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Red Dust (Paperback)

by Paul McAuley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (22 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575602139
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575602137
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 982,303 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Red Dust is a Science Fiction adventure story set on a terraformed Mars in the far future.


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Paul J. McAuley won the Philip K. Dick Award for his first novel and has gone on to win the Arthur C. Clarke, British Fantasy, Sidewise and John W. Campbell Awards. He gave up his position as a research biologist to write full-time. He lives in london.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A very messy misfire, 18 Dec 2003
By dogbarkssome (England) - See all my reviews
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Putting the shared universe of his first 3 novels behind him, Paul McAuley's first standalone novel unfortunately turns out to be a badly structured mess. It's a tale of revolution on a partially terraformed Mars, seen through the eyes of itinerant worker Wei Lee. There are plenty of interesting ideas and moments in this book, but they completely fail to come together into a satisfactory whole. The book flies past virtual reality afterlife, Elvis rescued by aliens, Western pastiche, sand ray hunting and plenty more without ever exploring in depth what this world of Mars is like. It becomes impossible to have any feeling for the lead character or interest in his story - as with the lowest form of fantasy quest tales it becomes clear that Wei is the 'Chosen One' who can bring about revolution on Mars. Wei is never in charge of his own destiny; he's always journeying at the behest of shadowy characters that never quite reveal their intentions. A series of encounters with a mysterious assassin seems to be trying to add some energy to the proceedings, but as it soon becomes clear that these encounters will all fizzle out until a final showdown these set pieces quickly become boring.

A total lack of focus here makes Red Dust McAuley's weakest novel to date - a novel with a plot difficult to understand and characters impossible to like.

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4.0 out of 5 stars My 100-word book review, 28 Mar 2007
By A. J. Cull (London, UK) - See all my reviews
  
Despite the science fiction setting Red Dust is basically a quest, with hero Wei Lee seeking to achieve his destiny and discover what happened to his long-lost parents. The story takes place on a Mars colonised by the Chinese, and McAuley depicts this transplanted oriental milieu with style and considerable gusto. There are some striking scenes (Matrix-like fights and Yankee whalers hunting on seas of dust) yet there is not much depth to this imagined world, and Wei Lee is rather too passive to be a convincing hero. Faults notwithstanding, I enjoyed Red Dust and found it an entertaining read.
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