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Ladataan... Itse jumalat (1972)Tekijä: Isaac Asimov
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I really enjoyed the first part and I very much admire his ability to write characters that feel real. They are selfish, they are flawed but I like them anyway because I can relate. The struggle of characters recognizing their own flaws but being powerless to stop themselves from being influenced by them is something that very few authors can pull off successfully. But I just couldn't get into the second one on the other side. For many, it might be really fascinating to follow the imagination of a fundamentally different species from their perspective. These things might seem new, strange and fascinating to others but for me, it took no time to acclimatize to this new frame of mind and I just don't feel the fascination necessary to carry me through this incredibly long and repetitive introduction to these beings. I just didn't experience any real awe. And apart from that, there is just nothing happening. Call me impatient or unappreciative if you like but for my taste there just isn't anything interesting happening and all this information about this other species seems completely irrelevant. I love good worldbuilding if there is a point to it but in this case, it does nothing for me apart from destroying the pacing. What a tedious book. Look, get over the hagiography already; Asimov formed great ideas, brilliant conflicts between technological development and social evolution, and loved conspiracies but tended to write thin characters and absolute crap dialogue (I remember "The End of Eternity" as particularly guilty). This book features all of those in spades. Interestingly, it's the humans in Parts I and III that are two-dimensional, irritating, and converse in leaden, expository infodumps. Part I is marred by the stiff posturing of "scientist" caricatures, Part III hampered by weird gender politics and the author's repetition that Lunar residents are immodest. This has not aged well at all. Part II's aliens are the only truly fresh and original content. Asimov presents aliens with a truly alien biology whose life cycle dictates their own cultural development; the psychology of the main individuals we're shown is very consistent and allows for an engrossing story. This is the only really good SF part of this fix-up novel. Once and done. El futuro. En un universo paralelo, con leyes físicas ligeramente distintas a las nuestras, sus habitantes descubren la forma de intercambiar materia con nosotros. Materia que, una vez en el universo de destino, y merced a las diferencias físicas entre ambos, comienza a desprender energía de forma espontánea. Una vez consumida la capacidad energética del material puede volver a ser intercambiado, para recomenzar el ciclo. ¿Qué podríamos hacer con un suministro de energía gratuita e inagotable? Más allá que cualquier otra historia, esta novela destaca por una impresionante descripción del cosmos, una visión que nos hace aún más insignificantes de lo que podíamos pensar. Con una gran maestría, Asimov nos va sumergiendo en un universo totalmente diferente al que conocemos. Un derroche de imaginación pocas veces realizado... ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML:In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead to the destruction of the Earth's Sun??and of Earth itself. Only a few know the terrifying truth??an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth??but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy??but who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to Earth Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Characters: 8
Setting: 7
Prose: 7
A truly remarkable book. The gods are brilliant creations and the humans aren't bad either. Really captures the fight for academic and scientific contribution. The only real way to improve the book is to lengthen the ending. ( )