Sahamba ibanga elide ukuze senze umsebenzi wokuzihlola owenziwe e-Olga Ravn. Okudidayo okungacatshangwa yinganekwane yesayensi kuphela namathuba okudlula okulandisayo. Kusukela ekuhlukaneni komkhumbi-mkhathi, owahamba endaweni yonke ngaphansi kwe-symphony ebandayo ezalwa ukuqhuma okukhulu ngokwako, sihlangana nabalingiswa abagcina beyithi, njengabantu, ngaphandle kokugxila.
Ishintsha kakhulu umbono. Kodwa isimo, ngokuxakile, siyafana. Izakhamuzi ze-cosmos kunezwe. Ingxenye encane yalolo thuli yayilenga ize. Ithuba noma ukumiselwa kusengaphambili. Ukutholwa kokuthile okungaphezu kwalokho noma isiqiniseko sokugcina sokuthi asilutho...
Umsebenzi wokuhlola imihlaba emisha ubonakala usondeza ukuhlukahluka kwabalingiswa abayinhloko kule ndaba eduze nokungabaza okujulile mayelana nemvelo yomuntu. Akukho ukuphila kulawo maplanethi amanye, okwamanje. Kodwa ngalokho okusele, noma yini ingaba ubufakazi balokho okuseduze, ngaphezu kokuba ifa lalokho okukude kakhulu...
Umkhumbi oyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha ubulokhu uzungeza iplanethi ye-Recent Discovery izinyanga. Eqenjini lakhe kukhona abantu kanye nama-humanoids, abazalwa nabawenziwe. Njengomphumela wokuhlola esinye sezigodi zeplanethi, izisebenzi zethula izinto ezingavamile emkhunjini, futhi kwenzeka okuthile okuphazamisayo lapho zihlangana nazo: abantu baqala ukunqotshwa umuzwa wokulahlekelwa nokulangazelela ngalokho abakushiya ngemuva. Emhlabeni, kuyilapho ama-humanoid ehlakulela ukulangazelela okungeyikho.
Omunye nomunye, abantu kanye ne-humanoid, abazalwa futhi bakhiqizwa, baqala ukubuza imibuzo mayelana nomsebenzi, mayelana nokuhleleka okumisiwe kanye nabo ngokwabo. Bonke babizwe ikhomishini ukuthi bazofakaza ngokwenzeka emkhunjini. Yakheke kanje inoveli: ukulandelana kwezitatimende ngezigameko ezixakile ezenzekayo kanye nokushintsha umgomo. Futhi wonke umuntu, abasebenzi kanye nekhomishini, bazogcina bephoqelekile ukuthi benze izinqumo ezinqala...
Mhlawumbe ngama-echoes kaSolaris, le noveli, njengaleyo ye-maestro UStanisław Lem, idlulela ngalé kwenganekwane yesayensi emsulwa. Kuwukubonakaliswa kohlelo lomsebenzi, ukuxhashazwa kwabasebenzi, ukulawula, ubudlelwano bomphakathi kanye nezindima zocansi. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke kuwuphenyo lokuthi yini eyenza sibe ngumuntu ngokomzwelo nangokwe-ontologically.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The Employees", ka-Olga Ravn, lapha:
