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From: Sami Tabikh <sami@AUTODESK.COM>
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Subject: Re: Outpost and Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 28 Jul 1994 22:10:55 +0300
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Comments: To: "Michael T. Saler" <mtsaler@UCDAVIS.EDU>

On Thu, 28 Jul 1994, Michael T. Saler wrote:

> I'm new to this list (and new to CD-Roms), and would be interested in
> learning about recent reviews of Outpost, as well as people's
> impressions.

Outpost is like a roller-coaster: it looks really good at first,
rapidly and deeply disappoints, but then turns out to be not all
that bad.  It can best be compared to SimCity 2000 -- but it isn't
as good.  That biggest differences I can see in basic design are
that you have direct control over what is built, that you do
research for new technology and that you have to worry about
depletion of resources.

> How does it compare with some of the best SF novels about
> terraforming, such as Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series?

I don't know.  Are the Mars books especially good?  If so I might
try them.

Sami Tabikh                                              sami@autodesk.com