Ares Express (Earthlight)

A Mars of the imagination, like no other, in a colorful, witty SF novel; Taking place in the kaleidoscopic future of Ian McDonald's Desolation Road, Ares Express is set on a terraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second. One young woman, Sweetness Octave Glorious-Honeybun Asiim 12th, becomes the person upon whom the future - or futures - of Mars depends. Big, picaresque, funny; taking the Mars of Ray Bradbury and the more recent, terraformed Marses of authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Greg Bear, Ares Express is a wild and woolly magic-realist SF novel, featuring lots of bizarre philosophies, strange, mind-stretching ideas and trains as big as city blocks. Taking Place In The Kaleidoscopic Future Of Ian Mcdonald's Desolation Road, This Novel Is Set On A Terraformed Mars Where Fusion-powered Locomotives Run Along The Network Of Rails That Is The Planet's Circulatory System And Artificial Intelligences Reconfigure Reality Billions Of Times Each Second. One Young Woman, Sweetness Octave Glorious-honeybun Asiim 12th, Becomes The Person Upon Whom The Future - Or Futures - Of Mars Depends. Big, Picaresque, Funny; Taking The Mars Of Ray Bradbury And The More Recent, Terraformed Marses Of Authors Such As Kim Stanley Robinson And Greg Bear, Ares Express Is A Wild And Woolly Magic-realist Sf Novel, Featuring Lots Of Bizarre Philosophies, Strange, Mind-stretching Ideas And Trains As Big As City Blocks. From The Trade Paperback Edition. "Taking place in the future of Ian mcDonald's "Desolation Road", "Ares Express" is set on a tetraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second. One woman becomes the person upon whom the future--or futures--of Mars depends ..."--Page 4 of cover Set on a terraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along a network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system, and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality, one young woman becomes the person upon whom the future - or futures - of Mars depends.