Saturday, August 17, 2013

64. Gateway–Frederik Pohl, 65. White Rhino Hotel–Bartle Bull

                                                                                        

Gateway, a science fiction novel, is  about the discovery of a mysterious, uhm, gateway created by aliens long gone.

The White Rhino Hotel is a novel about a young man leaving England to try to make a life in Africa.

The two books are eerily similar in structure. 

I didn’t plan to read the second one right after Gateway, but just picked it up, so this similarity was entirely unexpected.

Both go into detail about the strange worlds the people step into, and spend a lot of time dealing with the reactions, surprises and learning curves for each new world.

Both were wonderful reads, and eye-opening in multiple ways. Both are highly recommended.

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