Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Zelfs de goden by Isaac Asimov

  • Started on: 2010-12-15
  • Finished on: 2010-12-16
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

After liking the Foundation a lot I had to read the only other book by Asimov I own, Zelfs de Goden (The Gods Themselves). This is a standalone book, containing three stories.
The first one takes place on Earth in the future, where a pump is developed that pumps matter from our universe to a parallel universe. This releases a great amount of energy but turns out not to be all as good as expected. In the second story we visit the other universe and the reasons for their pump. The last part takes place on the (colonized) moon and the research into the pumps being done there.
I really liked this book and the stories. The second story was a bit harder to follow because of the strange life forms. All in all a well worked out story that looks at all sides of the argument.

  • Started on: 2010-12-15
  • Finished on: 2010-12-16
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

After liking the Foundation a lot I had to read the only other book by Asimov I own, Zelfs de Goden (The Gods Themselves). This is a standalone book, containing three stories.
The first one takes place on Earth in the future, where a pump is developed that pumps matter from our universe to a parallel universe. This releases a great amount of energy but turns out not to be all as good as expected. In the second story we visit the other universe and the reasons for their pump. The last part takes place on the (colonized) moon and the research into the pumps being done there.
I really liked this book and the stories. The second story was a bit harder to follow because of the strange life forms. All in all a well worked out story that looks at all sides of the argument.