Wenn ich für einen dicken Silberband nur knapp 4 Tage brauche, dann heißt das, dass dieser Roman so verdammt fesselnd ist, dass man ihn nicht mehr aus der Hand legen will. Großartige Science Fiction, geschrieben in den 60er Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts, was man an ein paar Dingen schon merkt. Aber das tut der Handlung keinen Abbruch. Diesmal geht es in die Kleine Magellansche Wolke wo ein neuer Gegner auftaucht.
Wie alle anderen Silberbände war auch dieser Band spannend vom Anfang bis zum Ende. Perry Rhodan ist zurück aus M87 und nun auf der Suche nach einer Waffe mit der er die Dolans der Zweitkonditionierten aufhalten kann. Die Spur führt zum Planeten wo OLD MAN zusammengebaut wurde und in eine alte Station der Lemurer. Erstklassige Science Fiction, diesmal auch mit einem Hauch Slapstick, denn zur Identifikation wird der Großadministrator des Solaren Imperiums zu Gesangseinlagen verdonnert. Und Der Mausbiber Gucky wid als Beutelaffe deklariert.
Wie immer ein spannendes Abenteuer, diesmal in der weit entfernten Galaxis M87, wo Perry Rhodan die Ursprünge der Haluter findet. Für einen Roman der 60er Jahre sehr gute Science Fiction.
Imagine a world with no banks. No stock market. No tech giants. No billionaires.
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After reading "Talking to my daughter" I expected another non-fiction book. Big surprise, Yanis Varoufakis wrote a science fiction novel that plays in the near future. The plot is, that the protagonist Costa who is a scientist managed to create a wormhole into a parallel universe. This "other now" diverted from our branch of reality after the global financial crisis of 2008. People in "our now" have counterparts in the "other now" and they can exchange messages on how the parallel universe evolved after the crisis.
It turns out that they have learned their lessons after the big headache and changed direction so that they abandonded capitalism and all the greed coming from it. Yes, they had also incidentes where people fell for the temptation of getting rich fast, but they even overcame this.
Yanis Varoufakis wrote an interesting metaphor about what could be if we would focus on other …
After reading "Talking to my daughter" I expected another non-fiction book. Big surprise, Yanis Varoufakis wrote a science fiction novel that plays in the near future. The plot is, that the protagonist Costa who is a scientist managed to create a wormhole into a parallel universe. This "other now" diverted from our branch of reality after the global financial crisis of 2008. People in "our now" have counterparts in the "other now" and they can exchange messages on how the parallel universe evolved after the crisis.
It turns out that they have learned their lessons after the big headache and changed direction so that they abandonded capitalism and all the greed coming from it. Yes, they had also incidentes where people fell for the temptation of getting rich fast, but they even overcame this.
Yanis Varoufakis wrote an interesting metaphor about what could be if we would focus on other things than just money and greed. The book shows a wide spectrum of ideas, has references to the global pandemic, references to the Star Trek universe where people strive to improve and yes, there is even a section about sex. The other characters in the book, Iris, Eva and Thomas have interesting discussions about the future of economy where they have diverse positions.
An interesting read, even if the start and the end is a bit confusing.
Wie immer sehr spannend und unterhaltsam zu lesen. Manche Dinge lassen einen natürlich auch schmunzeln, so beispielsweise wenn eine Positronik im Jahr 2435 noch Lochstreifen ausspuckt. Aber klar, zu der Zeit als die Romane geschrieben wurden war die IT eben noch mit Lochstreifen zu füttern.
Ths book is good as a reference to look up things that you know, but can't remember exactly. But it is bad as a book to learn Perl, there are just too many forward references e.g. (see page 123 when you're still on page 65). This makes it very difficult to learn from it.
Ths book is good as a reference to look up things that you know, but can't remember exactly. But it is bad as a book to learn Perl, there are just too many forward references e.g. (see page 123 when you're still on page 65). This makes it very difficult to learn from it.
Wie immer spannungsgeladen und unterhaltsam zu lesen. Auch wenn manche Vorstellungen in Bezug auf moderne Computer reichlich antiquiert anmuten ist es doch sehr schöne und gute Science Fiction aus den 1960er Jahren.
A good tutorial book for beginners with OpenSCAD. David Leithauser covers the basic principles of constructiong 3D objects by using a descriptive language. The reader learns how to create simple shapes, text and even 2D objects and extruding them to the Z axis.
There are also good chapters about how to create Joints, Screws, Snap-Ins and Gears. We also learn about the basic math functions.
After the first chapters I was able to create my first spare parts for Ikea shelf carriers and my postbox.
What I was missing
I would have liked to read about a few things more in this book:
First, how to get help online if you have a specific question or problem to solve. Are there any OpenSCAD user groups, facebook groups or whatever to ask for help?
Then I would have liked to get a bit deeper than …
What I liked in this book
A good tutorial book for beginners with OpenSCAD. David Leithauser covers the basic principles of constructiong 3D objects by using a descriptive language. The reader learns how to create simple shapes, text and even 2D objects and extruding them to the Z axis.
There are also good chapters about how to create Joints, Screws, Snap-Ins and Gears. We also learn about the basic math functions.
After the first chapters I was able to create my first spare parts for Ikea shelf carriers and my postbox.
What I was missing
I would have liked to read about a few things more in this book:
First, how to get help online if you have a specific question or problem to solve. Are there any OpenSCAD user groups, facebook groups or whatever to ask for help?
Then I would have liked to get a bit deeper than just scratching the surface. For example, one of my basic questions regarding OpenSCAD is how to get round edges on my 3D objects. I heard that there is a "minkowski()" function that can help to to do this, but I really would have liked to see an example on that as well. Or on other functions that at the moment I don't even know about.
The missing parts led to 4 instead of 5 stars, nevertheless, the book is highly recommended for beginners. I read the printed book which comes from Amazon fulfillment and was printed in black and white (no colors except of the cover), but that wasn't a problem.
