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Sinister machinations abound as corporate and government interests struggle to control research into Martian life, as well as conceal the existence and origin of a related organism which is adding to the ecological havoc of 21st century Earth. A lone scientist, trapped in the middle, tries to get to Mars and survive with her principles intact.
McAuley's vision of a world where corporations control the majority of scientific research is a chilling warning of the kind of place we could end up in before too long. I enjoyed it, not least because of the biologist's-eye view of the sort of story that is more normally seen from the computer-geek's perpective.
Sinister machinations abound as corporate and government interests struggle to control research into Martian life, as well as conceal the existence and origin of a related organism which is adding to the ecological havoc of 21st century Earth. A lone scientist, trapped in the middle, tries to get to Mars and survive with her principles intact.
McAuley's vision of a world where corporations control the majority of scientific research is a chilling warning of the kind of place we could end up in before too long. I enjoyed it, not least because of the biologist's-eye view of the sort of story that is more normally seen from the computer-geek's perpective.