Man Plus

There have been a lot of books about colonizing Mars throughout the history of Sci Fi. This one, published in 1976, has a different approach. It postulates that to be successful, a human must be modified into a cyborg to thrive on Mars. What we get is a sort of "Six Million Dollar Man" meets Kafka. The majority of the story is about the development of the cyborg. Only a small part of the end actually has him on Mars. It makes for a plodding, but interesting, and at times intense novel. It's not as action-packed as Pohl's Hugo winning Gateway. It's a much more cerebral experience, questioning what it means to be human and a man. This book won the Nebula for 1976 and was nominated for several other awards.

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