1
10,955 Mitglieder
157 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 22
Bewertung 147.01
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-09, 01:08 AM
- 75 Members
- szarka, joeldinda, adsddy, SqueakyChu, jmnlman, Awfki, psybre, SRHarbin, limerts, Osbaldistone, Rtrace, ayaeckel, sdobie, paradoxosalpha, goldenmoon, enrique_molinero, amobogio, Hibou8, norabelle414, aulsmith, EmScape, Julilla, avatiakh, rossarn, DugsBooks, pamur, bestem, BeckyJG, Ross.Farnsworth, CarltonC, br77rino, okeres, merrystar, blackdove07, Balkan, buk1968, santhony, jerry-book, dukeallen, sturlington, freetrader, jasmaynard, perennialreader, LiveAndrew, JohnChic, smasler, Rbrancher2, Doey, diagram, alex68, BruceDMacDonald, mike_frank, Bluewolf0411, RVerde, jdjamsa, gypsysmom, mjbaker, al.vick, streetwa, ahef1963, linlef, ChrisKohout, beth623, dsp501, smitch521, RecklessReader, beanythesane, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Aine615, SpotofBorg, DCJeffrey, oldminiclub, skid0612, Stefcxjo,andyl ,lorax ,pgmcc ,lquilter ,feaelin ,TLCrawford ,scottd ,masiejames , , ,LisaMaria_C ,rretzler ,spaceowl , ,timetunnel ,hhenry3
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: Specifically the first, shorter edition. Avoid the posthumous reversion of the author's edits that created the inferior book released in the 1990s.
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von Arthur C. Clarke
10,190 Mitglieder
228 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 28
Bewertung 128.69
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-10, 06:02 PM
- 62 Members
- timspalding, andyl, hailelib, mark, joeldinda, Milesc, psybre, AsYouKnow_Bob, Stav, Rtrace, ayaeckel, sdobie, grizzly.anderson, mkjones, paradoxosalpha, b1_, goldenmoon, majkia, absurdeist, cthulhuslibrarian, Surtac, stellarexplorer, BeckyJG, okeres, blackdove07, geitebukkeskjegg, Balkan, santhony, jerry-book, sturlington, freetrader, jasmaynard, marycloseburn, lewbs, LiveAndrew, LisaMaria_C, Rbrancher2, Doey, mike_frank, Bluewolf0411, spaceowl, RVerde, Jarandel, gypsysmom, bibliopolitan, ahef1963, beth623, horacio.salazar, dsp501, Vulco1, timetunnel, Pajamas, SFF1928-1973, ManWithAnAgenda, Antoavrg, SpotofBorg, DCJeffrey, mjones329, NerdyBookingham, BrandonAzzarella, DavidRFWarner, shecht91,pammab ,MikeBriggs ,amobogio ,dukeallen ,hhenry3
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: I was an adolescent when I learned about apotheosis from this book.
3
von Charles Stross
3,349 Mitglieder
122 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 139
Bewertung 20.16
Hinzugefügt 2013-10-22, 09:38 AM
- 11 Members
- psybre, AsYouKnow_Bob, sdobie, paradoxosalpha, dhm, falkman, okeres, marycloseburn, Jarandel, Rick_Deckard, BomboChipolata
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: I read this as a novel, and only learned long afterwards that it was written as a cycle of novellas.
4
von Philip K. Dick
7,606 Mitglieder
162 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 68
Bewertung 55
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-30, 04:54 PM
- 31 Members
- andyl, mark, Stav, Rtrace, paradoxosalpha, cthulhuslibrarian, amobogio, clong, m_island, Pamela110, Balkan, scottd, Myyst, freetrader, sesanderson, dot.zen, thecoroner, alexdelarge, Matteocalosi, Endobiker, diagram, alex68, scificomics, acceptance, beth623, timetunnel, viot.henri, FranzK72, Antoavrg, RuthMariah, v_RuneBerg,santhony ,dukeallen ,sturlington
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: One of Dick's most head-on approaches to his metaphysical conundrums. Written with an eye to the screen, and the pacing and characterizations reflect that.
5
von Nick Harkaway
774 Mitglieder
30 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 276
Bewertung 7.43
Hinzugefügt 2018-12-13, 10:10 AM
- 4 Members
- Euryale, paradoxosalpha, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: a 666-page magical operation thinly disguised as a science-fiction police procedural
6
von Gene Wolfe
1,727 Mitglieder
30 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 221
Bewertung 11.07
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-28, 01:16 PM
- 5 Members
- andyl, paradoxosalpha, falkman, Matteocalosi, Jarandel,spaceowl
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: Arguably not a novel, but I'm including it anyway, as I think it benefits from being read as one.
7
3,485 Mitglieder
106 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 292
Bewertung 6.49
Hinzugefügt 2013-10-07, 06:15 PM
- 6 Members
- hailelib, psybre, paradoxosalpha, sturlington, gypsysmom, Tanya-dogearedcopy,Noisy ,marycloseburn ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: Pace marycloseburn, there are no supernatural elements in this highly science-fictional alternate history. The metaphysical conceit that frames the story does not make it "fantasy."marycloseburn : Enjoyable, but alternate history with fantasy elements rather than science fiction.
8
von Samuel R. Delany
3,727 Mitglieder
74 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 176
Bewertung 15.68
Hinzugefügt 2013-10-25, 03:04 PM
- 8 Members
- andyl, mkunruh, paradoxosalpha, okeres, Dilara86, linlef, dianeham, DCJeffrey
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: The only reason I haven't re-read this book in recent years is that I've been reading other Delany instead.
9
von Ian McDonald
1,633 Mitglieder
46 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 96
Bewertung 34.43
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-27, 11:51 AM
- 18 Members
- andyl, anglemark, Rtrace, sdobie, paradoxosalpha, majkia, amobogio, Surtac, aulsmith, stellarexplorer, Pamela110, santhony, jasmaynard, svfreeman, Endobiker, Jarandel, Rick_Deckard, BomboChipolata,sandstone78
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: highlights an assortment of post-human types in a three-week story set in the mid-21st century
10
869 Mitglieder
14 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Globaler Rang 326
Bewertung 5.13
Hinzugefügt 2012-12-24, 06:38 AM
- 3 Members
- Rtrace, paradoxosalpha, clong
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: interrogates received ideas about gender and sex with an awareness of the tragic aspects of human interaction and an assertion of the redemptive power of love
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von Leigh Brackett
833 Mitglieder
31 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 414
Bewertung 3.3
Hinzugefügt 2014-05-09, 08:52 AM
- 2 Members
- paradoxosalpha, gypsysmom
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: reflects on social and technological change outside the myth of progress
12
von Stanisław Lem
1,032 Mitglieder
19 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 494
Bewertung 2.15
Hinzugefügt 2022-12-09, 11:12 AM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: satirical theodicy skirting the edge of nihilism in an anti-fantasy of espionage and authoritarianism
13
von James Morrow
867 Mitglieder
16 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 378
Bewertung 3.91
Hinzugefügt 2022-12-09, 11:13 AM
- 2 Members
- paradoxosalpha, SOShea
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: an enormously clever religious satire, much more incisive than Morrow's routinely lauded Towing Jehovah--but I'll probably never re-read it, because the story is just too goddamned sad
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von Chuck Palahniuk
5,018 Mitglieder
95 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 504
Bewertung 2.07
Hinzugefügt 2022-12-09, 11:18 AM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: key themes include epidemiology, perception of time, control in urban societies, and messianic mythopoeia
15
6,503 Mitglieder
195 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 87
Bewertung 38.96
Hinzugefügt 2012-07-19, 10:09 AM
- 21 Members
- Aquila, mark, Osbaldistone, Rtrace, ayaeckel, Euryale, sdobie, jain, paradoxosalpha, Ragnell, okeres, scottd, sturlington, freetrader, sesanderson, LiveAndrew, Doey, dianeham, David_Krajci, ManWithAnAgenda, DCJeffrey
16
von R. A. Lafferty
188 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 517
Bewertung 2
Hinzugefügt 2022-12-14, 02:17 PM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: Lafferty's book is clearly not addressed to the facile enjoyment of "the vulgar." He could say with Nietzsche, "I obviously do everything to be 'hard to understand' myself!"
17
von Doris Lessing
937 Mitglieder
14 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Globaler Rang 518
Bewertung 1.97
Hinzugefügt 2022-12-09, 11:16 AM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: waking/sleep dialectic intimating mysticism, people destined for companionship, foreboding of illusion in consensual phenomena, and reflections on the urge to engender praeterhumanity in our children
18
von Yevgeny Zamyatin
8,454 Mitglieder
214 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 46
Bewertung 81.21
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-12, 11:08 AM
- 38 Members
- timspalding, mark, mkunruh, pgmcc, Euryale, paradoxosalpha, trandism, LolaWalser, absurdeist, norabelle414, dhm, clong, CarltonC, merrystar, blackdove07, geitebukkeskjegg, Pamela110, Balkan, thejazzmonger, Myyst, sturlington, freetrader, sesanderson, thecoroner, lewbs, LiveAndrew, Dilara86, leigonj, alex68, Tomgraham, acceptance, bibliopolitan, Michael.Rimmer, NataliiaCh, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, HelgeM, DavidRFWarner,santhony
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: In the sterile land of numbers, only the Devil can save your soul.
19
4,210 Mitglieder
160 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 77
Bewertung 48.43
Hinzugefügt 2012-01-27, 04:27 PM
- 28 Members
- szarka, psybre, SRHarbin, john1099, Rtrace, sdobie, paradoxosalpha, bibliorex, cthulhuslibrarian, feaelin, TLCrawford, DugsBooks, Ross.Farnsworth, okeres, merrystar, Pamela110, RBeffa, Sylak, LiveAndrew, svfreeman, Michael.Rimmer, linlef, ChrisKohout, beth623, dsp501, Vulco1, Antoavrg, mjones329,andyl ,Balkan ,Bluewolf0411
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: the paragon of sword & planet
20
von John Uri Lloyd
164 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
Globaler Rang 534
Bewertung 1.89
Hinzugefügt 2022-12-14, 01:54 PM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: maddeningly metatextual initiatory fantasy, Masonic-Rosicrucian psychopharmaceutical philosophy to make steampunks cry, a hollow earth odyssey with laboratory experiments you can try at home, a vision of the End from which all arises
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8,713 Mitglieder
149 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 286
Bewertung 7.03
Hinzugefügt 2016-03-24, 10:26 PM
- 8 Members
- ayaeckel, goldenmoon, br77rino, freetrader, MissJessie, Vulco1, RecklessReader, Antoavrg,andyl ,paradoxosalpha ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Erklärungen
- paradoxosalpha: Inferior to the shorter first edition. The posthumous reversion of the author's own edits is a crime against the work, leaving it bloated without added value.sturlington : Already on the list