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Posted 2015-02-17 2:26 PM (#9670 - in reply to #9628)
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I enjoyed The Dreaming Jewels. Its populated with a cast of Diane Arbus characters and reads more like an Algernon Blackwood story than a science fiction novel. The gears grind a little when Zena launches into a long unnecessary plot exposition, but thats a minor quibble.

The Sands of Mars has an interesting premise, but the execution seems flat and colorless. Martin Gibson, the protagonist, never comes alive. I cant help but think that Heinlein would have centered the plot on the young crew member Jimmy Spencer and Project Dawn would have become a riveting event. Instead, The Sands of Mars just plods along like a metronome.

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