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Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; 1. An Oceanless World; 2. A Freedom; 3. Mangalian's Remark; 4. Final Journey; 5. The Shape of the UU; 6. Mangalian Among the Ladybirds; 7. The Care of a Child; 8. The Death of a Hero; 9. Life Elsewhere?; 10. The Inevitable Happens; 11. A Belated Announcement; 12. Mulling Over Required; 13. Some False Dispositions; 14. The Mad Horse & Ooma's Sad Poem; 15. An Hour's Friendship; 16. Shap's Lecture; 17. Interlude: A Farewell To Families; 18. Interlude Part II: A Long Journey and A Short Walk; 19. The Vexed Question of Umwelts; 20. A Troubled Exwo.;In this thoughtful meditation on the future of humanity, colonists on Mars struggle to prevent their own extinction Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankind's last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planet's surface, the colonists who have escaped their dying home world are attempting to make a new life unencumbered by the corrupting influences of politics, art, and religion. Unable ever to return, these pioneers have chosen an unalterable path that winds through a l.
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