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HERE IS A SMALL FACT: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country …
I read this book almost non-stop from the time I found it in a Little Lending Library. All I can say is "wow". The story, the imagery, the use of words. Truly one of the best books Ive read.
This story is based on the idea of what if you could completely disconnect a generation of humans, if they could grow up without our prejudices, without our mythology, but with our scientific knowledge. The book begins as a group of humans from earth are about to end a voyage arriving at a planet that was populated by humans that were born after they arrived, and had no connection with earth or an older generation. While the travelers viewed them as children, they rapidly discovered they had a lot to learn.