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Let There Be Lite
What kind of person gets elected president of the world's most powerful nation? And, more to the point, what's he had to do to get there? What makes a software squillionaire tick? Questions, questions, isn't life full of questions?
279 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2000
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September 15, 2020
Brilliant and funny book!
November 17, 2012
The caption of the book: in the beginning, there was laughter... And god it was good!
The book absolutely lives up to the caption. I didn't know this when I first read it many years ago, but it was probably my first introduction to themes of existentialism - the idea tt the universe is inherently absurd and there's nothing humans can do about it. It deals with some pretty intense and dark themes, politics, freedom, deomocracy, science, absurdity, religion... It delivers some pretty hard-hitting insights and I don't think I'll ever look at life the same way again. but amazingly, it never sounds preachy. It is always always side-splittingly funny; I laughed and laughed and laughed. This book is absolutely amazing, I don't understand why it is so seriously underrated. Go pick up a copy and read, please!
The book absolutely lives up to the caption. I didn't know this when I first read it many years ago, but it was probably my first introduction to themes of existentialism - the idea tt the universe is inherently absurd and there's nothing humans can do about it. It deals with some pretty intense and dark themes, politics, freedom, deomocracy, science, absurdity, religion... It delivers some pretty hard-hitting insights and I don't think I'll ever look at life the same way again. but amazingly, it never sounds preachy. It is always always side-splittingly funny; I laughed and laughed and laughed. This book is absolutely amazing, I don't understand why it is so seriously underrated. Go pick up a copy and read, please!
January 19, 2025
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Postoje brojne knjige koje su nam prije nekoliko desetljeća previdjeli kako ćemo polako, ali sigurno, s osmjehom na lici otići u… znate gdje. 1984., Životinjska farma, Sluškinjina priča, Divni novi svijet, nastavite niz. I sve su apsolutno sjajne i sve ih apsolutno trebate pročitati, ali budite svjesni da ćete biti depresivni kada pročitate koliko smo otišli u… (zvučim staro).
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Postoje brojne knjige koje su nam prije nekoliko desetljeća previdjeli kako ćemo polako, ali sigurno, s osmjehom na lici otići u… znate gdje. 1984., Životinjska farma, Sluškinjina priča, Divni novi svijet, nastavite niz. I sve su apsolutno sjajne i sve ih apsolutno trebate pročitati, ali budite svjesni da ćete biti depresivni kada pročitate koliko smo otišli u… (zvučim staro).
Ako volite čitati o tome koliko nam je svijet otišao u …, ali ne želite biti depresivni nakon toga, uzmite si Neka bude svjetlost.
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April 4, 2016
took a while to get going with this one, but when the subtleties started working its magic it turned out to be a truly enjoyable read, with an unexpected, though also unsurprisingly logical (as was the entire novel), finale.
in more detail, it's the punchlines, the randomly sowed philosophical dilemmas of the current era, the non-judgmental bystander perspective of the author that made me giddy thinking: i need to show this book to my friends! they'd LOVE it and i can't wait to hear what they think of it!
in more detail, it's the punchlines, the randomly sowed philosophical dilemmas of the current era, the non-judgmental bystander perspective of the author that made me giddy thinking: i need to show this book to my friends! they'd LOVE it and i can't wait to hear what they think of it!
November 25, 2012
Brilliant. Simply astonishing. The author is writing so cunningly and to-the-point that I just had to agree with whatever the current character was claiming, no matter how little sense it made. One of the best and most influencing books I have read in my entire life so far.
July 25, 2010
Not bad, amusing
February 9, 2014
I think this is the funniest book I have ever read. Nothing is sacred, funny from start to finish. And (amazingly) it even has an interesting story.
May 7, 2015
Starts brightly, but loses the edge throughout the book. It's perfectly alright, but misses that certain something for higher rating.
April 24, 2018
Absurdity galore; it's hilarious. :)
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