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Die Hölle Ist Die Abwesenheit Gottes (2012)

by Ted Chiang(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Golkonda Verlag

review 1: Why only four stars? One reason - the story "The Story of Your Life". It's actually a good narrative yet IMO only someone with some linguistic knowledge can really dive into it. But if this is the case it's exciting. But even then - the mixing of a mother's recollection with the linguistic adventures here does make some sense yet can not convince. I felt bored by these parts of the story and distracted from the interesting linguistic part. The rest: a wonderful collection.
review 2: Hell is the Absence of God is, in my opinion, Ted Chiang's best work and one of the best science fiction stories I have ever read. On second thought, calling it science fiction is wrong on two counts, not only is it not quite science fiction, it is also one of the best stories I hav... moree read without qualification.In short, he creates a world in which God exists, and then thoroughly takes it apart. In some sense an attack on God in both raising questions about why God doesn't show up and what might happen if he had, and perhaps just "what if religion were true?" In many ways, however, the story is just a story which is the best compliment of all. Its characters are fairly complex given the time to develop them, and the setting is superb. The ending is powerful in its own right, darkly funny, and even sad. Highly recommended. less

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