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Bezig met laden... Star Maker (1937)door Olaf Stapledon
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I managed to get 31% into this and then just had to give up trying. I really couldn't manage any more of it. Imagine that William's favourite book is Gulliver's Travels and he decides to have a go at writing a sci-fi version of it having read Brave New World just before starting. I think that pretty much sums up the first 31%. The problem is that while Gulliver's Travels and Brave New World are both very good books, and both are very well written and keep the reader's attention, Star Maker is tedious, dull and plodding: at least that's how i found it to be. I can imagine for its time it was very exciting, but sadly some books just don't age well and i think this is one of them. I don't feel that it's bad enough to warrant a place on "The Deleted" page, so it will get a reprieve and stay in my Amazon lists for now and i may give it another go at some future date when i'm feeling a lot better about life and stuff. Una noche de amargura y desengaño, un hombre contempla el firmamento desde lo alto de una colina. De pronto se ve inmerso en una suerte de viaje astral que lo traslada por toda la galaxia, de la que explorará el nacimiento y el ocaso, con la meta última de comprender la naturaleza de la fuerza primigenia, el enigmático «hacedor de estrellas». geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Characters: 10
Setting: 10
Prose: 7
Star Maker is the most ambitious book I have read. Unlike what the description suggests, it is a profound and fictional, anthropological history of the universe. The unexpected religious ending is endearing. The only weak points are the unnatural and loose direction of the plot, as well as the contradictory epilogue. Nevertheless, the story structures works. It starts a bit slow, as you would expect from a book that mirrors scientific texts.
Recommended for everyone, but scifi fans should endure. ( )