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Originally Posted by Manabi
It's an excellent book, well worth reading! Asimov apparently wrote it in part to counter criticism about his writing. Critics claimed he couldn't write romance or aliens and that's why there weren't any of those in his novels. The aliens in this novel are very alien, and we learn about their whole life cycle. (Which is quite unusual, and fascinating.) The romance is also well done. It getting so many rewards certainly made those critics look stupid.  |
If he's so smart, how come he's dead?
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Speaking of smart people,
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is on sale for $4.99 today on the usual storefronts.
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CRQ3MA
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gravity-s-rainbow
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gra...=9781101594650
Apple:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grav...ow/id534574459
Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=GGPm4I3BbxAC
Apologies if $4.99 is not "enough" of a Sale for this thread. I feel like we used to hold out for $0.99 or $1.99, but some publishers seem to have made $4.99 the new "sale" price and will not go any lower.