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Summary: A book equalled by no other!
Review: The characters are intense, the events go beyong imagination and Attanasio makes this book something to remember. The way the scenes change and intersect is truly a sign of the author's genius. The struggle of the characters is presented in such graphic detail that it invites you to crawl inside and live with the characters in their world.
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Summary: Stunning, enlightening, challenging, magnificent!
Review: The fact that this book ( and the earlier, but equally brilliant, Radix ) is out of print shows just how far the author is ahead of his time. Like the Gnostics before him, the author recognizes the power of myth in telling us things about ourselves that our everyday mundane lives fail to reveal. If you get this book, keep it, because you will want to read it again and again. This is one of those amazing stories that seems fresh in every telling.
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Summary: an extraordinary book
Review: There are more original ideas in this single volume than found in ten average Sci-Fi novels. A.A. Attanasio is simply one of the most brilliant and talented writers ever. Though it is the final book of a series, "Last Lengends of Earth" can be read and appreciated alone on its own merits. A rich and broad tapestry of human values set against truly alien worlds in a far, far distant future.
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Summary: Absolutely mindblowing....
Review: There is only one other book which is of same calibre as this one - and that is "The Lord of the Rings". "Last legends of Earth" melds complex subjects such as creation, civilisation, decay and time-travel into a stunning, haunting piece of literature that is impossible to forget. What other worthy books of sci-fi only manage to hint at, this book provides in copious quantities from start to finish.
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Summary: Just read it for the second time.
Review: This book blows me away. Attanasio is an absolutely brilliant writer--among the best of any genre. He deals with physics and metaphysics, and creates totally original worlds that exist on the edge of infinity and at the end of time. And still manages to work in a touching love story.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This book is amazing. If you liked Radix, you will love this book. If only Attanasio would write more like these.
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Summary: Only the best. A genre all its own!
Review: This book is simply one of the best. Nothing I have ever read in all of the 500+ books I have consumed (at least half being sci-fi) has come close to the depth and entertainment of this book. Not only does it entertain, but this is one of those few books that truelly makes you think. The sheer scope of the epic is unbeleiveable. It goes through 2 very different primary species on Earth, a group of beings that literaly eat the pain of lower races, an aloof group of beings from another reality out for revenge, it goes on and on. Throughout it all, the central thread is humanity itself.When you finish reading this book, you won't put it down and pick up another. For days at least, you will just sit back thinking about the book saying "wow that has heavy, but SO great". It is unparalleled at what it is, one of those small genre of Sci-fi books all by its self. The end of time/universe/etc book. Besides the central plot of the book, and all the many subplots, the story actually strives to tell something in its completness and complexity. The book shows the unstoppable power of the human spirit, and humanity as a race's unwillingness to give up or surrender. Infact, at several points thoughout the book, the Rimstalker actually handycaps humanity against the high tech Zolt, fearing that humans would prove too difficult of prey. That would cause the solarsystem sized trap to be unsucsessful. In summary, simply a beatiful master peice, long neglected. Honestly, I have no idea why this book is not considered one of the great "must reads" of the science fiction world. If you ever see a copy, BUY IT because this great (and unfortunately rare) book is out of print. Enjoy it while you can. One for the ages.
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Summary: Only the best. A genre all its own!
Review: This book is simply one of the best. Nothing I have ever read in all of the 500+ books I have consumed (at least half being sci-fi) has come close to the depth and entertainment of this book. Not only does it entertain, but this is one of those few books that truelly makes you think. The sheer scope of the epic is unbeleiveable. It goes through 2 very different primary species on Earth, a group of beings that literaly eat the pain of lower races, an aloof group of beings from another reality out for revenge, it goes on and on. Throughout it all, the central thread is humanity itself. When you finish reading this book, you won't put it down and pick up another. For days at least, you will just sit back thinking about the book saying "wow that has heavy, but SO great". It is unparalleled at what it is, one of those small genre of Sci-fi books all by its self. The end of time/universe/etc book. Besides the central plot of the book, and all the many subplots, the story actually strives to tell something in its completness and complexity. The book shows the unstoppable power of the human spirit, and humanity as a race's unwillingness to give up or surrender. Infact, at several points thoughout the book, the Rimstalker actually handycaps humanity against the high tech Zolt, fearing that humans would prove too difficult of prey. That would cause the solarsystem sized trap to be unsucsessful. In summary, simply a beatiful master peice, long neglected. Honestly, I have no idea why this book is not considered one of the great "must reads" of the science fiction world. If you ever see a copy, BUY IT because this great (and unfortunately rare) book is out of print. Enjoy it while you can. One for the ages.
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Summary: Utterly Amazing
Review: This has to be one of the most overlooked sci-fi novels ever written. It has everything. If you call yourself a hard core sci-fi fan you MUST read this book. Truely a masterpiece, the scope of the novel is huge. I beg you to read it and discover what I did.
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Summary: Tangible Imagination
Review: This is by far my favorite book. The sci-fi is timeless because it borders on magical, not getting incumbered with technicalities of how things work. Attanasio focuses on the important aspects of any work of fiction: the characters.
But the world is astounding as well, a truly original universe created by one of the most imaginative minds.
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