Now I can understand why this book is considered one of the biggest influences on Cyberpunk 2077's story. I really enjoyed the world building, but it just wasn't an easy read. Too many slang terms and convoluted sentence structures diminished my joy of reading this book.
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Samuel rated The Gods Themselves: 4 stars
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and …
Samuel finished reading Neuromancer by William Gibson (Sprawl Trilogy, #1)
The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus- hallucination, the representation of …
Samuel rated Network Effect: 5 stars
Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.
You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had …
Dry by Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman
EVERYONE'S GOING TO REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THE TAPS WENT DRY.
The drought--or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it--has …
Samuel rated Light Bringer: 5 stars
Light Bringer by Pierce Brown (Red Rising Saga, #6)
Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. …
Samuel rated Red Rising: 4 stars
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (The Red Rising Saga, #1)
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow …
Samuel rated Ender's game: 4 stars
Ender's game by Orson Scott Card ([Ender saga -- 1])
Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
Samuel rated Golden Son: 5 stars
Samuel started reading Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Red Rising, #1)
It's time to re-read the saga before release of the 6th book in July.
Samuel commented on What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy
Marathi translation of the what is art?, English translation by Charles Johnston from Russian.
An interesting take on the definition of art, as seen from a late 19th century perspective. Tolstoy argues that art is the communication of special emotions as the artist felt them, which means anything that does not transmit emotions can't be considered good art. He argues against art schools, against modern art, against Wagner operas, etc. A bit of a dry read at times, but sometimes also refreshingly unconventional and interesting.
Samuel rated Ready Player One: 5 stars
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Ernest Cline
Imagine the WORLD AT STAKE. An EPIC STRUGGLE between good and evil. The GREATEST QUEST in history. The FATE OF …
Samuel rated Morning Star: 5 stars
Samuel rated Die Erben der Zeit: 4 stars
Die Erben der Zeit by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Die Zeit-Saga, #2)
Vor vielen Jahrtausenden ist die Menschheit in die Tiefen des Alls aufgebrochen, um neue Welten zu besiedeln. Als die ersten …
Never by Ken Follett
Large print edition