The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke, Frederik Pohl Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Last Theorem
Book Review: The Last Theorem
Summary: 5 Stars
Very enjoyable book, Sir Lanka native Ronji a mathmatical wizard takes the reader on a journey of inter development as he progress through life and those around him while twisting the plot into a sci fi visits from beyond earth galaxy. I really enjoy reading the space travels and sports competition and how his daughter had to over come the weightlessness world.The book gave some thought on our future travel and use of energy in this delightful tale of one family adventures.Book Review: The Last Theorem
Summary: 1 Stars
I usually donot buy books by author alone. I mistakenly did that with this book. I thought with the two authors it would be science fiction. Instead I got a travelogue of Sri Lanka and a science fiction side story.
Although not familiar with Frederik Pohl that much I was expecting much more from Clarke. A travelogue is nice but don't package it as science fiction.
Book Review: The Last Theorem
Summary: 3 Stars
Fantastic concept which unfortunately does not get enough pages to explain itself and leaves the reader wanting much more.Book Review: The Last Theorm
Summary: 3 Stars
Although there were several interesting side-stories and other aspects of the book, frankly it is not as sophisticated or complex a story as the novels one expects from either Pohl or Clarke, but especially together! It really gave the impression of two or three separate, small stories that were slapped together is the hopes of something bigger. In that regard, it didn't work. Worth reading, but don't expect too much satisfaction from the effort.Book Review: The Last of the Old Wine
Summary: 4 Stars
Having read some of the other reviews I have to agree, both Clarke and Pohl revisit some their perennial themes. In the case of Clarke its that of ancient intelligences watching in puzzlement over a humanity on the brink of either extinction or adulthood; with Pohl its his fascination with the "Machine Stored" and the decay of other non-human civilizations. There was some novelty in terms of Clarke's examination of 21st century Sri Lanka though the eyes of his protagonist the largely self taught mathematician Ranjit Subramainian but both Clarke and Pohl have mined the same vein before, in Clarke's 2001/Childhood's End and for Pohl in the HeeChee Gateway series.
Its not the best that either have done but it was an enjoyable read like spending an afternoon meeting with old and dear friends, with the foreknowledge that this may be their last time. There are a couple of mathematical parlour tricks and one gets the sense of the drive and joy of pure mathematics in the pursuit of a solution to Fermat's Theorem that, unlike Wiles proof, would use the tools available to Fermat himself, or pure applied science in the subplot concerning the space elevator.
I rather liked it. Recommended.