A review by danielmbensen
The Barsoom Project by Steven Barnes, Larry Niven

4.0

The Barsoom Project by Larry Niven and Steve Barnes - It's great to be re-reading the Dream Park books. They're always a delight, richly layered under a deceptively simple adventure story. In this one, the authors (mostly Barnes according to the authors' note) had some things to say about mental and physical health. What's really keeping you from losing weight, and what can a story do to dig up those reasons and suggest solutions? Also, the story has Inuit gods and the sunken city of R'lyeh, powered by a radioactive Soviet satellite. The book talked about some heavy things, occasionally heavier than the authors could lift, but they got there.