Himanshu Sachdeva từ Kandlakoi, Telangana , India

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05/20/2024

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2018-07-03 11:30

Những Con Người - Những Năm Tháng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngô Ngọc Ngũ Long

The Gods Themselves is quite a book! I have not read much of Asimov lately since chewing up his Robot and Foundation books and End of Eternity, Currents of Space, etc. This 1972 story is a Hugo award winner and is not surprising. Summary: I won't summarize the whole story but there were several parts that really intrigued me. The story starts with an accidental discovery where a tungsten mineral suddenly turns into a potassium material that is unheard-of in this universe. The discoverer takes all the credit and is arrogant about it. The rest of that part of the story deals with those who don't tow the line and accept his discoveries just because everyone else does. I like stories where one man bucks the system and does not accept a theory just because "everyone" else does. This is such a tale. The second part deals with the aliens in the "para-Universe". These alien men and women discovered our universe and encouraged us to create the Electron Pump, that creates energy for both universes but may have the unfortunate side-effect of blowing our Sun up! Asimov goes into great detail about the family units of that universe, the trio that mates to form a baby, and what is needed and expected from each of that society. And just as in the first part, the alien protagonists in the second part are also refusing to a greater or lesser extent to follow protocol or run up against accepted policy. The themes of betrayal, societal demands, jealousy and professional image (shallow as it is) are throughout the novel. Its only weak point for me was the explanation of the science was a bit too wordy and could have been simplified. Great novel!

2018-07-03 12:30

Ngụ Ngôn Aesop Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Fiona Waters

A novel in stories and novellas set in a prehistorical world where life is changing from barter and trade to a monetary system, where slavery is a fact of life, but only provincially, where written systems are developing, but reading and writing are still quite rare. These stories deal with power, most clearly, from political to social to sexual to academic. It is a reflective novel, where systems of power and stories tend to be commentary on one another, on themselves, on future stories within the cycle. It is a world on the cusp of civilisation, yet the only difference seems to be definitional. The character Gorgik, who stands at the center of the series, even when he is all but a shadow, only briefly mentioned or appears briefly in the action, is introduced here. We follow him from his adolescence to his slavery [which happens, simply, because the great powers of the country change hands--the former ruling house is replaced by a different one] to his freedom [also accidental]. The fall and rise of Gorgik shows how power is rarely in our hands and, even when we're unaware of its mysteries, it controls, very strictly, who we are and what we are allowed to become. Gorgik, through no fault of his, watches his family murdered and spends years as a slave. His freedom, too, comes through no merit of his own, but simply because a noble takes him as her catamite. And that is reflected throughout the series, the structure and system of power. Also, of importance here, is the way the world changed because of the introduction of money and how that relates, directly, to power, as power becomes a tangible thing. Stories, too, are at the center here, but, most important, not necessarily to this book, but is to the overall series, is the nature of stories and perspective. There is, truly, a great deal going on here, and I likely missed some points completely. Stories about stories, systems of power, the way the world changes, the way it doesn't, the mysteries of sexuality, what it means to be controlled, to control, what signs and language mean, how we choose them. It turns many of the fantasy tropes on its head while remaining firmly amongst them. Very impressive, but certainly not for everyone. The stories are low on action and big on ideas.

Người đọc Himanshu Sachdeva từ Kandlakoi, Telangana , India

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.