Kuthekani UJohn scalzi Yintsomi ye-interstellar yesayensi, ethi emva kwayo yonke loo nto ibe liphupha esinalo sonke ukususela ebuntwaneni. Okufanayo kwimeko ezininzi kusikhokelela ukuba sifunde ngayo yonke into elayishwe yidosi elungileyo yengcinga yesayensi. Kwimeko kaJohn, uthotho lwakhe "uMgcini oMdala", apho esi siqendu sesihlanu singekho, ngokuqinisekileyo wayeza kuzalwa enetyala kuloo mntwana owayekho kwaye ejonge isibhakabhaka ngomnqweno ophazamisayo wokufikelela kwinkwenkwezi.
Kwimeko yale ncwadi, uHluntu lwaBantu lwahlulelene, umbhali ubuyela kwingxaki yokulunga nokubi, eguqukele kwinguqulelo yakhe yamakholoniyali oluntu ngokuchasene nomanyano lwabaphambukeli. Beka ngoluhlobo, luhlaza, kunokuvakala ngathi libali lexesha elizayo elinomdla kakhulu, kwaye malunga nokuseta kunjalo. Kodwa (kwaye apha kuza enkulu kodwa kaJohn Scalzi), lo mbhali uyakwazi ukulungelelanisa yonke into ukusenza ukuba sithathe inxaxheba kwibali elilungileyo, iyelenqe lokuzonwabisa elingahambelani nemeko eyoyikisayo.
Ngamafutshane, isindululo esibalisayo malunga nesayensi esinokufundwa kakuhle ngumlandeli wemfihlakalo okanye uhlobo olonwabisayo. Kuphela, ukubala kuseto olungaqhelekanga lwekamva, sifumana ubutyebi obukwanika inkitha yamathuba.
Ukucinga, manene, ingcinga. Umhlaba wethu ulungile njengesiseko sokufunda kakhulu, kodwa kutheni ungasihambisi konke kwikamva eliqinisekileyo? Kutheni ungakonwabeli nje oko kunokuba kuko? Uhambo oluyinyani oluya kwiminyaka ekhanyayo ukusuka kwihlabathi lethu ngaphandle kokushiya isofa okanye isihlalo esixokozelayo sikaloliwe. I-adventure ekhawulezayo ekhawulezayo esikhokelela kuthi ngendalo ethe cwaka kwaye emnyama ukusuka kwinqwelomoya kuphela kwiphepha ngalinye.
Isishwankathelo esisemthethweni: uLieutenant Harry Wilson une-mission engenakwenzeka: ukunceda ukukhusela umanyano lwamakholoni oluntu ebusweni besityhilelo esibi. Ukufezekisa ukusinda kweManyano yamaKoloniyali kuya kufuna bonke ubuqhophololo bobuqhetseba nobuqili obunokuthi buziswe ngoonozakuzaku. Ngokudibeneyo, uHarry kunye namakhwenkwe akhe baya kwenza "iQela le-B" elinoxanduva lokujongana nokungalindelekanga ...
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Ubuntu bohlukene, Incwadi entsha kaJohn Scalzi, apha: