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The Book of Man

It's a terrible, terrible book that has a potential to shock you and shake you. Resnick wrote a brief history of humankind which is not only plausible, but chillingly realistic. Of course, as this kind of book is (probably) supposed to be, "The book of man" also has a lot, A LOT of presumptions and......more

I found this a terribly frustrating read because, while individual stories were quite good, all together it presented an incredibly depressing picture of human beings: we started out greedy, vicious, aggressive little primates who didn't give a damn about anyone/anything else and we end as greedy, v......more

I can sum up the basis to this book in the next sentence. Man is rotten. However, the book wasn't. Even if it was depressing at times showing just how selfish mankind is, the writing is solid and the series of stories were brilliant. I liked how Resnick dealt with the “alienness” of aliens and didn't......more

Wow, this book is truly a masterpiece, where do I even begin? Well, this book is a collection of small stories that follows the human race during 17000 years of galactic history and it comprises the rise and fall of humanity as the most powerful race of the galaxy, during these small stories we follo......more

2015 Reading Challenge #35, a book set in the future Well this is certainly set in the future... it goes out for the next 18,000 years. It took a little getting used to, as each chapter is a short story from a certain time period in Man's history. I think my favorite part in each chapter was the conf......more