Ngokwezifundo zesayensi ezithi, ngokusekwe kutshintsho lwemozulu, qikelela ukunyuka okubonakalayo kwinqanaba lolwandle, indawo yeNew York ngakumbi isiqithi sayo saseManhattan, sibe yindawo yomngcipheko kwiminyaka engeyiyo kangako.
Kule ncwadi, iziphumo zophononongo lwangoku ziguqula iNew York ukuba ibe yiVenice ebonakaliswe kubungqongqo bolwandle ukuba bubunjineli kunye nekratshi kuphela elizama ukuligcina njengesixeko esikhulu esinokuhlala abantu.
Ukujongana nesi sicelo, umlinganiso ophambili wesindululo sokufumana ufumana uqwalaselo olukhethekileyo. Ngaba imalunga nokusinika inoveli okanye ukuveza into eza ngapha kwindawo enophawu eNtshona njengeNew York?
Indlela yokuphila yaseNew York ibonakaliswa kukuguquguquka kwayo, amandla ayo okuseta imikhwa kwilizwe liphela kunye nendalo yayo ekumgangatho ophezulu. Isixeko sephupha laseMelika kunye neshishini lehlabathi. Umfuziselo wamandla omntu wokuthangalela ilizwe.
Kuphela…, indalo enyanzelwe kwikamva ephawulwe ngongenelelo lwethu iyakuthetha kakhulu kwiinjongo zethu zokuphumelela amandla ethu okuguqula.
Ubusazi ukuba xa sithelekisa imbali yePlanethi yoMhlaba kunye nonyaka wekhalenda, ukuhamba kwempucuko yethu kuthatha imizuzu embalwa yosuku lokugqibela?
Singacinga ukuba iplanethi lilizwe lethu, kwaye yonke into yenzelwe inkonzo yethu. Kodwa inyani kukuba siluhlobo nje lwenyathelo. Kwaye nathi ngokwethu sinokubangela ukuphela kwethu okulindelweyo.
Abalinganiswa abohlukeneyo babonisa ubomi babo bemihla ngemihla kuthi kwizinto ezazisakuba zezona zakhiwo zibalaseleyo zeNew York. Umzobo osuka kuloo nyaka u-2140 apho sinokubona khona umntu eqhele intlekele, evusa iinkumbulo zamanyange zedolophu apho imilambo nomhlaba zahlulwe ngokugqibeleleyo, hayi njengakwikamva apho yonke into ingamanzi, uloyiso lwamaza amatsha wethu angenamda ukuzimisela kunye nembono yethu zero ngelo kamva.
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku ENew York 2140, incwadi entsha UKim Stanley Robinson, Apha: