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Watch The Genesis Video Here! 2041 First Global Dust Storms 2050 First Shot In The Last War Fired 2051 The Great Sea Fence Completed; The Republic Founded 2052 First Plague Released 2077 The Great War Begins&Hellip; Fourteen-Year-Old Anax Thinks She Knows Her History. She&Rsquo;D Better. She&Rsquo;S Sat Facing Three Examiners And Her Grueling Five-Hour Examination Has Just Begun. If She Passes, She&Rsquo;Ll Be Admitted Into The Academy &Ndash; The Elite Institution That Runs Her Utopian Society. But Anax Is About To Discover That For All Her Learning, The History She&Rsquo;S Been Taught Isn&Rsquo;T The Whole Story. And That The Academy Isn&Rsquo;T What She Believes It To Be. The Reader Is About To Discover A Provocative Novel Of Dazzling Ingenuity. Anax&Rsquo;S Examination Leads Us Into A Future Where Ancient &Ndash; Eternal &Ndash; Philosophical Questions Have Dramatically Collided With The March Of Technology, Where Just What It Means To Be Human Is Up For Debate, And Where The Concealed Stain Of An Original Sin Threatens The Very Existence Of Her Brave New World.
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Really liked this one. A review would be too spoilery. Suffice to say, it's barely a YA novel. More of an Asimov novella? Great quick read.
I'm gonna try to say as little about this as possible. Genesis is bit like a Twilight Zone episode, both for its brevity and cleverness. As such, I think it's best enjoyed going in pure.
I will say that it is very cerebral, and consists of mostly dialogue discussing the nature of freedom and personhood. There is also robots and artificial intelligence, which I didn't realize going in and was super psyched about. And the cherry on top is a delicious twist ending that I kept thinking about afterward. It was like being punched in the face with awesome.
Freaking read this.
Un excellent roman de science-fiction, dont j'ai découvert après l'avoir lu qu'il s'adressait plutôt à de jeunes lecteurs puisqu'il est classé ici majoritairement dans la catégorie Young Adult. Je trouve que ce roman s'adresse autant à des lecteurs plus âgés, son thème est universel et le récit est passionnant. Ma très bonne surprise de la fin d'année.
Conseillé par un collègue et ami, dévoré entièrement en un week-end. Une discussion en huis clos passionnante du niveau de Man From Earth, qui pose énormément de questions sur la nature humaine et ce qui fait que l'on est humain. Profondément génial même si il est très difficile d'en parler sans spoiler.
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