Subj : Re: Terraforming Mars (2016)
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Jan 31 2022 16:17:26

  Re: Re: Terraforming Mars (2016)
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Mon Jan 31 2022 06:28 am

 > -=> Arelor wrote to All <=-
 > 
 >  Ar> Hello, boardgamers! Today I am gonna tell you about Terraforming Mars,
 >  Ar> a game in which players act as the CEOs of massive corporations which
 >  Ar> have been tasked by the Earth's Government with making Mars suitable
 >  Ar> for human occupation.
 > 
 > On a different, related note, check out Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars book
 > trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) if you want a vision of
 > transnational corporations colonizing Mars.
 > 
 > Transnational = what happens when corporations become so big they can buy
 > entire countries?
 > 
 > 
 > ... Where is the edge?

Thanks for the tip.

I knew of the existente of the books, but somehow they had failed to grab my
attention.

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