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I've been meaning to read this collection for a couple of years, ever since hearing 'Understand' read on BBC Radio 4, and my only regret is that it has taken me so long to get around to it. To follow are reviews of the highlights, although all the stories were excellent.
From the first story, 'Tower of Babylon', I knew I was in for a rare treat. This is simply superb science fiction - told from the point of view of the science and technology of the time. It imagines an impossibly tall tower built ...more
From the first story, 'Tower of Babylon', I knew I was in for a rare treat. This is simply superb science fiction - told from the point of view of the science and technology of the time. It imagines an impossibly tall tower built ...more
The afterward describes the mathematical proofs and Kurt Vonnegut quotes that inspired the stories. I think this book is my soul mate
I was amazed at the depth and originality of the worlds of each of these stories. The ones with Jewish influence struck me as especially novel in a genre so often confined to materialism. Some of the stories dragged a bit, and the one with the angels was way too dark for my liking, but overall I really enjoyed this collection.
As a linguist, the fact that ASL never really came up in the movie Arrival drove me BONKERS. And I still feel it's under-represented in the story here, but at least it mak ...more
As a linguist, the fact that ASL never really came up in the movie Arrival drove me BONKERS. And I still feel it's under-represented in the story here, but at least it mak ...more
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