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Summary: Absolutely fantastic! A great book for toddlers!!
Review: Absolutely fantastic! A great book for toddlers
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Summary: A wonderful book.
Review: I don't know how so many people could dislike this book. The writing drew me in from the very first chapter, and there are many interesting themes society could learn from.
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Summary: Another excellent Wyndham
Review: I first read this book (or most of it ;-) in high school and must admit, although it was a rather interesting concept, did not find it particularly fun to read. I reread it recently and have to admit that it is a fine piece of science fiction (if you can call it that). Wyndham skillfully handles the religious prejudices of society towards the deviations and their bizarre behavior towards those who do not adhere to the 'true image'. Seems to be a popular book for high school which is unfortunate since so few people who read it at that point in their lives can really appreciate it (and, as we can see in the reviews here, are likely to rate it poorly). Highly recommended.
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Summary: By far, the best piece of literature I have ever read!
Review: In high school, young adults are made to read this book. If they ever learn to appreciate anything from those days, this should be one of them. The book is fantastically written, with great detail and thought. It gives us a look into something which could quite possibly happen to humanity in the not too distant future. I feel that when the silly children who felt the need to "Submit their Review" grow up enough to understand this piece of writing artwork, they will certainly feel undoubtedly embarrassed of their nasty remarks, not to mention poor spelling and grammar. It seems that the appreciation of the book must come with some semblance of intelligence.
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Summary: Great book
Review: At first I didn't like it when I read it in highschool at the age of 15; but now, at 31, I have come to appreciate it more. This scenario could come to pass. Maybe it's too deep for some students.
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Summary: Don't even think about
Review: reading this book, one of the most boring book in the world. If you are thinking to buy it, you will be wasting your money. You can probably use this book instead of sleeping pills. It's about a stupid guy (David)who used to be a gay before writing this book. My english teacher thought it would be a good idea to read this book in class, so he brought 40 books from some where, We all started reading this book and at the end of the class he found out that half of the class was sleeping and more than 10 people went for the washroom and for water... YOUR FRIEND M.W.R
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Summary: This book was AMAZING
Review: I was introduced to the book by my English teacher. In the beginning I can admit that it was boring, but if you hang in there and continue to read it, the excitement starts to penetrate through...Sophie Wender is the most exciting character in the whole novel...I would suggest this novel to anyone who is up for a little excitement.
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Summary: I still remember it.
Review: I read this book almost 25 years ago and still remember it well. I was the type of book that really made you think about how society can be prejudiced be your look and how it make those people feel. I loved it.
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Summary: The story through my eyes.
Review: The hero of the story is a young boy - David. He has been living in the world, which seems to be ordinary, but it isn't. It is a different world. From our point of view, we could say, that it looks like in the past, two or three centuries ago, but ... it is the future. People live there in organizations, on the farms, they care of animals, cultivate plants... All around their seats are woods and wilderness. They have a special religion, it looks like ours a bit, but there is not love, there are dogmas, commands and strict rights and laws only. David is son of that preacher and he has not easy life - because he is feeling and thinking about everything he sees. As he is getting older, we can see through his eyes all that world. People there are very cruel and every difference on the people, which is not in accordance with " the true image ", causes that these people are not considered as a valid human beings yet, but the creatures whose have to be killed or pushed away to wilderness, where wild animals have been living - so it is hard to stay alive there for those men. And David's father makes this dirty work, even with the smile at his face, because he is sure, that it's true way. They believe, that they have to abide the " words of Lord " written down in books and to let their race pure. For example David's friend Sophie had to run away to save her life, because she had not five, but six toes leg. Even his aunt, when was proved, that she has a baby with a small difference and she knew the baby had to die, according to their laws, she committed a suicide... It was a sad country. When David was young, he heard some stories about the distant places, almost fairytales, what big and odd plants have been growing there, what creatures have been living there - there were dangerous places, no one wanted go there. He trayed to imagine whole the world, but he was not able to. He has found some friends... Now he is young man yet. He has found out, that he is able to make some mental shapes, thoughts or mental pictures, that he can send them to his friends, and a few of his friends are able too. This ability has come not immediately, but gradually. They made their group and perfected their abilities still more and more. It was amazing and they liked it, but after a time they have realized, that it could be very dangerous for their lifes, when anybody else would learnt about it. Friendship of them was secret, they had to look like normal people and they did. A David's little sister Petra has this ability too, but in a huge strength. She could make " a storm " in heads of her fiends - when something was wrong, when she was scared of something or she needed anything. They had to care of her and to teach her how to manage her abilities. The time was ticked away and conditions has become very bad for them, so they had to run away to wilderness - David, his sister Petra and his girlfriend Rosalind. The escape was necessary, because two of their friends were caught by the "people of law" and they will force them to say who is the next one and next with those abilities. How will they force them ? - By the suffer and the pain - it is the way how do they work, like an inquisition. They have afraided of them so they wanted to destroy them. An escape of our friends was successful, they headed to Wild Country. One friend has stayed in the village and later he has joined men, which followed them and wanted to catch them. He has sent them messages by mind, this was why David, Petra and Rosalind knew what to do. They escaped far. They came among an odd people, people which were pressed out of the normal society - they made own village. David met here his old friend from his childhood - Sophie. It was a nice date. Our friends were here half-guests and half-prisoners. They stayed there and waited. They had a hope, because Petra has made a mental connection to some distant wise woman from a big distance, from the part of the world they know nothing about it. She has promised them help, therefore they remained here and waited. They have nothing else to do... And the enemy is still closer and closer, but help is still not here. The enemies - hunting people are here yet. An attack has begun. A strange fight among the " pure " people and the " wild " people. Sophie has died, a lot of people has died. David, Petra and Rosalind had to stay in the cave - according to command from distant woman. " Help is near yet ", Petra has told them. She was in the connection all the time. And the help has came finally - a big flying object has sunk from the sky, it has sent down a much of special threads, like cobwebs, which have disabled movement to everyone down. Our friends were in cave, so they were safe of it. And what the other ones ? - They had to die... People from flying object came, rescued beings from the cave and they have taken them into the plane. - Our friends are saved... They flied away... At home ? At distant home ? Maybe... Now they can think about and they can see, they can realise..., that the part of the world, where they have lived, is just a small part of the whole world - of the world destroyed by the nuclear disaster in the past. Not all the world has been destroyed, but a lot. It was the case, why such strange creatures and the plants they could see everywhere. A part of civilization has begun from the begin, they created the laws, they has own religion - this part of the world our friends know very well... But it is not all - a part of the people, which survived on the north of the planet, created a new civilization. They have continued only the way of living they did before, but more peacefully. David, Petra and Rosalind are here, at most amazing place they have ever seen. A modern city, light houses, travel... All the people around use the mental communication as an ordinary thing, they have been living in different way. Petra likes everything, David and Rosalind are happy, that they are safe, they can be together, that they need not to afraid of them lifes. They are living in the better world now. Is it the best world ? They will see...
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Summary: I had never read something as boring as this book
Review: this is the stupidest book I've ever read and the only reason I read is that my English teacher made me too. and I was just looking for a way to find out the story instead of actually sitting and reading it.
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