Ignacio Torres

I have already read the Parables novels by Butler and this one is too similar in its protestant roots.

The only thing that breaks the status quo in this book is that the main character is a black woman.

Some ideas like the issue with hierarchies are interesting but they are not developed. Instead a Christian reference frame with heteronormativity, shame and power is used, to the point that when homosexuality is mentioned the word used is faggot. The humanity depicted is shamefully traditional even for the late eighties, when this book was written.

If I had not read the Parables I would read the other books to see if this improves. Instead this will be the last book I read by this author.

I have loved every page of this book and I'm looking forward to read it again in a couple years.

The language and descriptions are great and the sci-fi history and background are on par. It's incredible how the authors have achieved to describe and communicate so much in so few words.

Es una historia más de Taniguchi lo que automáticamente la pone en cuatro estrellas. Como en muchas otras tiene un lado sobrenatural pero lo importante siempre son las historias de los personajes. Y como es habitual hay una fuerte crítica de diversos aspectos de la sociedad japonesa.

I have always liked Kernighan's writing style so that makes this memoir doubly enjoyable.

I would have liked more details but I think I will be able to find them in the numerous resources offered in the last chapter.

I've enjoyed this one a lot. It somehow reminds me of Accelerando.

I would've loved reading this in the 90s. Nowadays I already know most of it from other more up-to-date sources (Revolution in the Valley by Andy Herzfeld, Dealers of Lightning by Michael A. Hiltzik and What the Dormouse Said by John Markoff), but Levy's writing is the best bar none.

La historia es buena y, en general, está bien escrita. Hay diversos momentos en que el estilo es demasiado años 60 con exceso de expresiones y juicios machistas. También hay un exceso a ratos de patriotismo francés.

Con todo y con eso este es un libro necesario que cuenta una historia seguramente no lo bastante conocida. Y se agradece que no ahorra detalles a la hora de expresar las diferentes injusticias, a menudo letales, que muchos resistentes sufrieron no solo durante la guerra a manos de las fuerzas nazis o colaboracionistas sino también antes y después y de manera indiscriminada.

Y la edición es deplorable:
- La tipografia no tiene serifa y es agotador leer casi 700 páginas con una tipografia en la que cuesta distinguir la o de la a.
- No hay capítulo que no tenga diversos errores de edición: palabras repetidas, nombres equivocados, errores tipográficos menores.
- Debido a los claros errores de edición hay momentos en que se duda si los errores de concordancia son fruto de la edición o de una mala traducción.

40 años después Carvalho encendería el fuego de su casa de Vallvidrera con novelas de Vázquez Montalbán.

The worse written crap I've read in ages. The amount of straw men this women uses makes you lose IQ just by reading it.
It's appalling that this is enforced reading in US schools and explains quite well why Trump is in power nowadays and why that society will always be bowling for Columbine.
If you liked this and second its ideals you're a sociopathic asshole.

Ok, this is now one of my favourite novels. It has everything I like and then some: science fiction setting, political theory, feminism. And sprinkles it without proselytizing. Different people will be moved in disparate ways by this book.After you have read the book you can learn a lot from a really good study guide by [a:Paul Brians 331294 Paul Brians https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png].

This is the absolute worst technical book I have read ever.

The articles are mostly fine individually and the introduction chapters do read as a book. But from chapter 10 it feels like they stopped editing. It's a dull mash-up of repetitive anecdotes.

As has been pointed on other reviews if properly edited to 25% of its length it would be a good book. As is, it's mostly an unfathomable brick.

A really good reading quite on par with works by [a:Steven Levy 32131 Steven Levy https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] like [b:Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution 56829 Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution Steven Levy https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435697935s/56829.jpg 1407224]. I am happy to have read this one prior to [b:Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age 1101290 Dealers of Lightning Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age Michael A. Hiltzik https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1349086333s/1101290.jpg 1088176] as it covers a lot of history prior to PARC that I wasn't conscious it was related.

This is the third time I read Generation X. It's much better than I remembered. Probably because what it describes now resonates with personal experiences.

Good to get a quick intro to Nix.

It was interesting at times but reads as really dated with cliché characters.

I have a soft spot for this book as it was the first Asimov (and sci-fi) book I read. I'm almost 30 years older but the stories are still great, specially the ones with Dr. Wendell Urth.

Captivador a estones, m'han agradat especialment la totalitat de “Els núvols duien confetti a les butxaques” i “Tríptic per a una quimera”.

Aquesta edició (col·lecció Educació 62 d'Edicions 62) és deplorable, amb molts errors tipogràfics.

I expected to like more these books, specially this second one. Maybe it's an interesting reading for young people or for people raised in the US. For someone with established social values many of the ethical scenarios described in the book are ludicrous. But maybe it is the American society what is ludicrous and these books are a brilliant depiction of that.

Either way, seeing how fascism is rampant in the western world, this is a good book to offer to young readers.

I've enjoyed this series a lot. An instant classic.

Bite sized Laundry novelette. Good for a quick holiday morning read.

Interesting. Felt a lot like an Asimov robot novelette.

What a journey. An amazing end to an incredible series of books. Six books written over more than thirty years.

The Earthsea book I have enjoyed most. But I wouldn't have appreciated it without reading the previous four.

Un gran llibre per entendre d'on ve la CUP

The fact that the book centers in Mo is really good, a refreshing change. And the SA is a jolly good asset.