Reading caves

  1. Title and structure ► Publication year: 2002 ► Genre: Alternate history, Uchronia. ► Themes: Religion, Black Death, Islam, Buddhism, Reincarnation, War, History, Theology. ► Pages: 763 This is my  third book by Kim Stanley Robinson. Also, this is my first time reading him in English. Unlike the other two books I read, this one is not a sci-fi book. Also, this is the longest book I've read this year and the longest book I've read by this author. I confess that it was hard for me to finish it.  2. Title and structure ★★★★ ✩ Title ★★★★★ I love the title. It refers to the years in adulthood that are characterized as the chores of raising a family in the middle of routine, monotonous, and repetitive days. In one part, I understood these years as the years before widowhood.  Great title. And it delivers within the book! The phrase "years of rice and salt" can also be a reference to the fact that rice and salt were the two most critical staples of life in Asia at the ...

►  Original publication year : 1967 ►  Original title : I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream ►  Genres : Post-apocalyptic sci-fi, dystopia, speculative fiction, fantasy,  cyberpunk . ►  Saga : N/A ►  Themes : Post-apocalyptic worlds, AI, war, torture, magic, bets.  ► Awards :  Hugo [1968] ►  Age of author when published : 33  ►  Nationality : US-American ►  Pages : 152 I just read the collection of short stories and I wanted to share with you 10 insights I had about the book and/or the author.  1. I think the first short story is really good. A classic, a good representation of the genre. A very good story, with elements of horror and sci-fi that were popular at the time the book was published.  2. The other short stories are not my cup of tea, sadly.  Because of that, I don't think I will try Harlan Ellison for quite a while.  3. I don't think that Harlan Ellison is that good at writing short stories. I'll hav...