Red-Hot Chili

April, 1999

Science fiction writing has evolved well beyond tales of Martians, but the red planet still provides rich literary terrain for a storyteller with the wit and imagination of Larry Niven. In Rainbow Mars (Tor), the five-time Hugo Award winner presents Hanville Svetz, a weary but engaging time traveler whose job takes him to Mars in the Middle Ages with able astronaut babe Miya. Their discovery of a beanstalk beyond anything Jack encountered offers an apparent boon for the budget-conscious Institut...