Paul

Unfortunately, less fictional than it used to be.

I'd give 10 stars if I could. If you only read one (pop) science book in your life, let it be this. Your probably sleep-deprived brain will thank you very much, and may not be such a scumbag all the time ^^
Matthew has a rare talent of providing scientifically rigorous arguments in a very lucid and logical manner which makes them easy to follow and really illuminating.
The subject is of utmost importance (don't worry, I wasn't brainwashed by this book in believing so but realized this quite some time ago simply due to the abundance of scientific proof) and yet, sadly, still underrated and sleep treated like it's a necessary evil in our oh so productive/efficient/competitive world...completely turning the facts on their head because as Matthew so elegantly lays out, exactly the opposite is the case: we would never be oh so productive and a thousand things more which make Homo Sapiens special, if it weren't for this thing called sleep :)

A special one...inspiring.

Though inspired by the work of Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu, two neuroscientists at MIT, who implanted a false memory in the brain of a mouse in 2012, Recursion is more fiction than science. However, its unlikely premise sets up a thrilling and inventive plot with a touching ending.

Unique premise and fantastic execution. Just hits different than your usual (hard) SciFi.

Very good crime (noir) story à la Blade Runner. I wished the world building would have been done a little more explicitly though instead of ‘by context'.

The narrative style is rather simple, short sentences and not too descriptive. The ideas and the world of Amber are very creative though. What I liked best were the fast-changing dynamics between the siblings.

Classic King...you cannot put it down until you are either a) starved b) bladder explodes c) boss fires you d) wife says bye-bye. Thrilling and yet so many layers. The Dark Tower Series as a whole is his masterpiece and this is where it all started!
Why are you reading this silly review man? Get the book...fast!

I was sceptical when I read this is often regarded as the best novel of ALL TIME in many a list...bit it's definitely true! Although Les Misérables remains my favorite, this one is the mother of them all. A true masterpiece on so many levels, one could study it a whole lifetime and wouldn't get bored.
(I write this only 200+ pages in, another testament to this novel's greatness!)

Be careful how much different tasks you load upon yourself...they all drain one and the same faculty, hence ego repletion demands will be higher.

Thought provoking ending

Uff, I needed FIVE months to read this book because they were times I was just not mentally up to it:-D It is densely packed with all kinds of allusions and metaphorical digressions, transmitted by a highly eloquent but demanding language. Moreover, especially in the first half or so, more or less NOTHING happens! It's more like a whale encyclopedia at this point although a very amusing one due to Melville's whimsical and dramatised prose. Even when the plot was continued I felt no real suspense, partially because each plot chapter does not contain a great many events. The only source of excitement was generated by the fact that they meet the ominous whale quite late so that I thought this encounter will result in some kind of cataclysmic catharsis rendering the previous treatise meaningful. Alas, I got disappointed! The meaning of this book cannot be found in its superficial story. The whole thing is rather like an allegory.
So although I cannot claim to have grasped/understood this book completely (do we ever manage this with any book?), I feel that it deserves it's status as all-time classic which should be read by everyone.

At the beginning I was slightly bored because Gordon's prose is somewhat simple I find (quite short sentences lacking descriptive power) and the story wasn't that exciting. Fortunately, this changes after the first part and events play out on a different scale which was a marvel to read about! Moreover, I simply like novels taking place in ancient times so this one offers a lot of insights into times long gone by and the Persian and Hebrew culture.

It's not a bad book (hence the three stars = average rating) but as some others have already pointed out it pales in comparison to the previous two installments of the Cantos series. Although you can read “Endymion” independently from the other two, which would perhaps result in a better impression, I personally cannot because I was really blown away by the Hyperion books and the formidable world they created.

Genial geistreich!

A real page-turner with a suspenseful plot which is gradually revealed to encompass an ever grander conspiracy revolving around nicely drawn characters and a mysterious god-like creature called “Shrike”. Everything is set in a believable, even plausible future with all the “Wow, wouldn't that be cool if it really existed”-technology you expect from a SciFi novel. Highly recommended!

When a biography moves you to tears, then it is special...an exciting book which gives justice to the heroic man it is written about!

“Damals haben sie auch gelacht”

Brilliant.

Oh the humanity! My favorite book (so far).

One of my first “adult” books if not the first. Will love it forever.