After all these years, still a good book. The story takes some time to build up, but than it becomes a page turner. And of course, at it's time, this book was a true original.
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Read fiction as well as non-fiction. Started reading somewhere in the seventies, still enjoying a good book :)
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Matto reviewed The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem
Matto finished reading The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem
The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem, Bill Johnston
Reads initially like the sort of traditional science fiction you might see on TV - rocket lands on foreign planet, …
Matto reviewed Roadside Picnic by Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий (Best of Soviet Science Fiction)
My review of Roadside Picnic
5 stars
This is a great Science Fiction book ! An unputdownable page turner. Good story, good character development, very well written. I enjoyed it a lot, read it in two sittings :)
Matto reviewed My View of the World by Erwin Schrodinger
Review of 'My View of the World' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The book, consisting of two parts, goed into his ideas about conscious and Self, and about the questions like if we are all experiencing the world around us the same, and if we are all one. He offers some great insights, or at least thought provoking ideas.
Schrödinger write in terrible long sentences. Because of this, I didn't go above 3 stars.
Matto reviewed The discovery of slowness by Sten Nadolny
Matto wants to read The Hidden Spring by Mark Solms
Matto reviewed We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Matto finished reading The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Matto reviewed Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
Review of "Why Buddhism is True ..." on Goodreads
4 stars
This book starts with a scientific view on how ideas from evolutionary psychology match buddhistic ideas, and end with some personal insights from the author based upon his personal experiences.
It gives you a lot too think about.
Matto reviewed The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Matto reviewed Work clean by Dan Charnas
Matto reviewed Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Review of 'Sputnik Sweetheart' on 'GoodReads'
4 stars
Captivating story, with some deeper thoughts in it. I did enjoy it, and whished I could have read the original, assuming it must be even better than the translation.