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Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲə]) is a novel …
Presents the play with supporting material, explanation of words and phrases, actors' and directors' views, study questions, etc.
A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel …
L'Étranger (French: [l‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe]) is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as …
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries …
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries …
For the first time in paperback, one of the classics of twentieth-century literature, The Great …
Great book, yet I am afraid I lack the competence to review it
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story …
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Definitely an interesting book. A lot of media covers the idea of an AI exterminating humanity, yet a lot less cover the possibility of it torturing their creators for all eternity.
I have to admit that the most interesting aspect of the book is the main character and their very flawed senses. Them being fully convinced that they are unaffected by AM's manipulation and torture, while rambling about how the rest of the cast secretly hates him, is something I personally miss in modern media. The fact that the main characters is an unreliable narrator. I won't go into more detail, the short story is about 13 pages long, and thus not even an half an hour read. I recommend everyone to form their own opinion on it.
I do think the book to be overhyped. AM's reasoning for the destruction of humanity and the eternal torture of the main cast is barely if at all elaborated and it is expected of the reader to just assume it as normal behaviour that lacks need for explanation. The ending is also passable at best, and a copout at worst. AM, a almost god-like existence, one that can grant humans immortality and envelops the entire world, wasn't able to react to human attacks? And even worse, wasn't able to save said humans from an stab wound?
All in all, due to how short the story is, I can recommend everyone to read it, as it's not a heavy time sink, yet I'd argue it's the lenght of the story that falls to it's detriment.
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison. …
Der Einzige und sein Eigentum ist das Hauptwerk von Max Stirner, das im Oktober 1844, vordatiert auf 1845, im Verlag …
For the first time in paperback, one of the classics of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby, is available in a …
Byzantine and claustrophobic novel of a man arrested by the secret police and charged with an unspecified crime. Unable to …
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of …
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first …
A very gripping, multifaceted story about a man, who, once the head of his family, fell into the position of insignificance, into the position of an insect ( wink ).
The book is bleak, sad, confusing and downright tragic, combined with it's rather short length, it is a great book for people wanting to start their journey into the stories of Kafka.
Byzantine and claustrophobic novel of a man arrested by the secret police and charged with …
A very interesting story about a man fighting against what would be best described as a dictatorship with no dictator. Kafka takes the reader on a journey through a maze of ever increasingly absurd bureaucracy as our protagonist and we the reader try to find reason in the madness.