But once my eyes got used to the monotone, I really liked it. Not loved it. I won't say I loved it, but I really liked it. I need more time.
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View all videosI remember quite liking it, but now I get to reread it with a new older eyes.
And even though it's quite chunky, I absolutely devoured this on the flight home. It only took me a few hours.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is technically, on the surface, about a bounty hunter that has to track down and eliminate a bunch of androids, replicants. It pleases me immensely that my two favorite Philip K. Dick books, those two on top of the hill, have been adapted into my three favorite Philip K. Dick source material films.
I could really get into the long grass about how the book is maybe the most personal, realistically autobiographical of all of Dick's work. It's my favorite Dick book, partly because I put the effort in to know more about the man himself.
Nor did I watch Radio Free Albemuth, a book that I absolutely loved.
I think it's very similar to that almost speed of light chase sequence from House of Suns.
It's not perfect, but it's utterly enjoyable. I'm feeling 83%. That's pretty damn good.
So far, I am loving it. Although it is pretty vague, I am already intrigued and sucked in. This huge house, mansion, whatever it is, with different weather and vast oceanic tides is such a unique setting.
We now have a very, very strong theory that this is indeed a portal fantasy situation, a modern The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, but with more science.
The prophet reminds me of Carlos Castaneda. In fact, the whole story has those vibes.
We now have a very, very strong theory that this is indeed a portal fantasy situation, a modern The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, but with more science.
We now have a very, very strong theory that this is indeed a portal fantasy situation, a modern The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, but with more science.
In conclusion, I really, really liked part one. I absolutely loved part two, but I was bitterly disappointed with part three. A score for The Gods Themselves. It goes 8 9 5. And I think if you average that all out, the book itself comes in at a bed 7 out of 10.
I have like a Pantheon score where things like I think Ender's Game and Slaughterhouse Five, I said I can't give a score because they are they are different. I've read them more than once and every time I read them, they give me a different experience and they are beyond scoring.
I have like a Pantheon score where things like I think Ender's Game and Slaughterhouse Five, I said I can't give a score because they are they are different. I've read them more than once and every time I read them, they give me a different experience and they are beyond scoring.
And of course, The Martian, which I absolutely loved and I recommend to everyone.
So, obviously, you can tell that I loved this as a book, as an actual reading experience. The pacing is superb. It's a genuine page-turner.
It is the similarities between this and We Are Legion are quite striking because that's quite tech-heavy as well and has the potential for being boring, but concept interesting, concept-heavy.
I mentioned in my review that the writing was probably the best weirdly enough since the first book. How is the first book so good and the writing is better and then it's not great for seven books and then it's pretty good at the end.
This one has some highs, it has some lows, but it evens out at a very vanilla 7 out of 10 because it didn't stick the landing for me and it didn't reach beyond my expectations, which is what I was really looking for.
I would have read it eventually because I really loved Roadside Picnic and I think Hard to be a God is probably the next logical step. That's what I did with Roadside Picnic. And that was a better reading experience the second time.
If you've read Inversions, the Ian M Banks culture novel or something like a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the setup is very similar.
If you've read Inversions, the Ian M Banks culture novel or something like a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the setup is very similar.



































