Paperback, 752 pages
English language
Published June 21, 2000 by Aspect/Warner Books.
i get bored with the details of the world building personally. i found this book to be enjoyable, a nice balance between explaining things enough but not too much, and the plot is interesting.
I read through it much faster than I expected. It really gripped me and I kept on reading page after page.
I'm torn between recognizing the Human Contradiction as being so painfully true and on the other hand also sympathizing with the Resisters. Argh, what to do, what to choose!
If you're looking for a truly alien concept this is your book. It takes mastery to mesh the alien with the human and weave a coherent and relatable story.
I really enjoyed the first book, the story of Lilith after the war and how she wake up in an alien ship and helped the aliens, against his will, to wake up others human to create a new improved race.
The second book, about his son, half human, half Oankali, it is interesting also. He threaten the Oankali decision of not allow humans breed. And he gives hope to humanity, even when then Oankali thinks that, in the end, the humanity is doomed to destruction.
The third book was less interesting for me, because it keeps talking about the same theme, about how bad the human beings are, how badly our society is built and how humanity is doomed to destruction. I find it hard to swallow that human beings are beyond hope, and that we are not able to learn to live in peace. I really agree in the …
I really enjoyed the first book, the story of Lilith after the war and how she wake up in an alien ship and helped the aliens, against his will, to wake up others human to create a new improved race.
The second book, about his son, half human, half Oankali, it is interesting also. He threaten the Oankali decision of not allow humans breed. And he gives hope to humanity, even when then Oankali thinks that, in the end, the humanity is doomed to destruction.
The third book was less interesting for me, because it keeps talking about the same theme, about how bad the human beings are, how badly our society is built and how humanity is doomed to destruction. I find it hard to swallow that human beings are beyond hope, and that we are not able to learn to live in peace. I really agree in the message of accept the different and the love of learning.
