Advantages: A very entertaining award winning story Disadvantages: Not to everybodys taste
This is a work from the mind of the master. I well remember the day that I got this book. Asimov had not been writing very much Science Fiction recently and I was haunting my favourite shop for any new works that I could fine by any favourite author. I st ...
Advantages: A compelling, ever-so-alien environment challenges your imagination Disadvantages: The first and third chapters pale compared to the second
...I've read pretty much every sci-fi story Asimov ever produced and I can honestly say that The Gods Themselves is my favourite.
The joy of reading, as opposed to, say, watching a film or going to the theatre, is that the images conjured up belong solely ...
Advantages: Early suspense hooking the interest of the reader Disadvantages: Excessive description of the surroundings in some parts of the story
The Gods Themselves makes one realize the great difference of reading a book story from watching a film. Hard-to-imagine sceneries can only come up in one's own imagination which cannot be captured by any film director.
At the outset, the story revolv ...
Advantages: beautifully written and engaging story, well rounded characters, thought provoking storyline Disadvantages: none
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This book is undoubtedly one of the masterworks of science fiction, but before I can even begin to explain why to you, first I feel I should give a brief introduction to the author in order to offer some insight. Isaac A ...
Advantages: Complex and clever yet not too long, ambitious ideas and very well-written Disadvantages: Pretty much devoid of action, some very long dialogues
A friend of mine can read at incredible speeds. It’s amazing – he pointed out to me just recently that he had read three books during the week in which he had been on holiday, which I reckon is roughly as many as I read in the whole of 2004. I confess I’ ...
