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Review Date: 4/13/2011
This book was much more of a detective story than traditional science fiction. The main character was a retired US astronaut who is investigating a series of unusual murders in Naples, Italy. I thought the storyline was hard to follow at times, but Lem is a literary master who never fails to entertain with the descriptive elements. He does wrap it up pretty well in the conclusion.
If you have never read Lem before, this is probably not a good book to start with.
If you have never read Lem before, this is probably not a good book to start with.
Review Date: 6/14/2011
Of the four authors, Le Guin was the only one whom I had read before. I thought the Jordan story was particularly good, and really liked the ending. The star of the book was the Tad Williams story, which I thought had great character development.
Review Date: 8/21/2011
Pirx the Pilot is one of my favorite Lem books. It contains four stories featuring young Pirx. All the stories are stand alone, and can be read independent of the others. The second story "Conditioned Reflex" is similar to 'Solaris', and drag at one or two points with a heavy descriptive language that was difficult for me to work through. The others three stories are quite good, and I would highly recommend this book.
Review Date: 3/22/2011
Incredible story of squad and platoon level combat in WWII. Starts in Italy, continues through Holland, and ends at the Battle of the Bulge. Great characters and realistic battle scenes.
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