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That's odd. The first episode was the only one I watched and I don't remember that bit. It might have grabbed me.

A terrorist attack on a space elevator is a pivotal plot point in Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, which IMHO is a better work in basically every way than Asimov's magnum opus.

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> That's odd. The first episode was the only one I watched and I don't remember that bit. It might have grabbed me.

I think it's the first episode of season 2 or 3, not the first season. I remember someone else mentioning it, but I've only seen season 1 and don't recall that either.

Definitely S01E01, @ ~55-58 minutes. I just watched it.

Huh. OK then. I was not taken by it and don't really want to watch it again, or the whole thing, so I will take your word.

Doesn't the space elevator attack happen in Red Mars not Blue Mars?

I happily defer. I've reread the trilogy 6 times now and they do all blur together a bit.

You look to be right:

https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/content/space-elevator

And I'm not the only one to notice the cross-reference:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kimstanleyrobinson/comments/pv6zh9/...

There's a terrorist attack, sorta, in latter book, but Red Mars was admittedly a legitimate military strike, as was destruction of Phobos.

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