Love this. Reminds me of Kim Stanley Robinson's ideas in a few of his novels that sails could again play a part in global shipping, in a slower and more sensible future. (Along with the return of dirigibles in the air.)

https://thenextweb.com/news/zero-emissions-cargo-shipping-the-old-fashioned-way

#tech #future #MarsTrilogy #MinistryForTheFuture #kimstanleyrobinson #scifi #sailing #climatechange

And the South Pole:

#Mars #MarsTrilogy #Space #KSR

And the South Pole:

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Anyone reading Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars Trilogy" or any part of it quickly realizes that while the novels are full of technical details, there are very few maps and those that exist are very coarse.

So, here are 4 Mercator and 1 polar maps showing cities, places and plot info, created while I was reading the novels. The background is a USGS Topographical Map from Wikipedia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/USGS-PlanetMars-TopographicalMap.png

Suggestions and corrections (with references) are welcome!

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Which #SpaceOpera below is best?

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#Teixcalaan (think #AMemoryCalledEmpire) by #ArkadyMartine

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#RemembranceOfEarthsPast (AKA #TheThreeBodyProblem) by #LiuCixin

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#HyperionCantos by #DanSimmons

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#MarsTrilogy by #KimStanleyRobinson

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Friends! The #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera Series Challenge continues!

Which of the following choices is the best? Vote below.

#Teixcalaan (think #AMemoryCalledEmpire) by #ArkadyMartine

#RemembranceOfEarthsPast (AKA #TheThreeBodyProblem) by #LiuCixin

#HyperionCantos by #DanSimmons

#MarsTrilogy by #KimStanleyRobinson

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I'm 50% through Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, narrated by Richard Ferrone. And it is getting strange... Very strange 😁😸 still slow and schemy and politics and drama... But very captivating. Although there are plenty of ... Like sci-fi anachronisms? Like having weak AI, but still driving/flying by hand or guide beacons. Simulating atomospheres and weather patterns... But still plotting it on graph paper. Its fun and refreshing to miss alot of the modern #scifi tropes #marstrilogy