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袚芯谢械屑懈褟褌 锌芯谢褋泻懈 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌, 褏褍屑邪薪懈褋褌 懈 屑芯褉邪谢懈褋褌 小褌邪薪懈褋谢邪胁 袥械屑 褏褍写芯卸械褋褌胁械薪芯 褉邪蟹褉邪斜芯褌胁邪 褎懈谢芯褋芯褎褋泻芯-械褌懈褔薪懈褌械 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈 薪邪 袗泄薪褖邪泄薪芯胁懈褟 鈥炐啃把€邪写芯泻褋 薪邪 斜谢懈蟹薪邪褑懈褌械鈥�. 袥械屑 褉邪褌褍胁邪 蟹邪 芯褋褗褖械褋褌胁褟胁邪薪械 薪邪 胁械谢懈泻芯褌芯 写褍褏芯胁薪芯 薪邪褔邪谢芯, 薪邪 薪邪褕懈褌械 懈写械邪谢懈 胁 斜褗写械褖芯褌芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯. 鈥炐椥靶惭€褗褖邪薪械 芯褌 蟹胁械蟹写懈褌械鈥� 械 褉芯屑邪薪-锌褉械写褍锌褉械卸写械薪懈械 褋褉械褖褍 泻芯薪褋褍屑邪褌懈胁薪懈褌械 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈 蟹邪 斜褗写械褖械褌芯.
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Stanis艂aw Lem
449听books4,310听followersStanis艂aw Lem (sta藞刹iswaf l蓻m) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is perhaps best known as the author of Solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world.
His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of his works are difficult and multiple translated versions of his works exist.
Lem became truly productive after 1956, when the de-Stalinization period led to the "Polish October", when Poland experienced an increase in freedom of speech. Between 1956 and 1968, Lem authored 17 books. His works were widely translated abroad (although mostly in the Eastern Bloc countries). In 1957 he published his first non-fiction, philosophical book, Dialogi (Dialogues), one of his two most famous philosophical texts along with Summa Technologiae (1964). The Summa is notable for being a unique analysis of prospective social, cybernetic, and biological advances. In this work, Lem discusses philosophical implications of technologies that were completely in the realm of science fiction then, but are gaining importance today鈥攍ike, for instance, virtual reality and nanotechnology. Over the next few decades, he published many books, both science fiction and philosophical/futurological, although from the 1980s onwards he tended to concentrate on philosophical texts and essays.
He gained international fame for The Cyberiad, a series of humorous short stories from a mechanical universe ruled by robots, first published in English in 1974. His best-known novels include Solaris (1961), His Master's Voice (G艂os pana, 1968), and the late Fiasco (Fiasko, 1987), expressing most strongly his major theme of the futility of mankind's attempts to comprehend the truly alien. Solaris was made into a film in 1972 by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky and won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972; in 2002, Steven Soderbergh directed a Hollywood remake starring George Clooney.
He was the cousin of poet Marian Hemar.
His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of his works are difficult and multiple translated versions of his works exist.
Lem became truly productive after 1956, when the de-Stalinization period led to the "Polish October", when Poland experienced an increase in freedom of speech. Between 1956 and 1968, Lem authored 17 books. His works were widely translated abroad (although mostly in the Eastern Bloc countries). In 1957 he published his first non-fiction, philosophical book, Dialogi (Dialogues), one of his two most famous philosophical texts along with Summa Technologiae (1964). The Summa is notable for being a unique analysis of prospective social, cybernetic, and biological advances. In this work, Lem discusses philosophical implications of technologies that were completely in the realm of science fiction then, but are gaining importance today鈥攍ike, for instance, virtual reality and nanotechnology. Over the next few decades, he published many books, both science fiction and philosophical/futurological, although from the 1980s onwards he tended to concentrate on philosophical texts and essays.
He gained international fame for The Cyberiad, a series of humorous short stories from a mechanical universe ruled by robots, first published in English in 1974. His best-known novels include Solaris (1961), His Master's Voice (G艂os pana, 1968), and the late Fiasco (Fiasko, 1987), expressing most strongly his major theme of the futility of mankind's attempts to comprehend the truly alien. Solaris was made into a film in 1972 by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky and won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972; in 2002, Steven Soderbergh directed a Hollywood remake starring George Clooney.
He was the cousin of poet Marian Hemar.
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October 14, 2021
The middle of the last century was the time of dystopias 鈥� every thoughtful science fiction author wished to present one鈥檚 own version of the bleak future. Return from the Stars is a mutiny against the total conformity and insipid living in the completely inert and uniform society.
Even in the kingdom of the intentionally blind there should be the one courageous enough to open one鈥檚 eyes.
Beneath a dome supported by cracked, crumbling columns stood a woman, as though she had been waiting for me. I saw her face now, the flow of sparks in the diamond disks that hid her ears, the white 鈥� in the shadow, silvery 鈥� dress. This was not possible. A dream? I was still a few dozen paces from her when she began to sing. Among the unseen trees her voice was weak, childlike almost, I could not make out the words, perhaps there were no words.
Even in the kingdom of the intentionally blind there should be the one courageous enough to open one鈥檚 eyes.
October 7, 2021
Cosmic PTSD
It was called Soldier鈥檚 Heart in the American Civil War. Shell shock was a condition of the First World War. Battle fatigue of the Second. But the condition we know as PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, was unknown in previous conflicts and emerged from the American War in Vietnam. Each is a distinct syndrome befitting the circumstances of the time, including the prevailing technology. And I think there鈥檚 a good case to be made that the literature of each period created the ability to differentiate each development. Specifically I think Lem invented PTSD; and Return From the Stars is his diagnostic guide to the condition.*
PTSD is of course stress-related and occurs primarily through the experience of extended periods of life-threatening activities, particularly but not exclusively warfare. PTSD has several distinctive symptoms which differentiate the condition from other sorts of combat-induced stress. It need not involve physical injury or acute deprivation, for example. Individuals may be materially well cared for yet suffer intensely through the loss of comrades and the profound psychic dislocation or acting in an alien environment. It is also not typically a condition of the battlefield itself but one which manifests primarily after the time of peril has passed and upon reflection on experience.
But perhaps most significantly, PTSD depends crucially on the cultural context in which the survivor of danger finds him or herself. Having lived through an alien and alienating experience - the Americans in Vietnam, the British in Iraq, Russians in Afghanistan, Portuguese in Angola, the French in Algeria - individuals who return to an environment which is both different from their memories and hostile to their experience appear far more likely to show relevant symptoms. Because there are fewer individuals affected than in 鈥榳orld鈥� conflicts, and the personal risk of expressing the impact of their experiences in a culture which does not respect much less value those experiences, the psychic strain is of a unique variety.
Lem鈥檚 protagonist, Bregg, doesn鈥檛 return to Earth from war. Nevertheless he has spent 10 years under enormous physical and psychological pressure as a pilot on a mission to a distant star system. He has lost two of his four colleagues during the mission, and has returned to Earth a psychic burn-out, questioning both his youthful motivations and his continued career.
The Earth to which he has returned is unrecognizable as the one he left. His ten years away are equivalent to more than twelve times that for those who have not been traveling near light-speed. Nothing is how he had left it - technology, architecture, economics, food, the rituals and mores of everyday life, including sex, are entirely foreign. Moreover his mission, his sacrifice, has become d茅class茅 in contemporary society. Even his musculature and stature represent a now repugnant historical epoch of high testosterone violence and machismo. He is, in short, a freak.
It is as if Lem has been able to anticipate (in 1961) the forthcoming mental effects of European and American military campaigns in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Bregg shows all the major symptoms of PTSD: depression, confusion, disorientation, alienation from both himself and his surroundings, an inability to express either the trauma of his experiences or the equal trauma of his return to 鈥榥ormal鈥� life. Yet the condition was not officially recognized by the medical establishment until the 1980鈥檚.
It is possible and quite reasonable to read Return From the Stars as a prescient prediction of future technology - from Kindle to sophisticated robotics and driverless cars. But I think a solely technological emphasis shortchanges Lem鈥檚 literary as well as observational talent. His recognition of the kind of stress induced by technological development is extremely nuanced. Technology - of war, of travel, of perception - increases the 鈥榩enetration鈥� of humanity into hostile and inhuman environments. Because these environments are increasingly 鈥榓lien鈥�, they are more acutely stressful and also more stressful to return from.
In using the device of 鈥榬ational鈥� time-travel, Lem has created a narrative decades in advance of medical or sociological science for the sort of psychological effect of technology on human life. Much more than a techno-nerd therefore.
*Lem鈥檚 book was published in 1961. Arthur C. Clarke had published his Childhood鈥檚 End in 1952. Containing many of the same sci-fi tropes as the later book, particularly the return of a space-traveler to his now lost civilisation because of the effects of relativity, Lem鈥檚 emphasis is far more than Clarke鈥檚 on the psychic consequences of the technology.
It was called Soldier鈥檚 Heart in the American Civil War. Shell shock was a condition of the First World War. Battle fatigue of the Second. But the condition we know as PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, was unknown in previous conflicts and emerged from the American War in Vietnam. Each is a distinct syndrome befitting the circumstances of the time, including the prevailing technology. And I think there鈥檚 a good case to be made that the literature of each period created the ability to differentiate each development. Specifically I think Lem invented PTSD; and Return From the Stars is his diagnostic guide to the condition.*
PTSD is of course stress-related and occurs primarily through the experience of extended periods of life-threatening activities, particularly but not exclusively warfare. PTSD has several distinctive symptoms which differentiate the condition from other sorts of combat-induced stress. It need not involve physical injury or acute deprivation, for example. Individuals may be materially well cared for yet suffer intensely through the loss of comrades and the profound psychic dislocation or acting in an alien environment. It is also not typically a condition of the battlefield itself but one which manifests primarily after the time of peril has passed and upon reflection on experience.
But perhaps most significantly, PTSD depends crucially on the cultural context in which the survivor of danger finds him or herself. Having lived through an alien and alienating experience - the Americans in Vietnam, the British in Iraq, Russians in Afghanistan, Portuguese in Angola, the French in Algeria - individuals who return to an environment which is both different from their memories and hostile to their experience appear far more likely to show relevant symptoms. Because there are fewer individuals affected than in 鈥榳orld鈥� conflicts, and the personal risk of expressing the impact of their experiences in a culture which does not respect much less value those experiences, the psychic strain is of a unique variety.
Lem鈥檚 protagonist, Bregg, doesn鈥檛 return to Earth from war. Nevertheless he has spent 10 years under enormous physical and psychological pressure as a pilot on a mission to a distant star system. He has lost two of his four colleagues during the mission, and has returned to Earth a psychic burn-out, questioning both his youthful motivations and his continued career.
The Earth to which he has returned is unrecognizable as the one he left. His ten years away are equivalent to more than twelve times that for those who have not been traveling near light-speed. Nothing is how he had left it - technology, architecture, economics, food, the rituals and mores of everyday life, including sex, are entirely foreign. Moreover his mission, his sacrifice, has become d茅class茅 in contemporary society. Even his musculature and stature represent a now repugnant historical epoch of high testosterone violence and machismo. He is, in short, a freak.
It is as if Lem has been able to anticipate (in 1961) the forthcoming mental effects of European and American military campaigns in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Bregg shows all the major symptoms of PTSD: depression, confusion, disorientation, alienation from both himself and his surroundings, an inability to express either the trauma of his experiences or the equal trauma of his return to 鈥榥ormal鈥� life. Yet the condition was not officially recognized by the medical establishment until the 1980鈥檚.
It is possible and quite reasonable to read Return From the Stars as a prescient prediction of future technology - from Kindle to sophisticated robotics and driverless cars. But I think a solely technological emphasis shortchanges Lem鈥檚 literary as well as observational talent. His recognition of the kind of stress induced by technological development is extremely nuanced. Technology - of war, of travel, of perception - increases the 鈥榩enetration鈥� of humanity into hostile and inhuman environments. Because these environments are increasingly 鈥榓lien鈥�, they are more acutely stressful and also more stressful to return from.
In using the device of 鈥榬ational鈥� time-travel, Lem has created a narrative decades in advance of medical or sociological science for the sort of psychological effect of technology on human life. Much more than a techno-nerd therefore.
*Lem鈥檚 book was published in 1961. Arthur C. Clarke had published his Childhood鈥檚 End in 1952. Containing many of the same sci-fi tropes as the later book, particularly the return of a space-traveler to his now lost civilisation because of the effects of relativity, Lem鈥檚 emphasis is far more than Clarke鈥檚 on the psychic consequences of the technology.
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September 7, 2020
Holy cyberspace, robotics and zero-gravity! Stanislaw Lem took me completely by surprise with his 1961 novel of American astronaut Hal Bregg鈥檚 returning to Earth 127 years into the future. I was expecting the acclaimed Polish author's time traveler to be another introverted nerd like Ijon Tichy. He鈥檚 anything but - exceptionally tall, rugged, muscular, athletic, Hal is an American adventurer along the lines of Indiana Jones. Likewise, I was anticipating the focus of the novel to revolve exclusively around futuristic science, technology and culture. Return From the Stars is all that but something more - a tale of passion, intrigue and, most unexpectedly, a love story.
We follow Hal as he recounts dozens of his intriguing encounters and discoveries 鈥� to list several: airplane seats expanding into egg-shaped cocoons as a way of providing the ultimate in privacy (to my mind, a splendid invention), a woman wearing a dress with large peacock eyes that blink, an airport terminal smelling like a thousand scented soaps, a white cake that instantly foams, turns brown and hardens and has the taste of a freshly baked roll, conversations with a physician and a mathematician recounting the advances made in their respective fields in the last one hundred years. So much to report I'm forced to pick and chose. Below are highlights from Explorer Bregg's astonishing odyssey I judge among the most provocative:
BETRIZATION
No doubt about it, the procedure known as betrization is the most important change in this future world, a procedure all children are obliged to undergo. Betrization permanently alters human nature, neutralizing all traces of aggression, nastiness, mean-spiritedness and the need to dominate along with engendering an aversion to risk taking. Predictably, with such a profound transformation, the men and women, society and culture Hal encounters bear little resemblance to life back in the 20th century. Thus when all those denizens Hal meets realize he has not been betrizied, they recoil, viewing him as wild, barbaric, barely a notch above Neanderthal. Betrization is the major philosophic issue for Hal and, indirectly, for Stanislaw Lem.
BLACK BOXES
Stunning scientific breakthrough: gravity is neutralized to eliminate risk and danger. Hal sees black boxes all over the place, in elevators and in sleek, black automobiles (gleeders) that look like pencils sharpened at both ends. So when there is high speed collision, the black boxes completely absorb the impact and passengers walk away without a scratch. Bye bye to all those highway fatalities. Now that鈥檚 an improvement!
WORK
Men and women no longer perform drudge work; all is done by robots that are beautifully styled, semitransparent and have long, delicate arms. Hal tells us: 鈥淚 had noticed that I had no difficulty conversing with robots, because absolutely nothing surprised them. They were incapable of surprise. A very sensible quality.鈥� Furthermore, a physician informs our time traveling adventurer that material factors have ceased to exist - people are freed up to live harmonious, tranquil lives of leisure. The doctor admits society has softened in the last one hundred years. Reading this passage I was reminded of 19th century German philosopher G. F. W. Hegel projecting how at some future point in history the continual thesis-antithesis tug-of-war will evaporate and level out into a final synthesis.
ARCHITECTURE
Many city buildings are a single immensity, a mountain of glassy rock. The more Hal sees, the more he comprehends future architects frequently use nature 鈥� mountains, rivers, valleys 鈥� as the model for their own creations. 鈥淭hey must have understood that in going beyond certain limits they had to abandon symmetry and regularity of form, and learn from what was largest 鈥� intelligent students of the planet.鈥�
ART
鈥淚n the center rose a column, high, transparent as glass; something danced in it, purple, brown and violet shapes, unlike anything I knew, like abstract sculptures come to life, but very amusing. First one color then another swelled, became concentrated, took shape in a highly comical way; this melee of forms, although devoid of faces, heads, arms, legs was very human in character. I鈥檝e never seen anything like it.鈥� Everywhere in the city, Hal is surrounded by a dazzling array of lights, colors and shapes. Very appealing to the eye 鈥� it appears these future city dwellers have a refined and highly developed aesthetic sense. Beauty is everywhere. "The entire city took on the appearance of a gigantic art exhibit.鈥�
FILM AND THEATER
Movies are three dimensional, vivid holographs, and even more impressive, entirely interactive. 鈥淭he viewer himself, by his own choice, determined whether he would see a close-up or the whole picture.鈥� Also, Stanislaw Lem anticipates wide screen television. Hal is astonished at all the giant images and faces on flat TV screens the size of walls. Also, theme parks, a close cousin to theater, are holographic extravaganzas 鈥� for example, there鈥檚 white water rafting where the raft and the water are all swirls of light, created in a way where rafters can experience the thrill without the danger.
BOOKS
Hal is stunned there are no paper books in the bookstore. Stanislaw Lem anticipates the Kindle and audio books. Over the next days as he becomes familiar with the future world鈥檚 literature, Hal is upset with the lack of social criticism and the complete absence of anything resembling satire, which prompts the tall astronaut to muse: 鈥淭here is never good without evil.鈥� Hal can also see the entire cultural heritage has undergone a radical re-evaluation - sexuality, social mores, attitudes toward war 鈥� have little in common with the way people viewed such things in the 20th century.
FASHION
鈥淪uits, socks, sweaters, underwear, everything were sprayed on.鈥� In one respect, this future US world is a vast enhancement - men and women are trim, well-built and attractive. And youthful, thanks to a number of health cures for aging, things like a cream instantly removing wrinkles. Contact sports (hockey and football), bloody sports (boxing and rodeo) have disappeared; swimming, diving and hiking are the prevailing sports and modes of exercise.
LOVE
Hal meets lovely Eri and falls deeply in love. Meanwhile, the space mission offers Hal the opportunity for more time travel and adventure. Hal has a critical decision to make: stay with Eri in this betrization world or move on. What will Hal choose? Keep in mind Hal is now a strapping man of forty and has been on a space mission for ten years without women. Also, have a good long look at Eri and take a guess which way Hal with go.
BETRIZATION REDUX
Again, the major philosophic conundrum in this future world is betrization. Conjoined with this radical biological procedure, the prime subjects of education for all toddlers, school-age children and adolescence are the principles of tolerance, peaceful coexistence and respect for others of all races. Ancient history, epochs prior to betrization, including the 20th century, are portrayed as 鈥渢imes of animality and barbaric, uncontrolled procreation, of catastrophe both economic and military.鈥�
Judging from the number of 欧宝娱乐 reviews (less than 200), I think it is fair to say Return From the Stars is an overlooked classic. In my humble judgement this future world is one of great beauty and magnificence. However, I can detect many readers would take exactly the opposite view. I encourage you to read for yourself and formulate your own opinions.
One of the greatest writers of science fiction, Polish author Stanislaw Lem, 1921-2006
"We traveled a long time in silence. The buildings of the city center gave way to bizarre forms of suburban architecture - under small artificial suns, immersed in vegetation, lay structures with flowing lines, or inflated into odd pillows, or winged, so that the division between the interior of a home and its surroundings was lost; these where products of a phantasmagoria of tireless attempts to create without repeating old forms." -- Stanislaw Lem, Return From the Stars
October 6, 2018
A pretty haunting portrayal of a utopia which is really a dystopia, putting it in the same sphere as 鈥淏rave New World鈥�, written 30 years before. Hal Bregg is a space navigator who has just returned from a trip to a nearby star system. He has been through hell on his long, heroic mission to look for alien life and new knowledge of the universe, the dangers of which took the lives of several of his comrades. Because of relativity, his 10-year journey corresponds to some 127 years of Earth time. It feels ironic that his quest to find intelligent aliens succeeds in a strange way: the aliens he struggles to comprehend are the new humans occupying his home world.
At first Hal can鈥檛 help but admire how there is no war or violent crime in global society he is now a citizen of. Medical advances have garnered long, disease-free lives for humans . A plethora of robots take care of much of the drudgery of work. A conquering of gravity and inertia makes routine travel about the globe by very fast automated vehicles both free and safe. Hal seems to make friends among the intelligent, gregarious people he meets. But soon Hal begins to feel worthless and depressed over his inability to adapt to this society. First of all they have no interest in his journey, so the sacrifices of his crew go unrecognized. The people have been modified during development by a treatment called betrization, which abolishes aggressive behavior, but in the process many other aspects of human character have changed.
The latter discoveries come out from Hal鈥檚 attempt to forge a love relationship. The woman鈥檚 married status is not a barrier to their pairing in this society of labile relationships. However, Hal鈥檚 untreated potential for violence makes him a source of fear among any who learn of his status. He fears he appears to the new humans like a Neanderthal. The woman who submits to his lusts out of curiosity seems incapable of loving him with the same kind of feelings he nurtures. A ancient doctor with extra insight explains his situation all too well:
鈥淵ou fail to appreciate how many factors, once decisive in the erotic sphere, have vanished. 鈥onsider, for example, something you have become accustomed to, so accustomed that you no longer see the exceptional nature of the phenomenon: risk. It does not exist any more, Bregg. A man cannot impress a woman with heroics, reckless deeds, and yet literature, art, our whole culture for centuries was nourished by this current: love in the face of adversity. Orpheus went to Hades for Euridice. Othello killed for love. 鈥e eliminated the hell of passion, and then it turned out that in the same sweep, heaven, too, had ceased to be. Everything now is lukewarm, Bregg.鈥�
Thus, in many ways this story serves as a thought experiment and precautionary tale on the dangers of the power of future science to improve upon human nature. Many sci-fi fans will not be impressed with the low levels of dramatic action associated this rather philosophical narrative (the same is true of his most popular novel 鈥淪olaris鈥�). In my case, I kept asking myself, as a former brain scientist, how much of our capacity to love and create art and science advances would be changed if the developing neural circuits for aggression were somehow suppressed. As a story written in 1961, the communications network and role-playing dramas these humans spend so much of their time with is somewhat predictive of the Internet and its impact on society today. Lem in his non-fiction writing assumed the ambitions of a futurologist, but his limited ability to foresee where we are now is hardly a fault considering how that journey has been so novel and dramatic. The contrast of this tale鈥檚 seriousness contrasts with his satirical play in novels of other starfarers, 鈥淭ales of Pirx the Pilot鈥� and 鈥淭he Futurological Conference鈥� (featuring Ijon Tichy).
It is worth noting that the need to curb man鈥檚 warlike nature was reaching a peak at the time when this was written, when the Cold War was making its first steps toward the weaponization of space and the Cuban Missile Crisis the same year almost made it a hot war. How Lem鈥檚 writing this under Communist censorship in Poland might have influenced his presentation is not clear to me.
Two other books published in the following year, 1962, examined related ways for science to blunder in trying to conquer aggression in human nature. In Anthony Burgess鈥� 鈥淐lockwork Orange鈥�, the wilding youth in the leading role is subjected to shock conditioning linked to violent images, but Beethoven playing during the sessions messes up the outcome. In Ken Kesey鈥檚 鈥淥ne Flew Over the Cuckoo鈥檚 Nest鈥�, the violent and sarcastic resistance McMurtry shows on Nurse Rachett鈥檚 ward at a psych hospital and his inspiration toward revolt among the other patients is treated with ECT and, in the end, made a mental vegetable by lobotomy. In that sense, this book belongs on the same shelf with those stories as much as the one holding 鈥淏rave New World鈥�.
At first Hal can鈥檛 help but admire how there is no war or violent crime in global society he is now a citizen of. Medical advances have garnered long, disease-free lives for humans . A plethora of robots take care of much of the drudgery of work. A conquering of gravity and inertia makes routine travel about the globe by very fast automated vehicles both free and safe. Hal seems to make friends among the intelligent, gregarious people he meets. But soon Hal begins to feel worthless and depressed over his inability to adapt to this society. First of all they have no interest in his journey, so the sacrifices of his crew go unrecognized. The people have been modified during development by a treatment called betrization, which abolishes aggressive behavior, but in the process many other aspects of human character have changed.
The latter discoveries come out from Hal鈥檚 attempt to forge a love relationship. The woman鈥檚 married status is not a barrier to their pairing in this society of labile relationships. However, Hal鈥檚 untreated potential for violence makes him a source of fear among any who learn of his status. He fears he appears to the new humans like a Neanderthal. The woman who submits to his lusts out of curiosity seems incapable of loving him with the same kind of feelings he nurtures. A ancient doctor with extra insight explains his situation all too well:
鈥淵ou fail to appreciate how many factors, once decisive in the erotic sphere, have vanished. 鈥onsider, for example, something you have become accustomed to, so accustomed that you no longer see the exceptional nature of the phenomenon: risk. It does not exist any more, Bregg. A man cannot impress a woman with heroics, reckless deeds, and yet literature, art, our whole culture for centuries was nourished by this current: love in the face of adversity. Orpheus went to Hades for Euridice. Othello killed for love. 鈥e eliminated the hell of passion, and then it turned out that in the same sweep, heaven, too, had ceased to be. Everything now is lukewarm, Bregg.鈥�
Thus, in many ways this story serves as a thought experiment and precautionary tale on the dangers of the power of future science to improve upon human nature. Many sci-fi fans will not be impressed with the low levels of dramatic action associated this rather philosophical narrative (the same is true of his most popular novel 鈥淪olaris鈥�). In my case, I kept asking myself, as a former brain scientist, how much of our capacity to love and create art and science advances would be changed if the developing neural circuits for aggression were somehow suppressed. As a story written in 1961, the communications network and role-playing dramas these humans spend so much of their time with is somewhat predictive of the Internet and its impact on society today. Lem in his non-fiction writing assumed the ambitions of a futurologist, but his limited ability to foresee where we are now is hardly a fault considering how that journey has been so novel and dramatic. The contrast of this tale鈥檚 seriousness contrasts with his satirical play in novels of other starfarers, 鈥淭ales of Pirx the Pilot鈥� and 鈥淭he Futurological Conference鈥� (featuring Ijon Tichy).
It is worth noting that the need to curb man鈥檚 warlike nature was reaching a peak at the time when this was written, when the Cold War was making its first steps toward the weaponization of space and the Cuban Missile Crisis the same year almost made it a hot war. How Lem鈥檚 writing this under Communist censorship in Poland might have influenced his presentation is not clear to me.
Two other books published in the following year, 1962, examined related ways for science to blunder in trying to conquer aggression in human nature. In Anthony Burgess鈥� 鈥淐lockwork Orange鈥�, the wilding youth in the leading role is subjected to shock conditioning linked to violent images, but Beethoven playing during the sessions messes up the outcome. In Ken Kesey鈥檚 鈥淥ne Flew Over the Cuckoo鈥檚 Nest鈥�, the violent and sarcastic resistance McMurtry shows on Nurse Rachett鈥檚 ward at a psych hospital and his inspiration toward revolt among the other patients is treated with ECT and, in the end, made a mental vegetable by lobotomy. In that sense, this book belongs on the same shelf with those stories as much as the one holding 鈥淏rave New World鈥�.
January 28, 2025
袩芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 械 锌芯-写芯斜褉械 写邪 薪械 褋械 蟹邪胁褗褉薪械褕...
袧械 斜褟褏 褔械谢 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 小褌邪薪懈褋谢邪胁 袥械屑 懈 屑邪泄 褌芯胁邪 褋懈 械 褔懈褋褌 泻褗褋屑械褌, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 褌褟 械 写芯褋褌邪 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪邪 懈 懈蟹懈褋泻胁邪 锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪薪懈 褉邪蟹屑懈褋谢懈, 薪械褖芯 泻芯械褌芯 械写胁邪 谢懈 斜懈 屑懈 褋械 芯褌写邪谢芯 褋 谢械泻芯褌邪 锌褉械写懈 褌褉懈泄褋械褌懈薪邪 谐芯写懈薪懈.
袧邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 械 锌芯-褋泻芯褉芯 芯锌懈褋邪褌械谢薪芯 懈 锌芯写褉芯斜薪芯 写芯 写褉械斜薪邪胁芯褋褌 薪邪 写械褌邪泄谢邪. 袥械屑 蟹邪谢邪谐邪 薪邪 械写薪邪 胁懈蟹褍邪谢薪芯褋褌 薪械锌褉懈褋褗褖邪 蟹邪 褌芯蟹懈 胁懈写 懈蟹褋泻褍褋褌胁芯 - 胁褋械 锌邪泻 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褔械褌械屑, 薪懈械 褋邪屑懈 谐褉邪写懈屑 泻邪褉褌懈薪懈褌械, 谐械褉芯懈褌械 懈 褋胁械褌芯胁械褌械 褉邪蟹锌懈谢械薪懈 屑械卸写褍 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈褌械.
小褉械写邪褌邪 屑懈 写芯褌械谐薪邪, 薪械 褋褗屑 褋懈谐褍褉械薪 蟹邪褖芯 斜褟褏邪 薪褍卸薪懈 褌械蟹懈 泻褉懈胁懈 械屑芯褑懈懈 懈 褌芯蟹懈 "褉芯屑邪薪褋", 屑芯卸械 斜懈 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 械 胁褗芯斜褉邪卸邪械屑邪 泻芯褌胁邪 蟹邪 啸械谢, 薪邪褔懈薪 写邪 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁懈 褋 薪械锌芯褋懈谢薪芯褌芯?
袗 泻褉邪褟褌 械 褔褍写械褋械薪, 屑薪芯谐芯 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 懈 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻懈, 写芯褉懈 胁 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈械褌芯, 胁 写芯薪泻懈褏芯褌芯胁褖懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈 懈 褋 械写懈薪 懈蟹胁芯写 蟹邪 屑械薪 - 褋褌械褉懈谢薪芯褌芯 薪械 薪懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪, 懈薪邪褔械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 斜懈褏屑械 锌褉械褋褌邪薪邪谢懈 写邪 褋屑械 褏芯褉邪. 袧械锌褉械褎械泻褌薪懈, 褍卸邪褋薪懈, 薪械锌褉械写胁懈写懈屑懈 懈 胁褋械 锌邪泻 褍屑薪懈, 褋屑械谢懈 懈 褔褍写械褋薪懈!
袦芯褟褌邪 芯褑械薪泻邪 - 4,5*.
笑懈褌邪褌懈:
"袧懈械 褍薪懈褖芯卸懈褏屑械 邪写邪 薪邪 褋褌褉邪褋褌懈褌械, 薪芯 蟹邪械写薪芯 褋 褌芯胁邪 锌褉械褋褌邪薪邪 写邪 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪 懈 褉邪褟褌."
"效芯胁械泻 胁懈薪邪谐懈 褋械 胁褉褗褖邪 褋 锌褉邪蟹薪懈 褉褗褑械..."
袧械 斜褟褏 褔械谢 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 小褌邪薪懈褋谢邪胁 袥械屑 懈 屑邪泄 褌芯胁邪 褋懈 械 褔懈褋褌 泻褗褋屑械褌, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 褌褟 械 写芯褋褌邪 褋械褉懈芯蟹薪邪 懈 懈蟹懈褋泻胁邪 锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪薪懈 褉邪蟹屑懈褋谢懈, 薪械褖芯 泻芯械褌芯 械写胁邪 谢懈 斜懈 屑懈 褋械 芯褌写邪谢芯 褋 谢械泻芯褌邪 锌褉械写懈 褌褉懈泄褋械褌懈薪邪 谐芯写懈薪懈.
袧邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 械 锌芯-褋泻芯褉芯 芯锌懈褋邪褌械谢薪芯 懈 锌芯写褉芯斜薪芯 写芯 写褉械斜薪邪胁芯褋褌 薪邪 写械褌邪泄谢邪. 袥械屑 蟹邪谢邪谐邪 薪邪 械写薪邪 胁懈蟹褍邪谢薪芯褋褌 薪械锌褉懈褋褗褖邪 蟹邪 褌芯蟹懈 胁懈写 懈蟹褋泻褍褋褌胁芯 - 胁褋械 锌邪泻 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褔械褌械屑, 薪懈械 褋邪屑懈 谐褉邪写懈屑 泻邪褉褌懈薪懈褌械, 谐械褉芯懈褌械 懈 褋胁械褌芯胁械褌械 褉邪蟹锌懈谢械薪懈 屑械卸写褍 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈褌械.
小褉械写邪褌邪 屑懈 写芯褌械谐薪邪, 薪械 褋褗屑 褋懈谐褍褉械薪 蟹邪褖芯 斜褟褏邪 薪褍卸薪懈 褌械蟹懈 泻褉懈胁懈 械屑芯褑懈懈 懈 褌芯蟹懈 "褉芯屑邪薪褋", 屑芯卸械 斜懈 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 械 胁褗芯斜褉邪卸邪械屑邪 泻芯褌胁邪 蟹邪 啸械谢, 薪邪褔懈薪 写邪 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁懈 褋 薪械锌芯褋懈谢薪芯褌芯?
袗 泻褉邪褟褌 械 褔褍写械褋械薪, 屑薪芯谐芯 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 懈 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻懈, 写芯褉懈 胁 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈械褌芯, 胁 写芯薪泻懈褏芯褌芯胁褖懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈 懈 褋 械写懈薪 懈蟹胁芯写 蟹邪 屑械薪 - 褋褌械褉懈谢薪芯褌芯 薪械 薪懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪, 懈薪邪褔械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 斜懈褏屑械 锌褉械褋褌邪薪邪谢懈 写邪 褋屑械 褏芯褉邪. 袧械锌褉械褎械泻褌薪懈, 褍卸邪褋薪懈, 薪械锌褉械写胁懈写懈屑懈 懈 胁褋械 锌邪泻 褍屑薪懈, 褋屑械谢懈 懈 褔褍写械褋薪懈!
袦芯褟褌邪 芯褑械薪泻邪 - 4,5*.
笑懈褌邪褌懈:
"袧懈械 褍薪懈褖芯卸懈褏屑械 邪写邪 薪邪 褋褌褉邪褋褌懈褌械, 薪芯 蟹邪械写薪芯 褋 褌芯胁邪 锌褉械褋褌邪薪邪 写邪 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪 懈 褉邪褟褌."
"效芯胁械泻 胁懈薪邪谐懈 褋械 胁褉褗褖邪 褋 锌褉邪蟹薪懈 褉褗褑械..."
March 2, 2021
I'm surprised this novel is not better known or more praised. Return From the Stars in an amazing book. What particularly impressed me is how it felt like several novels within one novel. The protagonist of this novel is an astronaut who has returned to Earth from the Starts (meaning the space) after a period of more than a hundred years. Hal, a former astronaut, finds the Earth greatly changed. So, changed that Hal experiences severe cultural shock. Tennessee Williams said it best- Time is the greatest distance.
There are other members of the crew that have returned, but initially Hal is alone and only meets one of his former crew members after a period of time. He is facing the world alone at start. Described as two meters tall, Hal towers over the people he meets, but their differences do not stop there. Hal shocks everyone and his initial efforts of communication with other Earthlings are clumsy. To him they seem terribly passive. Something has changed, the human kind is not the same.
He attends the party where he meets a girl who seems drunk but soon he realizes that she is not. She invites him home and he accepts, albeit surprised. At her home, Hal realizes why it is not uncommon for a girl to invite a man she just met over- there is this procedure that everyone undertakes, every human living on the planet, making them incapable of any act of aggression. Once the girl learns that Hal has not undergone this procedure, she is terrified of him and he soon leaves because he doesn't want to make her uncomfortable.
Hal ventures on his own to research this new Earth. With time he learns more about the way things function. The girl provided him with some basic information but when he checks into hotel he soon learns more. He can stay in the hotel as long as he likes. The future world is almost an utopia. There is a sum awarded to him even if he chooses not to work. Hal eagerly explores this new world.
However, Hal understandably finds it hard to adapt to this utopia. The Earth has become a place with no risks but also a place that is restricted. For Hal, Earth is no longer the home planet he has left more than a hundred years ago. The most significant change is that of human society. The human kind itself has changed, choosing to undergone a procedure called betrization, that makes them incapable of harming anyone, be it an animal or another person. Robots do all the dangerous or difficult jobs. The consequences of betrization, a procedure designed to neutralize all aggressive impulses are far-reaching. This is not a cosmetic procedure but rather one that completely changes humans as such. It makes people avoid all risks and as such it numbs their desire to explore and do research. Nobody wants to venture into space anymore. The space travel could be of interest only to historians.
Hal soon meets some interesting characters from his past. Moreover, the story is not linear. Hal often remembers his space travel adventures- and some of these memories weight hard on him. There seems to me there were moments when Hal experiences something like PTSP thinking about his space days. On the other hand, he still has the desire to explore the space within him. In other words, Hal is torn. When he meets a member of his crew, they get into heated debates over whether the new life on Earth is completely wrong or not.
I thought that would be it, you know, the study of Hal's life in this new Earth, in other words a dystopian or if you will- an utopian novel. However, the book kept throwing surprised on me and I loved it. It kept bringing moments from Hal's past and shedding more light on the protagonist. It's not a strictly linear novel nor does it focus only on the dystopian society. There is a personal element to it as well. Just when I thought that was about it, the protagonist falls madly in love with Eri and then there is this whole romantic story. It's quite dynamic and Hal does crazy things. Without too much spoilers, we could say that love changes Hal's view on many things.
Here is what the author said about this book:
...I have some reservations about this book because of sentimentalism and the brawn of its characters. Besides I recognize some traces of Remarque. An author cannot help his characters - only because he likes them. The romance could have ended just like in the novel but under one condition - the heroine should have been a more expressive character. I still consider the idea of "betrization" to be an interesting concept, however I slightly oversimplified its realization. My ambiguous feelings toward this book can be seen in the fact that I gave permission for translation and foreign editions.
It is impressive how many things Lem predicted in terms of technology, for example reading books on tablets. There are wonderful poetic descriptions of space travel in this novel, but space exploration as such is not idolized. The author makes it known that space travel as such is dangerous. It goes into detail describing some of the past Hal's 'space travel' experiences, one of them being paranormal (this made me think of Solaris). There is also an obvious philosophical aspect to the novel. Lem (through the eyes of Hal) questions this future society. Hal cannot feel at home at this new Earth, but he is not completely closed minded about it. His love for Eri makes Hal want to understand this (to him alien) Earth. Indeed, there is a romantic story within this novel as well. I don't remember seeing a female character playing as important role in Lem's novels before. Eri definitely plays an important part in this novel (and in Hal's life) so that was interesting. Lem said that the female character could have been better developed, but to me she seemed real enough. All in all, this was a rich story and I enjoyed it a lot. Highly recommended to lovers of science fiction and dystopian literature.
There are other members of the crew that have returned, but initially Hal is alone and only meets one of his former crew members after a period of time. He is facing the world alone at start. Described as two meters tall, Hal towers over the people he meets, but their differences do not stop there. Hal shocks everyone and his initial efforts of communication with other Earthlings are clumsy. To him they seem terribly passive. Something has changed, the human kind is not the same.
He attends the party where he meets a girl who seems drunk but soon he realizes that she is not. She invites him home and he accepts, albeit surprised. At her home, Hal realizes why it is not uncommon for a girl to invite a man she just met over- there is this procedure that everyone undertakes, every human living on the planet, making them incapable of any act of aggression. Once the girl learns that Hal has not undergone this procedure, she is terrified of him and he soon leaves because he doesn't want to make her uncomfortable.
Hal ventures on his own to research this new Earth. With time he learns more about the way things function. The girl provided him with some basic information but when he checks into hotel he soon learns more. He can stay in the hotel as long as he likes. The future world is almost an utopia. There is a sum awarded to him even if he chooses not to work. Hal eagerly explores this new world.
However, Hal understandably finds it hard to adapt to this utopia. The Earth has become a place with no risks but also a place that is restricted. For Hal, Earth is no longer the home planet he has left more than a hundred years ago. The most significant change is that of human society. The human kind itself has changed, choosing to undergone a procedure called betrization, that makes them incapable of harming anyone, be it an animal or another person. Robots do all the dangerous or difficult jobs. The consequences of betrization, a procedure designed to neutralize all aggressive impulses are far-reaching. This is not a cosmetic procedure but rather one that completely changes humans as such. It makes people avoid all risks and as such it numbs their desire to explore and do research. Nobody wants to venture into space anymore. The space travel could be of interest only to historians.
Hal soon meets some interesting characters from his past. Moreover, the story is not linear. Hal often remembers his space travel adventures- and some of these memories weight hard on him. There seems to me there were moments when Hal experiences something like PTSP thinking about his space days. On the other hand, he still has the desire to explore the space within him. In other words, Hal is torn. When he meets a member of his crew, they get into heated debates over whether the new life on Earth is completely wrong or not.
I thought that would be it, you know, the study of Hal's life in this new Earth, in other words a dystopian or if you will- an utopian novel. However, the book kept throwing surprised on me and I loved it. It kept bringing moments from Hal's past and shedding more light on the protagonist. It's not a strictly linear novel nor does it focus only on the dystopian society. There is a personal element to it as well. Just when I thought that was about it, the protagonist falls madly in love with Eri and then there is this whole romantic story. It's quite dynamic and Hal does crazy things. Without too much spoilers, we could say that love changes Hal's view on many things.
Here is what the author said about this book:
...I have some reservations about this book because of sentimentalism and the brawn of its characters. Besides I recognize some traces of Remarque. An author cannot help his characters - only because he likes them. The romance could have ended just like in the novel but under one condition - the heroine should have been a more expressive character. I still consider the idea of "betrization" to be an interesting concept, however I slightly oversimplified its realization. My ambiguous feelings toward this book can be seen in the fact that I gave permission for translation and foreign editions.
It is impressive how many things Lem predicted in terms of technology, for example reading books on tablets. There are wonderful poetic descriptions of space travel in this novel, but space exploration as such is not idolized. The author makes it known that space travel as such is dangerous. It goes into detail describing some of the past Hal's 'space travel' experiences, one of them being paranormal (this made me think of Solaris). There is also an obvious philosophical aspect to the novel. Lem (through the eyes of Hal) questions this future society. Hal cannot feel at home at this new Earth, but he is not completely closed minded about it. His love for Eri makes Hal want to understand this (to him alien) Earth. Indeed, there is a romantic story within this novel as well. I don't remember seeing a female character playing as important role in Lem's novels before. Eri definitely plays an important part in this novel (and in Hal's life) so that was interesting. Lem said that the female character could have been better developed, but to me she seemed real enough. All in all, this was a rich story and I enjoyed it a lot. Highly recommended to lovers of science fiction and dystopian literature.
November 25, 2016
I generally adore Stanislaw Lem, but what the shitting shit hell is this? A man returns from a cosmic voyage, over a century has passed on Earth and so of course the culture is entirely different. And the sticking point with him is that people have voluntarily decreased their aggression, so that there is no murder, rape, assault, or war. True, he can see the benefit of it - but what about boxing? There's no real sport left! And really the main problem is now you can't just acquire a woman. So his reaction is to forcibly kiss one lady, then go batshit insane another poor soul, decide that he's in "love" with her or something, and basically abduct her and coerce her into staying with him. Yes, he somehow realizes days later that maybe, just MAYBE she was going along with him because she was afraid. WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS HAPPENING? God it was just unbearable. Anything else potentially commendable about the book is just completely destroyed by all this garbage.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 19, 2011
Definitely one of my favourite books written by one of my favourite authors. However sci-fi, it actually tells a story of a lonely man. A man that cannot find himself in the new world... Didn't it happen to all of us at least once in a lifetime? Absolutely a masterpiece!
May 19, 2023
Hal Bregg, an astronaut from a deep space exploration mission returns to Earth over 120 years after setting out (though only 10 years have passed subjectively) to find a kind of utopian society where the aggressive tendencies of mankind have been eliminated through a chemical process known as betrization. With all the benefits, including the elimination of war and violence, comes a total aversion to risk and hence the death of the spirit of exploration and an indifference to endeavors such as space travel that are seen as not only risky but ultimately useless. Hal quickly discovers that life with guard rails is no life at all, and that this seeming utopia is more dystopia. Through increasingly frequent episodes of manic behavior he wrestles with the deaths and time lost during his mission and the idea that it was all in vain. Not Lem's best story, yet it still goes to the heart of one of his primary hallmarks, touching on the human and personal costs of facing the unknown and the risks of losing ourselves.
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September 30, 2018I cannot rate this book as I absolutely loathed it. I didn't like the main character Hal Bregg who has returned to earth after 127 years, even though only ten biological years have passed for him.
The book seemed to be all over the place. The procedure known as betrization completely threw me until I eventualy found out what it meant. No books in bookshops - insane; robots and then finally Hal falls in love with Eri and well that was the end of the book for me. I had a quick skim through and just sighed and put the book down.
This book was not at all good for my psyche and left me feeling most annoyed! Still the one positive fact is this book gives other people pleasure and that's the main thing. As I've often stated, we cannot all love the same books.
The book seemed to be all over the place. The procedure known as betrization completely threw me until I eventualy found out what it meant. No books in bookshops - insane; robots and then finally Hal falls in love with Eri and well that was the end of the book for me. I had a quick skim through and just sighed and put the book down.
This book was not at all good for my psyche and left me feeling most annoyed! Still the one positive fact is this book gives other people pleasure and that's the main thing. As I've often stated, we cannot all love the same books.
February 23, 2022
Yes, all right, this is a dystopia in the style of Brave New World, where the elimination of any risk and danger and aggressive instinct has led to a, so to speak, watering down of the qualities that make a human human. But. Especially these days, it is so damnably difficult to read this hypothetical future where every single human being has been surgically modified never to hurt another human being in the terms of the dystopian model. I've been growing ever more convinced that, on the contrary, that is the best future our wretched species can hope for. And Lem does a fantastic job of problematizing the conflict between the protagonist, who finds this society alien, and the society itself, in a way that is substantially extraneous to the straightforwardness of Brave New World--which, do not misunderstand me, is a masterpiece in its own right, just for different reasons; it would be interesting to read the two books side by side, anyway.
So, I would like to invite everyone to read Return from the Stars outside of the frame of dystopian fiction. I think that the vision that Lem offers in his novel is also aimed at critiquing anthropocentric modes of thought precisely by pushing us, as readers, to be on the fence as to the dystopian content of this story.
So, I would like to invite everyone to read Return from the Stars outside of the frame of dystopian fiction. I think that the vision that Lem offers in his novel is also aimed at critiquing anthropocentric modes of thought precisely by pushing us, as readers, to be on the fence as to the dystopian content of this story.
January 11, 2022
Classic themes revolving around what it means to be human, to live, to love and to be at home make this book an exceptional science fiction novel. Character development lacks by modern standards but was on par for the time period. This is a book that makes you think, to reflect and to put yourself in unfamiliar shoes. I recommend this to those wanting more than action or romance from their reads (both are there but not a focus). Recommended to those wanting the wind and trees of philosophy in their sci-fi.
September 19, 2012
I'm not sure what to think of "Return From The Stars." At times I liked it and at other times I felt indifferent to it. Nothing jumps out as bad, exactly. The novel follows the main character, Hal, through the hardships of returning to Earth from a deep space exploration after nearly 130 years--only ten to him. And, of course, the world has changed and he goes through this huge cultural shock and people see that he's different straight away and he can't adjust so he goes on vacation after like two days back on Earth. Mind you, none of this is his fault or anyone else's fault and nobody's mistreating him because maltreatment no longer exists because people are chemically altered at birth to be non-aggressive. And the whole story until the end stems from this. So there's no antagonist, as such. Just a bunch of conversations where he can't get across what he's thinking and he can't really grasp what anyone else is saying, although they're all nodding at one another like "Yeah, I think I get your meaning."
Slowly he adjusts to or does better at hiding from society, which is, again, not clear. He also wrestles with all these demons from his past that haunt him but aren't really tied in well to the rest of the story, which he does discuss with some of his fellow explores about and they all say "Shut up. You're making mountains from ant hills." So, it all become these repetitive pointless discussions. And then it ends with this whole cyclical journey hooey that does not read a prophetic as I think the author intended. And I don't think it's a matter of meaning being lost in translation.
Still, the book has its moments. The characters are all likable, it's well thought out, and, aside from the dialog, it's well written. The discussions of the space exploration Hal just returned from are interesting, but they make up such a small portion of the novel I was left feeling a little short-changed.
So, read it if you got it, but don't break your neck rushing out the
door to get it. It has a higher review average on GR than I've given it, which could mean I'm dense. However, Lem stated himself that he didn't think it was very good and relied on too many SciFi cliches.
Slowly he adjusts to or does better at hiding from society, which is, again, not clear. He also wrestles with all these demons from his past that haunt him but aren't really tied in well to the rest of the story, which he does discuss with some of his fellow explores about and they all say "Shut up. You're making mountains from ant hills." So, it all become these repetitive pointless discussions. And then it ends with this whole cyclical journey hooey that does not read a prophetic as I think the author intended. And I don't think it's a matter of meaning being lost in translation.
Still, the book has its moments. The characters are all likable, it's well thought out, and, aside from the dialog, it's well written. The discussions of the space exploration Hal just returned from are interesting, but they make up such a small portion of the novel I was left feeling a little short-changed.
So, read it if you got it, but don't break your neck rushing out the
door to get it. It has a higher review average on GR than I've given it, which could mean I'm dense. However, Lem stated himself that he didn't think it was very good and relied on too many SciFi cliches.
August 2, 2015
袨褌锌褍褋泻邪褌邪 屑懈 褌械褔械 写芯斜褉械, 褔械褌邪 薪邪 写械薪 锌芯 褌褉懈 泻薪懈谐懈 懈 褋褗屑 屑薪芯谐芯 写芯胁芯谢械薪.
"袟邪胁褉褗褖邪薪械 芯褌 蟹胁械蟹写懈褌械" 械 褉械邪谢薪芯 锌褗褉胁邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褌 袘懈斜谢懈芯褌械泻邪 袚邪谢邪泻褌懈泻邪. 袩褗褉胁懈褌械 泻薪懈卸泻懈 小懈薪懈褟褌 褌邪泄褎褍薪 懈 袛胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 蟹胁械蟹写邪 褌芯谐邪胁邪 斜褟褏邪 薪械芯褌泻褉懈胁邪械屑懈, 褌邪蟹懈 褋械 锌芯褟胁懈 锌褉械蟹 1979 谐 锌芯 泻薪懈卸邪褉薪懈褑懈褌械. 袘褟褏 薪邪 13 懈 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 屑械 胁锌械褔邪褌谢懈 褋懈谢薪芯. 孝芯谐邪胁邪 斜褟褏邪 械写薪邪 褋谢邪胁薪懈 谐芯写懈薪懈 薪邪 泻芯褋屑懈褔械褋泻邪褌邪 械泻褋锌邪薪蟹懈褟.
袠 胁 褉邪蟹谐邪褉邪 薪邪 屑邪褋芯胁邪褌邪 懈褋褌械褉懈褟 袥械屑 蟹邪写邪胁邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋邪 - 懈 蟹邪 泻邪泻胁芯 械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪?
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 褉械邪谢薪芯 械 锌懈褋邪薪邪 锌褉械写懈 锌芯谢械褌邪 薪邪 锌褗褉胁懈褟 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌. 袙褗胁 胁褉械屑械薪邪 泻芯谐邪褌芯 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋邪 胁锌械褉懈谢懈 锌芯谐谢械写 泻褗屑 小锌褍褌薪懈泻 懈 褔邪泻邪泄泻懈 锌芯谢械褌邪 薪邪 袚邪谐邪褉懈薪.
袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 褌械屑邪褌邪 蟹邪 斜械蟹屑懈褋谢懈械褌芯 薪邪 写褗谢谐懈褌械 泻芯褋屑懈褔械褋泻懈 锌芯谢械褌懈 袥械屑 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪 懈 胁 "袦邪谐械谢邪薪芯胁懈褟褌 芯斜谢邪泻".
袪邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪邪褌邪 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌懈泻邪 写芯 谐芯谢褟屑邪 褋褌械锌械薪 锌芯泻邪蟹胁邪, 褔械 械 斜懈谢 锌褉邪胁 - 褏芯褉邪褌邪 薪褟屑邪褌 褉邪斜芯褌邪 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋邪!
袙褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 屑芯卸械 (邪 懈 褋械 胁褗褉褖懈) 锌芯-写芯斜褉械 芯褌 褉芯斜芯褌懈褌械.
袧芯 薪懈械 懈屑邪屑械 薪褍卸写邪 芯褌 袣芯褋屑芯褋邪! 袗泻芯 薪械 褋械 芯锌懈褌胁邪屑械 锌芯褋褌芯褟薪薪芯 写邪 薪邪写褋泻芯褔懈屑 谐褉邪薪懈褑懈褌械 褋懈, 褋锌懈褉邪屑械 写邪 褋械 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪屑械.
袧懈褌芯 锌芯谢褞褋邪 薪懈 械 褌褉褟斜胁邪谢, 薪懈褌芯 袝胁械褉械褋褌 - 褌褉褟斜胁邪 薪懈 锌褉械写懈蟹胁懈泻邪褌械谢褋褌胁芯褌芯 - 泻邪泻胁芯 芯褖械 屑芯卸械屑 写邪 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈屑.
袧邪泻褉邪褌泻芯 蟹邪 褌懈褟, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 褋邪 褔械谢懈 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 - 械写薪邪 械泻褋锌械写懈褑懈褟 褋械 胁褉褗褖邪 褋谢械写 127 谐芯写懈薪懈 胁褗胁 褋褗胁褋械屑 褉邪蟹谢懈褔械薪 褋胁褟褌 薪邪 袟械屑褟褌邪, 褋褉械写 褏芯褉邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 褉邪蟹斜械褉邪褌 蟹邪褖芯 褋邪 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈谢懈 褌芯胁邪.
啸芯褉邪褌邪 薪邪 袟械屑褟褌邪 褋邪 胁械褔械 写褉褍谐懈, 械写薪懈 褍泻褉芯褌械薪懈... "斜械褌懈蟹懈褉邪薪懈". 袧褟屑邪 褟 邪谐褉械褋懈褟褌邪, 薪芯 谐懈 薪褟屑邪 懈 屑械褔褌懈褌械. "袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 薪懈械 薪械 褋械 谐褉懈卸懈屑 蟹邪 褉芯斜芯褌懈褌械, 邪 褌械 褋械 谐褉懈卸邪褌 蟹邪 薪邪褋".
袣邪褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋懈 写邪写芯褏 褋屑械褌泻邪, 褔械 薪械褖邪褌邪 褋邪 褋械 锌褉芯屑械薪懈谢懈 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 褌芯谐邪胁邪 懈 胁 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 褋屑械褌泻邪 懈 薪懈械 褋屑械 "斜械褌懈蟹懈褉邪薪懈". 袦械褔褌懈褌械 褋邪 褋懈 蟹邪屑懈薪邪谢懈, 邪 械 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢芯 褋邪屑芯 褌褗褉褋械薪械褌芯 薪邪 屑邪褌械褉懈邪谢薪芯 斜谢邪谐芯锌芯谢褍褔懈械. 袣芯械褌芯 械 懈蟹褉芯写懈谢芯 胁褋懈褔泻芯 胁 薪邪泄-谢芯褕邪褌邪 屑褍 褎芯褉屑邪.
小 锌邪写邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褋芯褑懈邪谢懈蟹歇屑邪 薪械 芯褋褌邪薪邪 懈 屑械褔褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 写邪 褋谢械写胁邪屑械. 袗 械写薪芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 褍屑懈褉邪 斜械蟹 屑械褔褌懈.
袙 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 袥械屑 (袙械谢懈泻懈褟褌 袥械屑) 锌褉械写褉懈褔邪 写芯褋褌邪 薪械褖邪 芯褌 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐懈懈褌械, 薪械蟹邪胁懈褋懈屑芯 褔械 褋褌褗锌胁邪 薪邪 褍卸邪褋薪芯 芯褋褌邪褉褟谢邪 褌械褏薪懈褔械褋泻邪 斜邪蟹邪. 袨锌懈褋邪薪懈 褋邪 械谢械泻褌褉芯薪薪懈褌械 泻薪懈谐懈 懈 褔械褌褑懈 懈 褌芯 锌芯褔褌懈 胁褗胁 胁邪褉懈邪薪褌邪, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪褌 写薪械褋 (械 薪械 械 锌褉械写胁懈写懈谢 袠薪褌械褉薪械褌 蟹邪褌芯胁邪 褋械 褉邪蟹锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褟胁邪褌 薪械 褎邪泄谢芯胁械, 邪 泻褉懈褋褌邪谢懈). 袧芯 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢邪褌邪 褋褌褉褍泻褌褍褉邪 械 褋褗褖邪褌邪.
袪芯屑邪薪褗褌 蟹邪胁褗褉褕胁邪 褋 械写薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟. 袠 褋 械写薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁 - 薪邪谐芯褉械 泻褗屑 袟胁械蟹写懈褌械!
"袟邪胁褉褗褖邪薪械 芯褌 蟹胁械蟹写懈褌械" 械 褉械邪谢薪芯 锌褗褉胁邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪 芯褌 袘懈斜谢懈芯褌械泻邪 袚邪谢邪泻褌懈泻邪. 袩褗褉胁懈褌械 泻薪懈卸泻懈 小懈薪懈褟褌 褌邪泄褎褍薪 懈 袛胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 蟹胁械蟹写邪 褌芯谐邪胁邪 斜褟褏邪 薪械芯褌泻褉懈胁邪械屑懈, 褌邪蟹懈 褋械 锌芯褟胁懈 锌褉械蟹 1979 谐 锌芯 泻薪懈卸邪褉薪懈褑懈褌械. 袘褟褏 薪邪 13 懈 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 屑械 胁锌械褔邪褌谢懈 褋懈谢薪芯. 孝芯谐邪胁邪 斜褟褏邪 械写薪邪 褋谢邪胁薪懈 谐芯写懈薪懈 薪邪 泻芯褋屑懈褔械褋泻邪褌邪 械泻褋锌邪薪蟹懈褟.
袠 胁 褉邪蟹谐邪褉邪 薪邪 屑邪褋芯胁邪褌邪 懈褋褌械褉懈褟 袥械屑 蟹邪写邪胁邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋邪 - 懈 蟹邪 泻邪泻胁芯 械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪?
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 褉械邪谢薪芯 械 锌懈褋邪薪邪 锌褉械写懈 锌芯谢械褌邪 薪邪 锌褗褉胁懈褟 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌. 袙褗胁 胁褉械屑械薪邪 泻芯谐邪褌芯 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋邪 胁锌械褉懈谢懈 锌芯谐谢械写 泻褗屑 小锌褍褌薪懈泻 懈 褔邪泻邪泄泻懈 锌芯谢械褌邪 薪邪 袚邪谐邪褉懈薪.
袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 褌械屑邪褌邪 蟹邪 斜械蟹屑懈褋谢懈械褌芯 薪邪 写褗谢谐懈褌械 泻芯褋屑懈褔械褋泻懈 锌芯谢械褌懈 袥械屑 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪 懈 胁 "袦邪谐械谢邪薪芯胁懈褟褌 芯斜谢邪泻".
袪邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪邪褌邪 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌懈泻邪 写芯 谐芯谢褟屑邪 褋褌械锌械薪 锌芯泻邪蟹胁邪, 褔械 械 斜懈谢 锌褉邪胁 - 褏芯褉邪褌邪 薪褟屑邪褌 褉邪斜芯褌邪 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋邪!
袙褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 屑芯卸械 (邪 懈 褋械 胁褗褉褖懈) 锌芯-写芯斜褉械 芯褌 褉芯斜芯褌懈褌械.
袧芯 薪懈械 懈屑邪屑械 薪褍卸写邪 芯褌 袣芯褋屑芯褋邪! 袗泻芯 薪械 褋械 芯锌懈褌胁邪屑械 锌芯褋褌芯褟薪薪芯 写邪 薪邪写褋泻芯褔懈屑 谐褉邪薪懈褑懈褌械 褋懈, 褋锌懈褉邪屑械 写邪 褋械 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪屑械.
袧懈褌芯 锌芯谢褞褋邪 薪懈 械 褌褉褟斜胁邪谢, 薪懈褌芯 袝胁械褉械褋褌 - 褌褉褟斜胁邪 薪懈 锌褉械写懈蟹胁懈泻邪褌械谢褋褌胁芯褌芯 - 泻邪泻胁芯 芯褖械 屑芯卸械屑 写邪 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈屑.
袧邪泻褉邪褌泻芯 蟹邪 褌懈褟, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 褋邪 褔械谢懈 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 - 械写薪邪 械泻褋锌械写懈褑懈褟 褋械 胁褉褗褖邪 褋谢械写 127 谐芯写懈薪懈 胁褗胁 褋褗胁褋械屑 褉邪蟹谢懈褔械薪 褋胁褟褌 薪邪 袟械屑褟褌邪, 褋褉械写 褏芯褉邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 褉邪蟹斜械褉邪褌 蟹邪褖芯 褋邪 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈谢懈 褌芯胁邪.
啸芯褉邪褌邪 薪邪 袟械屑褟褌邪 褋邪 胁械褔械 写褉褍谐懈, 械写薪懈 褍泻褉芯褌械薪懈... "斜械褌懈蟹懈褉邪薪懈". 袧褟屑邪 褟 邪谐褉械褋懈褟褌邪, 薪芯 谐懈 薪褟屑邪 懈 屑械褔褌懈褌械. "袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 薪懈械 薪械 褋械 谐褉懈卸懈屑 蟹邪 褉芯斜芯褌懈褌械, 邪 褌械 褋械 谐褉懈卸邪褌 蟹邪 薪邪褋".
袣邪褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋懈 写邪写芯褏 褋屑械褌泻邪, 褔械 薪械褖邪褌邪 褋邪 褋械 锌褉芯屑械薪懈谢懈 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 褌芯谐邪胁邪 懈 胁 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 褋屑械褌泻邪 懈 薪懈械 褋屑械 "斜械褌懈蟹懈褉邪薪懈". 袦械褔褌懈褌械 褋邪 褋懈 蟹邪屑懈薪邪谢懈, 邪 械 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢芯 褋邪屑芯 褌褗褉褋械薪械褌芯 薪邪 屑邪褌械褉懈邪谢薪芯 斜谢邪谐芯锌芯谢褍褔懈械. 袣芯械褌芯 械 懈蟹褉芯写懈谢芯 胁褋懈褔泻芯 胁 薪邪泄-谢芯褕邪褌邪 屑褍 褎芯褉屑邪.
小 锌邪写邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褋芯褑懈邪谢懈蟹歇屑邪 薪械 芯褋褌邪薪邪 懈 屑械褔褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 写邪 褋谢械写胁邪屑械. 袗 械写薪芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 褍屑懈褉邪 斜械蟹 屑械褔褌懈.
袙 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 袥械屑 (袙械谢懈泻懈褟褌 袥械屑) 锌褉械写褉懈褔邪 写芯褋褌邪 薪械褖邪 芯褌 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐懈懈褌械, 薪械蟹邪胁懈褋懈屑芯 褔械 褋褌褗锌胁邪 薪邪 褍卸邪褋薪芯 芯褋褌邪褉褟谢邪 褌械褏薪懈褔械褋泻邪 斜邪蟹邪. 袨锌懈褋邪薪懈 褋邪 械谢械泻褌褉芯薪薪懈褌械 泻薪懈谐懈 懈 褔械褌褑懈 懈 褌芯 锌芯褔褌懈 胁褗胁 胁邪褉懈邪薪褌邪, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪褌 写薪械褋 (械 薪械 械 锌褉械写胁懈写懈谢 袠薪褌械褉薪械褌 蟹邪褌芯胁邪 褋械 褉邪蟹锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褟胁邪褌 薪械 褎邪泄谢芯胁械, 邪 泻褉懈褋褌邪谢懈). 袧芯 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢邪褌邪 褋褌褉褍泻褌褍褉邪 械 褋褗褖邪褌邪.
袪芯屑邪薪褗褌 蟹邪胁褗褉褕胁邪 褋 械写薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟. 袠 褋 械写薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁 - 薪邪谐芯褉械 泻褗屑 袟胁械蟹写懈褌械!
June 9, 2017
This book could have been edited for clarity. Yes, I'm aware that it's a translation, but I'm talking about the overuse of one particular device:
"Too many lines of dialogue ending in..."
"Leaving the reader to fill in the..."
"Which is fine if you've already given enough..."
"Information...?"
"Yeah..."
Half the conversations in this book had 3-dot dialogue like this. There's such a thing as leaving TOO MANY things unspoken. At some point, the reader is left adrift, wondering what the author meant, without enough context clues to figure it out for himself. A good story, but a confusing read.
"Too many lines of dialogue ending in..."
"Leaving the reader to fill in the..."
"Which is fine if you've already given enough..."
"Information...?"
"Yeah..."
Half the conversations in this book had 3-dot dialogue like this. There's such a thing as leaving TOO MANY things unspoken. At some point, the reader is left adrift, wondering what the author meant, without enough context clues to figure it out for himself. A good story, but a confusing read.
May 15, 2021
Roman POVRATAK SA ZVIJEZDA Stanislava Lema pojavio se u prevodu na hrvatski veoma brzo nakon izlaska originala (1961) u biblioteci Merkur zagreba膷ke izdava膷ke ku膰e Zora, davne 1964. godine. Koliko sam mogao da na膽em na internetu, bio je to prvi prevod ovog ostvarenja na neki drugi jezik. Na srpskom, prethodio mu je prevod zbirke Invazija sa Aledebarana, koji je objavljen 1963. godine u Beogradu u okviru Zanimljive biblioteke izdava膷kog preduze膰a Nolit, a bio pra膰en ve膰 slede膰e godine prevodom jo拧 poznatijih Zvezdanih dnevnika Ijona Tihog, u okviru iste biblioteke.
Rano objavljivanje ovog romana uslovilo je da u doma膰oj recepciji nau膷ne fantastike bude znatno manje prime膰en u odnosu na romane kao 拧to su Solaris, Nepobedivi, Glas gospodara ili Fijasko koji su objavljeni u specijalizovanim edicijama za nau膷nu fantastiku i pobudili znatno ve膰u pa啪nju doma膰ih 膷italaca.
Ova relativno malo prisutna knjiga u ponudi onlajn knji啪ara predstavlja u su拧tini spada me膽u prva Lemova ostvarenja u kojima se javlja crv sumnje da 膰e progres nauke doneti dobrobiti 膷ove膷anstvu. Glavni junak romana Hal Briggs, ameri膷ki kosmonaut, 膷lan jedne od prvih misija na daleke planete, vra膰a se na Zemlju i tu ga zati膷emo krajnje zbunjenog svetom u kome se zati膷e. Od njegovog odlaska pro拧lo je 10 subjektivnih godina, ali za to vreme je na Zemlji proteklo 127. godina. Lem nam u prvom delu romana ve拧to do膷arava zbunjenost glavnog junaka suo膷enog ne samo sa velikim tehnolo拧kih promenama, ve膰 i sa promenama koje je je 膷ove膷anstvo pretrpelo.
On polako otkriva da se ose膰a u svetu u kome se na拧ao poput neandertalca koji bi se na拧ao u na拧em svetu. 膶ove膷anstvo je odlu膷ilo da se dobrovoljno odrekne dela onog dela ljudskosti koji se ovaplo膰uje u agresivnosti i kompeticija. Ali posledica toga, osim op拧teg blagostanja i neke vrste socijalne utopije gde su svakome dostupne bazi膷ne, i ne samo bazi膷ne ljudske potrebe, neminovno je gubljenje strasti u svakom pogledu - od ljubavi do 啪elje da se ode dalje, izvan...
Posebno je zanimljivo je 膷itati ovaj roman u svetlu novog pristupa odnosu izme膽u mu拧karaca i 啪ena, jer glavni junak predstavlja neku vrstu bondovskog ma膷o mena koji, iako svesno zna da to nije dobro, 啪enama prilazi kao objektima 啪udnje i ne mo啪e da se suzdr啪i. A 啪ene novog sveta podle啪u, iz razno-raznih razloga tom animalnom u njemu.
Roman ne bez mana, ali i vrlo zanimljivog pristupa, kome distanca od 60 godina dodaje dodatnu 膷ar u otkrivanju sli膷nosti i razlika u stvarnom napretku tehnologije i dru拧tva (selebriti tom u novom svetu su zvezde neke vrste hologramskih rijalitija, na primer, i sl.).
Na膽ite ga ako mo啪ete, isplati se...
Rano objavljivanje ovog romana uslovilo je da u doma膰oj recepciji nau膷ne fantastike bude znatno manje prime膰en u odnosu na romane kao 拧to su Solaris, Nepobedivi, Glas gospodara ili Fijasko koji su objavljeni u specijalizovanim edicijama za nau膷nu fantastiku i pobudili znatno ve膰u pa啪nju doma膰ih 膷italaca.
Ova relativno malo prisutna knjiga u ponudi onlajn knji啪ara predstavlja u su拧tini spada me膽u prva Lemova ostvarenja u kojima se javlja crv sumnje da 膰e progres nauke doneti dobrobiti 膷ove膷anstvu. Glavni junak romana Hal Briggs, ameri膷ki kosmonaut, 膷lan jedne od prvih misija na daleke planete, vra膰a se na Zemlju i tu ga zati膷emo krajnje zbunjenog svetom u kome se zati膷e. Od njegovog odlaska pro拧lo je 10 subjektivnih godina, ali za to vreme je na Zemlji proteklo 127. godina. Lem nam u prvom delu romana ve拧to do膷arava zbunjenost glavnog junaka suo膷enog ne samo sa velikim tehnolo拧kih promenama, ve膰 i sa promenama koje je je 膷ove膷anstvo pretrpelo.
On polako otkriva da se ose膰a u svetu u kome se na拧ao poput neandertalca koji bi se na拧ao u na拧em svetu. 膶ove膷anstvo je odlu膷ilo da se dobrovoljno odrekne dela onog dela ljudskosti koji se ovaplo膰uje u agresivnosti i kompeticija. Ali posledica toga, osim op拧teg blagostanja i neke vrste socijalne utopije gde su svakome dostupne bazi膷ne, i ne samo bazi膷ne ljudske potrebe, neminovno je gubljenje strasti u svakom pogledu - od ljubavi do 啪elje da se ode dalje, izvan...
Posebno je zanimljivo je 膷itati ovaj roman u svetlu novog pristupa odnosu izme膽u mu拧karaca i 啪ena, jer glavni junak predstavlja neku vrstu bondovskog ma膷o mena koji, iako svesno zna da to nije dobro, 啪enama prilazi kao objektima 啪udnje i ne mo啪e da se suzdr啪i. A 啪ene novog sveta podle啪u, iz razno-raznih razloga tom animalnom u njemu.
Roman ne bez mana, ali i vrlo zanimljivog pristupa, kome distanca od 60 godina dodaje dodatnu 膷ar u otkrivanju sli膷nosti i razlika u stvarnom napretku tehnologije i dru拧tva (selebriti tom u novom svetu su zvezde neke vrste hologramskih rijalitija, na primer, i sl.).
Na膽ite ga ako mo啪ete, isplati se...
April 3, 2013
A couple years back, I read the first James bond book (Casino Royale) and was appalled by Fleming's allusions to "the sweet tang of rape." Even more horrifying was my conversation with a male friend afterwards, who claimed that every man wants to be just like James Bond, and continued with this claim even after I read passages to him (including the rape passage) and explained how much of a misogynistic asshole Bond is in the books. For the sake of our friendship, I'm forced to assume he wasn't paying attention and was thinking of the movies.
Hal may not be quite to the James Bond level - he doesn't seem comfortable with rape as a concept - but he's definitely not shy about forcing himself on women who are incapable of fighting him off! He keeps assuming that if people don't say "no" then it must mean "yes". Unfortunately, in this alternate future, with people incapable of aggression or conflict, the women are saying "no," but not in a way that Hal can recognize.
There's a lot of interesting ideas here, but I this is one case where a biased narrator leads to a biased opinion of the book. It's disturbingly ambiguous at times, but I don't think Lem himself believed that all men are rapists at heart, just like I don't think that he believed that space exploration was pointless.
(Additionally, the formatting/editing on the Kindle edition is dreadful. There's OCR errors everywhere, and even a couple of pages that are in the wrong order!)
Hal may not be quite to the James Bond level - he doesn't seem comfortable with rape as a concept - but he's definitely not shy about forcing himself on women who are incapable of fighting him off! He keeps assuming that if people don't say "no" then it must mean "yes". Unfortunately, in this alternate future, with people incapable of aggression or conflict, the women are saying "no," but not in a way that Hal can recognize.
There's a lot of interesting ideas here, but I this is one case where a biased narrator leads to a biased opinion of the book. It's disturbingly ambiguous at times, but I don't think Lem himself believed that all men are rapists at heart, just like I don't think that he believed that space exploration was pointless.
(Additionally, the formatting/editing on the Kindle edition is dreadful. There's OCR errors everywhere, and even a couple of pages that are in the wrong order!)
September 9, 2017
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December 25, 2024
4.5 猸愶笍
May 25, 2019
"袚邪谢邪泻褌懈泻邪" 薪芯屑械褉 褌褉懈, 懈 械褌芯 褔械 薪懈胁芯褌芯 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 写邪 褋械 胁写懈谐邪 谢械泻邪-锌芯谢械泻邪.
孝芯胁邪 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 薪械 械 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 袥械屑. 袛芯褋褌邪 锌芯褋褌薪邪 芯褌泻褗屑 褋褞卸械褌, 薪邪泄-褑械薪薪芯褌芯 胁 薪械褟 械 芯锌懈褌褗褌 薪邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪 写邪 芯锌懈褕械 械写懈薪 薪械锌芯薪褟褌械薪 蟹邪 薪邪褋 褋胁褟褌 锌褉械蟹 芯褔懈褌械 薪邪 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌, 蟹邪褏胁褗褉谢械薪 胁 斜褗写械褖械褌芯. 袟邪写邪褔邪, 褋 泻芯褟褌芯 褌芯泄 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁褟 褋褗胁褋械屑 写芯斜褉械, 屑邪泻邪褉 褔械 芯褌 胁褉械屑械 薪邪 胁褉械屑械 褑褟谢邪褌邪 褌邪蟹懈 芯锌懈褋邪褌械谢薪芯褋褌 屑邪谢泻芯 写芯褌褟谐邪.
袨褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 蟹邪写邪胁邪褌 薪褟泻芯懈 褌褉褍写薪懈 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 褋胁褗褉蟹邪薪懈 薪邪泄-胁械褔械 褋 斜械褌褉懈蟹邪褑懈褟褌邪 - 锌褉芯褑械褋, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌褉械屑邪褏胁邪 邪谐褉械褋懈胁薪芯褋褌褌邪 褍 褔芯胁械泻邪, 薪芯 褋褗褖芯 懈 褋褌褉械屑械卸邪 屑褍 泻褗屑 薪芯胁懈 褏芯褉懈蟹芯薪褌懈. 袠薪褌械褉械褋薪芯, 写邪谢懈 芯褌褌褍泻 袛卸芯薪 袘褉芯褋薪邪薪 械 胁蟹械谢 懈写械褟褌邪 蟹邪 械谢芯懈褌械 胁 褋胁芯懈褌械 "袧械斜械褋薪懈 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉懈"?
袧械 屑懈 褏邪褉械褋邪 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪褌邪 谢懈薪懈褟. 小褌褉褍胁邪 屑懈 褋械 薪械谢械锌芯 械写懈薪 蟹褉褟谢 屑褗卸, 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌, 写邪 褋械 写褗褉卸懈 锌芯 褏谢邪锌邪褕泻懈 懈屑锌褍谢褋懈胁薪芯 懈 写邪 褋械 屑褟褌邪 胁 褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪懈 泻褉邪泄薪芯褋褌懈. 袦芯卸械 斜懈 褌芯胁邪 械 芯褌褉邪卸械薪懈械 薪邪 薪械谢芯胁泻懈褌械 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟 薪邪 褋邪屑懈褟 邪胁褌芯褉 褋 卸械薪懈褌械, 蟹薪邪屑 谢懈?
孝芯胁邪 斜械褕械 胁褌芯褉懈褟褌 屑懈 锌褉芯褔懈褌 薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 懈 褌芯蟹懈 锌褗褌 屑懈 褏邪褉械褋邪 屑邪谢泻芯 锌芯胁械褔械, 屑芯卸械 斜懈 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 蟹薪邪械褏 泻邪泻胁芯 写邪 芯褔邪泻胁邪屑. 袙褋械 锌邪泻 薪械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 泄 写邪屑 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褌褉懈 蟹胁械蟹写懈 懈 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪邪. 袟邪泻褉褗谐谢械薪芯 - 4.
孝芯胁邪 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 薪械 械 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 袥械屑. 袛芯褋褌邪 锌芯褋褌薪邪 芯褌泻褗屑 褋褞卸械褌, 薪邪泄-褑械薪薪芯褌芯 胁 薪械褟 械 芯锌懈褌褗褌 薪邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪 写邪 芯锌懈褕械 械写懈薪 薪械锌芯薪褟褌械薪 蟹邪 薪邪褋 褋胁褟褌 锌褉械蟹 芯褔懈褌械 薪邪 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌, 蟹邪褏胁褗褉谢械薪 胁 斜褗写械褖械褌芯. 袟邪写邪褔邪, 褋 泻芯褟褌芯 褌芯泄 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁褟 褋褗胁褋械屑 写芯斜褉械, 屑邪泻邪褉 褔械 芯褌 胁褉械屑械 薪邪 胁褉械屑械 褑褟谢邪褌邪 褌邪蟹懈 芯锌懈褋邪褌械谢薪芯褋褌 屑邪谢泻芯 写芯褌褟谐邪.
袨褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 蟹邪写邪胁邪褌 薪褟泻芯懈 褌褉褍写薪懈 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 褋胁褗褉蟹邪薪懈 薪邪泄-胁械褔械 褋 斜械褌褉懈蟹邪褑懈褟褌邪 - 锌褉芯褑械褋, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌褉械屑邪褏胁邪 邪谐褉械褋懈胁薪芯褋褌褌邪 褍 褔芯胁械泻邪, 薪芯 褋褗褖芯 懈 褋褌褉械屑械卸邪 屑褍 泻褗屑 薪芯胁懈 褏芯褉懈蟹芯薪褌懈. 袠薪褌械褉械褋薪芯, 写邪谢懈 芯褌褌褍泻 袛卸芯薪 袘褉芯褋薪邪薪 械 胁蟹械谢 懈写械褟褌邪 蟹邪 械谢芯懈褌械 胁 褋胁芯懈褌械 "袧械斜械褋薪懈 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉懈"?
袧械 屑懈 褏邪褉械褋邪 谢褞斜芯胁薪邪褌邪 谢懈薪懈褟. 小褌褉褍胁邪 屑懈 褋械 薪械谢械锌芯 械写懈薪 蟹褉褟谢 屑褗卸, 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌, 写邪 褋械 写褗褉卸懈 锌芯 褏谢邪锌邪褕泻懈 懈屑锌褍谢褋懈胁薪芯 懈 写邪 褋械 屑褟褌邪 胁 褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪懈 泻褉邪泄薪芯褋褌懈. 袦芯卸械 斜懈 褌芯胁邪 械 芯褌褉邪卸械薪懈械 薪邪 薪械谢芯胁泻懈褌械 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟 薪邪 褋邪屑懈褟 邪胁褌芯褉 褋 卸械薪懈褌械, 蟹薪邪屑 谢懈?
孝芯胁邪 斜械褕械 胁褌芯褉懈褟褌 屑懈 锌褉芯褔懈褌 薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 懈 褌芯蟹懈 锌褗褌 屑懈 褏邪褉械褋邪 屑邪谢泻芯 锌芯胁械褔械, 屑芯卸械 斜懈 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 蟹薪邪械褏 泻邪泻胁芯 写邪 芯褔邪泻胁邪屑. 袙褋械 锌邪泻 薪械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 泄 写邪屑 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褌褉懈 蟹胁械蟹写懈 懈 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪邪. 袟邪泻褉褗谐谢械薪芯 - 4.
April 14, 2023
Uno de los libros m谩s interesantes que he le铆do este a帽o, de uno de mis escritores de CF favoritos (
es mi novela favorita).
En esta novela, aprovecha el fen贸meno de la para poner a una persona de m谩s o menos nuestra 茅poca en el futuro: un astronauta, Hal Bregg, regresa a la Tierra despu茅s de una misi贸n a Fomalhaut que para 茅l y sus compa帽eros de tripulaci贸n dura 10 a帽os, pero en la Tierra pasaron 127 a帽os. A su regreso se enfrenta a un violento choque cultural, ya que encuentra la sociedad transformada en una utop铆a, libre de guerras o violencia, o incluso accidentes.
脡ste es un tema recurrente en la literatura de LEM, aunque su visi贸n aqu铆 no es tan pesimista. El principal efecto del progreso tecnol贸gico es la evoluci贸n sociocultural: una sociedad literalmente pacificada por medio de un procedimiento llamado 产别迟谤颈锄补肠颈贸苍 que provoca que las personas sean incapaces de correr riesgos, tomar la iniciativa y comprometerse con cualquier cosa. Adi贸s a la capacidad de autoafirmaci贸n y de sentir emociones fuertes.
La reflexi贸n entonces se reduce a preguntarse si los avances tecnol贸gicos y socioculturales valen el precio que debemos pagar por perder nuestra naturaleza.
Lectura muy recomendable.
En esta novela, aprovecha el fen贸meno de la para poner a una persona de m谩s o menos nuestra 茅poca en el futuro: un astronauta, Hal Bregg, regresa a la Tierra despu茅s de una misi贸n a Fomalhaut que para 茅l y sus compa帽eros de tripulaci贸n dura 10 a帽os, pero en la Tierra pasaron 127 a帽os. A su regreso se enfrenta a un violento choque cultural, ya que encuentra la sociedad transformada en una utop铆a, libre de guerras o violencia, o incluso accidentes.
脡ste es un tema recurrente en la literatura de LEM, aunque su visi贸n aqu铆 no es tan pesimista. El principal efecto del progreso tecnol贸gico es la evoluci贸n sociocultural: una sociedad literalmente pacificada por medio de un procedimiento llamado 产别迟谤颈锄补肠颈贸苍 que provoca que las personas sean incapaces de correr riesgos, tomar la iniciativa y comprometerse con cualquier cosa. Adi贸s a la capacidad de autoafirmaci贸n y de sentir emociones fuertes.
La reflexi贸n entonces se reduce a preguntarse si los avances tecnol贸gicos y socioculturales valen el precio que debemos pagar por perder nuestra naturaleza.
Lectura muy recomendable.
December 10, 2024
W istocie fantastyczna opowie艣膰 艂膮cz膮ca elementy przygodowe i romansu, zadaj膮ca pytania o istot臋 cz艂owiecze艅stwa i rol臋 relacji mi臋dzyludzkich - napisana fenomenalnym j臋zykiem pokaz贸wka niesamowitej wyobra藕ni autora, wielopoziomowa i egzystencjalna. Zdecydowanie polecam.
April 14, 2025
袛褍卸械 褎邪泄薪芯.
March 15, 2025
Niesamowita wizja przysz艂o艣ci, kt贸ra w jakim艣 stopniu si臋 ju偶 spe艂nia. Wizja, kt贸ra pobudza do dyskusji, czy zmiany cywilizacyjne id膮 w dobr膮 stron臋. Lem nie daje jasnej odpowiedzi, a zadaje pytania, pokazuj膮c, 偶e odpowied藕 nie b臋dzie jednoznaczna.
November 7, 2017
Interesting ideas presented with complexity and depth. The description of Hal's arrival on earth and the disorientation he feels was definitely impressive. The story examines social conditioning and consent, the impacts of being an outsider when the world has changed around you, and the importance of connection not only to society but also to your self and your personal story/identity. Also, it introduced cool technology that may not have appeared in earlier works (electronic books, "holodeck" style entertainment) - it was published in 1961 in Poland, not sure whether these ideas had been presented before that?
But there was a layer missing in this world. Production is supposedly accomplished by robots (and the scene in the robot scrapyard was pretty awesome!), but the relationship to resources and nature wasn't explored at all. Treatment of food was very cursory, and maintenance and repair wasn't dealt with other than to indicate that a self-managed world of robot producers took care of all that (hmmm, a novel about that robot world would be pretty interesting...). There are people who work, but it is not clear why (most things are free) - some of it was probably because people wanted to or enjoyed the work, but I didn't get a motivation for the travel agent or the bookstore staff. We encounter non-white people only as holograms when Hal enters an entertainment complex where he experiences a boat trip down an African River where Black boatmen do all of the work (and it is hard work as they travel down rapids). Also, women are a separate category of people here and Hal's "romantic" coersions are definitely problematic (although I think Lem did attempt to add some complexity and agency to Eri's part in the relationship and the social norms in this future allowed for things like polyamory and shorter-term commitments to a partner rather than the lifetime vows of marriage).
In general, there wasn't a sense of how the world beyond Hal's immediate surrounding are faring, with the exception of a description of how betrization was implemented/accepted around the world. I couldn't help feeling like there was a hidden underclass (besides the robots) somewhere. I think it would be interesting to explore the ways in which betrization would exacerbate and/or diminish social divisions. Would people be less likely to rebel against existing social orders? Or would people find less meaning in hierarchies?
But there was a layer missing in this world. Production is supposedly accomplished by robots (and the scene in the robot scrapyard was pretty awesome!), but the relationship to resources and nature wasn't explored at all. Treatment of food was very cursory, and maintenance and repair wasn't dealt with other than to indicate that a self-managed world of robot producers took care of all that (hmmm, a novel about that robot world would be pretty interesting...). There are people who work, but it is not clear why (most things are free) - some of it was probably because people wanted to or enjoyed the work, but I didn't get a motivation for the travel agent or the bookstore staff. We encounter non-white people only as holograms when Hal enters an entertainment complex where he experiences a boat trip down an African River where Black boatmen do all of the work (and it is hard work as they travel down rapids). Also, women are a separate category of people here and Hal's "romantic" coersions are definitely problematic (although I think Lem did attempt to add some complexity and agency to Eri's part in the relationship and the social norms in this future allowed for things like polyamory and shorter-term commitments to a partner rather than the lifetime vows of marriage).
In general, there wasn't a sense of how the world beyond Hal's immediate surrounding are faring, with the exception of a description of how betrization was implemented/accepted around the world. I couldn't help feeling like there was a hidden underclass (besides the robots) somewhere. I think it would be interesting to explore the ways in which betrization would exacerbate and/or diminish social divisions. Would people be less likely to rebel against existing social orders? Or would people find less meaning in hierarchies?
December 27, 2021
This quickly became one of my favourite science-fiction novels ever.
It isn't perfect, but it's really, really good.
It's about an astronaut who returns to Earth after being gone for, thanks to time dilation, 127 years, and society has changed dramatically. The biggest change is that humanity has wiped out its violent tendencies using various chemical substances injected at birth. With the violent tendencies gone, so too are gone a tolerance for risk as well as, apparently, many forms of ambition and adventurousness.
This book does what classic science fiction is great at: making the reader think. Some sci-fi books do this with absolute terrible prose -- but this book was different in that respect. It's so well-written, and a real joy to read. The book is about what makes us humans, what we are required to give up for the sake of other people and social harmony (there's no doubt that the "betrization" process in the book has resulted in some great things for society -- but at what cost?), and about the place of risk and danger in our lives. It does such a remarkable job exploring these themes.
My only complaint is that there's not much of a plot here -- at all. The decision to make the main character's "return from the stars" be about his (attempted) re-integration into society is great -- but the problem is that this re-integration mostly plays out as an attempt to have a romantic relationship with a woman. She's clearly a stand-in for the rest of society. I didn't mind it but it was disappointing that there wasn't much else going on plot-wise. Seeing more of the society would have been nice.
It isn't perfect, but it's really, really good.
It's about an astronaut who returns to Earth after being gone for, thanks to time dilation, 127 years, and society has changed dramatically. The biggest change is that humanity has wiped out its violent tendencies using various chemical substances injected at birth. With the violent tendencies gone, so too are gone a tolerance for risk as well as, apparently, many forms of ambition and adventurousness.
This book does what classic science fiction is great at: making the reader think. Some sci-fi books do this with absolute terrible prose -- but this book was different in that respect. It's so well-written, and a real joy to read. The book is about what makes us humans, what we are required to give up for the sake of other people and social harmony (there's no doubt that the "betrization" process in the book has resulted in some great things for society -- but at what cost?), and about the place of risk and danger in our lives. It does such a remarkable job exploring these themes.
My only complaint is that there's not much of a plot here -- at all. The decision to make the main character's "return from the stars" be about his (attempted) re-integration into society is great -- but the problem is that this re-integration mostly plays out as an attempt to have a romantic relationship with a woman. She's clearly a stand-in for the rest of society. I didn't mind it but it was disappointing that there wasn't much else going on plot-wise. Seeing more of the society would have been nice.
December 31, 2019
肖褍褌褍褉懈褋褌懈褔薪懈褟褌 褉芯屑邪薪 薪邪 小褌邪薪懈褋谢邪胁 袥械屑 薪懈 芯锌懈褋胁邪 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 袟械屑褟褌邪, 锌褉械褔褍锌械薪芯 锌褉械蟹 懈写械褟褌邪 蟹邪 褉芯斜芯褌懈褌械 懈 褌褟褏薪邪褌邪 锌芯屑芯褖. 袙褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 械 褏褉褍屑薪邪谢芯 薪邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪 泻邪褌芯 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械 屑懈 斜械褕械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯. 袣芯谐邪褌芯 褌械 薪邪褋懈褌懈 褋 懈写械懈 懈 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 蟹邪 褌芯蟹懈 袧芯胁 褋胁褟褌, 褌芯蟹懈 屑薪芯谐芯 褉邪蟹谢懈褔械薪 褋胁褟褌, 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 褋械 蟹邪褏胁邪褖邪 褋 芯褋薪芯胁薪邪褌邪 褌械屑邪 薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪邪 - 褋屑懈褋褗谢褗褌 薪邪 褔芯胁械褕泻懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌. 袩芯谐谢械写薪邪褌 锌褉械蟹 锌芯谐谢械写邪 薪邪 谐谢邪胁薪懈褟 谐械褉芯泄, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌褉懈褋褌懈谐邪 薪邪 袟械屑褟褌邪 褋谢械写 写褗谢谐芯谐芯写懈褕薪芯 泻芯褋屑懈褔械褋泻芯 锌褗褌械褕械褋褌胁懈械, 胁褋懈褔泻芯 泻芯械褌芯 褋械 械 锌褉芯屑械薪懈谢芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 褉邪蟹谐谢械写邪 泻邪褌芯 写芯斜褉芯, 薪芯 懈 泻邪褌芯 谢芯褕芯 锌芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈械.
"孝芯胁邪 斜械褕械 褑懈胁懈谢懈蟹邪褑懈褟, 谢懈褕械薪邪 芯褌 褋褌褉邪褏. 袙褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪褕械, 褋谢褍卸械褕械 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪. 袧懈褖芯 薪械 斜械褕械 褌邪泻邪 胁邪卸薪芯, 泻邪泻褌芯 褌械褏薪懈褌械 褍写芯斜褋褌胁邪 懈 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢褟胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褌械褏薪懈褌械 薪邪泄-薪邪褋褗褖薪懈 懈 薪邪泄-懈蟹褌褗薪褔械薪懈 薪褍卸写懈. 效芯胁械泻褗褌 斜械褕械 蟹邪屑械褋褌械薪 芯褌 斜械蟹写褍褕薪懈褌械 褍褋褌褉芯泄褋褌胁邪 懈 邪胁褌芯屑邪褌懈 薪邪胁褋褟泻褗写械, 泻褗写械褌芯 薪械谐芯胁芯褌芯 锌褉懈褋褗褋褌胁懈械 懈 薪械褋懈谐褍褉薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 褉械邪泻褑懈懈 斜懈褏邪 屑芯谐谢懈 写邪 褋褗蟹写邪写邪褌 写芯褉懈 薪邪泄-屑邪谢泻懈褟 褉懈褋泻."
"孝芯胁邪 斜械褕械 褑懈胁懈谢懈蟹邪褑懈褟, 谢懈褕械薪邪 芯褌 褋褌褉邪褏. 袙褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪褕械, 褋谢褍卸械褕械 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪. 袧懈褖芯 薪械 斜械褕械 褌邪泻邪 胁邪卸薪芯, 泻邪泻褌芯 褌械褏薪懈褌械 褍写芯斜褋褌胁邪 懈 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢褟胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褌械褏薪懈褌械 薪邪泄-薪邪褋褗褖薪懈 懈 薪邪泄-懈蟹褌褗薪褔械薪懈 薪褍卸写懈. 效芯胁械泻褗褌 斜械褕械 蟹邪屑械褋褌械薪 芯褌 斜械蟹写褍褕薪懈褌械 褍褋褌褉芯泄褋褌胁邪 懈 邪胁褌芯屑邪褌懈 薪邪胁褋褟泻褗写械, 泻褗写械褌芯 薪械谐芯胁芯褌芯 锌褉懈褋褗褋褌胁懈械 懈 薪械褋懈谐褍褉薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 褉械邪泻褑懈懈 斜懈褏邪 屑芯谐谢懈 写邪 褋褗蟹写邪写邪褌 写芯褉懈 薪邪泄-屑邪谢泻懈褟 褉懈褋泻."
March 31, 2021
futurystyczny opis przyszlosci ogarnietej przez technologie jest jak najbardziej fascynujacy w tej powiesci, szczegolnie biorac pod uwage rok wydania. poczucie zagubienia glownego bohatera w niekonczacych sie korytarzach, nieznanym slownictwie daje do myslenia. jednak na tym koncza sie dobre aspekty powiesci, gdy betryzacja i tematyka toksycznej meskosci wkracza i nie chce wyjsc. opis wyzbycia ludzkosci agresji jako pozbawienia mezczyzn prawdziwej natury jest absurdalny, a dodajac do tego aparycje (olbrzyma), porwanie kobiety, ktora na wskutek syndromu sztokholmskiego postanawia pozostac z Halem wydaje sie byc satyra na temat absurdow postrzegania meskosci, tylko ze w ksiazce jest traktowany absolutnie powaznie. po lekturze solaris to wielki zawod
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July 11, 2021
Menudo sinsentido de libro, mal narrado y con peores di谩logos. Entiendo que al estar narrado en primera persona, al principio puedas ir igual de perdida que el protagonista, porque vas conociendo las cosas a la vez que 茅l. Pero es que en este libro es peor que eso: no te aclaran (casi) nada durante toda la novela, y los di谩logos s贸lo hacen que confundir m谩s (adem谩s, 驴pueden dejar de hablar con monos铆labos y adelant谩ndose a lo que dir谩 la otra persona?). La construcci贸n de los personajes tampoco es que arregle el asunto, la verdad.
Y no hablemos del trato p茅simo hacia las mujeres y todo el machismo que destila por cada poro de su ser. Me da igual la 茅poca en la que estuviera escrito, no me justifica el cap铆tulo 5.
Y no hablemos del trato p茅simo hacia las mujeres y todo el machismo que destila por cada poro de su ser. Me da igual la 茅poca en la que estuviera escrito, no me justifica el cap铆tulo 5.
July 7, 2021
En general tengo la sensaci贸n de que no he entendido nada del libro. Ni su premisa, ni lo que dec铆an los personajes, ni los propios personajes. Nada.
Una l谩stima porque ten铆a ganas de leer y conocer al que consideran uno de los maestros de la ciencia ficci贸n del siglo XX y me he llevado una decepci贸n.
Adem谩s, 驴el trato a las mujeres? 隆驴Hola?! En serio el protagonista y, por tanto, el autor tiene un problema serio. Qu茅 inc贸modo de leer la mayor铆a de las veces. Las otras s贸lo era vergonzoso.
Una l谩stima porque ten铆a ganas de leer y conocer al que consideran uno de los maestros de la ciencia ficci贸n del siglo XX y me he llevado una decepci贸n.
Adem谩s, 驴el trato a las mujeres? 隆驴Hola?! En serio el protagonista y, por tanto, el autor tiene un problema serio. Qu茅 inc贸modo de leer la mayor铆a de las veces. Las otras s贸lo era vergonzoso.
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