Terranautas, by TC Boyle

The Terranauts
click book

Cinema and literature of sociological experiments should already have their own genre, From the Truman Show to the dome of Stephen King, a multitude of stories expand on telling us a vision between the utopian and the dystopian, as a bet to discover where the human will turns to group experimentation.

This time it's up to a TC Boyle who moves like a fish in water when confronting his characters with those insodations about human reactions to the unknown.

Newly arrived in the Arizona desert in 1994, "Los Terranautas", a group of eight scientists (four men and four women), volunteer, in the framework of a successful reality show broadcast on a planetary level, to confine themselves under a dome of crystal named "Ecosphere 2", which aims to be a prototype of a possible extraterrestrial colony, and which seeks to demonstrate that they can live isolated from the rest of the world for months and be self-sufficient.

The dome is the work of Jeremiah Reed, an eco-visionary known as "DC" - "God the Creator" - but soon the question begins to arise whether an exciting scientific discovery has been made or if it is a simple publicity hook under the banner. excuse for the most ambitious ecological experiment in the world. Scientists will be watched by other researchers, the Control Mission, who will monitor their movements from this "new Eden" as they face a series of life-threatening catastrophes that can lead to utter disaster.

TC Boyle surprises us again with a novel full of irony about science, sociology, sex and, above all, survival.

You can now buy the novel "Terranautas", the novel by TC Boyle, here:

The Terranauts
click book
5/5 - (11 votes)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.