Izincwadi ezi-3 eziphezulu zikaDan Simmons

Kukhona indinganiso evame ukunamathelwa ababhali banamuhla bezinganekwane zesayensi. Cishe bonke bangababhali abaningi, impela ngenxa yemicabango yabo evundile, abakwaziyo ukudala umhlaba omusha endizeni yamakhasi angenalutho.

Sine John Scalzi uya UKim Stanley Robinson ukuyiqinisekisa. Noma, ezicini ezinhle kakhulu zesayensi eqanjiwe ukuze UPatrick Rothfuss, UBrandon sanderson noma yena UGeorge RR Martin.

Kodwa UDan Simmons, master of masters sibonga umsebenzi wakhe oyisifanekiselo "Hyperion" (umsebenzi ngomqondo ojwayelekile kakhulu wochungechunge lweSayensi Fiction, olunama-sequels kanye nama-prequels angena ezweni elisha eliphelele nelilukhuni), futhi ukhethe ngokufana ukuvundisa izikhala ezintsha zokudala , iqondisa kabusha kwesinye isikhathi ukwesaba (ukukhukhuleka kwemvelo kusuka kumnandi), kumlando oqanjiwe noma ku-a ubulili obumnyama okume kuyo sengathi bekukhona ingunaphakade.

Ngakho-ke njengamanje umuntu akakwazi ukwamukela ukulinda iDan Simmons entsha, ngoba awusoze wazi izinkomba ezizothathwa yiziqephu zakhe. Futhi impela, ngaphandle kokuphoxeka kwabalandeli okunamathiselwe kumatimu ayingqayizivele, ukuhlukahluka njalo kuyinto okufanele yaziswe.

Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu amathathu nguDan Simmons

Hyperion

Bengilokhu ngihlaba umxhwele ukukhululeka kokwenza imihlaba emisha egcwele yonke indawo njengoba ifinyeleleka kithina bafundi. Ibhalansi ezuzwe ababhali like I-Pratchet, Tolkien noma manje amaSimoni.

Ababhali balolu hlobo lwenhlanganisela phakathi kwezinganekwane zesayensi eziqanjiwe nefantasy, ngokuqagela okuhlala kuvela ezweni lethu, bagcina ngokuhudula izigidi zabalandeli abahlala kulomhlaba omusha. Kuyamangalisa nje.

Emhlabeni obizwa ngokuthi yiHyperion, ngale kweWeb of Man's Hegemony, kulindwe iShrike, isidalwa esimangazayo nesesabekayo esihlonishwa njengeNkosi Yezinhlungu ngamalungu eBandla Lokubuyisana Lokugcina.

Ngobusuku obandulela i-Armagedoni kanye nangemuva kwempi engaba khona phakathi kwe-Hegemony, i-Exter swarms kanye ne-artificial intelligence ye-TechnoCore, abahambi abayisikhombisa bathutheleka eHyperion bayovusa isiko lasendulo lenkolo.

Bonke baphethe amathemba angenakwenzeka futhi, futhi, banezimfihlo ezimbi. Idiplomate, umpristi wamaKhatholika, isosha, imbongi, uthisha, umphenyi kanye nomatilosi bawela izinhloso zabo ohambweni lwabo lokuyofuna iShrike ngenkathi besesha Amathuna Esikhathi, izakhiwo ezinhle nezingenakuqondakala eziyimfihlo ikusasa.

Okuthusayo

Maphakathi nekhulu le-XNUMX, izilwandle nezilwandle zeplanethi zisalondoloze i-aura yakudala yemfihlakalo nokulinganisa okuhle kwabo bonke labo abazama ukuzihambela nganoma iyiphi injongo. Ngaphandle kwemidwebo ye-oceanographic esivele ichaze umhlaba nezilwandle, izinganekwane ezindala kanye nezindlela zokuxhumana ezilinganiselwe nezindlela zokuhamba, ziguqule noma yiluphi uhambo lwaba yinto yokuzijabulisa.

Le noveli isuselwe kulokho okwenzeka ohambweni lwezikebhe ze-Erebus and Terror ezasuka eLondon ngoMeyi 18, 1945 nokuthi ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zokuzulazula, lapho bengena e-Arctic, kwaholela ekufeni kwabasebenzi abangu-135. Amaqiniso ezinhloso ezidabukisayo atholakala esikhathini esithile kamuva, kodwa okwenzeka ekuphileni kwansuku zonke kwenhlekelele kuzohlala kuyiqhwa lemimoya eshaqisayo.

Futhi lokho, umlando ongaziwa kakhulu wenhlekelele, kubhekwane nawo nguDan Simmons, okuthi, ngomcabango wakhe omuhle asinikeze intokozo evela emibonweni eyisisekelo yokuphila, enongwe ngokuqiniseka okuphambene kokuthi enye into ibingayinakekela kuwo wonke umuntu lawo madoda afile ngaphezu kwama-degree angamashumi amabili ngaphansi kuka-zero.

Ithemba yinto yokugcina elahlekelwa yibhubesi lolwandle noma umuntu othanda ingozi. UDan Simons usethula emadodeni athile azimisele ngokuya phambili naphezu kwenhlekelele. Kuphela, njengoba amalungiselelo enyamalala futhi amakhaza eqhubeka nokushuba enyameni nasemoyeni, udlame luthinta imiphefumulo yawo wonke lawo madoda.

Igunya lomyalo liyancipha futhi ubuzimu bubonakala buwukuphela kwendlela ehlukile. Kodwa akuwona kuphela amadoda ngokwawo acabangela ukudla izisulu zohlobo lwazo, labo okwathi kuze kube muva nje babe ngabangane bokuzijabulisa befuna imizila emisha eya enyakatho-ntshonalanga yomhlaba. Kukhona okunye okubacupha njengethunzi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka eliphazamisayo, elihamba nomoya obandayo futhi ligcine lihlasele njengesilo esingabonakali.

Ihlobo elimnyama

Inoveli esivele ishicilelwe ekuqaleni kwawo-90 kodwa kuhlale kumnandi ukuphinde uyithole ezinhlelweni ezintsha ezithuthukisiwe. Inoveli ekhumbuza Stephen King lokho kwenza abalingiswa bakhe balahleka emadolobheni bahlanya njengokuthi "Ukuphelelwa ithemba."

Ehlobo lika-1960. Edolobheni elincane lase-Elm Haven, e-Illinois, izingane ezinhlanu ezineminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala zichitha izinsuku zazo ekushoneni kwelanga zigibele amabhayisikili, imidlalo kanye nokutholwa okujwayelekile kobuntwana obunokuthula endaweni epholile. Kodwa-ke, ngemva kokunyamalala kofunda nabo ekilasini, isifiso sabo sokuzilibazisa sizobaholela ekutholeni okuningi kunalokho abebekulindele: umhlaba ofanayo lapho okungokoqobo kanye nenganekwane kungahlukaniswa kalula.

Ukukhala okungalindelekile kwensimbi yaseYurophu eyinqaba phakathi nobusuku kuzophawula ukuphela kwezinsuku ezithule. Manje, kusukela ekujuleni kwe-Old Central School, ububi bucashile. Izehlakalo ezingajwayelekile nezishaqisayo ziqala ukuthatha impilo yansuku zonke, zibhebhethekisa ukwesaba kulo lonke idolobha: isosha elifile elibajahayo, izibungu ezinkulu ngaphansi komhlabathi, umzimba opopayi kaprofesa oshonile kanye nochungechunge lwamademoni avukile nokuthi Okwethu kuphela. abalingiswa abahlanu bazokwazi ukuphonsela inselelo, bazimisele ukuqeda amandla amnyama abusa ubusuku...