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Cycle des Anges #1
孝邪薪邪褌芯薪邪胁褌懈
些芯 褔械泻邪褦 谢褞写褋褜泻褨 写褍褕褨 薪邪 "褌芯屑褍" 褋胁褨褌褨? 些芯 谐芯胁芯褉褟褌褜 锌褉芯 锌芯褌芯泄斜褨褔褔褟 锌褉邪写邪胁薪褨 胁褔械薪薪褟? 些芯 蟹薪邪褦 锌褉芯 薪褜芯谐芯 薪芯胁褨褌薪褟 薪邪褍泻邪? 些芯 褏芯胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 蟹邪 屑邪褋泻芯褞 褋屑械褉褌褨?
袚芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 褉芯屑邪薪褍 袦褨褕械谢褜 袩械薪褋芯薪 鈥� 邪薪械褋褌械蟹褨芯谢芯谐 胁 谢褨泻邪褉薪褨, 褉邪蟹芯屑 蟹褨 褋胁芯褩屑 写褉褍谐芯屑, 袪邪褍谢械屑 袪芯蟹械褉斜邪泻芯屑, 褉芯蟹锌芯褔懈薪邪褞褌褜 写芯褋谢褨写卸械薪薪褟 褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 蟹薪邪褏芯写懈褌褜褋褟 蟹 褨薪褕芯谐芯 斜芯泻褍 褋屑械褉褌褨.
袚芯谢芯胁薪懈泄 谐械褉芯泄 褉芯屑邪薪褍 袦褨褕械谢褜 袩械薪褋芯薪 鈥� 邪薪械褋褌械蟹褨芯谢芯谐 胁 谢褨泻邪褉薪褨, 褉邪蟹芯屑 蟹褨 褋胁芯褩屑 写褉褍谐芯屑, 袪邪褍谢械屑 袪芯蟹械褉斜邪泻芯屑, 褉芯蟹锌芯褔懈薪邪褞褌褜 写芯褋谢褨写卸械薪薪褟 褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 蟹薪邪褏芯写懈褌褜褋褟 蟹 褨薪褕芯谐芯 斜芯泻褍 褋屑械褉褌褨.
488 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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Bernard Werber
239听books1,650听followersBernard Werber's "Ants" trilogy made him one of France's most popular science fiction novelists in the 90s. Werber began studying journalism in 1982 in Paris, where he discovered the work of sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. In 1991 he published the novel Les Fourmis (Empire of the Ants), a complex fantasy novel in which ants were the heroes and humans the pesty antagonists. The novel became a cult hit across Europe, and Werber followed it with two other books in the same vein: Le Jour des Fourmis (Day of the Ants,1992) and La R茅volution des Fourmis (Revolution of the Ants, 1995). His other books include L'Empire des Anges (Empire of the Angels, 2000) and L'Arbre des possibles (The Tree of Possibles, 2002).
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April 10, 2015
DNF
That's it, I give up on this book...For the excitement and awesomeness I was expecting from a book about life after death, this is unbelievably boring. Everything is written so clinically, so devoid of enthusiasm. The author is merely reporting events and there is little attempt to fascinate the reader.
Not to mention the depressing characters. The main character, Michael, is so passive and spiritless, I found it hard to keep reading the story through his eyes. You want to root for characters, not want to kill them. Unless the book wants you to hate its characters and I don't think this was the case.
But mainly, the biggest problem is this book's theme. It's obviously trying to take a philosophical stance on death, life and god; it hits us with passages from different religion's holy books; Michael repeatedly wonders about the ethics of intruding in the realm of the dead etc. And yet, all this talk about death felt so bland and uninspired. It was so tedious, really. So much death and not one sentiment was triggered in my body.
To be fair, I really don't think I am part of this book's target audience. So, I don't think it's a bad book, it's just not for me. I like inspiring books and this wasn't.
That's it, I give up on this book...For the excitement and awesomeness I was expecting from a book about life after death, this is unbelievably boring. Everything is written so clinically, so devoid of enthusiasm. The author is merely reporting events and there is little attempt to fascinate the reader.
Not to mention the depressing characters. The main character, Michael, is so passive and spiritless, I found it hard to keep reading the story through his eyes. You want to root for characters, not want to kill them. Unless the book wants you to hate its characters and I don't think this was the case.
But mainly, the biggest problem is this book's theme. It's obviously trying to take a philosophical stance on death, life and god; it hits us with passages from different religion's holy books; Michael repeatedly wonders about the ethics of intruding in the realm of the dead etc. And yet, all this talk about death felt so bland and uninspired. It was so tedious, really. So much death and not one sentiment was triggered in my body.
To be fair, I really don't think I am part of this book's target audience. So, I don't think it's a bad book, it's just not for me. I like inspiring books and this wasn't.
December 10, 2022
-Frialdad c铆nica, cr铆tica g茅lida.-
G茅nero. Narrativa fant谩stica.
Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Los tanatonautas (publicaci贸n original: Les Thanatonautes, 1994) nos presenta a Michael Pinson, un joven muy particular y con una extra帽a relaci贸n con la muerte que hace amistad con Raoul Razorback, quien comparte su particular inter茅s. A帽os despu茅s, uno m茅dico anestesista y el otro bi贸logo en un centro de investigaci贸n, cuando el presidente franc茅s tiene una experiencia cercana a la muerte, Pinson y Razorback reciben el encargo de dirigir un programa de estudios experimentales en el Ministerio de Investigaci贸n con la ayuda de una enfermera, Amandine Ballus, y un grupo de reclusos voluntarios que ser谩n conocidos como los primeros tanatonautas.
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G茅nero. Narrativa fant谩stica.
Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Los tanatonautas (publicaci贸n original: Les Thanatonautes, 1994) nos presenta a Michael Pinson, un joven muy particular y con una extra帽a relaci贸n con la muerte que hace amistad con Raoul Razorback, quien comparte su particular inter茅s. A帽os despu茅s, uno m茅dico anestesista y el otro bi贸logo en un centro de investigaci贸n, cuando el presidente franc茅s tiene una experiencia cercana a la muerte, Pinson y Razorback reciben el encargo de dirigir un programa de estudios experimentales en el Ministerio de Investigaci贸n con la ayuda de una enfermera, Amandine Ballus, y un grupo de reclusos voluntarios que ser谩n conocidos como los primeros tanatonautas.
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September 15, 2020
Overall a good idea, the story starts well and it has an interesting ending. The research is cool too. But good lord, these must be the flattest, shallowest characters in the history of all characters.
The women especially seem to come right out of those memes about male authors writing female characters: you got the sexy nurse, the neurotic mom, the sassy fat girl. Their existence, of course, orbiting the absurdly inexpressive guys who, in the meantime, are waving their dicks around and making all the decisions.
My eyes bled a little.
The women especially seem to come right out of those memes about male authors writing female characters: you got the sexy nurse, the neurotic mom, the sassy fat girl. Their existence, of course, orbiting the absurdly inexpressive guys who, in the meantime, are waving their dicks around and making all the decisions.
My eyes bled a little.
September 19, 2024
袞邪褏谢懈胁邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袞邪褏谢懈胁械 锌懈褋褜屑芯. 袞邪褏谢懈胁褨 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨. 小锌褉邪胁卸薪褨泄 锌芯褋褨斜薪懈泻 "携泻 薪械 锌芯褌褉褨斜薪芯 锌懈褋邪褌懈". 笑械 薪邪褔械 褔懈褌邪褌懈 芯斜褨褋褉邪薪芯谐芯 袣芯械谢褜泄芯. 袙褋械 锌芯谐邪薪芯, 褖械 泄 薪邪 褌械斜械 谢谢褦褌褜褋褟 锌芯褌褨泻 写械褕械胁懈褏 "胁泻-褑懈褌邪褌芯泻".
携泻褖芯 褑褨泻邪胁懈褌褜 写芯胁泻芯谢邪 褋屑械褉褌薪懈泄 写芯褋胁褨写, 泻褉邪褖械 谐谢褟薪褜褌械 芯褉懈谐褨薪邪谢褜薪懈泄 褎褨谢褜屑 "袣芯屑邪褌芯蟹薪懈泻懈".
携泻褖芯 褑褨泻邪胁懈褌褜 写芯胁泻芯谢邪 褋屑械褉褌薪懈泄 写芯褋胁褨写, 泻褉邪褖械 谐谢褟薪褜褌械 芯褉懈谐褨薪邪谢褜薪懈泄 褎褨谢褜屑 "袣芯屑邪褌芯蟹薪懈泻懈".
February 11, 2013
This book takes place in my heart and in my mind. The logo of Michel and Raul 'You and me against the morons' will be my logo. Sometimes I had a thought that B. Werber is the one from the Great Initiated.
Actually I believe in his Paradise. It's so well-prescripted, considered and absolute. I hope it' true=)
Now I gonna read and
Actually I believe in his Paradise. It's so well-prescripted, considered and absolute. I hope it' true=)
Now I gonna read and
March 17, 2014
I still have mixed feelings about this book. The beginning was awesome and kept me going, I almost swallowed every chapter but starting from the middle of it I was more and more bored. The idea had potential but got lost somewhere by the author, this lively spark simply disappeared so I had to force myself sometimes to finish. Such a pity... but I'm not giving up on Werber's works just yet.
November 1, 2015
L'UN DE MES LIVRES CULTES !
LE livre qui m'a fait d茅couvrir Werber et devenir compl猫tement fan de l'auteur !
Le gros b茅mol : la suite ! Si 莽a passe encore avec l'Empire des Anges, je trouve que Werber a totalement d茅natur茅 le personnage de Michael Pinson et son histoire avec la trilogie des Dieux. Une trilogie que j'ai encore bcp de mal 脿 lui pardonner aujourd'hui.
LE livre qui m'a fait d茅couvrir Werber et devenir compl猫tement fan de l'auteur !
Le gros b茅mol : la suite ! Si 莽a passe encore avec l'Empire des Anges, je trouve que Werber a totalement d茅natur茅 le personnage de Michael Pinson et son histoire avec la trilogie des Dieux. Une trilogie que j'ai encore bcp de mal 脿 lui pardonner aujourd'hui.
January 8, 2021
4,5/5
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February 20, 2024
賰丕賳 賲賲賰賳 丕禺鬲氐丕乇 丕賱爻鬲賲丕卅丞 氐賮丨丞 賮賷 賳丨賵 佗佶贍 氐賮丨丞. 賷賵噩丿 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇 丕賱賲賱賱. 丕賱乇亘毓 丕賱兀賵賱 賰丕賳 兀賮囟賱 噩夭亍.
賳噩賲丞 賵賳氐賮.
賳噩賲丞 賵賳氐賮.
June 27, 2012
袪芯屑邪薪 褉邪褋褋泻邪蟹褘胁邪械褌 芯 锌芯泻芯褉械薪懈懈 terra in褋ognita XXI 胁械泻邪 - 袣芯薪褌懈薪械薪褌邪 袦褢褉褌胁褘褏. 袠写械褟 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪邪, 薪芯 胁 蟹薪邪褔懈褌械谢褜薪芯泄 屑械褉械 褋褌褉芯懈褌褋褟 薪邪 褌褍屑邪薪薪褘褏 锌褉械写锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈褟褏, 锌芯褝褌芯屑褍 薪械锌褉邪胁写芯锌芯写芯斜薪邪. 小芯褑懈芯谢芯谐 懈蟹 邪胁褌芯褉邪 薪邪屑薪芯谐芯 谢褍褔褕械, 褔械屑 锌懈褋邪褌械谢褜. 袩褉懈屑械褉薪芯 薪邪 褋械褉械写懈薪械 泻薪懈谐褍 褋褌芯懈谢芯 斜褘 蟹邪泻芯薪褔懈褌褜 - 褌褟谐芯屑芯褌懈薪邪 薪械胁褘薪芯褋懈屑邪褟. 袣邪卸械褌褋褟, 褔褌芯 胁褘褋芯褋邪薪芯 褍卸械 胁褋褢, 泻邪泻 袙械褉斜械褉 胁薪械蟹邪锌薪芯 薪邪褏芯写懈褌 械褖褢 锌邪褉褍 锌邪谢褜褑械胁. 袧械 褏芯褔褍 锌褉芯写芯谢卸邪褌褜 蟹薪邪泻芯屑褋褌胁芯: 褋谢懈褕泻芯屑 屑薪芯谐芯 写械褕褢胁芯泄 褎懈谢芯褋芯褎懈懈 胁 屑邪薪械褉械 袣芯褝谢褜芯.
July 12, 2024
袩芯褔懈薪邪谢芯褋褜 写谢褟 屑械薪械 写芯胁芯谢褨 褑褨泻邪胁芯, 邪 锌芯褌褨屑 褌褉芯褏懈 褋泻芯褌懈谢芯褋褟 胁 褟泻懈泄褋褜 褑懈褉泻 褕邪锌褨褌芯 蟹 斜褍写懈褋褜泻懈屑懈 屑芯薪邪褏邪屑懈, 胁芯褞褞褔懈屑懈 褉械谢褨谐褨泄薪懈屑懈 褋械泻褌邪屑懈 褨 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪屑懈, 褟泻褨 泻褉褍褌褟褌褜 谢邪褋芯 蟹褨 褋胁芯褩褏 械泻褌芯锌谢邪蟹屑邪褌懈褔薪懈褏 锌褍锌芯胁懈薪, 褖芯 锌褉懈胁'褟蟹褍褞褌褜 褩褏 写芯 卸懈褌褌褟.
袉写械褟 泻薪懈卸泻懈 褨薪褌褉懈谐褍褞褔邪, 邪谢械, 褟泻 薪邪 屑械薪械, 邪胁褌芯褉 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑邪褦 薪褨褔芯谐芯 褋褍褌褌褦胁芯谐芯 褋泻邪蟹邪褌懈 薪邪 褌械屑褍 褋屑械褉褌褨 褨 锌芯褌芯泄斜褨褔褔褟, 褌芯屑褍 褌褍褌 胁褋械 胁褨写褔褍胁邪谢芯褋褜 褟泻芯褋褜 锌芯胁械褉褏薪械胁芯.
袉写械褟 泻薪懈卸泻懈 褨薪褌褉懈谐褍褞褔邪, 邪谢械, 褟泻 薪邪 屑械薪械, 邪胁褌芯褉 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑邪褦 薪褨褔芯谐芯 褋褍褌褌褦胁芯谐芯 褋泻邪蟹邪褌懈 薪邪 褌械屑褍 褋屑械褉褌褨 褨 锌芯褌芯泄斜褨褔褔褟, 褌芯屑褍 褌褍褌 胁褋械 胁褨写褔褍胁邪谢芯褋褜 褟泻芯褋褜 锌芯胁械褉褏薪械胁芯.
February 11, 2022
Eh oui ce fut long, mais sans rapport avec la qualit茅 du roman qui 茅tait tr猫s sympathique. Cette SF 脿 la fran莽aise, m茅lang茅e avec tout un tas de connaissances sur des religions tr猫s vari茅es, offre une aventure tr猫s riche peupl茅e de personnages attachants et habit茅e par un message de tol茅rance. En voulant percer le secret de la mort, les thanatonautes vont r茅aliser que rien ne compte plus que la vie, peu importe laquelle. Un roman palpitant, habilement construit et terriblement sous estim茅.
December 12, 2022
賲丕 亘毓乇賮 卮賵 賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷賳 賲毓 丕賱毓乇亘 賵丕賱賲爻賱賲賷賳 毓賱賶 賵噩賴 丕賱禺氐賵氐 亘鬲氐賵賷乇賴賲 丕乇賴丕亘賷賷賳.
賲毓 賴賷賰 賲丕 亘賯丿乇 丕賳賰乇 丕賱毓賲賱 乇丕卅毓
賲毓 賴賷賰 賲丕 亘賯丿乇 丕賳賰乇 丕賱毓賲賱 乇丕卅毓
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December 30, 2022賷亘丨孬 丕賱丨賰賷賲 毓賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 ..亘賷賳賲丕 賷賰賵賳 丕賱睾亘賷 賯丿 毓孬乇 毓賱賷賴丕 !
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January 12, 2021S膩ku las墨t patie拧膩m ar aizraut墨bu, bet - lai ar墨 ar pr膩tu sapratu, ka tas velk uz farsu, tom膿r virsroku 艈膿ma riebums (p膩ri p膩r simtu nomira, kam膿r viens atgriez膩s).
Bet iestarpin膩jumi no mitlo模ijas un da啪膩du tautu v墨zij膩m par p膿cn膩ves valst墨bu man patika.
Bet iestarpin膩jumi no mitlo模ijas un da啪膩du tautu v墨zij膩m par p膿cn膩ves valst墨bu man patika.
April 6, 2021
Un roman qui commence avec 茅norm茅ment de potentiel et qui met la table pour une tr猫s bonne r茅flexion sur la vie et la mort, mais qui malheureusement m'a noy茅 d'ennui avec des personnages auxquels c'茅tait impossible de m'attacher, une histoire lourde et redondante, puis une vision du r么le de la femme digne du si猫cle pr茅c茅dent.
Autant j'茅tais excit茅 脿 l'id茅e de lire ce "classique" de Bernard Werber, j'ai rapidement 茅t茅 d茅莽u par ce roman qui n'est vraiment pas venu me chercher.
Autant j'茅tais excit茅 脿 l'id茅e de lire ce "classique" de Bernard Werber, j'ai rapidement 茅t茅 d茅莽u par ce roman qui n'est vraiment pas venu me chercher.
November 23, 2015
Je congnoys que pauvres et riches,
Sages et folz, prebstres et laiz,
Noble et vilain, larges et chiches,
Petitz et grans, et beaulx et laidz,
Dames 邪 rebrassez colletz,
De quelconque condicion,
Portant attours et bourreletz,
Mort saisit sans exception.
Francois Villone - Grand testament, XXXIX
I doubt if there exists a thinking creature who hasn鈥檛 questioned itself about matters concerning death. What is it, how does it work exactly, what happens after that, can we escape from it鈥� Almost all religions and spiritual teachings speak of life after death, in Heaven or Hell (of the particular religion), or again on our Earth but in a different body, learning yet another lesson in the circle of reincarnations allotted to everyone.
Confirmed materialists and atheists strongly deny the possibility of a world beyond the grave. For them, anything that can鈥檛 be sensed simply doesn鈥檛 exist. And maybe the truth is out there, somewhere in the middle鈥� Well, in his book Bernard Werber tries to present his point of view.
Police file
Request for personal data records
Family: Werber
Name: Bernard
Hair: greyish
Eyes: brown
Height: 1.78 m
Special peculiarities: wears glasses
Notes: one of the founders of the Thanatonauts movement
Weak spot: writer
We have all heard of the visions of people who have gone through a clinical death or have come out of a coma. White tunnels, meeting friends who have died, dazzling light. These are only some of the things that can be seen, when one has a Near-Death Experience (NDE). But what happens when the President of a whole country goes through such an experience? It is most logical that he should encourage research in this field. And there is no lack of eager scientists. That is how they set out to explore the Continent of the Dead. It may sound absurd, but a few centuries ago, it sounded just as absurd that there existed a continent east of Indonesia.
Well, yes, but there was a real continent 鈥� with plains, trees, animals, aborigines!"
"That鈥檚 easy to say in the 21st Century, but at that time, just imagine! To talk about the Australian lands was as strange as to look for the continent of death now.
The analogy with Australia is even more complete, because the pioneers here are also prisoners, but the stakes are incredibly higher. In the beginning, as in every experiment, the death toll is high, but soon come the first successes. After entering a comatose condition artificially (which is the easier part of the task), the volunteer must keep his connection with our world and at the same time investigate the Continent of Death in as much detail as possible. Little by little, the map of this mysterious place starts growing. Just as naturally, the prisoners give way to inquisitive people with a free spirit, and successes are quick to follow.
Revealing the secrets of death inevitably impacts people's life on Earth. Passing across seven areas (blue: of attraction and joy, black: of facing your most painful memories, red: of encountering the most perverse vices, orange: of confronting time, yellow: of the absolute knowledge, green: of the absolute beauty, and white), the soul of the dead (or the living thanatonaut) faces a trial, where it's held responsible for its actions during its earthly pilgrimage. The trial determines its reincarnation or leaving the wheel. If one has heaped up bad karma, he makes it up with his next life. He has a much harder start than people who have lived righteously. Well, with that knowledge, interesting times come to Earth. People become better, yet not because this is their way but because of petty selfishness. Suicides become the norm for those who aren't pleased with their present state of life. And why wouldn't they, knowing that what lies in store is the inevitable reincarnation in a new, better and different life. Mankind loses its will to live, evolve, advance. It merely goes with the tide, not living, but semivegetating.
The dessert in the book is, then, the moment that I believe has everyone excited by this point. What EXACTLY happens when you pass from this existence into the next? What happens if you still have lessons to learn and lives to live? What is beyond the trial in the seventh area, beyond death?
Beyond death, there is鈥�
The Thanatonauts is a book that, although at times striking me as slightly overswollen, makes for an easy read and gives interesting 鈥減ossible answers鈥� to even more interesting questions. Still, in order to ask the right question, you must first know the larger part of the answer.
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Translated by Kalin Nenov
Sages et folz, prebstres et laiz,
Noble et vilain, larges et chiches,
Petitz et grans, et beaulx et laidz,
Dames 邪 rebrassez colletz,
De quelconque condicion,
Portant attours et bourreletz,
Mort saisit sans exception.
Francois Villone - Grand testament, XXXIX
I doubt if there exists a thinking creature who hasn鈥檛 questioned itself about matters concerning death. What is it, how does it work exactly, what happens after that, can we escape from it鈥� Almost all religions and spiritual teachings speak of life after death, in Heaven or Hell (of the particular religion), or again on our Earth but in a different body, learning yet another lesson in the circle of reincarnations allotted to everyone.
Confirmed materialists and atheists strongly deny the possibility of a world beyond the grave. For them, anything that can鈥檛 be sensed simply doesn鈥檛 exist. And maybe the truth is out there, somewhere in the middle鈥� Well, in his book Bernard Werber tries to present his point of view.
Police file
Request for personal data records
Family: Werber
Name: Bernard
Hair: greyish
Eyes: brown
Height: 1.78 m
Special peculiarities: wears glasses
Notes: one of the founders of the Thanatonauts movement
Weak spot: writer
We have all heard of the visions of people who have gone through a clinical death or have come out of a coma. White tunnels, meeting friends who have died, dazzling light. These are only some of the things that can be seen, when one has a Near-Death Experience (NDE). But what happens when the President of a whole country goes through such an experience? It is most logical that he should encourage research in this field. And there is no lack of eager scientists. That is how they set out to explore the Continent of the Dead. It may sound absurd, but a few centuries ago, it sounded just as absurd that there existed a continent east of Indonesia.
Well, yes, but there was a real continent 鈥� with plains, trees, animals, aborigines!"
"That鈥檚 easy to say in the 21st Century, but at that time, just imagine! To talk about the Australian lands was as strange as to look for the continent of death now.
The analogy with Australia is even more complete, because the pioneers here are also prisoners, but the stakes are incredibly higher. In the beginning, as in every experiment, the death toll is high, but soon come the first successes. After entering a comatose condition artificially (which is the easier part of the task), the volunteer must keep his connection with our world and at the same time investigate the Continent of Death in as much detail as possible. Little by little, the map of this mysterious place starts growing. Just as naturally, the prisoners give way to inquisitive people with a free spirit, and successes are quick to follow.
Revealing the secrets of death inevitably impacts people's life on Earth. Passing across seven areas (blue: of attraction and joy, black: of facing your most painful memories, red: of encountering the most perverse vices, orange: of confronting time, yellow: of the absolute knowledge, green: of the absolute beauty, and white), the soul of the dead (or the living thanatonaut) faces a trial, where it's held responsible for its actions during its earthly pilgrimage. The trial determines its reincarnation or leaving the wheel. If one has heaped up bad karma, he makes it up with his next life. He has a much harder start than people who have lived righteously. Well, with that knowledge, interesting times come to Earth. People become better, yet not because this is their way but because of petty selfishness. Suicides become the norm for those who aren't pleased with their present state of life. And why wouldn't they, knowing that what lies in store is the inevitable reincarnation in a new, better and different life. Mankind loses its will to live, evolve, advance. It merely goes with the tide, not living, but semivegetating.
The dessert in the book is, then, the moment that I believe has everyone excited by this point. What EXACTLY happens when you pass from this existence into the next? What happens if you still have lessons to learn and lives to live? What is beyond the trial in the seventh area, beyond death?
Beyond death, there is鈥�
The Thanatonauts is a book that, although at times striking me as slightly overswollen, makes for an easy read and gives interesting 鈥減ossible answers鈥� to even more interesting questions. Still, in order to ask the right question, you must first know the larger part of the answer.
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Translated by Kalin Nenov
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 4, 2020
2,5/5
Bon 鈥� On ne va pas tourner autour du pot : je n鈥檃i pas aim茅. Non pas que l鈥檋istoire soit mauvaise, je pense que ce n鈥檈st pas mon style. En soi, le pr茅misse est super int茅ressant : deux amis d鈥檈nfance d茅cide de d茅couvrir ce qu鈥檌l y a apr猫s la mort. Thanatonaute signifie 芦听voyageur de la mort听禄. C鈥檈st plut么t original, et j鈥檃vais plut么t h芒te d鈥檈n d茅couvrir plus.
Sauf que 鈥� Quelque chose ne va pas. D茅j脿, les personnages n鈥檕nt aucune profondeur, et sont tous des caricatures ou des st茅r茅otypes, surtout les femmes. Ensuite, le livre prend le parti d鈥檌nt茅grer beaucoup de religions, ce qui fait sens vu son histoire, mais 脿 ce niveau, c鈥檈st juste trop. Il aurait 茅t茅 beaucoup plus int茅ressant, 脿 mon avis, s鈥檌l avait gard茅 un oeil plus agnostique, pour ne pas dire neutre, sur la question.
Beaucoup de passages m鈥檕nt laiss茅 un arri猫re go没t l茅g猫rement am猫re, et je crois vraiment ne pas 锚tre le public. Ce n鈥檈st pas un mauvais livre, il n鈥櫭﹖ait juste pas pour moi. Il est tr猫s bien not茅 par ailleurs 鈥�
Well 鈥� let鈥檚 not beat around the bush : I did not like it. Not that the story is bad, I think it鈥檚 just not my style. In and of itself, the premise is very interesting : two childhood friends decide to discover what happens after death. Thanatonaute means 芦听death traveler听禄. It鈥檚 quite original, and I was looking forward to know more about it.
Except that 鈥� Something isn鈥檛 going well. Firstly, the characters have no depth, and are only caricatures or stereotypes, especially women. Then, the book choses to integrate many religions, which is fine considering the story, but this is just way too much. It would have been more interesting, in my opinion, to keep a more agnostic, if not neutral look, on the matter.
A lot of parts just let me with a sour aftertaste, and I don鈥檛 think I am the right target. It鈥檚 not a bad book, it鈥檚 just not for me. It鈥檚 quite well marked otherwise 鈥�
Bon 鈥� On ne va pas tourner autour du pot : je n鈥檃i pas aim茅. Non pas que l鈥檋istoire soit mauvaise, je pense que ce n鈥檈st pas mon style. En soi, le pr茅misse est super int茅ressant : deux amis d鈥檈nfance d茅cide de d茅couvrir ce qu鈥檌l y a apr猫s la mort. Thanatonaute signifie 芦听voyageur de la mort听禄. C鈥檈st plut么t original, et j鈥檃vais plut么t h芒te d鈥檈n d茅couvrir plus.
Sauf que 鈥� Quelque chose ne va pas. D茅j脿, les personnages n鈥檕nt aucune profondeur, et sont tous des caricatures ou des st茅r茅otypes, surtout les femmes. Ensuite, le livre prend le parti d鈥檌nt茅grer beaucoup de religions, ce qui fait sens vu son histoire, mais 脿 ce niveau, c鈥檈st juste trop. Il aurait 茅t茅 beaucoup plus int茅ressant, 脿 mon avis, s鈥檌l avait gard茅 un oeil plus agnostique, pour ne pas dire neutre, sur la question.
Beaucoup de passages m鈥檕nt laiss茅 un arri猫re go没t l茅g猫rement am猫re, et je crois vraiment ne pas 锚tre le public. Ce n鈥檈st pas un mauvais livre, il n鈥櫭﹖ait juste pas pour moi. Il est tr猫s bien not茅 par ailleurs 鈥�
Well 鈥� let鈥檚 not beat around the bush : I did not like it. Not that the story is bad, I think it鈥檚 just not my style. In and of itself, the premise is very interesting : two childhood friends decide to discover what happens after death. Thanatonaute means 芦听death traveler听禄. It鈥檚 quite original, and I was looking forward to know more about it.
Except that 鈥� Something isn鈥檛 going well. Firstly, the characters have no depth, and are only caricatures or stereotypes, especially women. Then, the book choses to integrate many religions, which is fine considering the story, but this is just way too much. It would have been more interesting, in my opinion, to keep a more agnostic, if not neutral look, on the matter.
A lot of parts just let me with a sour aftertaste, and I don鈥檛 think I am the right target. It鈥檚 not a bad book, it鈥檚 just not for me. It鈥檚 quite well marked otherwise 鈥�
September 2, 2014
J'ai beaucoup aim茅 le d茅but de ce livre. L'intrigue, les personnages, l'茅criture ...
Malheureusement, je l'ai trouv茅 un peu long 脿 partir de la moiti茅 du livre. Le suspense s'estompe, et m锚me si l'histoire reste int茅ressante, j'ai eus tendance 脿 d茅crocher, et 脿 esp茅rer finir vite ce livre.
Dommage !
Malheureusement, je l'ai trouv茅 un peu long 脿 partir de la moiti茅 du livre. Le suspense s'estompe, et m锚me si l'histoire reste int茅ressante, j'ai eus tendance 脿 d茅crocher, et 脿 esp茅rer finir vite ce livre.
Dommage !
December 4, 2014
This should be an anime :D
August 1, 2018
鈥� 褋谢械写 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪懈褟 褋褌褍锌芯褉 写芯 泻芯泄褌芯 屑械 写芯泻邪褉邪 鈥炐⒀幯傃幮解€� 薪邪 袛懈屑芯胁 懈 芯褌 泻芯泄褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 褌褉褍写薪芯 褋械 懈蟹谢懈蟹邪, 蟹邪 屑械薪 谢械泻邪褉褋褌胁芯褌芯 械 褋邪屑芯 械写薪芯 懈 褌芯胁邪 械 袘械褉薪邪褉 袙械褉斜械褉 懈 芯褌谢械卸邪胁邪褖邪褌邪 胁械褔械 锌芯褔褌懈 谐芯写懈薪邪 薪邪 褉邪褎褌a 鈥炐⑿靶叫把傂拘叫靶惭傂秆傂碘€� 鈥� 泻薪懈谐邪 1 芯褌 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪: 鈥炐樞夹啃笛€懈褟褌邪 薪邪 邪薪谐械谢懈褌械鈥�, 鈥炐澬感�, 斜芯谐芯胁械褌械鈥�, 鈥炐斞娧呇娧� 薪邪 斜芯谐芯胁械褌械鈥� 懈 鈥炐椥靶承靶葱盒把傂� 薪邪 斜芯谐芯胁械褌械鈥�.
孝袗袧袗孝袨袧袗袙孝 鈥� 褋褗褖. 屑. 褉. (芯褌 谐褉褗褑泻懈: 孝邪薪邪褌芯褋 鈥� 斜芯谐 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 懈 薪邪胁褌 鈥� 屑芯褉械锌谢邪胁邪褌械谢, 锌褗褌械褕械褋褌胁械薪懈泻, 懈蟹褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢) 鈥� 懈蟹褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪
袣邪褌芯 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌械薪 褎械薪 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 褎褉械薪褋泻懈 邪胁褌芯褉, 褋锌芯写械谢褟屑 谐芯谢褟屑芯褌芯 褋懈 褉邪蟹芯褔邪褉芯胁邪薪懈械, 褔械 褌芯泄 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋谢邪斜芯 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉械薪 褍 褉芯写薪邪 袘褗谢谐邪褉懈褟. 袧械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 褋懈 谐芯 芯斜褟褋薪褟, 锌褉懈 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械, 褔械 械 褌邪泻邪胁邪 蟹邪褉懈斜褟胁泻邪. 袙械褉斜械褉 械 褋褗褖懈薪褋泻邪 屑芯写械褉薪邪 械薪褑懈泻谢芯锌械写懈褟, 泻芯褟褌芯 褋 谢械泻芯褌邪褌邪 懈 褍胁谢械泻邪褌械谢薪芯褌芯 褋懈 锌懈褋邪薪械, 谐褉邪斜胁邪 懈 薪械 锌褍褋泻邪 写芯 锌芯褋谢械写薪邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪. 效懈褋褌邪 薪邪褍泻邪, 锌褉懈屑械褋械薪邪 褋 芯谐褉芯屑薪邪 褎邪薪褌邪蟹懈褟 懈 褖械写褉芯 泻芯谢懈褔械褋褌胁芯 褎懈谢芯褋芯褎懈褟 鈥� 泻邪泻胁芯 锌芯胁械褔械 屑褍 褌褉褟斜胁邪 薪邪 褔芯胁械泻?!?
袘械褉薪邪褉 袙械褉斜械褉 懈 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 薪邪泻谢芯薪薪芯褋褌懈 写邪 褉邪褑懈芯薪邪谢懈蟹懈褉邪 懈 芯斜褟褋薪懈 薪械芯斜褟褋薪懈屑芯褌芯, 谐芯 锌褉邪胁懈 谢懈褔薪芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸械 写邪 锌懈褋薪械, 芯屑褉褗蟹薪械 懈谢懈 褉邪蟹芯褔邪褉芯胁邪. 袙 鈥炐⑿靶叫把傂拘叫靶惭傂秆傂碘€� 褌芯泄 蟹邪褌胁褗褉卸写邪胁邪 薪邪 100% 褌芯胁邪 屑芯械 褋褌邪薪芯胁懈褖械. 袟邪褔懈褌邪泄泻懈 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪, 褖械 褋械 褋斜谢褗褋泻邪褌械 褋 斜械蟹谐褉邪薪懈褔薪芯褌芯 褔芯胁械褕泻芯 谢褞斜芯锌懈褌褋褌胁芯, 泻芯械褌芯 褌芯蟹懈 锌褗褌 褖械 斜芯褉懈 小胁械褌懈褟 袚褉邪邪谢 薪邪 胁褋褟泻邪 械写薪邪 褉械谢懈谐懈褟 鈥� 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪. 些械 褋褌邪薪械褌械 褋胁懈写械褌械谢懈 薪邪 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 薪芯胁 泻芯薪褌懈薪械薪褌 懈 薪械谐芯胁芯褌芯 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯 芯胁谢邪写褟胁邪薪械. 袩芯 锌褗褌褟 袙械褉斜械褉 褖械 蟹邪写邪胁邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 薪邪 泻芯懈褌芯 胁懈械 褖械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械 褋邪屑懈 蟹邪 褋械斜械 褋懈. 袧邪 褉邪蟹锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械 褖械 懈屑邪褌械 械写薪邪 谐褉褍锌邪 褎褉械薪褋泻懈 懈 褔褍卸写械褋褌褉邪薪薪懈 褍褔械薪懈, 写褍褏芯胁薪懈 谢懈褑邪 (褋懈褉械褔 鈥� 邪胁邪薪褌褞褉懈褋褌懈, 邪屑邪 褌芯褌邪谢薪懈), 泻芯懈褌芯 褖械 褋邪 胁邪褕懈褌械 芯褉懈械薪褌懈褉懈 胁 褑械谢懈褟 泻邪谢邪斜邪谢褗泻 芯褌 薪邪褋褌褗锌懈谢懈褌械 泻邪褌邪泻谢懈蟹屑懈.
袠 泻芯泄, 邪泻芯 薪械 械写懈薪 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹懈薪, 褖械 褉芯写懈 懈写械褟褌邪 蟹邪 小褗褞蟹 薪邪 写芯斜褉芯写械褌械谢薪懈褌械, 锌褉懈 芯胁谢邪写褟胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 薪芯胁芯褌芯 谐谢芯斜邪谢薪芯 蟹薪邪薪懈械, 褖械 褉芯写懈 薪芯胁懈褌械 懈 芯褖械 锌芯-谐芯谢械屑懈 谐谢芯斜邪谢薪懈 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈. 袧芯 写械胁懈蟹褗褌 薪邪 薪邪褕懈褌械 谐谢邪胁薪懈 谐械褉芯懈 褍褔械薪懈 袦懈泻邪械谢 懈 袪邪褍谢 械 鈥炐椥靶敌葱叫� 褋褉械褖褍 褌褗锌邪薪邪褉懈褌械鈥�, 褌褗泄 褔械 芯褔邪泻胁邪泄褌械 屑薪芯谐芯. 袨褌 袙械褉斜械褉 胁懈薪邪谐懈 芯褔邪泻胁邪屑 屑薪芯谐芯, 邪 褌芯泄 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 褉邪蟹芯褔邪褉芯胁邪. 袣薪懈谐懈褌械 薪邪褋械褌薪械 褋邪 写芯褋褌邪 懈 薪械 褋褗屑 褋懈谐褍褉械薪, 写邪谢懈 褖械 褍褋锌械械 写邪 蟹邪写褗褉卸懈 薪懈胁芯褌芯, 薪芯 锌褉芯胁械褉泻邪褌邪 械 蟹邪写褗谢卸懈褌械谢薪邪.
孝袗袧袗孝袨袧袗袙孝 鈥� 褋褗褖. 屑. 褉. (芯褌 谐褉褗褑泻懈: 孝邪薪邪褌芯褋 鈥� 斜芯谐 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 懈 薪邪胁褌 鈥� 屑芯褉械锌谢邪胁邪褌械谢, 锌褗褌械褕械褋褌胁械薪懈泻, 懈蟹褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢) 鈥� 懈蟹褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪
袣邪褌芯 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌械薪 褎械薪 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 褎褉械薪褋泻懈 邪胁褌芯褉, 褋锌芯写械谢褟屑 谐芯谢褟屑芯褌芯 褋懈 褉邪蟹芯褔邪褉芯胁邪薪懈械, 褔械 褌芯泄 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋谢邪斜芯 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉械薪 褍 褉芯写薪邪 袘褗谢谐邪褉懈褟. 袧械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 褋懈 谐芯 芯斜褟褋薪褟, 锌褉懈 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械, 褔械 械 褌邪泻邪胁邪 蟹邪褉懈斜褟胁泻邪. 袙械褉斜械褉 械 褋褗褖懈薪褋泻邪 屑芯写械褉薪邪 械薪褑懈泻谢芯锌械写懈褟, 泻芯褟褌芯 褋 谢械泻芯褌邪褌邪 懈 褍胁谢械泻邪褌械谢薪芯褌芯 褋懈 锌懈褋邪薪械, 谐褉邪斜胁邪 懈 薪械 锌褍褋泻邪 写芯 锌芯褋谢械写薪邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪. 效懈褋褌邪 薪邪褍泻邪, 锌褉懈屑械褋械薪邪 褋 芯谐褉芯屑薪邪 褎邪薪褌邪蟹懈褟 懈 褖械写褉芯 泻芯谢懈褔械褋褌胁芯 褎懈谢芯褋芯褎懈褟 鈥� 泻邪泻胁芯 锌芯胁械褔械 屑褍 褌褉褟斜胁邪 薪邪 褔芯胁械泻?!?
袘械褉薪邪褉 袙械褉斜械褉 懈 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 薪邪泻谢芯薪薪芯褋褌懈 写邪 褉邪褑懈芯薪邪谢懈蟹懈褉邪 懈 芯斜褟褋薪懈 薪械芯斜褟褋薪懈屑芯褌芯, 谐芯 锌褉邪胁懈 谢懈褔薪芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸械 写邪 锌懈褋薪械, 芯屑褉褗蟹薪械 懈谢懈 褉邪蟹芯褔邪褉芯胁邪. 袙 鈥炐⑿靶叫把傂拘叫靶惭傂秆傂碘€� 褌芯泄 蟹邪褌胁褗褉卸写邪胁邪 薪邪 100% 褌芯胁邪 屑芯械 褋褌邪薪芯胁懈褖械. 袟邪褔懈褌邪泄泻懈 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪, 褖械 褋械 褋斜谢褗褋泻邪褌械 褋 斜械蟹谐褉邪薪懈褔薪芯褌芯 褔芯胁械褕泻芯 谢褞斜芯锌懈褌褋褌胁芯, 泻芯械褌芯 褌芯蟹懈 锌褗褌 褖械 斜芯褉懈 小胁械褌懈褟 袚褉邪邪谢 薪邪 胁褋褟泻邪 械写薪邪 褉械谢懈谐懈褟 鈥� 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪. 些械 褋褌邪薪械褌械 褋胁懈写械褌械谢懈 薪邪 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 薪芯胁 泻芯薪褌懈薪械薪褌 懈 薪械谐芯胁芯褌芯 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯 芯胁谢邪写褟胁邪薪械. 袩芯 锌褗褌褟 袙械褉斜械褉 褖械 蟹邪写邪胁邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 薪邪 泻芯懈褌芯 胁懈械 褖械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械 褋邪屑懈 蟹邪 褋械斜械 褋懈. 袧邪 褉邪蟹锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械 褖械 懈屑邪褌械 械写薪邪 谐褉褍锌邪 褎褉械薪褋泻懈 懈 褔褍卸写械褋褌褉邪薪薪懈 褍褔械薪懈, 写褍褏芯胁薪懈 谢懈褑邪 (褋懈褉械褔 鈥� 邪胁邪薪褌褞褉懈褋褌懈, 邪屑邪 褌芯褌邪谢薪懈), 泻芯懈褌芯 褖械 褋邪 胁邪褕懈褌械 芯褉懈械薪褌懈褉懈 胁 褑械谢懈褟 泻邪谢邪斜邪谢褗泻 芯褌 薪邪褋褌褗锌懈谢懈褌械 泻邪褌邪泻谢懈蟹屑懈.
袠 泻芯泄, 邪泻芯 薪械 械写懈薪 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹懈薪, 褖械 褉芯写懈 懈写械褟褌邪 蟹邪 小褗褞蟹 薪邪 写芯斜褉芯写械褌械谢薪懈褌械, 锌褉懈 芯胁谢邪写褟胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 薪芯胁芯褌芯 谐谢芯斜邪谢薪芯 蟹薪邪薪懈械, 褖械 褉芯写懈 薪芯胁懈褌械 懈 芯褖械 锌芯-谐芯谢械屑懈 谐谢芯斜邪谢薪懈 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈. 袧芯 写械胁懈蟹褗褌 薪邪 薪邪褕懈褌械 谐谢邪胁薪懈 谐械褉芯懈 褍褔械薪懈 袦懈泻邪械谢 懈 袪邪褍谢 械 鈥炐椥靶敌葱叫� 褋褉械褖褍 褌褗锌邪薪邪褉懈褌械鈥�, 褌褗泄 褔械 芯褔邪泻胁邪泄褌械 屑薪芯谐芯. 袨褌 袙械褉斜械褉 胁懈薪邪谐懈 芯褔邪泻胁邪屑 屑薪芯谐芯, 邪 褌芯泄 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 褉邪蟹芯褔邪褉芯胁邪. 袣薪懈谐懈褌械 薪邪褋械褌薪械 褋邪 写芯褋褌邪 懈 薪械 褋褗屑 褋懈谐褍褉械薪, 写邪谢懈 褖械 褍褋锌械械 写邪 蟹邪写褗褉卸懈 薪懈胁芯褌芯, 薪芯 锌褉芯胁械褉泻邪褌邪 械 蟹邪写褗谢卸懈褌械谢薪邪.
April 13, 2020
Mon tout premier Werber et c'est une pure merveille !
Si pr茅cis, j'ai voyag茅 avec Michael, Raoul et le reste des thanotautes. On a l脿 un vrai sujet, qui ne ressemble 脿 rien de ce que j'avais vu et qui permet de philosopher 茅galement.
Si pr茅cis, j'ai voyag茅 avec Michael, Raoul et le reste des thanotautes. On a l脿 un vrai sujet, qui ne ressemble 脿 rien de ce que j'avais vu et qui permet de philosopher 茅galement.
May 10, 2020
The premise of the story was more than promising: an original mix of philosophy, adventure and sci-fi dealing with humanity's biggest mystery. Unfortunately, the challenge of actually making this work in literary terms turned out to be harder than the author seems to have anticipated.
I loved the first 100 pages of the book, with the childhood stories of Michael and Raul. They start out as characters full of potential, wise beyond their age, misfits brought together by their morbid fascination with death. It's therefore all the more disappointing that particularly Michael becomes such an uninspiring and spineless hero, wallowing in loneliness and self-pity that don't seem to subside even after his thanatonautic achievements bring him success and fame.
The main plot line of the exploration of the "continent of death" is initially fascinating enough, but becomes somewhat repetitive, and feels a bit forced at times even considered from the perspective of the "sci-fi fairytale" genre. If not before, the author certainly lost me at the depiction of Heaven - I really wasn't expecting such utter lack of originality.
But what definitely ruined it for me were the ridiculous romantic stories that felt totally out of place. I kept wondering: could this book benefit from a more heavy-handed editor or is it vice versa: a publisher eager to sugar-coat a somewhat shaky adventure story plot with a little erotic suspense? But even if that were the case, the love stories are so inconsistent it makes you cringe. We have to endure Michael's pining after Amandine for over 100 pages, and then all of a sudden, Rose is mentioned one single time and 3 pages later, she's Michael's wife?! Excuse me?
What I enjoyed most were probably the excerpts from the death and afterlife stories from different mythologies. Which sadly means that the best part of this book was not what was actually written, but what was curated from existing religious texts.
I loved the first 100 pages of the book, with the childhood stories of Michael and Raul. They start out as characters full of potential, wise beyond their age, misfits brought together by their morbid fascination with death. It's therefore all the more disappointing that particularly Michael becomes such an uninspiring and spineless hero, wallowing in loneliness and self-pity that don't seem to subside even after his thanatonautic achievements bring him success and fame.
The main plot line of the exploration of the "continent of death" is initially fascinating enough, but becomes somewhat repetitive, and feels a bit forced at times even considered from the perspective of the "sci-fi fairytale" genre. If not before, the author certainly lost me at the depiction of Heaven - I really wasn't expecting such utter lack of originality.
But what definitely ruined it for me were the ridiculous romantic stories that felt totally out of place. I kept wondering: could this book benefit from a more heavy-handed editor or is it vice versa: a publisher eager to sugar-coat a somewhat shaky adventure story plot with a little erotic suspense? But even if that were the case, the love stories are so inconsistent it makes you cringe. We have to endure Michael's pining after Amandine for over 100 pages, and then all of a sudden, Rose is mentioned one single time and 3 pages later, she's Michael's wife?! Excuse me?
What I enjoyed most were probably the excerpts from the death and afterlife stories from different mythologies. Which sadly means that the best part of this book was not what was actually written, but what was curated from existing religious texts.
March 23, 2011
I read that book when I was in high-school and it really did something to me; it's a clever and original novel about the discovery of the last land unknown to mean, Death. It's about discovery and passion, life and death and love and friendship, it's mythical and magical, it's moving and funny.
And when I said it was 'clever', Bernard Werber's novels always are; he has a knack for teaching you things without your really noticing it. Here the lesson is about world's religions and myths. The fiction part of the story is cut by real passages and tidbits about myths and legends from all over the world. It makes the story so much more intense somehow... and intense it is, I know I couldn't put the novel down.
The good news is that Les Thanatonautes is but the first novel of a long series so when you come to the ending, don't be too sad, there are many more stories to come.
And when I said it was 'clever', Bernard Werber's novels always are; he has a knack for teaching you things without your really noticing it. Here the lesson is about world's religions and myths. The fiction part of the story is cut by real passages and tidbits about myths and legends from all over the world. It makes the story so much more intense somehow... and intense it is, I know I couldn't put the novel down.
The good news is that Les Thanatonautes is but the first novel of a long series so when you come to the ending, don't be too sad, there are many more stories to come.
September 25, 2011
袘械褉薪邪褉 袙械褉斜械褉 锌芯胁械卸写邪 褋褉械写 卸懈胁芯褌邪 褋谢械写 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪 胁 鈥溞⑿靶叫把傂拘叫靶惭傂秆傂碘€�
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袧邪 屑谢邪写懈薪懈 褔械褌芯褏 写芯褋褌邪 械蟹芯褌械褉懈泻邪, 薪芯 褌邪蟹懈 褋褌褉邪褋褌 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔懈 褉邪薪芯, 蟹邪 写芯斜褉芯 懈谢懈 谢芯褕芯. 袧芯 袙械褉斜械褉 薪械 锌懈褕械 械蟹芯褌械褉懈泻邪. 袧械 锌懈褕械 懈 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈泻邪. 袨褖械 锌芯-屑邪谢泻芯 薪邪褍褔薪芯 懈蟹褋谢械写胁邪薪械. 袣邪泻胁芯 锌懈褕械 袙械褉斜械褉? 袧械 蟹薪邪屑, 锌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 懈 械 褋褌褉邪褏芯褌薪芯.
August 21, 2019
鈥淟ai dz墨votu, ir vajadz墨ga N膩ve.鈥�
N膩ve ir kl膩tb奴tn墨ga jebkur膩 gr膩mat膩, t膩 pav墨d pat aiz pasakas pirmajiem v膩rdiem 鈥渞eiz bija鈥�. Ret膩k sastopamas gr膩matas (te es dom膩ju nevis filozofiskus apcer膿jumus, bet dai募literat奴ru), kas velt墨tas tie拧i N膩vei. 艩墨 ir viena no t膩m.
K膩 tas s膩k膩s? 鈥淓smu no vald墨bas sa艈膿mis za募o gaismu p膿t墨jumu veik拧anai, izmantojot k膩 br墨vpr膩t墨gos labo拧anas iest膩des ieslodz墨tos. Vi艈i ir m奴su piloti uz Vi艈pasauli. Vi艈i ir, khm鈥� tanatonauti. No grie姆u v膩rdiem thanatos 鈥� n膩ve un nautes 鈥� navigators. Tanatonauti.鈥�
鈥�1492. gads tiek sperti pirmie so募i uz Amerikas kontinenta. 1969. gads tiek sperti pirmie so募i uz M膿ness. 2062. gads tiek sperti pirmie so募i uz N膩ves kontinenta. 2068. gads pirm膩s publik膩cijas par reinkarn膩cijas ce募u.鈥�
P膿c pa拧darb墨bas, medic墨nas, bai募u, v膿lmju, ekonomijas, astronomijas un vardarb墨bas laikmeta tur, n膩ves zon膩, iest膩jas likumdo拧anas laikmets.
Ik pa br墨dim man sev bija j膩atg膩dina: 鈥渢膩 ir zin膩tnisk膩 fantastika鈥�, 鈥渢膩 ir fant膩zija鈥�, 鈥渢as ir izdom膩jums鈥�. Gr膩mata uzrakst墨ta tik paticami, ka nep膩rtraukti aizmirsti, ka t膩 nav absol奴ta paties墨ba. Ik pa br墨dim tiek 墨si cit膿ti da啪膩du un piln墨gi at拧姆ir墨gu reli模isko un filozofisko m膩c墨bu priek拧stati, lai par膩d墨tu, cik tom膿r maz at拧姆ir墨bu ir, piem膿ram, kabal膩 un aborig膿nu cil拧u pasaules uzskatos.
鈥淰isas reli模ijas ir labas. Tikai atsevi拧姆u indiv墨du centieni ir 募auni 鈥� to, kuri uzskata, ka ir vien墨g膩s 墨st膩s tic墨bas sarg膩t膩ji.鈥�
Lai ar墨 t膿ma var膿tu 拧姆ist nom膩co拧a, es teiktu, ka gr膩mata ir pozit墨va 鈥� jo kur拧 gan teicis, ka n膩vei ir nopietna? 鈥淜膩ds kaut kur ir nepareizi izskaidrojis Dieva v膩rdus, vi艈拧 man pazi艈oja. K膩ds puskurls pare模is saklaus墨jis, ka 鈥淒ievs ir m墨lest墨ba鈥�, nevis 鈥淒ievs ir humors鈥� ! Itin viss, ar墨 n膩ve ir joc墨ga. K膩 gan es bez humora izj奴tas b奴tu sp膿jis pie艈emt savu aklumu? J膩smejas par visu, turkl膩t bez aiztures.鈥�
Palasot atsauksmes, n膩kas secin膩t, ka daudzi 拧o gr膩matu ir uztv膿ru拧i negat墨vi tie拧i savas p膩rm膿r墨gi nopietn膩s attieksmes d膿募. Un s膩k kritiz膿t autoru par vi艈a vienk膩r拧oto reli模iju izpratni vai amor膩lajiem uzskatiem (sak, k膩 gan var attaisnot 123 ieslodz墨to nogalin膩拧anu, lai p膩rvar膿tu n膩ves robe啪u, k膩 gan var at募auties novietot Parad墨zi kaut k膩d膩 Melnaj膩 caurum膩!).
Es 拧aj膩 gr膩mat膩 saskatu kaut ko pavisam citu. T膩 prec墨zi att膿lo cilv膿ku un sabiedr墨bu kopum膩. Cilv膿ka dom膩拧anas un sabiedr墨b膩 notieko拧o procesu absurdu 鈥減ace募ot debes墨s鈥�, tas k募奴st par dubultabsurdu. Nu piem膿ram:
鈥淒r墨z vien ar墨 lielaj膩m firm膩m ien膩ca pr膩t膩 s膩kt nodarboties ar ektoplazmisko m膩rketingu. Pirmo reizi k膩 miru拧o, t膩 tanatonautu uzman墨bu 2068. gad膩 piesaist墨ja k膩da rekl膩ma, kas bija izvietota uz reinkarn膩cijas ce募a. T膩 bija Koma-Kola rekl膩ma: 鈥淎tsvaidziniet savu dv膿seli ar Koma-Kola.鈥� Apdro拧in膩拧anas a模ent奴ras sekoja k膩das Atlantas komp膩nijas piem膿ram. 鈥淓sat te nok募uvis? T膩tad kaut ko b奴siet dar墨jis nepareizi. To nedr墨kst atk膩rtot. N膩kam膩s reinkarn膩cijas laik膩 izmantojiet Londonas Galven膩s Apdro拧in膩拧anas komp膩nijas pakalpojumus. LGAt膩 ir dro拧墨ba vis膩s j奴su eksistenc膿s!鈥�
Klientu netr奴ka. Koma-Kolai un LGA juku juk膩m sekoja ektoplazmisko ce募ojumu t奴roperatori (鈥淎r N膩ves gaisa l墨nij膩m garant膿jam turp un atpaka募 ce募u鈥�), pamperu ra啪ot膩ji (鈥淛ut墨sieties 膿rti sav膩 n膩kotnes jaundzimu拧膩 膩d膩 ar Impermeablex pamperiem, kas piem膿roti gan k膩dreiz膿jiem ve膷ukiem, gan z墨dai艈iem, par kuriem tie p膩rv膿r拧as n膩kotn膿鈥�). Tika reklam膿ti piena produkti (鈥淧ateicoties jogurtam 鈥淭ranz墨ts鈥�, j奴s bez smaguma saj奴tas nok募奴siet 墨staj膩 Parad墨z膿鈥�), gultas piederumi (鈥淪omnis matra膷i veiksm墨gas medit膩cijas nosl膿pums鈥�), mana br膩募a Konr膩da starta kr膿sli (鈥淚mperatora tro艈i katapultas uz Vi艈pasauli, ar kur膩m apsteigt citus miru拧os鈥�), rokm奴zikas grupas (鈥淒ead-Stroy m奴zika pat e艈模e募us padar墨s m膿mus鈥�) un alkoholiskie dz膿rieni (鈥淟ucillius aug募u aperit墨vs, ko jauki dzert ar serafiem鈥�).鈥�
Tad k膩da t膩 ir 鈥� n膩ve, un kas j膩dara, lai satiktu Di啪o Visuma Arhitektu (starp citu, gr膩mata t膩 ar墨 nedod atbildi uz jaut膩jumu 鈥� vai tas maz eksist膿). Tikvien k膩 j膩sastopas ar sav膩m atmi艈膩m, j膩iziet cauri bail膿m, l墨dz riebumam j膩nododas baud膩m, j膩zaud膿 paciet墨bu, j膩nok募奴st absol奴tu zin膩拧anu g奴st膩, j膩apdullst no ide膩la skaistuma 鈥� un tad jau 鈥渢iksimies sept墨taj膩s debes墨s鈥�, k膩 mums zin膩maj膩 dziesmi艈膩 dungo 鈥淥pus鈥�.
Protams, nekas nav tik vienk膩r拧i, k膩 izskat膩s, jo cilv膿ce, uzzin膩jusi VISU, izr膩d膩s, nav sapratusi neko. K膩 noprotat, n膩ve ir tikai s膩kums鈥� turpin膩jumam. Un gr膩matas notikumi turpin膩s gr膩mat膩s 鈥淓艈模e募u imp膿rija鈥� (2000) un 鈥淢膿s dievi鈥� (2004) (kura pati par sevi ar墨 ir s膩kums trilo模ijai).
K膩 vienm膿r 鈥� izrakstu cit膩tus par gr膩mat膩m un las墨拧anu.
鈥淢an膩 v膿rt墨bu skal膩 literat奴rai ier膩d墨ta 募oti liela loma. Es zinu, ka t膩s galam膿r姆is nav veidot skaistas fr膩zes vai jaukus varo艈us un pat ne interesantu si啪etu. Literat奴ras m膿r姆is ir 募aut cilv膿kiem sap艈ot aizvien p膩rdro拧膩kus sap艈us.鈥�
鈥淭膩du rakstnieku, kuri neb奴tu garlaic墨gi, nemaz nav tik daudz. Liel膩k膩 da募a rakstnieku ir iedom膩ju拧ies: jo sare啪模墨t膩ki vi艈i ir, jo inteli模ent膩ki 拧姆iet. Un tad nu vi艈i teikumus izstiepj divdesmit rindu garum膩. P膿c tam vi艈i sa艈em liter膩r膩s balvas, bet cilv膿ki p膿rk vi艈u gr膩matas, lai ar t膩m izrot膩tu viesistabu un liktu notic膿t tiem, kas vi艈us apciemo, ka ir sp膿j墨gi las墨t kaut ko tik izsmalcin膩tu. Esmu p膩r拧姆irst墨jis pat t膩das gr膩matas, kur膩s visp膩r nekas nenotiek. Piln墨gi nekas. K膩ds ierodas un s膩k aplidot simp膩tisku sievieti. S膩kum膩 vi艈a tam pasaka, ka nezina, vai ar vi艈u gul膿s vai ne. P膿c asto艈simt lappus膿m vi艈a beidzot pazi艈o, ka piln墨gi noteikti negul膿s. Bet k膩p膿c gan j膩raksta gr膩matas, kur膩s piln墨gi nekas nenotiek? es vaic膩ju. T膩p膿c, ka tr奴kst izdomas un izt膿les, tiek rakst墨tas biogr膩fijas, autobiogr膩fijas un biogr膩fiskie rom膩ni鈥� Rakstnieki, kas nesp膿j izdom膩t jaunu pasauli, apraksta savu personisko pasauli, lai cik nabadz墨ga t膩 ar墨 b奴tu. Pat literat奴r膩 vairs nav izgudrot膩ju. Un t膩 satura tr奴kuma d膿募 rakstnieki izkopj stilu un izstr膩d膩 formu. Apraksti uz desmit lappus膿m, k膩 tu nomokies ar furunkulu, un tev ir izredzes sa艈emt Gonk奴ra pr膿miju.鈥�
鈥淏r墨v墨ba sl膿pjas bibliot膿k膩鈥�
鈥淟aba bibliot膿ka ir visu pasaules guru un viedo v膿rta!鈥�
V膿rt膿jums 4/5
Tiem, kuriem nav reli模isku un filozofisku aizspriedumu, un kas nemekl膿 zin膩tni fantastik膩.
N膩ve ir kl膩tb奴tn墨ga jebkur膩 gr膩mat膩, t膩 pav墨d pat aiz pasakas pirmajiem v膩rdiem 鈥渞eiz bija鈥�. Ret膩k sastopamas gr膩matas (te es dom膩ju nevis filozofiskus apcer膿jumus, bet dai募literat奴ru), kas velt墨tas tie拧i N膩vei. 艩墨 ir viena no t膩m.
K膩 tas s膩k膩s? 鈥淓smu no vald墨bas sa艈膿mis za募o gaismu p膿t墨jumu veik拧anai, izmantojot k膩 br墨vpr膩t墨gos labo拧anas iest膩des ieslodz墨tos. Vi艈i ir m奴su piloti uz Vi艈pasauli. Vi艈i ir, khm鈥� tanatonauti. No grie姆u v膩rdiem thanatos 鈥� n膩ve un nautes 鈥� navigators. Tanatonauti.鈥�
鈥�1492. gads tiek sperti pirmie so募i uz Amerikas kontinenta. 1969. gads tiek sperti pirmie so募i uz M膿ness. 2062. gads tiek sperti pirmie so募i uz N膩ves kontinenta. 2068. gads pirm膩s publik膩cijas par reinkarn膩cijas ce募u.鈥�
P膿c pa拧darb墨bas, medic墨nas, bai募u, v膿lmju, ekonomijas, astronomijas un vardarb墨bas laikmeta tur, n膩ves zon膩, iest膩jas likumdo拧anas laikmets.
Ik pa br墨dim man sev bija j膩atg膩dina: 鈥渢膩 ir zin膩tnisk膩 fantastika鈥�, 鈥渢膩 ir fant膩zija鈥�, 鈥渢as ir izdom膩jums鈥�. Gr膩mata uzrakst墨ta tik paticami, ka nep膩rtraukti aizmirsti, ka t膩 nav absol奴ta paties墨ba. Ik pa br墨dim tiek 墨si cit膿ti da啪膩du un piln墨gi at拧姆ir墨gu reli模isko un filozofisko m膩c墨bu priek拧stati, lai par膩d墨tu, cik tom膿r maz at拧姆ir墨bu ir, piem膿ram, kabal膩 un aborig膿nu cil拧u pasaules uzskatos.
鈥淰isas reli模ijas ir labas. Tikai atsevi拧姆u indiv墨du centieni ir 募auni 鈥� to, kuri uzskata, ka ir vien墨g膩s 墨st膩s tic墨bas sarg膩t膩ji.鈥�
Lai ar墨 t膿ma var膿tu 拧姆ist nom膩co拧a, es teiktu, ka gr膩mata ir pozit墨va 鈥� jo kur拧 gan teicis, ka n膩vei ir nopietna? 鈥淜膩ds kaut kur ir nepareizi izskaidrojis Dieva v膩rdus, vi艈拧 man pazi艈oja. K膩ds puskurls pare模is saklaus墨jis, ka 鈥淒ievs ir m墨lest墨ba鈥�, nevis 鈥淒ievs ir humors鈥� ! Itin viss, ar墨 n膩ve ir joc墨ga. K膩 gan es bez humora izj奴tas b奴tu sp膿jis pie艈emt savu aklumu? J膩smejas par visu, turkl膩t bez aiztures.鈥�
Palasot atsauksmes, n膩kas secin膩t, ka daudzi 拧o gr膩matu ir uztv膿ru拧i negat墨vi tie拧i savas p膩rm膿r墨gi nopietn膩s attieksmes d膿募. Un s膩k kritiz膿t autoru par vi艈a vienk膩r拧oto reli模iju izpratni vai amor膩lajiem uzskatiem (sak, k膩 gan var attaisnot 123 ieslodz墨to nogalin膩拧anu, lai p膩rvar膿tu n膩ves robe啪u, k膩 gan var at募auties novietot Parad墨zi kaut k膩d膩 Melnaj膩 caurum膩!).
Es 拧aj膩 gr膩mat膩 saskatu kaut ko pavisam citu. T膩 prec墨zi att膿lo cilv膿ku un sabiedr墨bu kopum膩. Cilv膿ka dom膩拧anas un sabiedr墨b膩 notieko拧o procesu absurdu 鈥減ace募ot debes墨s鈥�, tas k募奴st par dubultabsurdu. Nu piem膿ram:
鈥淒r墨z vien ar墨 lielaj膩m firm膩m ien膩ca pr膩t膩 s膩kt nodarboties ar ektoplazmisko m膩rketingu. Pirmo reizi k膩 miru拧o, t膩 tanatonautu uzman墨bu 2068. gad膩 piesaist墨ja k膩da rekl膩ma, kas bija izvietota uz reinkarn膩cijas ce募a. T膩 bija Koma-Kola rekl膩ma: 鈥淎tsvaidziniet savu dv膿seli ar Koma-Kola.鈥� Apdro拧in膩拧anas a模ent奴ras sekoja k膩das Atlantas komp膩nijas piem膿ram. 鈥淓sat te nok募uvis? T膩tad kaut ko b奴siet dar墨jis nepareizi. To nedr墨kst atk膩rtot. N膩kam膩s reinkarn膩cijas laik膩 izmantojiet Londonas Galven膩s Apdro拧in膩拧anas komp膩nijas pakalpojumus. LGAt膩 ir dro拧墨ba vis膩s j奴su eksistenc膿s!鈥�
Klientu netr奴ka. Koma-Kolai un LGA juku juk膩m sekoja ektoplazmisko ce募ojumu t奴roperatori (鈥淎r N膩ves gaisa l墨nij膩m garant膿jam turp un atpaka募 ce募u鈥�), pamperu ra啪ot膩ji (鈥淛ut墨sieties 膿rti sav膩 n膩kotnes jaundzimu拧膩 膩d膩 ar Impermeablex pamperiem, kas piem膿roti gan k膩dreiz膿jiem ve膷ukiem, gan z墨dai艈iem, par kuriem tie p膩rv膿r拧as n膩kotn膿鈥�). Tika reklam膿ti piena produkti (鈥淧ateicoties jogurtam 鈥淭ranz墨ts鈥�, j奴s bez smaguma saj奴tas nok募奴siet 墨staj膩 Parad墨z膿鈥�), gultas piederumi (鈥淪omnis matra膷i veiksm墨gas medit膩cijas nosl膿pums鈥�), mana br膩募a Konr膩da starta kr膿sli (鈥淚mperatora tro艈i katapultas uz Vi艈pasauli, ar kur膩m apsteigt citus miru拧os鈥�), rokm奴zikas grupas (鈥淒ead-Stroy m奴zika pat e艈模e募us padar墨s m膿mus鈥�) un alkoholiskie dz膿rieni (鈥淟ucillius aug募u aperit墨vs, ko jauki dzert ar serafiem鈥�).鈥�
Tad k膩da t膩 ir 鈥� n膩ve, un kas j膩dara, lai satiktu Di啪o Visuma Arhitektu (starp citu, gr膩mata t膩 ar墨 nedod atbildi uz jaut膩jumu 鈥� vai tas maz eksist膿). Tikvien k膩 j膩sastopas ar sav膩m atmi艈膩m, j膩iziet cauri bail膿m, l墨dz riebumam j膩nododas baud膩m, j膩zaud膿 paciet墨bu, j膩nok募奴st absol奴tu zin膩拧anu g奴st膩, j膩apdullst no ide膩la skaistuma 鈥� un tad jau 鈥渢iksimies sept墨taj膩s debes墨s鈥�, k膩 mums zin膩maj膩 dziesmi艈膩 dungo 鈥淥pus鈥�.
Protams, nekas nav tik vienk膩r拧i, k膩 izskat膩s, jo cilv膿ce, uzzin膩jusi VISU, izr膩d膩s, nav sapratusi neko. K膩 noprotat, n膩ve ir tikai s膩kums鈥� turpin膩jumam. Un gr膩matas notikumi turpin膩s gr膩mat膩s 鈥淓艈模e募u imp膿rija鈥� (2000) un 鈥淢膿s dievi鈥� (2004) (kura pati par sevi ar墨 ir s膩kums trilo模ijai).
K膩 vienm膿r 鈥� izrakstu cit膩tus par gr膩mat膩m un las墨拧anu.
鈥淢an膩 v膿rt墨bu skal膩 literat奴rai ier膩d墨ta 募oti liela loma. Es zinu, ka t膩s galam膿r姆is nav veidot skaistas fr膩zes vai jaukus varo艈us un pat ne interesantu si啪etu. Literat奴ras m膿r姆is ir 募aut cilv膿kiem sap艈ot aizvien p膩rdro拧膩kus sap艈us.鈥�
鈥淭膩du rakstnieku, kuri neb奴tu garlaic墨gi, nemaz nav tik daudz. Liel膩k膩 da募a rakstnieku ir iedom膩ju拧ies: jo sare啪模墨t膩ki vi艈i ir, jo inteli模ent膩ki 拧姆iet. Un tad nu vi艈i teikumus izstiepj divdesmit rindu garum膩. P膿c tam vi艈i sa艈em liter膩r膩s balvas, bet cilv膿ki p膿rk vi艈u gr膩matas, lai ar t膩m izrot膩tu viesistabu un liktu notic膿t tiem, kas vi艈us apciemo, ka ir sp膿j墨gi las墨t kaut ko tik izsmalcin膩tu. Esmu p膩r拧姆irst墨jis pat t膩das gr膩matas, kur膩s visp膩r nekas nenotiek. Piln墨gi nekas. K膩ds ierodas un s膩k aplidot simp膩tisku sievieti. S膩kum膩 vi艈a tam pasaka, ka nezina, vai ar vi艈u gul膿s vai ne. P膿c asto艈simt lappus膿m vi艈a beidzot pazi艈o, ka piln墨gi noteikti negul膿s. Bet k膩p膿c gan j膩raksta gr膩matas, kur膩s piln墨gi nekas nenotiek? es vaic膩ju. T膩p膿c, ka tr奴kst izdomas un izt膿les, tiek rakst墨tas biogr膩fijas, autobiogr膩fijas un biogr膩fiskie rom膩ni鈥� Rakstnieki, kas nesp膿j izdom膩t jaunu pasauli, apraksta savu personisko pasauli, lai cik nabadz墨ga t膩 ar墨 b奴tu. Pat literat奴r膩 vairs nav izgudrot膩ju. Un t膩 satura tr奴kuma d膿募 rakstnieki izkopj stilu un izstr膩d膩 formu. Apraksti uz desmit lappus膿m, k膩 tu nomokies ar furunkulu, un tev ir izredzes sa艈emt Gonk奴ra pr膿miju.鈥�
鈥淏r墨v墨ba sl膿pjas bibliot膿k膩鈥�
鈥淟aba bibliot膿ka ir visu pasaules guru un viedo v膿rta!鈥�
V膿rt膿jums 4/5
Tiem, kuriem nav reli模isku un filozofisku aizspriedumu, un kas nemekl膿 zin膩tni fantastik膩.
February 15, 2019
小屑褗褉褌褌邪..., 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁械褌械 褋懈, 褔械 斜褟褏屑械 斜械蟹褋屑褗褉褌薪懈! 袛邪谢懈 褖褟褏屑械 写邪 褑械薪懈屑 卸懈胁芯褌邪 锌芯 褋褗褖懈褟 薪邪褔懈薪?! 袛邪谢懈 褖褟褏屑械 写邪 褋械 斜芯褉懈屑 蟹邪 褍褋锌械褏邪 懈 屑械褔褌懈褌械 褋懈 懈谢懈 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褖褟褏屑械 写邪 芯褋褌邪胁褟屑械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 蟹邪 胁械褔薪芯褋褌褌邪, 薪芯 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 懈 蟹邪 褌芯蟹懈 屑芯屑械薪褌?! 孝褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 胁褟褉胁邪屑械, 褔械 褋屑械 斜械蟹褋屑褗褉褌薪懈, 薪芯 胁 褋褗褖芯褌芯 胁褉械屑械 写邪 褋械 褋褌褉邪褏褍胁邪屑械 懈 屑邪谢泻芯 芯褌 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 褌褟 械 薪械褖芯 泻邪褌芯 泻褉邪械薪 褋褉芯泻, 薪芯 泻芯谢泻芯 械 褏褍斜邪胁芯 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 褔械 薪械 蟹薪邪械屑 褌芯褔薪邪褌邪 写邪褌邪. 袙械褉斜械褉 褋械 胁锌褍褋泻邪 胁 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈械 蟹邪 懈蟹褋谢械写胁邪薪械 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 泻芯械褌芯 芯褌懈胁邪 褌胁褗褉写械 写邪谢械褔. 袟邪 褌芯胁邪 懈 锌芯-胁懈褋褕懈褌械 褋懈谢懈 胁蟹械屑邪褌 屑械褉泻懈, 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯 械 褋褉邪胁薪懈褌械谢薪芯 褉邪胁薪芯胁械褋懈械, 蟹邪 写邪 褋械 锌芯褋褌懈谐薪械 锌褉芯谐褉械褋!
September 7, 2021
Je suis toujours tr猫s impressionn茅e par la fa莽on dont Werber m茅lange science et religions sans cr茅er de quelconque pol茅mique o霉 d茅livrer un avis tranch茅 sur la question. Ce n鈥檈st de toute fa莽on pas le but du bouquin.
Un sujet original qui est abord茅 ici : qu鈥檡 a-t-il apr猫s la mort ? Comme d鈥檋abitude avec Werber j鈥檃ime beaucoup la fa莽on dont il incorpore les diff茅rents 芦听supports听禄 de son histoire comme pour ce bouquin les fiches de renseignement de la police ou bien les chapitres se r茅f茅rant 脿 la science ou la mythologie. On a l鈥檌mpression 脿 la fois de s鈥櫭﹙ader dans un nouveau monde fantastique tout en apprenant des choses.
Un sujet original qui est abord茅 ici : qu鈥檡 a-t-il apr猫s la mort ? Comme d鈥檋abitude avec Werber j鈥檃ime beaucoup la fa莽on dont il incorpore les diff茅rents 芦听supports听禄 de son histoire comme pour ce bouquin les fiches de renseignement de la police ou bien les chapitres se r茅f茅rant 脿 la science ou la mythologie. On a l鈥檌mpression 脿 la fois de s鈥櫭﹙ader dans un nouveau monde fantastique tout en apprenant des choses.
July 4, 2024
I can't remember the last time I was so impressed by the first novel I read from a new sci-fi author. Actually, even if the premise is set in the first pages to the (for me at least) dreaded "on-Earth near-future" setting, the book manages to compensate beautifully.
Granted, character development is sub-par, but the author compensates by a quite unique ironic and catchy writing style, vivid imagination, a very engaging plot and an amazing finish.
Granted, character development is sub-par, but the author compensates by a quite unique ironic and catchy writing style, vivid imagination, a very engaging plot and an amazing finish.
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