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A Choice of Catastrophes by Isaac Asimov

urikastov's review

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challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

andgineer's review against another edition

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2.0

Подборка буквально худших образчиков SciFi, на мой взгляд.
Поверив другим отзывам, что в конце поинтереснее, домучил до конца. Но даже последний рассказ, действительно довольно занятный, изложен в общем напыщенном и скучном стиле, как и прочие рассказы.
Основная моя претензия к этим рассказам - тяжеловесный стиль изложения. Идеи, положенные в рассказы, довольно любопытны, но не в таком исполнении.

lit_terary's review against another edition

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4.0

A genuinely good read. The most interesting part was comparing Asimov’s thoughts and predictions in ’79 (which is crazy for how accurate and well researched they are) to where we are now and, specifically, what types of risks and crisis we are facing and will have to deal with. He certainly hit nail on many fronts (the development of pandemic diseases, scarcity of resources, nuclear war threats, population growth etc.), but the book felt a bit dated at times, esp. in its lack of mention of climate change / global warming, and in the author’s optimism - which is kinda commendable. However, I wonder - what would Asimov say looking at how little we are caring for this world, and for the challenges that are ahead of us? I can't help but think that he would be very let down by our lack of active concern.
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