes painful process getting from point A to Z. Conversationally, each speaker always names the person they're speaking to, as in, "Say, Bob, how are you today?" "Why I'm just fine, Mike."
It lessens any confusion about who is speaking to whom, but it really gets to be annoying in the long run. The conversations just do not flow normally.
The only other complaint I have is that parts of the book read like a college textbook on Mars. Less technical detail would make for a more satisfying story.
In all, though, the story itself was entertaining enough to hold my interest for the several hours that it took to finish. If you plan on reading other books by Doug Turnbull, read this one first as it
seems to set the stage for the others.
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