Mars Plus

by Frederik Pohl

Other authorsThomas T. Thomas (Author)

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

813

Publication

Simon & Schuster (1995), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 352 pages

Description

Fifty years after the colonization of Mars forced its new residents to undergo genetic and cyborg alteration, the Martian computer net, upon which all Martian life depends, develops a dangerous mind of its own. Reprint.

User reviews

LibraryThing member bluesalamanders

Not bad. It's actually a sequel to Man Plus, which is presumably about Roger Torroway, the "first citizen of Mars", 3/4 cyborg and 1/4 human. Mars Plus is more concerned with "the grid", pretty much analogous to the internet but, as usual in older SF, much more controlled than the real internet.

There was a lot more sex in it than I expected.

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LibraryThing member HenriMoreaux

I felt like this was a solid sequel to Man Plus, however it definitely lacked the same level of zing as the prior novel.

Set 50 years in the future we return to Mars & Roger where something is afoot and the computers seem to be having more "errors" and "bugs" as we saw earlier in Man

Plus.

Characters seemed a bit flatter, but was still entertaining and enjoyable.

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LibraryThing member Davidmullen

A little odd this isn't really a sequel. As Roger Torrance is the only returning character. If you haven't read the previous book it won't make any difference to your ability to follow the story

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