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Bezig met laden... Welcome, Chaos (1983)door Kate Wilhelm
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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. When I was sixteen and traveling cross country, I stopped into a rummage shop and came away with this book. It's been one of the most random finds I've ever read. It's really a very interesting book with a plot that is more philosophical than scifi. I found the characterization to be particularly vivid, and certain passages have stuck with me for years. I don't quite agree with the way it ended. Things are wrapped up too tidily but are simultaneously too ill planned. Even as a teen, I remember closing the book with an air of, "That was a pretty rash action. It's lucky that everything worked out." Still, I'd recommend this book to other readers for the groundwork and wordsmithing of the plot alone. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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As for what the scientists have discovered, the quote on the cover of my edition comes out and tells you, but I won't. The science is kept pretty vague, though; rather than make up a bunch of implausible nonsense, the author just tells us that so-and-so figured out a crucial bit of the puzzle, and that someone else put the pieces together, and so on. That vagueness works here, leaving us with the same puzzlement and wonder that the main character experiences.
I read one of Wlhelm's other books a long time ago, and vaguely remember liking it. This has given me a reason to hunt down a bunch more. ( )