Traces
古代ブリテンを思わせる別歴史世界を舞台にしたスティーヴン・バクスターの短編。宗教、帝国、技術の異なる発展を背景に、歴史の偶然性を硬質なSFの感覚で描く。
作品情報
古代ブリテンを思わせる別歴史世界を舞台にしたスティーヴン・バクスターの短編。
古代ブリテンを思わせる別歴史世界を舞台にしたスティーヴン・バクスターの短編。宗教、帝国、技術の異なる発展を背景に、歴史の偶然性を硬質なSFの感覚で描く。
レビュー要約
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題材の強さと構成の個性が読後に残る作品として受け止められている。背景説明よりも人物の選択や場面の余韻を重視する読み方に向いている。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Voyager
- 発売日
- 1999-01-01
- ページ数
- 368ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 11.1 x 2.4 x 17.8 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780006498148
- ISBN-10
- 0006498140
- 価格
- 18143 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Short Stories/Single Author
Stories set in a variety of futures from the award-winning heir of Arthur C. Clarke: Traces gives a kaleidoscopic vision of the possibilities for humankind. There are vision of histories which differ from our own, either through small changes – what if Germany had won WWI (`Mittelwelt’) – or through a fundamental difference in physical laws – what if Archimedes had been right in his clockwork-like cosmological vision (`No Longer Touch the Earth’). There are visions of futures in which people struggle to survive in a variety of bizarre environments (`Downstream’, `The Blood of Angels’), or, weakened and powerless, inhabit the end of worlds (`Inherit the Earth’, `George and the Comet’). There are explorations of astonishing events of our own lifetimes, in particular the grand expansion into space (`Zemlya’, `Moon Six’, `Pilgrim 7’). These visions give an impression of the contingency of our everyday here-and-now, surrounded as it is by an infinite array of possible pasts, presents, and futures.
Stephen Baxter applied to become an astronaut in 1991. He didn’t make it, but achieved the next best thing by becoming a science fiction writer, and his novels and short stories have been published and won awards around the world. His science background is in maths and engineering. He is married and lives in Buckinghamshire.
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Excellent.
Some superb stories here. Definately worth a read.
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Books are the best entertainment
Pretty damn good condition for a used book. I like books. Reading is the best. yay!
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not his best stories
This mostly seems to cover his early period, with lots of alternate histories (which I don't tend to like).
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After having read ALL of the Xeelee books and stories ...
After having read ALL of the Xeelee books and stories and wanting more, I gave this a try. Though imaginative, I was not driven to pick up the book at every available minute of down time...
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A rather mixed bag
I'm a bit 'old school' when it comes to Sci-Fi and I found many of the stories to be just plain grim rather than intriguing or imagination provoking. I enjoyed the more retro - Jules Verne type stories the most.
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