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Carnival: A Novel

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Carnival: A Novel

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A diplomatic science-fiction novel set on New Amazonia, where espionage, ecological rule, gender politics, and personal betrayal converge during a festival season.

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作品情報

Carnivalは、受賞作として評価されたElizabeth Bearの作品です。

A diplomatic science-fiction novel set on New Amazonia, where espionage, ecological rule, gender politics, and personal betrayal converge during a festival season.

書籍情報

出版社
Spectra
発売日
2006-11-28
ページ数
432ページ
言語
英語
サイズ
10.9 x 2.26 x 17.27 cm
ISBN-13
9780553589047
ISBN-10
0553589040
価格
2230 JPY
カテゴリ
洋書/Gay & Lesbian/Literature & Fiction/Fiction/Gay

In Old Earth’s clandestine world of ambassador-spies, Michelangelo Kusanagi-Jones and Vincent Katherinessen were once a starring team. But ever since a disastrous mission, they have been living separate lives in a universe dominated by a ruthless Coalition—one that is about to reunite them. The pair are dispatched to New Amazonia as diplomatic agents Allegedly, they are to return priceless art. Covertly, they seek to tap its energy supply. But in reality, one has his mind set on treason. And among the extraordinary women of New Amazonia, in a season of festival, betrayal, and disguise, he will find a new ally—and a force beyond any that humans have known. . . .

Elizabeth Bear was born on the same say as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. This, coupled with her childhood tendency to read the dictionary for fun, has led inevitably to penury, intransigence, and the writing of speculative fiction. Her hobbies include incompetent archery, practicing guitar, and reading biographies of Elizabethan playmenders. She is the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for best New Writer and the author of over a dozen published or forthcoming novels, including the Locus Award-winning Jenny Casey trilogy and the Phillip K. Dick Award-nominated Carnival . A native New Englander, she spent seven years near Las Vegas, but now lives in Connecticut with a presumptuous cat.

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  • Complex, twisted plot

    Set in a future where old earth coalition is ruled by an eco facist AI that uses genocide and euthanasia as a policy enforcement tool. Breakaway plants are trying to build an alliance against the coalition- Planets that have alternative societies, such as New Amazonia, a matriarchy where stud males are slaves and gentle males have limited freedom. To New Amaziona come two diplomats and a priceless cargo of old earth art...

  • Bas les masques...

    Un titre trompeur pour une bien agréable surprise New Amazonia est un monde de femmes (machos, s'abstenir !!!) mais rien ou presque à voir avec celui de Mme TEPPER L'auteur trace ici le portrait d'un futur où après avoir risqué l'extinction, l'humain a confié sa destinée aux machines pensantes qui contrôlent et organisent tout sauf sur quelques planètes indépendantes comme New Amazonia Comme toujours quand il y a dictature il y a rébellion !!! politiques, trahisons, pouvoirs, devoirs et amours tout s'entremêle sur ce monde neuf non encore soumis à la Coalition Mais qui fait le jeu de qui ? C'est une histoire de masques... D'abord et avant tout, bravo d'avoir fait d'un couple homosexuel des héros de science fiction Le talent d'Elisabeth Bear est de nous décrire un monde nouveau lointain, par petites touches, allusions, avec de belles et surprenantes avancées technologiques qui côtoient des règles de vie plus primitives tout en tissant des fils pour dévoiler peu à peu les personnalités de ses principaux personnages le couple Vincent / Michelangelo, Lesa et sa "familiae", kii, où comment leurs actes vont impacter à la fois sur leurs vies mais aussi sur la destinée des mondes dans lesquels ils évoluent ... Vincent et Michelangelo, se retrouveront ils pour mieux se perdre Arriveront ils à se faire entendre par Kii, cet étrange extra terrestre ? Une belle aventure de science fiction même s'il manque un peu de "profondeur" et qu'on échappe pas à certains clichés féministes d'où ma note de 4/5...

  • Viel Potential, viele kleine Teufel im Detail. 3 von 5

    Die Behandlung des titelgebenden "Carnival", der auf New Amazonia während der gesamten Handlungsdauer stattfindet, ist analog zur gesamten Handlung dieses Buches. Es wird viel drüber geredet, Erwartungen geweckt, "Carnival" wird als eine Art Metaanalogie der zentralen Themen im Roman aufgebaut (Die verschiedenen "Masken" die wirklich ALLE Protagonisten tragen, besonders natürlich Vincent als "Superperciever" und Michelangelo als "Liar") - und letztendlich bleibt der Karneval in der Hauptstadt, genauso wie der Maskenball der Lügen auf der politischen Ebene, doch nur Hintergrundgeräusch. Als Trilogie, mit einigen zusätzlichen Schauplätzen, sowie Zeit und Muse seitens der Autorin die Bühne für ihren "Carnival" entsprechend vorzubereiten, hätte die Idee völlig aufgehen können. Als einzelnes Buch jedoch bleibt "Carnival" ein wenig überambitioniert und leicht konfus. Bear's Stil ist leicht literarisch angehaucht und eigentlich sehr angenehm zu lesen. Sie hat aber ein ganz grosses Problem: Die Perspektive, aus der man das Geschehen in der dritten Person betrachtet, wechselt viel zu häufig, oft mitten im Absatz und nicht selten merkt man es erst 3 Sätze später. Das führt dazu, dass man an relativ vielen Stellen stockt und nochmal nachlesen muss, um zu wissen WESSEN Meinung hier eigentlich gedacht/beschrieben wurde. Bei so vielen Kritikpunkten sollte aber auch festgestellt werden, dass die Welt, in die man hier geworfen wird, sehr lebendig daherkommt. Die Beschreibungen sind eingängig und imaginativ und trotz aller Schwachstellen fällt einem das Weiterlesen leicht. Leider merkt man aber zu sehr, dass dieses Buch eigentlich für mehr ausgelegt war, als nur die Geschichte zu erzählen und es schmerzt das durchaus dafür vorhandene Potential so verschwendet zu sehen.

  • Fresh take on political science fiction

    Elizabeth Bear ("Hammered," "Scardown," "Worldwired") now has written a standalone that intrigues on many levels. The setup's a stunner--on what's now "Old Earth," environmental cuckoos have created AIs called "The Guardians," which have "culled" most of the planet's population in the name of Greenness. Under the Guardians an apparently fascist governing body known as "The Coalition" rules. Humans, however, have managed to settle a number of worlds under the Coalition, and in the process have pretty much put women back in the kitchen. Except, that is, on the planet called New Amazonia, where women rule and duel (heterosexual males are called "stud males" and are no better than slaves; homosexual males are called "gentle" and have more rights). The Coalition wants the planet's mysterious source of cheap energy so--not having women (which the New Amazonians would of course prefer) to throw into the fray--they send two gay men (former lovers at that) as ambassadors (make that spies) ostensibly charged with returning art taken from the New Amazonians, but actually to obtain, by hook or by crook they will, the source of the planet's cheap energy. The two spies, Michelangelo Kusanagi-Jones and Vincent Katherinessen, each have their own agendas, as do the women who are members of New Amazonia's government, most notably Lesa Pretoria--a security chief for the government--who has her own view of things. The story takes place during the planet's carnival, a word that, as a headnote tells us (and this proves important), is derived from the Old Italian carnelevare, which means "farewell to the flesh." The book's all about the clashes--of culture (the men shun meat; the women wear guns), of agendas (everybody you'll encounter is out for themselves), of sexual relations. And it's subtle. Ms. Bear sets everything out logically, but her explanations for how things got this way are shadowy and indirect. She tosses out pieces of information about the worlds she's built in a sentence or two here and there, in a "by the way" fashion. Then, too, there's the intricate plotting, which works like an old-fashioned clock. It takes plenty of winding to set it in motion, but once it gets going it flows along smoothly and logically. It's a great read.

  • Great books!

    As with all the books rated here, none of them disappointed and suppliers were great too! I like books with good character development and dialog, SoO these are all well worth reading!

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