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"Children of Men" by P.D. James

First read: 11.2009

Comments: I was really surprised to discover James is a woman (I knew she wrote mystery) because the main character is an extremely Rational man in his fifties, skeptic and desilutioned with everything, not without reason since he lives in a childless world but one can tell he wasn't a very happy ( Read more... )

First read: 16.09.2009

Comments: Before I even finished "The Hunger Games" I had already downloaded this, certain I wouldn't be able to let Peeta and Katniss go. The summary is already a spoiler for the first novel so be warned. I didn't feel the book was cut off at the right place, it should have ended with Katniss unconscious or semi-delirious, ( Read more... )

First read: 14.09.2009

Comments: This is Uglies all over again for me, a powerful government trying to keep the people down, while in Uglies it was doing it by brainwashing them into believing it was doing them a favour in The Hunger Games its approach is more classic, it's doing it by displaying it's power and their helplessness (like in the Greek ( Read more... )

"Tomorrow, when the war began" by John Marsden. Apocalyptic

Notes: This is one of those books than once upon a time I wanted to write. After listening to this I've to admit that it was a laughable aim for a twelve-years old and that even today I would have to do a lot of research to get it more or less right. I liked the idea of a group of kids, ( Read more... )

"L'esquelet de la balena" de David Cirici.

Notas: No me acuerdo en que idioma lo leí, la verdad, poco importa, es una novela juvenil en un mundo post-apocalíptico en el que a los chicos los encierran en una escuela automatizada en la que los atienden y educan robots, todo con la esperanza de evitar que la sociedad los corrumpa.

Primera lectura:

"La marca del escorpion" de Nancy Farmer

Primera Lectura: 2003, Figueres.

Notas: Fascinante mezcla de realidad futura autoritaria, fantasía ecologista e historia de paso a la adultez. La traducción, como vaticina el título, era bastante mala. El protagonista vive en un habitación roñosa de una mansión impresionante en medio de un Mexico post- ( Read more... )

"Mecanoscrit del segón origen" de Manuel de Pedrolo
Primera lectura: 2002.
Notes: El segón llibre que vaig llegir en catalá (el primer va ser una colecció d'histories de Orson Scott Card), per els temps quan de catalá no volia saber res de res, vaig a llegir en un libre del "cents millors de la ciencia ficció" una mena de resum i em vaig a enamorar, ( Read more... )

"Una Marciana Tonta"  de John Wyndham (cuento)

Leído: 2002

Saben que es tonto? Este cuento.

#cuento/short-story, #science fiction, *author: male, +apocalyptic, 2002, @leído en castellano, author: john wyndham

Notes: This has been filmed twice as "Village of the Damned", and with good reason, it's got a Stephen King terror's flavour to it that attracts the masses but which I disliked.

First read: 2002

#novel, #science fiction, *author: male, +apocalyptic, 2002, @leído en castellano, author: john wyndham