The Harvest
by Robert Charles Wilson
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Read in October, 2007
Je suis définitivement conquise par Wilson ! Le thème de l’immortalité est ici formidablement traité. Les humains ont le choix de rester mortel ou de devenir éternel. Chacun se retrouve face à un dilemme qui les confrontent à eux-mêmes, à ce qu’ils sont vraiment. Ceux qui ont dit non à la vie éternelle estiment ainsi conserver leur Humanité, et considèrent que les “contactés” ne sont plus humains. Ceux qui ont refusé ont tous de bonnes raisons, l’incompréhension, la peu...more
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Read in March, 2006
recommends it for:
science fiction fans
I loved this book. It was awesome. It enthralled me from start to finish which was a surprise to me because no one recommended it to me. I found it on my own. What made it so good was the deep question it posed. Do you say yes to immortality without pain and suffering but it costs you your individuality? There were times that I cheered for the humans who said no but at other times I could see the suffering leave those who said yes. A very well written book.
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
technoutopians, transhumanists, and sf fans
A secular version of the "Left Behind" series. Wilson's recurrent themes (beneficial aliens; utopia being a state of perfect memory and immortality; environmental depletion) show up even more strongly in this earlier work. He pays slightly more attention to characterization than usual, with productive results.
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Read in January, 1996
A very good account of alien contact, the end of the world, and the potential perils of immortality.
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