Not an avid book reader per se, but I like to read a good book now and then. Mostly interested in Sci-Fi, but open to other genres as well!
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God Emperor of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in his Dune …
Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato …
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as …
Some fiction centers around plot, and while Babel-17's plot is truly captivating, the thoughts and ideas intermingled with it are what kept me reading the book and affected my thought process. Which is precisely one of the important themes of the book: how much does the language affect who we are? Could we imagine a language that when spoken or thought would change the way one perceives the world? As if this alone wouldn't be exciting, Delany bases off his work on Plato's Dialogues - making firm connection to philosophy.
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns …
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns …
When electronics importer Cara Leon goes missing, private investigator Sam Mujrif is hired by her …
Excellent book, could hardly stop reading it!
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the …
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the …
A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published …
Content warning Contains some information on the plot and some thoughts about it.
On a surface layer "Scanner Darkly" is about the police state through the eyes of a paranoid junkie. Suspicion mixed up with delusion, true and broken friendship, and heavy drug use. However, further into the book and beneath the surface lies the question of a relationship between the god (if any) and man. Building upon St. Paul's "for now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." Philip K. Dick seems to ask a question: if we do see the god darkly through the glass, does the god see us the same way? If there's no way to know whether you see only the worst in people, could it help to look into morally (and perhaps visually) inverted mirror? Watching his friends and himself Bob Arctor asks that, and wonders if it is someone's obligation to "at least mark their sad comings and goings" "so they’ll be remembered." The answer to this is certainly not present in the book, but sometimes a good question is much better to have and for that I'd recommend reading "Scanner Darkly".
A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977. The semi-autobiographical story …
