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Carregando... Steps Of The Sun (original: 1982; edição: 1985)de Walter Tevis
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I guess I expected more from the author of the brilliant The Queen's Gambit and Mockingbird - both were 5-star reads for me. This one... not so much. Nearly a 2-star read but Tevis is an excellent writer and he almost had me buying into this a few times. But the ridiculous protagonist just destroyed my enjoyment. Still, I guess I have to give him 3 stars for the effort. A first person account of a fossil fuel robber-baron billionaire male midlife crisis in a future world with global cooling. Must buy spaceship, check. Must flaunt authority, check. Must smoke cigars, check. Must endure hardships, some self-inflicted, check. Must save planet, check. It seems that the ghost of Heinlein was driving the plot, but Tevis was doing everything else, here. This novel and Mockingbird end atop New York skyscrapers. The end gets a bit tedious, but there are a few observations about how people tick here. Come un po' il timbro di Tevis anche questo romanzo è molto "umanista" incentrato sulle vicende complesse e difficili del protagonista che deve affrontare molti problemi personali. Lo sfondo futurista e (moderatamente sf, direi) serve solo come scenario in cui ambientare la rappresentazione delle molte questioni personali passate e presenti che affliggono il protagonista e che Tevis usa, direi, per la sua solita esamina dell'umanità: stavolta però molto sottotono e poco interessante. If you've been waiting for a space opera about impotence, this is your book. Tevis, best known for The Man Who Fell To Earth, mixes one man's long history of failed familial and sexual relationships with 1930's science fiction tropes ("safe uranium" ore that will solve the energy crisis, weird planets that support human life but make no sense ecologically, hopping from planet to planet like taking the bus, an Earth dominated by incredibly powerful individual businessmen). That it was for me a readable book is a tribute to Tevis' ability to maintain a viable human story. Do not read if you like science in your science fiction. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
A billionaire heads to the stars in this "delightful" sci-fi novel from the author of The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Hustler (Newsweek). In a world where America's power is rapidly being overshadowed by China's, only one man has the wealth, resources, and courage to seek the mineral resources his country needs to reclaim its greatness. Ben Belson, the richest man in the world, lacks for nothing his wealth can buy--but he is haunted by the memory of a barren and loveless childhood. When he travels to the stars in search of the mineral wealth America needs, he finds more than he bargains for--and gets more than he ever believed was possible. A classic science fiction novel by the author of The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Hustler, The Steps of the Sun is deftly written, richly characterized, and full of surprises. "Engaging and effortlessly readable." --Publishers Weekly "Warmly involving 'soft' sf." --Kirkus Reviews Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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From here the plot shifts to constant back story as he reminisces of lost love, yada, yada which kills any momentum if there was any. When a story bogs down like this, I can't justify continuing. Having thoroughly enjoyed [b:The Man Who Fell to Earth|396329|The Man Who Fell to Earth|Walter Tevis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320467516l/396329._SY75_.jpg|313881] this was an epic disappointment and would not recommend it to anyone nor is it worthy of being called Science fiction. ( )