Memories of the Space Age - J. G. ...

Memories of the Space Age - J. G. Ballard, ebook, CALIBRE SFF 1970s, Temp 1

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//-->M(eMORI€9OffTH-e^Lir,J.G.B^LL/4RD16.95MR€W€LL!TheSpaceAgehaspassedintohistory. IntheshadowofthedereUctgantriesatCapeCanaveralreposetheabandonedmotels,theemptyswimmingpools,thedesolatelaunch-inggrounds,thecrashedspacecapsules,alltherustingremnantsofavanishedtechno-logicalcivilization.crimehadbeencom-mittedhere,aviolationoftheevolutionaryAorderembodiedinman'sattempttoconquerthetidewaysofspace,tobreachthebound-ariesofhisownhumanity.Overtheyears,beginningwith"TheCageofSand"in1962,J.G.Ballardhasprobedthepsychologicalimplicationsofman'sex-plorationofouterspace,andduringthisperiodtheauthorhaswrittenaiseriesofmesmerizingstoriessetwithintheforsakenSpaceCenteratCapeCanaveral,involvingmoribundastronautsencirclingtheEarth,anddepictingaworldinretreatfromtheravagesoftime.AlloftheCapeCanaveralandrelatedfictionispreservedinthepresentvolume,whichincludesseveralofthemosthauntingimagesincontemporaryliterature,asBadlard'sobsessedmenandwomenstum-blethroughthearchetypesofadecliningtechnologicallandscape.ThecollectedestablishindisputablyCapeCanaveralstorieswhatpartisansofthisauthorhaverecognizedformanyyears:J.G.Ballcird^soneofthesupremevisionaryprophetsofourage,possiblythemostsignifi-cantwriterofspeculativefictionsinceH. G.Wells.Inhismeldingofscienceandsur-realismtocreateaphantasmagoricalmilieuworthyofMaxErnst,Ballardisexploringtheuneasyinterfacebetweentechnologyandhumanity,dramatizingtheneurosesandparanoiasofourage,presentingwithhallucinogenicintensitytheexistentialplightofmodernman.BOSTONPUBLICLIBRARY [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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