Review:Beautiful character development, wonderful science fiction, a lasting work. It might be a rehashed story of humanity messing up a fresh start but this one is set amongst a wonderful backdrop with great characters. Read more

Review:Having seen the films and read 2061, and with the subtitle 'The Final Odyssey', I had big expectations for a great epic conclusion to this series. Instead 3001 takes the series out with a whimper instead of a bang. The book is purely descriptive until 2/3 of the way in, before any semblance of plot or story are revealed. And when the story does begin, its more like an afterthought: brief and unoriginal. It reads more like a story outline than a novel. Clarke himself did the homicidal computer bi... Read more

Review:The economics of supply and demand, had Mt. Zeus been successfully repositioned to the proximity of Earth, would have effectively lowered its intrinsic value to little more than that of purified water. Read more

Review:I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of a man thrown through the grip of religion and love as he tries to 'save' the woman he recently fell in love with so they can be eternally happy in Heaven. I loved the characters, story, ironic and humorous touches, and couldn't help but feel sorrowed to see it end(yes, I wished that another tale could have been started. Very few novels have ever gotten me to want even more after it was all over, more with these characters, more of the humor and story plots t... Read more

Review:I first read Farmer in the Sky, by Robert Heinlein when I was a teen. It chronicled the sort of adventure I would have enjoyed and the story stayed with me. Years later I read the story to my children and still have a copy in my library today. Read more

Review:This book goes like this (according to me). Super wealthy and successful old man, kept alive by machines, is waiting for an untarnished brain so he can go on living. He already has chosen the surgeon, and he is waiting for the organ which finally comes along when his secretary is brutally murdered (aren't all murders brutal?). He wakes up with the brain of a 95 year old man in a young woman's, body.

Wait a second! Isn't 95 around about the age where dementia sets in? Oh well!

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Review:This was an excellent set of science fiction short stories from the past. I came back to science fiction after a 40+ year hiatus, and the stories were as wonderful and full of enchantment as I remembered. I recommend the book for the thought provoking ideas and for the link to the present day world. The themes of the stories and the problems of the world do not change. Read more

Review:Great story. I have read it 5 or 6 times. It is like an old friend. Very well written. I marked "some violence" but it is definitely story violence, and not realistic violence. (Like fighting fictional dragons as opposed to fighting people.) Read more

Review:Was as advertised and on time, Very satisfied. Would order again from this company in the future.Haven't read this book since I was a kid, was the last one I need for my collection of Heinlein books for my grandson. Read more

Review:I first read this book when I was a young teen. After many years, I pulled the book off the shelf and read it again. It is an entertaining and fun read. The twins, Castor and Pollux, their Father Roger, and Grandmother Hazel are well written, interesting characters. Meade, the sister, and Edith,their Mother, are poorly written side characters. Edith is a dedicated and hard-working doctor, but her character doesn't have much personality.

While the book stirs the imagination and is humorous... Read more