Ares Express

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Ares Express is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald set on a far-future, terraformed Mars, blending adventure, surreal imagery, and rich world-building.

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instanceOf science fiction novel
author Ian McDonald NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverDepicts surreal Martian landscape
depicts terraformed Mars
exploresTheme destiny
family
identity
technology and society
follows Desolation Road NERFINISHED
genre adventure fiction
planetary romance
science fiction
hasCoverArtist Jim Burns NERFINISHED
hasISBN 978-0-671-31865-7
hasMainCharacter Sweetness Octave Glorious Honey-Bun Asiim Engineer 12th NERFINISHED
hasMediaType paperback
print
hasNarrativePerspective third-person
hasSettingElement bizarre Martian landscapes
giant railroads on Mars
post-human societies
hasSubgenre New Weird-adjacent science fiction
hasTargetAudience adult readers
fans of imaginative SF
hasTone epic
picaresque
whimsical
hasWorkInSeriesNumber 2
isSequelTo Desolation Road NERFINISHED
language English
literaryStyle rich world-building
surreal imagery
narrativeForm novel
notableFor dense, baroque imagery
expansive Martian mythology
inventive language
originalPublicationLanguage English
pageCount approx. 480
partOfSeries Desolation Road series NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2001
publisher Earthlight NERFINISHED
setIn Mars NERFINISHED
settingTime far future

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Ian McDonald notableWork Ares Express
Ian McDonald wrote Ares Express