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The Gods Themselves (HC)
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The Gods Themselves (HC)
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8 journalers for this copy...
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Journal Entry 1 by 
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Journal Entry 2 by 
1. SIGN UP for this bookray by sending me a Private Message. Order of participants will be juggled between geography, date of request and shipping limitations. Late additions may be added to the end of the list. 2. When the person before you on the list finishes reading the book, they will send you a Private Message for your postal address. If you no longer wish to read it, or wish to be moved in the list let them (and me!) know and I will move you down/off the list. 3. WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE BOOK please make a journal entry so everyone knows it has safely arrived. Bookrays should NOT be stressful, take your time and enjoy the book. Just make sure it gets mailed on to the next person. 4. WHEN YOU FINISH THE BOOK, make another journal entry telling us what you thought - did you like it? Did you think it was well-written? 5. CONTINUE THE BOOKRAY by sending a Private Message to the person after you on the bookring list and request their postal address. Please check back here for the latest distribution list. If the person doesn't respond within 7-10 days (use your judgement), please PM the next person, and then me, so I can update the bookray list. 6. END OF THE RAY, The last person on the ray could try and continue the ray or just give/mail the book to someone else who might like to read it, an RABCK perhaps, look at cliff1976.com wish list web site or release it into the wild. A note about shipping: As this is a bookray and the book will not return to me it does not matter how long it takes this book to make its way from person to person. So I would insist that when shipping this book please use the most inexpensive shipping method available to you, ESPECIALLY when shipping this book internationally. |
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Absolutely one of the best Asimov's books that I've read so far (together with "The end of Eternity"; the plot, divided in 3 short stories, is incredibly well-constructed and... Overwhelming, in a positive sense!!! Moreover Asimov makes everything seem so "possible", in a way, who might not say we'll have to face that kind of dilemmas in the future of mankind?Well, the ray will now bring the book to France, as soon as Nalex will give me his address!!! Thanks again efs300 for sharing such a great book with us!!! |
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Released 6 yrs ago (12/13/2005 UTC) at Post / Posta / Correo / Poste in Roma, Italia, International Bookray -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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Received in the mail today - great timing - I'm just finishing up another book and can start on this in a day or two. Looking forward to it. Thanks efs300 for squeezing me in!
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Journal Entry 17 by
I was enjoyably reading this great Asimov story out on the deck last weekend, with the radio tuned to an oldies station. On came David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” I hadn’t heard this song for a few years (even though I have the CD). Anyway, I thought – how appropriate! The song fit right in with the alien world I was reading about. Of course I pulled out the CD from my collection and found that the album was recorded in 1972 – the same year “Gods Themselves” was copyrighted! Must have been fate…Anyway, I thought the book was great. I must admit that I haven’t read much science fiction in recent years. The science fiction I most enjoy are works by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Robert Silverberg, Ray Bradbury, Phil Farmer and Asimov published in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. (I have a couple of bookrays going for Childhood's End by Clarke and Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein - if anyone is interested, please PM me). I read these authors in my high school and college days (more than a few years ago!). More recent sci-fi I haven’t really cared for – especially the glut of fantasy novels that seem to dominate the field these days. “God’s Themselves” kept me interested clear through. After reading the dedication, I was hooked – Asimov accosts Robert Silverberg at a sci-fi convention for referring to a radioactive isotope (plutonium-186) that could not exist. He then tells Silverberg that to show him real ingenuity, he would write a story about it (leave it to a biochemist!). This story ended up as “The God’s Themselves.” Not only was Gods Themselves great sci-fi but Asimov gave some great commentary on our times as reflected in the characters and situations he created in the 1970s. This included the ambition of Hallam in the first section. Rather than relinquish any of the credit for being the father of the “electron pump” he would risk the annihilation of the planet. Implications of the electron pump also mirror our current problem of global warming – mankind has ignored the consequences of burning fossil fuels for energy to provide for human comforts (did Asimov foresee this?). The second section was perhaps the most enjoyable part of the novel in which Asimov creates a unique alien “para-universe” including the “triplet” sexual relationships of the beings (the aliens have three sexes with fixed roles for each sex – wow!). And finally, the third section provides a satisfactory resolution to the story. All in all – sci-fi at its best! I have received palomikus' address and will get the book in the mail in the morning. |
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Released 5 yrs ago (6/10/2006 UTC) at Bookray in Bookray, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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