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I remember loving it when I read it as a teen. Decades later? Well... There are still things I love about it, but for everything I do love, there's a side of it I dislike.
I love a lot of the imagination in this book of a world where everyone "jauntes" ie, teleports, hundreds, even a thousand miles, with a thought. (Think Apparates--the amusing thing is even how it's taught, with three buzz words, makes me think of Harry Potter.) Bester's 25th Century is worldbuilding in the best tradition--exot ...more
I love a lot of the imagination in this book of a world where everyone "jauntes" ie, teleports, hundreds, even a thousand miles, with a thought. (Think Apparates--the amusing thing is even how it's taught, with three buzz words, makes me think of Harry Potter.) Bester's 25th Century is worldbuilding in the best tradition--exot ...more
May 03, 2013
Allan Fisher
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it was amazing
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An all time sci-fi classic. Deserves all the plaudits it gets.
The Count of Monte Cristo in space...
The Count of Monte Cristo in space...
Jan 14, 2009
Amanda
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Gaijinmama
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Jun 02, 2012
Patrick Collins
marked it as on-the-shelf-waiting-to-be-read
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Jan 03, 2013
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