Uma usanda kukhuluma ngombhali waseChina U-Liu Cixin njengomunye wabamele abakhulu bamanje be- ubulili be isayensi yeqiniso enguqulweni yayo yangaphakathi kwamaplanethi, kwezobulungiswa nakho ukucaphuna John Scalzi, umbhali waseMelika okuthe kusukela ekuphazanyisweni kwakhe emuva ngonyaka ka 2006 ubuye wanaba ngemisebenzi eminingi ezungeze ubuntu ekunqobeni imihlaba emisha engale kwebhola lethu eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Phakathi kwezindlela zikaScalzi eziphakathi kwamaplanethi sihlala sithola ukuthi ukwelashwa kwefilosofi nezenhlalo yabantu kanye nentuthuko ekhomba ukunqotshwa okusha ezicini eziningi, kufaka phakathi ikoloni elizayo lamazwe amasha.
Inganekwane yesayensi evulela isayensi yezinkanyezi njengensimu ezobhekwa maphakathi nomcabango nokusola ukuthi kufanele kube nokuningi laphaya, ihlale idlula ukucabanga ngalokho esiyikho nokuthi senzani phakathi komkhathi omnyama lapho Umhlaba unyakazisa ngesifiso sethuba kanye nobungozi obungaziwa bendawo yonke.
Futhi akukho okungcono kunokuthola umbhali onjengoScalzi, okwazi ukwakha izindaba zokuhlangana phakathi kwempucuko noma izikhala zasemkhathini efuna okuthile futhi atholakale ekubhekeni kwesibindi njengokutholwa kwetilosi uColumbus lapho izilwandle zazingaziwa njengezilwandle ezimnyama. ngaphezu komngcele wendlela yobisi.
Amanoveli anconyiwe aphezulu amathathu nguJohn Scalzi
Ubuntu buhlukene phakathi
Into kaJohn Scalzi yizindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi, okuyiyona phela inganekwane sonke esinayo kusukela ebuntwaneni. Okufanayo ezimweni eziningi kusiholela ekufundeni ngakho konke okulayishwe umthamo omuhle wokucabanga kwesayensi.
Endabeni kaJohn, uchungechunge lwakhe oluthi “The Old Guard”, okungesikalo lesi sitolimende sesihlanu, ngokuqinisekile wayezozalwa enesikweletu kulowo mntwana owayekhona futhi owabona isibhakabhaka ngokulangazelela okukhungathekisayo ukufinyelela inkanyezi ethile.
Endabeni yale ncwadi ethi Mankind Divided, umbhali ubuyela enkingeni yokuhle nokubi, eguqukela enguqulweni yakhe yamakholoni angabantu uma kuqhathaniswa nenhlangano yabokufika.
Kushiwo kanje, ngesimo sayo esingahluziwe, kungase kuzwakale njengendaba yekusasa efiselekayo, futhi ngokwemibandela yokusetha kunjalo. Kodwa (futhi nakhu okuka-John Scalzi okukhulu kodwa), lo mbhali uyakwazi ukwenza yonke into ibe ngokwejwayelekile ukuze asenze sibambe iqhaza endabeni emnandi, itulo elijabulisa ngokwedlulele elingekho ngaphansi kwesilungiselelo esimangalisayo.
Ngamafuphi, isiphakamiso sokulandisa okuqanjiwe kwesayensi esingafundwa kahle ngumthandi wemfihlakalo noma uhlobo olujabulisayo. Kuphela, ngokuthembela kusethingi elingavamile lesikhathi esizayo, sithola ukunotha okuhle futhi okunikeza inqwaba yamathuba.
Umcabango, madoda, umcabango. Umhlaba wethu muhle njengesisekelo sokufunda okuhle, kodwa kungani ungadluliseli konke kukusasa lokucabanga? Kungani ungajabuleli lokho okungaba? Uhambo lwangempela lweminyaka elula ukusuka emhlabeni wethu ngaphandle kokushiya usofa noma isihlalo sesitimela esihefuzelayo. Uhambo olujabulisayo olusiyisa endaweni ethule nemnyama kusuka endizeni eyodwa yekhasi ngalinye.
Amazwibela asemthethweni: U-Lieutenant Harry Wilson unomsebenzi ongenakwenzeka: ukusiza ukuvikela inyunyana yamakholoni abantu lapho kunesambulo esibi. Ukuzuza ukusinda kwe-Colonial Union kuzodinga bonke ubuqili nobuqili bezombusazwe abangabuthola. Ngokufana, uHarry nabafana bakhe bazokwakha i- "B Team" ephethe ukubhekana nokungalindelekile ...
Amahembe abomvu
Njengebanga eliphakathi kwezempi, u-Andrew Dahl ubona isabelo sakhe esisha emkhunjini ongesibindi njengokucatshangelwa kokusebenza ngaphansi komyalo wamasosha e-Universal Union. Yikhulu lama-XNUMX leminyaka kanti ukufunwa kwamaplanethi amasha okuzofakwa kuwo zonke izinhlobo zokubhekisisa kuyaqhubeka nokuba seqhulwini.
Abangenasibindi bafinyelela kalula amaplanethi amasha lapho abafokazi bengakwamukeli njalo ukufika kwawo. Ngamahlaya abalulekile (inhlanganisela ephakamisa impela), futhi ngethemba lokuthi umkhumbi unqamula indawo yonke ngohlelo olungakaze ludalulwe kuDahl uqobo, ophethe isigaba somkhumbi xenobiology, imfihlo yohambo ivula imibono emisha mayelana isisekelo semishini.
Izingxabano nokufa kwamanye amalungu abasebenzi abasezingeni eliphansi kushiya u-Andrew engaqinisekile, aze akwazi ukuxhuma amachashazi azoveza ukuphela kwangempela kohambo.
Unogada omdala
Mhlawumbe umsebenzi owaziwa kakhulu wombhali. Yize kimi ngezansi kwalabo abakhonjiswe ngenhla. Ukuba inoveli yakhe yesibili neyokuqala ochungechungeni, kwabonakala kimi ukuthi wahlushwa intombazanyana ethile, futhi ngandlela thile kubonakala sengathi ukukopela kwabakwaTroopers, URobert A. Heinlein, inkosi enkulu yohlobo.
Kepha, noma kunjalo, kufanele sikuqonde ukucabanga kabusha kwasekuqaleni. Ngoba i-Old Guard empeleni ingukukhetha kwabantu basendulo abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengama-75 ubudala abalungiselela ukuqamba Umbutho Wezokuvikela ozozama ukuvikela izintshisekelo zesintu emkhathini, umqondo oheha izinkulungwane zabantu asebekhulile abazimisele ukuqeda izinsuku zabo. lokho kuhle.
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi phezulu lapho asebekhulile bangaziphatha njengabantu abasha abayizidlakela, yonke into ishintsha umbono. Ngephuzu lokuvikeleka ngokocansi kuyo yonke iminyaka, le noveli enama-comic overtones ngezinye izikhathi, iyakhanga futhi ingakhonsathi ezingeni elifanayo, njalo ingaphakathi kwesimo sezinkanyezi lapho u-Scalzi ayehlale eyingcweti.
Ukuphawula oku-1 kokuthi "Izincwadi ezi-3 ezihamba phambili zikaJohn Scalzi okhuthazayo"