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Title: As Above, So Below : A Novel of Peter Bruegel by Rudy Rucker ISBN: 0-7653-0404-X Publisher: Forge Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Spend some time in Renaissance Belgium
Comment: Rucker builds a series of chapters around particular paintings by Bruegel, in order to produce a biographical novel that is well-informed concerning the (known) historical details of Bruegel's life and the political and cultural history of the day. The book offers a good way to get engaged with the period and with the paintings. The writing is a bit clunky, and the novel works more because of the inherent interest of the artist and the period than by what the writer contributes. I could easily have put the book down had other things been available, but as it was it served as a welcome companion during a day of many, many delayed flights and long layovers as I flew across the US.
Rating: 5
Summary: Answer to question from Taiwan dated September 19, 2003
Comment: Amazon reviews are not normally used as a forum for questions and answers, but I will answer your question now and put in my review later. The title of this book comes from the translated text of "The Emerald Tablet," from about 800 A.D. The actual line of text is, "That which is above is from that which is below, and that which is below is from that which is above, working the miracles of one." Some interpret this to mean that God and Nature are the same, that God and Man are the same and on the same level, and that the intent and actions of God and Man are linked. In Western religious culture, God is often imagined to be "above" and Man "below," so this interpretation is not always well received. But there is dispute about the authorship of The Emerald Tablet - some say it is Arab and some say it may even have come from China - and so the interpretation of it could depend very much on its true origin. Still others ascribe mystical, magical powers to The Emerald Tablet. For further information on The Emerald Tablet, you may do research on the Web. Of course, in relation to the novel, "As Above, So Below," it might be more important for the reader to understand Rudy Rucker's interpretation of this ancient text. Any ideas?
Rating: 5
Summary: The interpretation of 'As above, so below'.
Comment: Hi,
I'm a Taiwanese student,I don't understand what's the meaning of 'as above, so below', so that I can't translate it into Chinese.
I hope if you can give a brief interpretation to me,especially it's origin.please...!
Thanks a lot!
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Title: The Hacker and the Ants: Version 2.0 by Rudy V. B. Rucker, Rudy Rucker ISBN: 1568582471 Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Frek and the Elixir by Rudy Rucker ISBN: 0765310589 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Spaceland: A Novel of the Fourth Dimension by Rudy Rucker ISBN: 0765303671 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 04 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Gnarl! by Rudy V. B. Rucker ISBN: 1568581580 Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Seek! Selected Nonfiction by Rudy Rucker ISBN: 1568581386 Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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