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jonn

jonn@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 5 months ago

That doma.dev guy.

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I don't like cringe stuff.

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41% complete! jonn has read 22 of 53 books.

reviewed Starship Titanic by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams, Terry Jones, Marie-Catherine Caillava: Starship Titanic (Paperback, French language, 2001, J'ai lu) 3 stars

Adamsian study of humans being humans

5 stars

I loved everything about the book: corrupted genius, quickly-reverting epiphanies, deranged space travel and two new alien species, unheard of in previous Adams’s works.

I also love it when no details are inconsequential, when the story loops onto itself and ties so tightly that there are no holes.

My only nudge against the book was that Nettie’s character was too consistently flawless. But her story is not without an unexpectedly epic twist too.

I loved the preface by Douglas Adams too, some laughs there, don’t sleep on it.

Good stuff through and through, 5/5, would read again.

And, traditionally, the quote of the book. Enjoy the misandry! :3

"What on Earth d’you think you’re doing, Bozo?" When Nigel sounded playful he was always at his most dangerous.

"Sh!" said Nettie. "I’m taking a photo of the house. Don’t jog the car." "I don’t know whether you’ve noticed, Einstein." There was …

Roger Zelazny: The changing land (Paperback, 1981, Ballantine Books) 4 stars

Humorous, making fun of sexist men. The most fun bottle episode book I've ever read.

5 stars

This book is still written in a style of American epic, which is quite an experience to read. As opposed to book one, which was an assembly of Dilvish short stories, with the Ice Tower being the crescendo of the storyline, this one is on continuous bottle episode. Could be made into a theatre production!

Aspects of this book intertwine with some aspects of the Chronicles of Amber, which is quite an interesting insight in how Zelazny approached worldbuilding and what was interesting for him to explore.

Some plot lines were leaning too much on plot induced stupidity of characters, which makes me deduct a point, but one of the main plot twists compensate for it, bringin the total rating to 4.5/5 for me, with a caveat that I have no desire to re-read this.

The big idea I got out of this book is that not much force is …