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Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. This is the world of young Merlin, the illegitimate child of a South Wales princess who will not reveal to her son his father's true identity. Yet Merlin is an extraordinary child, aware at the earliest age that he possesses a great natural gift - the Sight. Against a background of invasion and imprisonment, wars and conquest, Merlin emerges into manhood, and accepts his dramatic role in the New Beginning - the coming of King Arthur.
It's very unlikely to literally be the last person on earth but if you think you are I'd say depression and hopelessness is pretty much inevitable.
Yeah, I finished a while ago. I liked it pretty well but not as much as some Dostoyevsky.
Yeah that's pretty accurate. I thought the ending was the best part too.
MeowReads wrote: "Hi. I'm Jaye :D I'm very new to Goodreads (this is my first post on the website lol.) I'm not a native English speaker but I like to read English works. I'm currently trying to read Frankenstein ..."
Hi Jaye. Where are you from?
I loved The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet and Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron
Pam wrote: "I haven’t read any Zane Grey but, just as an aside, we drove past the refurbished Zane Grey cabin (and Rim County Museum) in Payson, AZ the other day. My husband said he visited it as a kid but it ..."That's really cool. I'd like to read a few more westerns but there's so much else I want to read.
Welcome Claudia.
John wrote: "Book Nerd wrote: "I'm about halfway through. The chapter "With Our People" is the funniest thing I've seen from Dostoyevsky. Obviously he thought people who want to start revolutions like this are ..."Their conversation is really absurd. These particular people are a bunch of posers.
I'm about halfway through. The chapter "With Our People" is the funniest thing I've seen from Dostoyevsky. Obviously he thought people who want to start revolutions like this are mostly a bunch of clowns.
Dan wrote: "K. Dream job? Retirement so I can read whenever I want to"Amen to that!
Hi Dan and Kevin.
I never heard of I Am Omega.
Hi Ellie. I see you're reading Hyperion. Not a classic yet but it's a great book.
There were actually three versions of the movie. I agree the book was better though I've never seen the 1964 version.
"I Am Legend" is a pretty good sci-fi vampire story.I read it last year so I'll be focusing on the other short stories.
I just read Witch War. Interesting little story.
November's nonfiction read is Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges about computer pioneer Alan Turing.Alan Turing (1912-54) was a British mathematician who made history. His breaking of the German U-boat Enigma cipher in World War II ensured Allied-American control of the Atlantic. But Turing's vision went far beyond the desperate wartime struggle. Already in the 1930s he had defined the concept of the universal machine, which underpins the computer revolution. In 1945 he was a pioneer of electronic computer design. But Turing's true goal was the scientific understanding of the mind, brought out in the drama and wit of the famous "Turing test" for machine intelligence and in his prophecy for the twenty-first century.
Drawn in to the cockpit of world events and the forefront of technological innovation, Alan Turing was also an innocent and unpretentious gay man trying to live in a society that criminalized him. In 1952 he revealed his homosexuality and was forced to participate in a humiliating treatment program, and was ever after regarded as a security risk. His suicide in 1954 remains one of the many enigmas in an astonishing life story.
