My review of 3 books that I read recently **Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke ** This is my first book by the famed sci-fi author of 2001 space odyssey. Having seen it in my scifi recommendations, I found this book in my library. It is not very long(at ~250 pages) The premise is benevolent aliens landing on the earth, and the aftermath. A major theme is the degradation of human creativity in the lack of conflict/competition....
Animal Farm is a short but widely praised book by the author George Orwell. This is a precursor to his much more famous(regarded as one of the best) sci-fi dystopian novel “1984”. Hunting for sci-fi classics, I originally aimed to read only “1984”, but came upon this book when I saw its measly price and small stature at a local bookstore. I read Animal Farm after “1984”. The Book: For those of you who don’t know, this book is not just a work of fiction about farm animals, it is a reflection on the socio-political-economical struggles of the 20th century....
This was a book I was very eager to read. It was the 2nd biography I read. So I am not a very good judge of what a biography should be. Things i liked: # The physical copy itself, is solid, and quite attractive. # The colored pages in between, showing photos of various times in Musk’s life. # Easy to read, easy to follow. # Covers other aspects of Musk’s personality as well, eccentricities and criticism....
MY BRIEF STORY This is the first book i have read by Richard Dawkins. I picked up the book 2 years ago, largely being drawn to the sensationalist title. I started reading, barely 20 pages in, and lost the motivation to go on. The writing was thick, littered with quotes, examples, formal terms. Someday, I thought. I finally picked it up a week go, determined to finish; confident that the interim 2 years would have made me better equipped....