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For Kline-Brackett-Barsoom fanatics this is a must read. The old stories just could not be true. Not in the real world. So Stirling creates a universe in which they could be true and are. For those who did not grow up with the classics this is a 3-star. For us oldies it is a 5-star. Therefore 4-stars.
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GOOD NOT GREAT
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A follow-up to Stirling's 'THE SKY PEOPLE' but this time set on Mars.The hero becomes the consort of a martian princess-warrior in disguise who is on a quest to become the heir of the ancient emperors of Mars.Unfortunately Leigh Brackett,from whose visions of ancient Mars Mr Stirling's Mars is clearly derived,did this sort of thing much better Even ERB's Barsoom had more life and energy in it.
A passable effort,and enjoyable in its own way,but not up to the standard of 'THE SKY PEOPLE'.
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