![]() ![]() This is a slow and thoughtful meditation on the balance between society and individual. This isn’t a one-sided political manifesto disguised as a novel, don’t worry. There are times when the characters feel like mouthpieces for ideas rather than fully fleshed out humans, but in a way that I really like. ![]() The long conversations on the nature civilisation are reminiscent of Asimov at his finest. This is a work of Social SF the likes of which I haven’t encountered in the English language. As the old saying goes, ‘You can’t go home again.’ But right from the start there is so much more going on here. A group of young adults who have spent the past five years on Earth return home to Mars, only to find that their experiences have changed them. Their output has impressed me so much that I now pick up their Chinese-to-English translations without paying much attanetion to the sort of book I’m getting, and it is really paying off for me. ![]() ![]() Once again, Head of Zeus have absolutely knocked it out of the park in the field of translated SF. The world they left has changed, but perhaps not as much as the sudents themselves. Returning from an exchange trip to Earth, a group of Martian students comes home. Two planets with a shared history, but very different visions of the future. ![]()
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