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The Gods Themselves Mass Market Paperback – September 4, 1990

by Isaac Asimov (Author)

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Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth--but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival.

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Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Spectra (September 4, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553288105
ISBN-13: 978-0553288100
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.8 x 6.9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 362 customer reviews
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Pretty good, especially for Asimov fans.

ByE.W.on September 18, 2016

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This book was pretty entertaining. It's a pretty typical Asimov book (a lot of science, a lot of talking, a lot of mind games), even though it includes the atypical-for-Asimov subject of aliens. I'm just disappointed that the middle section with the aliens wasn't longer! It was easily the most interesting and compelling part of the book, and I'm sure Asimov could've gotten more out of it. The last part seemed to be the longest and it had the least compelling plot and characters.

Still, this book is pretty decent and is worth reading.

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I hadan't realizeed he started writing in the 1930's just like Clarke. So it was enjoyable to read stories ...

ByДиноon May 2, 2017

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I was used to his Foundation series and the Robot stories, but this added a greater dimention and hinted at his mystery writing.I hadan't realizeed he started writing in the 1930's just like Clarke. So it was enjoyable to read stories with plot, chator, story, and realism.

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Reading for ideas!

ByMr. Cecil Ponsaingon September 21, 2010

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I am, in general, a reader of fact, not fiction, but the environment in one of the stories made me buy the book!
The story is called Strikebreaker, and it is about a world which is like an asteroid where they have basically hollowed it out and are living on the inside of it at many levels at 50 metres per level, which gives an awful lot of living space. Earlier I read a book called "Asimov on Astronomy", where Strikebreaker is mentioned due to a consideration about living inside a planet-/oid.

So, I ordered this book with the story and was hoping to get a thorough description of this world by Asimov. Well he has done the maths, but does not go into much detail about how it could be done. I was disappointed on that score.

However in this book there are so many very short stories that if a title grabs your interest most of them are not a long affair to go through, and there are quite a lot of stories with a good idea on how things could be done. This is a good feature of all those stories by Asimov. I do not read fiction, or science fiction, but Asimov being such a fantastic science writer, seems to have convinced me to check out some of his stories for ideas. This book confirms the conviction, even if I know I won't read it all.

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Excellent Book

ByCrankyNVGuyon October 28, 2016

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I'm biased in my reviews as I've been an Asimov fan since I was a kid. I bought this compilation for my son so he could develop the same love of science fiction that I did when I was his age. Isaac Asimov is a great writer and I never get tired of reading the huge amount of stuff he's produced.