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Contents include: The International Smile By Brian Aldiss; Killdozer By Theodore Sturgeon; Report on Planet Three By Arthur C Clarke; the Eye of the Beholder By Lucy Rees; Romance in a Twenty First Century Used Car Lot By Robert F Young; Gadget V. Trend By Christopher Anvil; the Great Automatic Grammatizator By Roald Dahl.

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

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July 16, 2016
Pas conservé un souvenir durable de ce Sturgeon lu dans ma jeunesse et pourtant j'avais adoré (au point de le relire plusieurs fois et de l'avoir encore dans ma bibliothèque) Les Plus qu'humains

Note perso : Mériterait peut-être que j'en retente la lecture en emprunt biblio...
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July 11, 2022
Sturgeon smješta radnju tokom II svjetskog rata, na američkom tlu. Buldožer slučajno udari u kamen vanzemaljske prirode i od toga poludi. Zabavno štivo, ali mi nije bilo baš ugodno čitati o mašinama koje ubijaju, dok sam i ja sama okružena svakakvim mašinama...
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September 5, 2023
I was so looking forward to this book, however this turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments for a hugo award winner. Loved the concept but the execution was just awful. If this wasn't a short story and an audiobook read along I would have dnf'd it.
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November 22, 2011
Si "Killdozer" est un court roman honnête mais sans immense surprise, je trouve que "le viol cosmique" vaut bien ses cinq étoiles. Une narration inventive où des tranches de vie de gens parfois ordinaires, parfois extraordinaires (un criminel italien poursuivit par un policier mélomane, une petite fille perdue, un guerrier africain cherchant à protéger son champ), semblent s'ajouter au récit central comme de courtes nouvelles indépendantes pour ensuite s'y intégrer comme....j'allais dire comme par magie, mais ce n'est pas tout à fait ça : c'est juste très bien raconté, plein de surprise et fort bien écrit.
C'est le deuxième livre de Sturgeon que je lis...j'en redemande.
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October 27, 2019
Full disclosure time - I've only read "Killdozer" so far. I wasn't as scared as expected, but it has led me to seek out more Sturgeon.
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