Hope so. But my worry is that Earth will be easily "othered" when they're settled, as will itself "other" the colonies. Standard scifi farehttps://twitter.com/rikwes66/status/871550366189596672 …
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Replying to @asteris
If you're reading what I think you're reading I feel that the "otherness" of Earth caused by the diaspora is inevitable.
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Replying to @nekatomenos
You probably guessed right (but I've seen the same ideas explored in older novels too, eg. the excellent Downbelow Station)
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Replying to @asteris
Another older series that deals with this as part of the wider picture is Red Mars. Though that's more concerned with future of politics
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Replying to @nekatomenos
Er, though I'm drawn to every book featuring the colonization of Mars, that trilogy for some reason repelled me. But Moving Mars was awesome
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Were you put off by the endless technical exposition? KSR seemed too eager to show that he was well read.
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Probably that, which doesn't endear most Bear to me either (Darwin's Radio), but also the reported glacial pace & tepid characterization
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