Izincwadi ezi-3 eziphezulu zikaKim Stanley Robinson

ISayensi Fiction (yebo, enonhlamvukazi abakhulu) uhlobo oluhlotshaniswa nabantu abavamile abanohlobo oluthile lwenganekwane engabizi ngaphezu kokuzijabulisa nje. Ngesibonelo sombhali kuphela engisiletha lapha namuhla, UKim Stanley Robinson, bekuyokwanela ukucekela phansi yonke leyo mibono engacacile mayelana nalolu hlobo lwezincwadi njengohlobo lwe-fanzine yezihlakaniphi ezidlulelwe yisikhathi noma izingane ezicabangayo njengoba ziyihaba.

Ngoba uMnu.Stanley wenza iziqu zobudokotela eziphelele ezincwadini, ezivela emanyuvesi ahlukahlukene aseMelika, owagcina ekhethe ukubhala iCiFi ukuze ibe nesimo esikahle sokulahla inqwaba yezinkinga ezisezingeni lomhlaba ezifana nemvelo etholakala kwezepolitiki kanye nobumnyama benkululeko yezomnotho njengesibonelo esiphelele sedystopia ebi kakhulu elindelwe ngamanye ama-greFi we-CiFi ayandulele njenge HG Imithombo, George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury nabanye abaningi ukubikezela kwabo kuvela ngezikhathi ezithile ngesisindo se-macabre sokuqiniseka ...

UStanley Robinson utshale ngaphezu kwakho konke uhlobo olunzima, lowo osuka emhlabeni wethu (noma okungenani kusukela esikhathini sethu), ukuzama ukuthola izixazululo, yize okwamanje bebheka umcabango othela izithelo, ekunciphiseni izinsizakusebenza noma ukuqwashisa okungenani ngalokho qeda eduze noma ngaphansi kokulingana okungazinzile komhlaba wethu.

Uyemukelwa enqabeni yokugcina enkulu yezindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi, bopha amabhande akho esihlalo futhi ulungele ukusuka.

Izincwadi Ezinconyelwe ezi-3 eziphezulu nguKim Stanley Robinson

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Ikusasa, leso sibuko esiqala ukukhombisa inhlekelele, i-apocalypse noma isiphetho, noma yini esifuna ukuyibiza ngayo. UStanley Robinson uhambela ikusasa futhi uyalithokozisa, aletha njengethemba lokho isayensi engakuthola.

Umhlaba yikho okusala kulokho esasiyikho, awuzinikeli ngokwawo. Futhi nakuba izinhlobo zethu zezilwane zingase zingalifanelekeli ipharadesi elinikezwa nguNkulunkulu, imvelo yokusinda nokuphikelela kokholo oluyimpumputhe kunikeza ososayensi amandla okufuna izindawo ezintsha ezingalé kwelanga lethu.

Sisekhulwini lama-XXIV. Isayensi kanye nobuchwepheshe babelana ngokufanelekile kokuqagela kwethu okungenzeka ezindaweni ezintsha lapho sikhona. Kepha onyakeni olindelwe esihlokweni, ku-2312 oyinhlekelele kubonakala sengathi ukuziqhenya komuntu kuyabonakala esikhathini esiyinhlekelele lapho i-cosmos yakhela uzungu lwethu phambili kwezinkanyezi.

ENew York, 2140

Emakhulwini ambalwa eminyaka ngaphambi kwenoveli yangaphambilini, yize bezimele ngokuphelele kulena ... Ngokwezifundo zesayensi ezithi, ngokuya ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, zibikezela ukwenyuka okukhulu kwezinga lolwandle, indawo yaseNew York futhi ikakhulukazi isiqhingi sayo iManhattan, baba indawo enobungozi iminyaka engemingaki ezayo.

Kule ncwadi, imiphumela yezifundo zamanje iguqula iNew York ibe yiVenice evezwe ubunzima belwandle okuwukuphela kobunjiniyela nokuziqhenya okulwela ukuligcina njengedolobha elikhulu lokuhlalwa.

Ebhekene nalesi siphakamiso, ubuqili besiphakamiso sokulandisa buthola ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile. Ingabe kumayelana nokusinikeza inoveli noma ukuveza okuza ngapha nangapha endaweni enophawu eNtshonalanga njengeNew York?

Indlela yokuphila yaseNew York ibonakala ngokuguquguquka kwayo, ikhono layo lokusetha izitayela emhlabeni wonke kanye nemvelo yayo esezingeni eliphezulu. Idolobha lamaphupho aseMelika kanye nebhizinisi lomhlaba wonke. Uphawu lwekhono lomuntu lokuqoqa umhlaba.

Kuphela ..., imvelo ephoqelelwe ukuthi ibe nekusasa elimakwe ukungenelela kwethu iyoba nokuningi engakusho ngenhloso yethu yokunqoba amandla ethu okuguqula. Ubuwazi ukuthi uma siqhathanisa umlando weplanethi yomhlaba nonyaka wekhalenda, ukudlula kwempucuko yethu kuthatha imizuzu embalwa yosuku lokugcina? Singacabanga ukuthi iplanethi ngumhlaba wethu, ukuthi konke kwenzelwa umsebenzi wethu.

Kepha iqiniso ukuthi siyinhlobo nje yesinyathelo. Futhi nokuthi nathi ngokwethu singadala ukuqothulwa kwethu okulindelekile. Abalingiswa abahlukile basethulela impilo yabo yansuku zonke kusuka kulokho okwake kwaba yizakhiwo eziyizifanekiselo eNew York.

I-mosaic kusukela ngalowo nyaka u-2140 lapho singabona khona umuntu ejwayele inhlekelele, evusa izinkumbulo zokhokho zedolobha lapho imifula nomhlaba behlukaniswa khona ngokuphelele, hhayi njengakusasa lapho konke kungamanzi, ukunqotshwa kwamagagasi amasha angenamkhawulo ukuvelela kanye nombono wethu ongenalutho ngalelo kusasa.

Izikhathi zelayisi nezosawoti

Ilayisi nosawoti, ukudla kwase-oda lokuqala kanye nezakhi eziyisisekelo zokuthuthuka komlando wempucuko yethu ngaphambi kokuthengwa okukhohlisayo nokwakhiwa komhlaba.

Kwasikhathi sinye, umbhali ubuyela emuva kokwedlule, ngalezo zinsuku lapho umuntu esahlala endaweni eyayingadwetshwanga ngokuphelele, nezinganekwane nezinkolelo zakhe ... Isifo se-bubonic sesivele singumcimbi omkhulu eYurophu ka-1349.

Inani labantu liyancipha ngezigidi, kuze kube yilapho ingxenye yemiphefumulo yalo lonke izwekazi iqothulwa. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho umbhali ehlongoza i-uchrony yokugqashula ukubusa kwabaseNtshonalanga futhi anikele umhlaba eqenjini elisha elinamandla phakathi kwamaSulumane namaShayina.

Umhlaba uguquka unomphela, ukuziphendukela kwezenhlalo nezepolitiki kuthatha indlela entsha ekhangayo echazwa ngumlobi ngentshisekelo nentelezi yomtholi wezwe elisha.