The first book I read this year was Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. It's the first in a trilogy about human colonisers on Mars, and it's an absolute beast at more than 650 pages. It took me most of January to read, and I loved it. Probably the most impressive thing about Red Mars is that very rarely during… Continue reading To green or not to green? Terraforming in ‘Red Mars’
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What are the stars in the NASA logo?
I have a T-shirt with the NASA logo on it (standard get-up for a space lover), and every time I wear it and catch myself in the mirror, I wonder whether the stars in the background are meant to represent particular constellations. Maybe they're just a random scattering of stars, but the people at NASA… Continue reading What are the stars in the NASA logo?
My favourite books of the last 7 years
Well, here it is, my first post on clarediston.com! It's not my first post ever - in fact, I've been doing this for quite a few years, over at my old blog 50ayear.com. That blog was all about books - I started it in 2012, and I read and reviewed fifty books a year. I started… Continue reading My favourite books of the last 7 years
