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The Thing Itself
The Thing Itself | Adam Roberts
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Adam Roberts turns his attention to answering the Fermi Paradox with a taut and claustrophobic tale that echoes John Carpenters' The Thing. Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love-letter one of them has received. One is practical and open. The other surly, superior and obsessed with reading one book - by the philosopher Kant. As a storm brews and they lose contact with the outside world they debate Kant, reality and the emptiness of the universe. The come to hate each other, and they learn that they are not alone.
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Mistermandolin
The Thing Itself | Adam Roberts
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Pickpick

Enjoyable romp through epistemology and metaphysics in search of the ‘other.‘ Well-written in the main, although there are some toe-curling sex scenes early on which, alas, once read could not be unread. More enjoyable than the presidential ‘debate‘, though.

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tobypfrench
The Thing Itself | Adam Roberts
Pickpick

As always, thoughtful, provocative, pacey. Tough, but rewarding.

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joem2go
The Thing Itself | Adam Roberts
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Mehso-so

I‘ve just finished this and I was excited to begin it as I really liked the other Adam Roberts books I have read. By the end, my enthusiasm was dampened a little.

It is well written, but didn‘t grab my attention like New Model Army or Land of the Headless did. The journey is disjointed, but that is sort of the point. Will have to reread it again later.

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Oryx
The Thing Itself | Adam Roberts
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Literary pup? Or just our perception of literary pup?

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