Red Mars

Damn, Kim Stanley Robinson writes long books. But even though they are always meticulously researched stories of scifi nature, they mostly seem to be grounded in the human experiment. The struggles and politics of human progress, the passions and grand visions, the many ways we strive and fail, collaborate and disagree, in the constant cycle of creation and destruction.

At one point in the Martian adventure, scientists come up with a gene therapy that extends human life. If you're potentially living longer, do you have different opinions on environmental decisions with long-term effects? How many generations are you planing ahead for? We could use some of that right now.

Frank's bitterness and constant anger at everyone's stupidity .. I felt that in my bones.