Zimbalwa izikhathi lapho ikusasa libhalwe njengekusasa elihle lapho ukubuyela epharadesi noma ezweni lesithembiso kulindelwe ngephunga lombukiso wokugcina wokunqoba kwempucuko yethu. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ukulahlwa ukuzulazula kulesi sigodi sezinyembezi kuhlale kuthela izithelo kuma-dystopias noma i-uchronies yokukhohlisa lapho ithemba lohlobo lwethu lukhona, ngokwemibandela yokunciphisa izibalo, elilingana no-0.
Le noveli entsha yensizwa, yize isivele ingumbhali ohlanganisiwe, nayo iyahamba kulo mugqa. UJuan Soto Ivars.
Amacala esikhathi esizayo, ngalokhu kukhumbula esihlokweni a Philip K. Dick, isitshela ngomhlaba onqenqemeni lwe-apocalyptic implosion yayo. Enye yezinto ezithakazelisa kakhulu ukuhlangana okubonakalayo nokuziphendukela kwamanje komhlaba womhlaba (ikakhulukazi ngokwezimakethe) kanye nokuxhuma okuxhumene. Ukucabanga ngekusasa sisuka esikhathini sethu samanje kusiza leyo nhloso yokuhlolisisa izinkinga ezinkulu nezinselelo ezisondela kithi.
Kepha noma yimuphi umlando ngesikhathi esimisiwe ungahlala unikela ngemibono emisha maphakathi nesayensi yamanga, ifilosofi, ezombusazwe kanye nomphakathi. Okungenani leso sici esihambisanayo yilokho engikuthanda kakhulu ngalolu hlobo lwesakhiwo.
Esikhathini esizayo esihlobene nathi kule ndaba, inkululeko eyazalwa ngekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalombili isivele ikuthole ukugcwala kwayo. Yibhizinisi kuphela "elilawulayo" futhi lisetha amazinga wezwe anikezwe ukunikezwa okuhlanganiswe kuzo zonke izenzo zalo ngaphansi kwesambulela salelo Bhizinisi.
Isithombe asibukeki sithopha kakhulu. Izwe elisha eligcwele iziqubulo ezakha iqiniso langemva kweqiniso phakathi kosizi lwezomnotho, ezenhlalo, ezepolitiki kanye nokuziphatha. I-post-iqiniso kuphela engasenandawo ekukhanyeni kobukhona obonakalisayo.
Ithemba, ngokwazi ukuthi lingalulama kanjani, lihlala liphansi kwezinye izinhlamvu kule noveli. Njengabesifazane abathathu abasebenzisa indima edingekayo yokuhlubuka emlotheni wesintu ohlulwe yisilo sabo.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Amacala esikhathi esizayo, incwadi entsha kaJuan Soto Ivars, lapha: