Mami Inada từ Cosina RA, Italy

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2018-06-18 20:30

Này, Nhìn Thấy Tai Rồi Kìa! (Tập 2) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đặc Lôi Tây Hồ

Originally posted on ThirstforFiction.com From many years into the future; Kyle Straker is a teenager from the past. Two years ago, several tapes were discovered in an old house. Tapes, or audio cassettes, are an old technology dating back approximately to the latter half of the 20th century. On these tapes, Kyle Straker recalls the disturbing occurences of one particular day in his rural village’s talent contest where, after volunteering to be hypnotised by his best friend, the world he closed his eyes on was not the world he opened them to. There is only one way I can accurately describe 0.4: weird, and nothing like what I expected. Consisting of transcripts of tapes of Kyle Straker recalling an abnormal summer’s day in his small village of Millgrove in Cambrideshire, I couldn’t help but wondering whether 0.4 was being presented in the wrong format; perhaps an audio book/radio play would have suited this debut novel by Mike Lancaster better? 0.4 presents a unique idea, and one that will probably disturb you. I’m not sure I’d want to delve into Mike Lancaster’s imagination if he writes things like this, because truly, 0.4 creeped me out! 0.4 is what I like to call subtle sci-fi: sci-fi that permeates each page without making it too obvious. It’s not the intergelactic-space-travel hardcore sci-fi, but the kind of sci-fi where humanitarian ideas are explored and the focus is on the characters rather than the actual science-fiction. And what’s more, Mike Lancaster isn’t trying to sugar-coat 0.4 to appeal to the paranormal-romance fans, as many recent sci-fi novels have done in the last year or so (I Am Number Four and Across the Universe come to mind). 0.4 is quite a short novel: at 273 pages double-spaced text, it doesn’t take long to read, and I think that is part of the reason why none of the characters are really fleshed out much, including Kyle Straker. As the narrator of 0.4, you would expect to be a pretty concrete character. That being said, the main characters are all defined reasonably well, and Kyle particularly is easy to connect to and read about. He would have to be my favourite of the lot. Much like me, he likes to find things out and doesn’t like being ignorant. Then again, 0.4 requires Kyle to be your run-of-the-mill everyday guy. continue reading...

2018-06-18 23:30

Bố Mẹ Yên Tâm Con Làm Được - Chúng Mình Là Một Đội Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

I bought Little Brother back in 2010 some time, planning 'giving this Doctorow fella a go'. For some reason I got distracted, or bored, or just picked up another book and kinda forgot about it (this was before Goodreads). Fast forward three years, and I also seem to have bought an ebook copy of the book as part of the second Humble eBook Bundle. Two paid-for, but unread, copies of a book that I could download for free from the author's website – not bad going at all. Instead I read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom as my first Doctorow and popped this one on the shelf to try again later... Little Brother is the story of a group of school friends in San Francisco, caught up in a terrorist attack against the city. In the wrong place at the wrong time they are scooped up by the Department of Homeland Security for questioning. The department's approach turns out to be a little extra-legal, and before they know it they are being held in a secure – Guantanamo-like – facility in the bay. Having already been held, without even telling their parents, for several days they can't just be released, and they are threatened further to keep them quiet. Once out, the San Francisco they are released into is one they barely recognise. With the DHS running and influencing almost everything there is no freedom to question anything anymore. Luckily, our hero Marcus, is determined to fight the DHS and get things back to the way they were. Doctorow is an obvious Libertarian, and this novel is a good, young-adult, primer. The Department for Homeland Security is the over-powered evil authoritarian regime. The rest of the city are easily duped into accepting the occupation of their city – because, you know, Terrorism! Marcus and his friends are the hackers, free-thinkers and underdogs; determined to overthrow something for what was done to them: to right the wrongs. The perfect teenage rebellion fantasy. Not only does Marcus have the ideal organisation to rebel against, but he has the skills and tools to do so. While the politics gets a little obvious in places, Doctorow is obviously trying not to make this just a libertarian tract. Luckily, he has a pretty exciting story to tell and I still have no idea why I gave up on this the first time...

Người đọc Mami Inada từ Cosina RA, Italy

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.