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.

Een nieuwe dageraad en andere verhalen by Arthur C. Clarke (CBE FRAS)

  • Started on: 2013-10-16
  • Finished on: 2013-10-17
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is a very strong short story collection by Arthur C. Clarke with a mix of stories taken from various English-language collections. After reading a few short story collections with stories by other writers, it is surprising just how good Clarke’s writing is (although, he is one of the Big Three of science fiction writing for a reason). I can’t put my finger on the reason, but his stories are just stronger than those I read just before. Stories that stuck by me from this collection were about a race with space ships with solar sails, the rescue mission of aliens who want to rescue us from the sun, and one where utopia turns out to be the dreaming of pleasant dreams. A very good collection, five out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2013-10-16
  • Finished on: 2013-10-17
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is a very strong short story collection by Arthur C. Clarke with a mix of stories taken from various English-language collections. After reading a few short story collections with stories by other writers, it is surprising just how good Clarke’s writing is (although, he is one of the Big Three of science fiction writing for a reason). I can’t put my finger on the reason, but his stories are just stronger than those I read just before. Stories that stuck by me from this collection were about a race with space ships with solar sails, the rescue mission of aliens who want to rescue us from the sun, and one where utopia turns out to be the dreaming of pleasant dreams. A very good collection, five out of five stars.