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Brainwave (Paperback)

by Poul Anderson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: ibooks Inc; Reprint edition (20 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743474864
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743474863
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.5 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,472,027 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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- "Poul Anderson's Most Famous Single Novel"

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A transcendent look at the possible effects of enhanced intelligence on our planet.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Brainwave - well maybe!, 25 Aug 2006
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This review is from: Brainwave: His Enduring Masterpiece (Paperback)
The book speculates on the extraordinary phenomenon that man and all sentient creatures on Earth suddenly become more intelligent. This is certainly an intriguing concept, though personally I found the idea more interesting than Anderson's attempts to explore all the implications. It may have been better to have presented the idea as a short story rather than the longer development required of a novel. As the cataclysmic events unfold, the book follows the lives of several individuals from differing walks of life from semi-moronic to top scientist. Interestingly, Anderson's depiction of the flowering of intelligence in the moronic and in animals is better described, and more sympathetic, than what occurs in the minds and lives of the scientists and intellectuals. Anderson seems better at developing the story line, and describing events, rather than human emotions which, in my view, he presents in an overly sentimental way. The book is very much of its 1950's time - which is part of its charm, of course. I was astonished how much everyone smoked. They seemed to be lighting up all the time!!!
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