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Title: My first Book
Review: I tentatively picked up this book at the age of 10, guiltily not sure if I was allowed to read an "adult" book. Although it's protagonist was a physicist and I hated science, this became my favorite book. It offers amazing insights into the innermost thoughts and feelings of one man. Shevek was completley real to me and I could completely empathize with him. I loved the scene when Shevek, as a youth in class, disproves his society's current scientific edicts. The anger in the teachers eyes taught me that people don't always react to the truth kindly. All the characters in this book are utterly genuine, from Shevek's friend who gets exiled from "Anarchist" society for being too controversial to the fawning housewife on the foreign planet who gives Shevek his first exposure to women with shaved legs. A great quote is when someone asks Shevek if it's true that Men and Women are treated exactly the same on his planet. And Shevek answers "That would be a waste of good equipment."
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