Maxim reviewed The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu
Collection of short stories.
Expected more from a Hugo award.
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Software PM, bridge teacher, board game geek. Interested in stock markets and rational thinking.
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Maxim reviewed Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a …
Mediocre
3 stars
Maxim rated Double Star: 3 stars
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles …
Maxim reviewed A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (St. Leibowitz, #1)
In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". …
Like no other
5 stars
Started literally in a Fallout postapocalyptic setting and turned out into a dilemma between human and God's morals. Very unusual. Very thought-provoking.
Maxim rated Practical Aspects of Declarer Play (Bridge University): 3 stars
Maxim reviewed The God Engines by John Scalzi
Good idea made into a mediocre story
3 stars
Maxim rated The God Engines: 3 stars
Maxim rated Childhood's End: 2 stars
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien …
Maxim reviewed Beyond Doubt by Robert A. Heinlein
Very nice
4 stars
Earlier Heinlein's short stories are very different from his later novels. A good plot with an unexpected twist.
Maxim reviewed Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Very thought-provoking
4 stars
The story is jittering and hard to grasp. What makes the book stand out is interludes with Lazarus' monologual thoughts.
Maxim reviewed Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The …
Pretty weak
Compared to other Clarke's masterpieces, this one is run-of-the-mill and not very thought provoking. Also, flat characters.
Maxim rated Masters and Monsters : Human Side of Bridge: 5 stars
Maxim reviewed I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
Ideas about our identity. Rich old man who is dying has his mind transplanted into …
Not the Heinlein's finest work
2 stars
I generally appreciate Heinlein's attitude to love, romance, and relationship but this one goes too far. Crossing the border between SF and erotic novels.
Maxim finished reading I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
Ideas about our identity. Rich old man who is dying has his mind transplanted into …
I generally appreciate Heinlein's attitude to love, romance, and relationship but this one goes too far. Crossing the border between SF and erotic novels.
Maxim rated I Will Fear No Evil: 2 stars
I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
Ideas about our identity. Rich old man who is dying has his mind transplanted into a young woman's body. Both …