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Book Review of The Gods Themselves

The Gods Themselves
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I love Asimov, one of his books was the first book I ever bought with my own money, but I just didn't like this one that much. Or to be more specific I thought the deus ex machina ending wasn't right. I'm definitly in the minority in this opinion, but I felt the same way many years ago when I first read it. Asimov is a technophile (as am I) and so perhaps there is not as much tension as there should be that the actions taken will result in disaster. You should take as a given that there won't be a lot of character development but on the whole it is smoothly written and tells an interesting story.