@pare @jayalane "It's incredibly dated" because it was published 1992-96, so written in the late 80s—nearly 40 years ago! (I seem to recall the start of "Red Mars" was round about now. Stan wrote it when the most recent info we had about Mars came from the Viking missions, which ran from 1976-1982.)
Geopolitically, while he saw the decline of the USA, nobody back then foresaw the Chinese and then Indian economic miracles of the 21st century.
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