Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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FASCINANT!. Ce bouquin est un des meilleurs polars que j'ai lu depuis longtemps. Je suis resté éveillé très tard juste pour savoir qui était le coupable, et jusqu'au dernier moment je me suis trompé. Très conseillé !!!!
Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered …
Excellent book and quite well researched. It started a bit slow - very verbose and going around in circle (to me anyway), and then it took off. Despite the title, this is not light reading. There are some real questions about our society (or rather the anglo-saxon one as many things apply mostly to US/UK, but the rest of the world is concerned by several aspects as well). Definitely recommended
« Il est une chose admirable qui surpasse toujours la connaissance, l'intelligence, et même le …
Livre intéressant et bizarre à la fois, mais que je trouve bien écrit, même si vers la fin je trouve que l'auteur n'est plus à la hauteur de ses promesses. Vaut le détour :-)
Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards, David Brin brings his bestselling Uplift series to …
Same comment as for infinity shore: lots of totally unnecessary repetition. Not as many, but still. It is too bad because it spoils it - for me at least.
Sale Gosse (titre original : Bad Little Kid) est une nouvelle de Stephen King publiée …
Très court et un peu prévisible. Mais c'est du Stephen King, donc c'est bon :-)
For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As …
Disappointing. The story is still quite inventive, but for some reasons, there are dozen of repetitions, as if the author was paid by the line. I have seen this before, but that was i 19th centuries stories where the book started its life as a series in a newspaper or a magazine, hence the need to remind the reader of what had happened. Here is seems the author is paid by the line, because there is no reason to remind me what happened 5 pages ago by inserting a reminder/repetition that doesn't add anything to the story. The constant reminders are useless. They use loads of pages for nothing, as if I needed to be reminded of what happened in the previous chapter, or if the author was paid by the line. Or maybe the word ? By there are loads of repetitions. And they are boring, because they add …
Disappointing. The story is still quite inventive, but for some reasons, there are dozen of repetitions, as if the author was paid by the line. I have seen this before, but that was i 19th centuries stories where the book started its life as a series in a newspaper or a magazine, hence the need to remind the reader of what had happened. Here is seems the author is paid by the line, because there is no reason to remind me what happened 5 pages ago by inserting a reminder/repetition that doesn't add anything to the story. The constant reminders are useless. They use loads of pages for nothing, as if I needed to be reminded of what happened in the previous chapter, or if the author was paid by the line. Or maybe the word ? By there are loads of repetitions. And they are boring, because they add nothing to the plot. They just waste place. and paper, and space, and my patience. Almost as if the author got paid more for repeating what he already said. Otherwise not a bad book. Did I mention the repetitions ? Tiring.
The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five …
Totally different from the previous ones, even if there are recurring themes. It is only at the end that the link is made with vol2/3 of the original uplift. Conceived from the start as a saga spanning on several books, don't read this if you don't have the following volume handy :-)
A car accident leaves Robert Maitland, a wealthy architect in the midst of concealing his …
As often with Ballard, this is a tale of alienation, of what can happen when your world suddenly crashes around you.
David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. …
Interresting. Not exactly a follow-up to previous, but many references so it helps to have read it, but not necessary. Exploring yet another branch of the uplift world. Nice read.
The exploration vessel Streaker (the first starship designed and crewed by dolphins) discovers evidence on …
Nice. No need to have read the first one to read this. It is an extention, but some 2 centuries later, so....
In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his …
Interesting book, easy and fast reading. Nice twist. Recommended !
Vatican City, 29 September 1978: the world wakes to the shocking news that Pope John …
Not bad at all, but sometimes feels like a pretext to unpack the history of all the malversations in the vatican banking sector of the 70ies/80ies. Which is fine for those who know nothing about it I suppose, but unfortunately it wasn't my case, so I found those a bit boring. Otherwise, has a decent plot, if a bit convoluted.
Vatican City, 29 September 1978: the world wakes to the shocking news that Pope John …
Probably my twisted sense of humor coupled with current events :-)
In all the universe, no species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance …
Interesting. Curious to see the next one in the saga. Quite inventive. worth a look if you like space opera saga :-)
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our …
This is a MUST read. As usual, Yuval is brilliant, but this books seems even better than the 3 previous: "Sapiens", "Deus" and "21 questions for the 21st century". It might be because it is the most recent and therefore addresses very current concerns, but whatever the reason, do read it. I promise you won't regret it. So many things start making sense when you read his explanations....
Vous DEVEZ lire ce livre. Comme toujours, Yuval est magistral, mais ce livre semble encore meilleurs que les 3 précédents: "Sapiens", "Deus" et "21 questions pour le 21ème siècle". C'est peut-être parce que c'est le plus récent et donc traite de problèmes plus contemporains, mais peut importe - lisez ce livre. Les choses tombent toutes seules en place quand on lit ses explications. A ne pas rater.