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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
funny
informative
fast-paced
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Mikromegas: Two giants from outer space whose height equals mountains come to the Baltic Sea and discuss with philosophers. One question rises, whether humans got souls or of what matter exists. One of the humans expressed his thought and he insists that the whole universe belongs to the human race. The thinkers from other worlds answer with a giant laughter.
The voyage of Scarmentados:
A little piece of Candide, so I havent got any new lesson out of it.
The both comforted:
Even id someone went threw more sorrow in his life doesn't mean that the feelings of the individual have no worth.
Hans und Klaas:
Vanity has no worth.
The white and the black one:
Voltaire shot in his own foot with this ending. It was all a dream and no moral of the story.
The voyage of Scarmentados:
A little piece of Candide, so I havent got any new lesson out of it.
The both comforted:
Even id someone went threw more sorrow in his life doesn't mean that the feelings of the individual have no worth.
Hans und Klaas:
Vanity has no worth.
The white and the black one:
Voltaire shot in his own foot with this ending. It was all a dream and no moral of the story.
Loving my adventure with browsing books od specific themes trough the ebook series "3 books to know..". This time I read this from an Alien invasion collection. Some of this, like the explaining of heights and other went completely over my head. But I definitely enjoyed this slightly quirky version of aliens and the depictions of human and human being the ones who is observed.
Yup wow.
Other worldly beings with knowledge that we can only dream of while we respond with pride that they laugh at. Very well written and the narration by Prentice Onayemi was exceptional to say the very least.
Maybe I should read more by Voltaire.
Other worldly beings with knowledge that we can only dream of while we respond with pride that they laugh at. Very well written and the narration by Prentice Onayemi was exceptional to say the very least.
Maybe I should read more by Voltaire.
One of the best short stories I’ve read this year. Its mix of philosophy and science fiction from the 1750s that feels like a children’s bedtime story. There’s something truly beautiful about this book- it’s innocence and humour is perfection.
A tale of an enormous being from Sirius traveling to our solar system, encountering other life forms, debating thought and senses and subjectivity with them given they are creatures of a different kind and size than they're used to. Moderately measurement and numerically heavy, it did have me flashbacking to The Martian.
The story itself isn't super amazing, but knowing it's from ~1750 actually does give it more impact. The part where it is remarked that they came across Mars's 2 moons which people on Earth hadn't discovered yet because they were so small ... was eyebrow-raising.
The story itself isn't super amazing, but knowing it's from ~1750 actually does give it more impact. The part where it is remarked that they came across Mars's 2 moons which people on Earth hadn't discovered yet because they were so small ... was eyebrow-raising.
informative
inspiring
reflective