The story sounded like it might have been interesting, if I could have understood what the hell was going on through the book. I could not get into the writing style at all, it was confusing half the time (or most the time), and I didn't much care for the characters either.
Rating: 2.5* of fiveThe Book Report: Twenty-four short fictions from philosophical scientist Zebrowski. All the stories in the collection are centered around Big Ideas...what if Gödel's incompleteness theorem can be disproved by artificial intelligence? What if Lenin's assassination by Sidney Reilly...
Nothing terribly impressive in this collection.I had already read the two standouts - "Minla's Flowers" (Alastair Reynolds) and "Muse of Fire" (Dan Simmons). Of the remaining, the best is Tony Daniel's "The Valley of the Gardens" and the absolute worst is Robert Silverberg's "The Emperor and the Mau...
After reading a couple of the stories, found that they weren't to my tastes, so moved on to other books that had to be read quickly because they were due back at the library. Nothing bad to say about this book, rather enjoyed the Foreword, just not enough time in the day to spend it forcing myself t...
1.5 stars perhaps. Forgettable stories. Kept finding excuses not to finish the book. I finally realized I was not looking up any of the authors' other works to read. Time to move on. So many other good books to read.
This tale of future (at the time the book was published) scientists struggling to prevent an environmental disaster spoke to my idealist, liberal, college girl heart while at the same time scratching my time travel itch. Fun stuff, although I'm not sure it would hold up well if I re-read it now.
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