Ezona ncwadi zi-3 zigqwesileyo nguJohn Scalzi okhuthazayo

Ukuba usandula ukuthetha ngombhali waseTshayina U-Liu Cixin Njengomnye wabameli abakhulu ngoku be isini se intsomi yesayensi kuhlobo lwayo lwangaphakathi, komthetho nako ukucaphula UJohn scalziUmbhali waseMelika osusile emva kophazamiseko ngo-2006 uye wanikezela ngemisebenzi emininzi ejikeleze ubuntu ukuya koyisa umhlaba omtsha ongaphaya kwebhola yethu eluhlaza.

Phakathi kweendlela zikaScalzi zokucwangcisa sihlala sifumanisa ukuba unyango lwefilosofi kunye noluntu kunye nenkqubela phambili ekhomba uloyiso olutsha kwiinkalo ezininzi, kubandakanya ikoloniyalizim ezayo yehlabathi elitsha.

Intsomi yesayensi evulela ubuchwephesha njengentsimi ekufuneka iphononongwe phakathi kwembono kunye nokukrokrelwa ukuba kufanele kubekho enye into phaya, ihlala igqitha xa sicinga ngento esiyiyo kwaye senza ntoni embindini wendalo emnyama apho Umhlaba unyikima ngethuba lengozi kunye nokungaziwa kwendalo iphela.

Kwaye akukho nto ilunge ngakumbi kunokufumana umbhali onje ngeScalzi, okwaziyo ukwakha amabali eentlanganiso phakathi kwempucuko okanye i-odysseys yasemajukujukwini ekhangela into kwaye ifunyenwe kubuso obunje ngokufunyanwa komhambi wenqanawa uColumbus xa iilwandle zazingaziwa njengeelwandle ezimnyama. ngaphezulu komda wobisi.

Iincwadana ezi-3 eziPhakanyisiweyo eziCetyiswayo nguJohn Scalzi

Ubuntu bohlukene

Into kaJohn Scalzi yintsomi yesayensi, ethi emva kwayo yonke loo nto ibeyintelekelelo sonke esinayo ukususela ebuntwaneni. Okufanayo kwimeko ezininzi kusikhokelela ukuba sifunde ngayo yonke into elayishwe yidosi elungileyo yengcinga yesayensi.

Kwimeko kaJohn, uchungechunge lwakhe oluthi "The Old Guard", apho esi sitofu sesihlanu, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuzalwa enetyala kumntwana owayekho kwaye wabona isibhakabhaka ngomnqweno ophazamisayo wokufikelela inkwenkwezi ethile.

Kwimeko yale ncwadi, uHluntu lwahlulahlulwe, umbhali ubuyela kwingxaki yokulunga nokubi, eguqukele kwinguqulelo yakhe yabantu abasuka koluntu ngokuchasene nomanyano lwabaphambukeli.

Ithi ngolu hlobo, kwimo ekrwada, inokuvakala njengebali lekamva eliqaqambileyo, kwaye ngokwendlela yokuseta kunjalo. Kodwa (kwaye nantsi into enkulu kaJohn Scalzi kodwa), lo mbhali uyakwazi ukulungisa yonke into ukuze asenze sithathe inxaxheba kwibali elilungileyo, iyelenqe elonwabisayo kakhulu elingekho phantsi kobume bemeko eyothusayo.

Ngamafutshane, isindululo esibalisayo malunga nesayensi esinokufundwa kakuhle ngumlandeli wemfihlakalo okanye uhlobo olonwabisayo. Kuphela, ukubala kuseto olungaqhelekanga lwekamva, sifumana ubutyebi obukwanika inkitha yamathuba.

Intelekelelo, manene, ukucinga. Ihlabathi lethu lilungile njengesiseko sofundo olukhulu, kodwa kutheni ungadluliseli yonke into kwikamva elicingelwayo? Kutheni ungayonwabeli into enokuba yiyo? Uhambo lokwenyani olulula iminyaka ukusuka kwihlabathi lethu ngaphandle kokushiya isofa okanye isitulo sikaloliwe esirabhayo. Uhambo oluchulumancisayo olusithatha sinqumle kwicosmos ethe cwaka nemnyama ukusuka kwinqwelomoya enye yephepha ngalinye.

Isishwankathelo esisemthethweni:  ULieutenant Harry Wilson une-mission engenakwenzeka: ukunceda ukukhusela umanyano lweekoloni zabantu xa kutyhilwa kakubi. Ukufezekisa ukusinda kweManyano yamaKoloniyali kuya kufuna bonke ubuqhophololo bobuqhetseba nobuqili obunokuthi buziswe ngoonozakuzaku. Ngokudibeneyo, uHarry kunye namakhwenkwe akhe baya kwenza "iQela le-B" elijongene nokujongana nokungalindelekanga ...

Iingubo ezibomvu

Njengebanga eliphakathi emkhosini, u-Andrew Dahl ubona isabelo sakhe esitsha kwinqanawa engoyikiyo njengokuqwalaselwa kokusebenza phantsi komkhosi womkhosi we-Universal Union. Yinkulungwane yama-XNUMX kunye nokukhangelwa kweeplanethi ezintsha apho kuya kwenziwa khona zonke iintlobo zokukhangelwa kwezinto kuqhubeka kuyinto ephambili.

Abangenangqondo bafika ngokulula kwiiplanethi ezintsha apho abaphambukeli bengasoloko bekwamkela ukufika kwayo. Ngomthamo obalulekileyo woburharha (umxube ngokuqinisekileyo ucebisayo), kunye nethemba lokuba inqanawe iwela indalo iphela ngesicwangciso esingazange sivezelwe uDahl ngokwakhe, ophethe icandelo le-xenobiology yenqanawa, imfihlo yohambo ivula imibono emitsha malunga isiseko semishini.

Iimpikiswano kunye nokusweleka kwamanye amalungu abasebenzi abakwinqanaba elisezantsi bamshiya uAndrew engaqinisekanga, de abe uyakwazi ukudibanisa amachaphaza aya kuthi abonise isiphelo sokwenyani.

Unogada omdala

Mhlawumbi ngowona msebenzi uqinisekileyo wombhali. Nangona kum ngezantsi kwezi ziboniswe apha ngasentla. Ukuba yinoveli yakhe yesibini kunye neyokuqala kuthotho, kwabonakala kum ukuba unengxaki ethile entsha, kwaye ngandlel 'ithile kubonakala ngathi ukukopela iTroopers, URobert A. Heinlein, inkosi enkulu yohlobo.

Kodwa, kuyo nayiphi na imeko, kufuneka samkele ukucinga kwakhona kwasekuqaleni. Kungenxa yokuba i-Old Guard inyula ngokukhethekileyo abantu bamandulo abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-75 ubudala abalungiselela ukuqamba amaJoni oKhuselo aza kuzama ukukhusela umdla woluntu emajukujukwini, umbono onomtsalane kumawakawaka abantu abadala abakulungeleyo ukuzityhafisa iintsuku zabo. loo nto.

Ukuqwalasela ukuba phezulu apho abantu abadala banokuziphatha njengabantu abancinci, yonke into iyatshintsha imbono. Ngenqaku lokuthethelelwa ngokwesondo kuyo yonke iminyaka, le noveli enama-comic overtones ngamanye amaxesha, ibamba kunye nee-disconcerts kwinqanaba elifanayo, ihlala ingaphakathi kwendawo yeenkwenkwezi apho uScalzi wayehlala eyinkosi.