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5.0 out of 5 stars
The other readers are missing the point.,
By Jim-bob Furlbottom (vallejo,, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
AGAINST STUPIDITY THE GODS THEMSELVES CONTEND IN VAIN. The book is about stupidity, stupidity, stupidity. Like Pounelle and Niven said in "Oath of Fealty" "Stupidity, Think of it as EVOLUTION in Action" The impact of our actions is where selection meets the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Better as 3 Stories,
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This review is from: The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
Asimov presents very convincing character development, pulling the reader in and presenting many interesting twists. Sometimes the physics was a big overwhelming, and I had to reread certain passages a number of times, and remember back to Atomic Mass theory. I was particularly intrigued with the emerging environmental consciousness presented: ideas of future renewable, free energy sources, in a metaphor for our current unquestionable unquenchable pursuit of nonrenewable resources, within the ever-present myth of a free lunch. Asimov explores many possibilities in the human and alien psyche, considering how our negative impulses can push us on to greatness- great glory, or great tragedy. He investigates how the perceptions of who we are will change with time- the perceptions of others, and our self-perception. I was engrossed- I wanted to know what was going to happen next to these characters that I cared about. And what happened next, especially at the end of the units, was usually not what I expected. It is a well written novel. And therein lies the flaw. Perhaps if the characters weren't so well portrayed, it wouldn't matter that we never get to find out what happens to them. This is written more as three separate stories, around a common theme, rather than a novel. And the three stories themselves are more slice-of-life than the traditional Western novella genre. So we begin to care a great deal about character, only to see him disappear at the end of the first unit, and only be tangentially mentioned in the third unit. Then we get a very interesting display of a completely foreign and alien psychology and anthropology, with 3 mates in one, and a complicated lifecycle- only to have a surprise at the end of the second unit, never fully explained, and the aliens never really again mentioned. And in the third unit, with a long rendition of what life is like on the moon, we focus on a character tangentially mentioned in the first unit- and in this story, there is at least some completion, albeit with unfortunate gratuitous dwelling on nudity. Each would be quite good alone, with extra material added. But I'm left feeling that this is an unfinished novel- worse, 3 unfinished novels. I'd rather have the author finish his own work, and not be made to complete the novel for him.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Of Asimov's Sci-Fi, one of his best novels,
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This review is from: The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
The good doctor was not the best of writers when it came to character development. Many of his books have excellent plots, but weak, cartoonish characters that could be found in any pulp novel. But "The Gods Themselves" really breaks out of Asimov's usual mold. It's bold; alien characters with three sexes (and a description of how they do it) and an exciting parallel story that merges in surprising ways. While not my favorite of Asimov's books, I respect this novel for its creative delights. A good tale, interesting concepts, some of the best sci-fi Asimov wrote.
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