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Kir Bulychev - "The Great Gusli Player" (collection of short stories + a short novel)
Not bad, a light Soviet science fiction. Moderately funny, moderately satirical, moderately moralizing, overall very kind and pleasant, like fairy tales for adults. I remember reading this as a child, but I didn't understand it then and didn't grasp the point; now, knowing something about that era and having gained some life experience, I read it with pleasure. Although, it's not mind-blowing. 9/10
Isaac Asimov - "The Bicentennial Man"
Simple and tasteful, a sweet story about a robot. Nothing special, but very pleasant and engaging. The author clearly loves robots more than people, and this shines through in his works. The story is short, I read it quickly. It seems like it's enough, but it feels a bit short. 8/10
Isaac Asimov - "The Stars, Like Dust"
Typical Asimov, lots of delicious futurism, a plot with a HUGE TWIST, nervous and incredibly annoying characters. In some moments, it seemed to me that it overlaps a lot with "Foundation"; overall, it feels somewhat derivative, although maybe I've just read too much Asimov. But I like it, I love this author - for the delicious futurism and the HUGE TWIST plot, of course, his characters are mostly either just indifferent to me or frankly annoying. I laughed at the final scene of the book. 9/10
Margaret Atwood - "The Handmaid's Tale"
Blah blah blah bestseller, blah blah blah every woman should read it, blah blah blah dystopia, blah blah blah how scary it is to live. Well. I decided to give it a try, as the book isn't very long. As a representative of the female gender, I appreciated this book, but as a hardcore gamer who loves cool plot twists, I didn't. Like any decent dystopia, the book is creepy, tickles the nerves, stimulates the imagination, and is generally interesting because the issues are relevant. But I found it a bit boring to follow the plot; everything revolves around relationships, sex, and fertility (in the plot, the country is suddenly infertile, and under the guise of this, fun begins with the oppression of women). The main character is such an ordinary woman that I understood why this is a bestseller. I didn't quite understand her experiences; as I said, I'm a hardcore gamer, and I would be more interested in reading about the social structure, methods of propaganda, all sorts of cool things with the underground, and other action, rather than how she, poor thing, suffers without hand cream and fashion magazines. And in general, I have a slightly different view of gender issues. While reading, I kept remembering 1984, but it was much more fun there. However, there is food for thought, and it's also good for general development. Most likely, guys, even fans of dystopias, will be bored, because it seemed to me that it's more about relationships. 5/10
Not bad, a light Soviet science fiction. Moderately funny, moderately satirical, moderately moralizing, overall very kind and pleasant, like fairy tales for adults. I remember reading this as a child, but I didn't understand it then and didn't grasp the point; now, knowing something about that era and having gained some life experience, I read it with pleasure. Although, it's not mind-blowing. 9/10
Isaac Asimov - "The Bicentennial Man"
Simple and tasteful, a sweet story about a robot. Nothing special, but very pleasant and engaging. The author clearly loves robots more than people, and this shines through in his works. The story is short, I read it quickly. It seems like it's enough, but it feels a bit short. 8/10
Isaac Asimov - "The Stars, Like Dust"
Typical Asimov, lots of delicious futurism, a plot with a HUGE TWIST, nervous and incredibly annoying characters. In some moments, it seemed to me that it overlaps a lot with "Foundation"; overall, it feels somewhat derivative, although maybe I've just read too much Asimov. But I like it, I love this author - for the delicious futurism and the HUGE TWIST plot, of course, his characters are mostly either just indifferent to me or frankly annoying. I laughed at the final scene of the book. 9/10
Margaret Atwood - "The Handmaid's Tale"
Blah blah blah bestseller, blah blah blah every woman should read it, blah blah blah dystopia, blah blah blah how scary it is to live. Well. I decided to give it a try, as the book isn't very long. As a representative of the female gender, I appreciated this book, but as a hardcore gamer who loves cool plot twists, I didn't. Like any decent dystopia, the book is creepy, tickles the nerves, stimulates the imagination, and is generally interesting because the issues are relevant. But I found it a bit boring to follow the plot; everything revolves around relationships, sex, and fertility (in the plot, the country is suddenly infertile, and under the guise of this, fun begins with the oppression of women). The main character is such an ordinary woman that I understood why this is a bestseller. I didn't quite understand her experiences; as I said, I'm a hardcore gamer, and I would be more interested in reading about the social structure, methods of propaganda, all sorts of cool things with the underground, and other action, rather than how she, poor thing, suffers without hand cream and fashion magazines. And in general, I have a slightly different view of gender issues. While reading, I kept remembering 1984, but it was much more fun there. However, there is food for thought, and it's also good for general development. Most likely, guys, even fans of dystopias, will be bored, because it seemed to me that it's more about relationships. 5/10
А, вот почему.
🏹🎪+⛓️♿=💕
🏹🎪+⛓️♿=💕