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A review by sunshine42
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
5.0
Hmmm.... This book made me feel...a lot, but not really a lot. Just.. Much? I don't know. It slightly broke my heart a bit and burrowed itself in the crevices it dug. And it made me feel a lot and also nothing. And feel a gladness, but still feel nothing. Not an emptiness sort of nothing. Not a numb sort of nothing. Just...a "clear" sort of nothing.
Unflinching.
This is not just a sci-fi book. It is an exploration of the ultimate "meaning" of life, of your and my existence, of our place in the universe, the meaning and "purpose" of the cosmos itself.
It is like a pair of glasses you put on and then see everything in different shades. But you won't really be able to take them off afterwards. And you're neither glad nor despairing because of that. You just feel nothing.
Contemplating.
Unflinching.
This is not just a sci-fi book. It is an exploration of the ultimate "meaning" of life, of your and my existence, of our place in the universe, the meaning and "purpose" of the cosmos itself.
It is like a pair of glasses you put on and then see everything in different shades. But you won't really be able to take them off afterwards. And you're neither glad nor despairing because of that. You just feel nothing.
Contemplating.