Ares Express
E451732
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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverDepicts | surreal Martian landscape ⓘ |
| depicts | terraformed Mars ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
destiny
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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
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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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