From 71e48e43cefa0b2830b8f167f5ca5d0a6dad738e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mms Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:33:47 +0100 Subject: feat: book reviews --- .../brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md | 57 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 57 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md (limited to 'content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md') diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6dd9ea1..0000000 --- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Heaven Makers (Frank Herbert, 1967)" -author = ["MichaƂ Sapka"] -date = 2024-06-19T12:06:00+02:00 -categories = ["brainrot"] -draft = false -weight = 3007 -image_dir = "screenshots" -image_max_width = 765 -primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi" -abstract = "My review of an early Frank Herbert novel" -image = "covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg" -rating = 3 -[menu] - [menu.brain-rot-ascifi] - weight = 3007 - identifier = "heaven-makers-frank-herbert-1967" -+++ - -Chems are a race of aliens being who learned technology allowing them to live forever. -With everlasting life comes boredom. -To mitigate it, they watch and record lives and history of _lesser_ races, one which being humanity. -They can not intervene, but current team foreseeing operation on Earth may have broken this rule. -Therefore, Kelexel is sent to investigate if this is the case, but he is pretending to be just a tourist. - -At the same time we are observing humans whose lives are being recorded and (maybe) manipulated. - -_Heaven Makers_ is a 1967 novel written by Frank Herbert about an immortal race of space beings who treat humanity as a toy. -OK, there's more to that, but it all boils to this - it's a simple story which gives no indications that just a few years before Herbert published _Dune_. - -Let's get this out of the way: _Heaven Makers_ is not a great book. -It's not bad, by any means. -The plot is decent, the twists are cool, the characters are (mostly) OK. -It's not insulting, but it's never great. -It's also short, so all the underdeveloped or missed parts of the book never develop into real frustration. - -{{< rating 3.0 "herbert-heaven-makers.jpg" >}} -Cover -{{< /rating >}} - -And while I have enjoyed reading it over the course of 2 evening[^fn:1] and would not call the time _wasted_, I'm afraid in a year I'll have very little recollection of the events that I've witnessed. -If anything, it reminded me that I really need to watch _Twilight Zone_. -_Heaven Makers_ is very much like an episode of that type a show. -We've got an interesting question (what would you do with eternity?) with added twist (what if you are the victim of such creatures) developed into a full story. - -One thing reader needs to keep in mind is the age to this book. -Your life being subjected to constant surveillance was something not only seen as scary, but also incomprehensible. -We're now treating is as entertainment (_Big Brother_) or even a way of living. -As always, SciFi comes with a twisted idea and warns us about it. -What we do with it? -Of course! -Let's build our lives around it! - -If _Heaven Makers_ finds a way in your hands, sure - it's a nice read. -But I would not propose people actively search for it. - -[^fn:1]: I am a slow reader -- cgit v1.2.3