Heather Lewis Lewis itibaren Çekiç Köyü, 37400 Çekiç Köyü/Taşköprü/Kastamonu, トルコ
This book is a bit of a reversal of the whole wealthy spirit phenomenon. this book scares you to death so you want to be aware of every element of your finances. i think this and the wealthy spirit are a good pairing. this one forces you to assess your values and hangups- particularly if you, like me and many other women, have been beat over the head that you can marry into money or that this is something you should plan to do. it addresses the idea head on that it isn't feminine to deal with money if you are in a relationship and could let your partner do it for you. perle emphasizes just how important it is to understand and address the issue of money head on. especially as women, who have more to lose if things don't go well.
One of science fiction's trustworthy tactics is to expand a contemporary fear into a complex possible future. Living among the growing Baby Boomers, Silverberg enacts this trope to great effect in The World Inside as he constructs an extreme response to overpopulation. Set in the 24th century, The World Inside imagines a future in which the dominant human society on Earth exists wholly within a network of impossibly tall apartment buildings. This "Urban Monad" system emerges following widespread social collapse due to overpopulation. In the crowded "urbmon", privacy is vice and procreation the most "blessworthy" pursuit. As with much SF of the mid-1900s, obsessive detail is given to fantastical technology throughout the novel. This preponderance may turn off readers interested more in the sociological implications of life in a human hive but will surely delight lovers of retro-futurism. The original 1971 Doubleday printing is worth tracking down for the illustration on the dust jacket by James Starrett. This scan is included on the Wikipedia entry: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worl...]
Well I had high hopes for this, but for the first few minutes I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it. Because it's written from the point of view of Jack, a 5 year old boy, it's written in unfinished phrases and baby talk which grated on me for a while. However, it didn't take long for me to warm to the characters Jack and Ma, and pretty soon the baby talk just felt natural. The plot here shouldn't be enjoyable - a young woman abducted, locked in a room, regularly beaten and raped who bears a child and brings him up in captivity - but there's actually a hugely positive feeling to Room, which is much more about love and relationships than the horror of the situation. In writing from Jack's perspective much of the horror is unspoken or merely hinted at - which in fact is more effective than if it were detailed in black and white. Overall, I really enjoyed Room. I loved the relationship between Ma and Jack, and actually felt quite jealous of her unending patience and imagination!