Birthright: The Book of Man
by:
Mike Resnick (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781570900440 (1570900442)
Publish date: October 1st 1997
Publisher: Alexander Books
Pages no: 287
Edition language: English
Series: Birthright (#2)
I can sum up the basis to this book in the next sentence. Man is rotten.However, the book wasn't. Even if it was depressing at times showing just how selfish mankind is, the writing is solid and the series of stories were brilliant.I liked how Resnick dealt with the “alienness” of aliens and didn't ...
Birthright is nothing if not expansive. The stories in this future history tell of the rise and fall of the human race. Resnick created a well crafted, detailed universe, and I liked the individual segments (especially the ones that dealt with the the alien-ness of other races and the problems with...
I found this a terribly frustrating read because, while individual stories were quite good, all together it presented an incredibly depressing picture of human beings: we started out greedy, vicious, aggressive little primates who didn't give a damn about anyone/anything else and we end as greedy, v...
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