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Ladataan... Desolation Road (1989)Tekijä: Ian McDonald
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This is a highly unusual novel. It is labeled science fiction, though much of it could have been set in the late 19th, early 20th century American West. It involves the founding and evolution of a small settlement on the surface of Mars. Though many years in the future, for very long stretches, technology is virtually non-existent. Travel is largely by train, there are antique airplanes and dirigibles. While there is reference to orbiting space stations and circumstances on Earth, the community operates largely as a Western cow town. Then, BOOM, you have time travel. The kind of weaponry you might expect on 22nd century Mars makes an appearance. Magical realism crops up from time to time. There are segments of economic evolution that bring to mind early 20th century labor unrest. Like I said, a highly unusual novel. I read the author’s River of Gods, and thought it fantastic; The Dervish House less so. I believe this book was first published in the 1980s, though this edition was printed in 2009. As an aside, whoever proofread it, should be fired. It is littered with misspellings and typeset errors. In any event, it is strange, though moderately entertaining. I suspect many will find it not to their taste. An excellent book. Superbly weird and weirdly superb. It's a sort of magical realist/sci-fi book of a sort I've never read before. Or even heard of. Very original. The characterization and thematic development are especially outstanding 'for a sci-fi book' as well as in general. If his name was 'Borges', he'd be read in literature departments instead of just winning award in the SF ghetto. There's no hyperbole in the entire history of hyperboles that can adequately capture how much I appreciated this novel. If I had the time and the money, I'd go out and buy the rest of McDonald's books right now.
Within the covers of the book, one finds love and hate, romance and betrayal, rationalism and mysticism. And through it all, the sense of how a place, a real, authentic place, can shape peoples’ lives. For, even when characters leave Desolation Road, they do not escape the town’s influence. Desolation Road ... surprises, delights, then surprises and delights again. Spanning centuries, the book includes transcendent math, alternate realities, corporate dystopias, travelling carnivals, post-singularity godlike AIs, geoengineering, and mechanical hobos, each integral to the plot. Kuuluu näihin sarjoihinDesolation Road (1) Kuuluu näihin kustantajien sarjoihinSF Masterworks (New design) Palkinnot
It all began thirty years ago on Mars, with a greenperson. But by the time it all finished, the town of Desolation Road had experienced every conceivable abnormality from Adam Black's Wonderful Travelling Chautauqua and Educational ‘Stravaganza (complete with its very own captive angel) to the Astounding Tatterdemalion Air Bazaar. Its inhabitants ranged from Dr. Alimantando, the town’s founder and resident genius, to the Babooshka, a barren grandmother who just wants her own child—grown in a fruit jar; from Rajendra Das, mechanical hobo who has a mystical way with machines to the Gallacelli brothers, identical triplets who fell in love with—and married—the same woman. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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