malglam rated Parable of the talents: 5 stars
Parable of the talents by Octavia E. Butler
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …
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Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …
In the second of Connie Willis' brilliant Oxford trilogy, Ned's holiday in Victorian England becomes a mad struggle to put …
Humans stranded on an alien world. Accepted by the aliens, until suddenly it was war. Because when the aliens are …
It's a very entertaining book. I have enjoyed it a lot. Nevertheless, the paternalism showed to the female characters was really bothering me all the time. I know that is a novel from the 50s, but they are supposed to be living in some kind of matriarchy.
A seminal work of dystopian fiction that foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia, Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" is a powerfully …
La novela más apetitosa que leerás jamás. Una historia deliciosa que combina misterios y cocina y que triunfa en Japón …
Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work …
"± J'ai pensé que le gamin était maltraité, j'y ai pensé très vite, peut-être pas les premiers jours mais pas …
En 1944, Mathilde, una joven alsaciana, se enamora de Amín Belhach, combatiente marroquí en el ejército francés durante la II …
Este libro me ha acompañado en mis vacaciones. Me enganchó desde un principio y me ha gustado mucho la forma de contar la historia desde tres puntos de vista diferentes. Me tenía que recordar constantemente que era una novela e imagino que el autor se habrá tomado algunas libertades. Me ha hecho leer mucho también la wikipedia, para descubrir personajes que no conocía y contrastar algunos hechos que me costaba creer que fueran históricos.