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Wysłany: Sob 23:05, 05 Mar 2011 Temat postu: .Thuswecanhaveatwentieth-
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planethasbeenterraformedandreconstructedonpurposeasakindof
theme-parkdevotedtoethnicandculturalnostalgiaforexampleinOrson
ScottCard’sXenocideseriesJohnBarnes’s
AMillionOpenDoors(1992)or
NaloHopkinson’sMidnightRobber(2000).Thuswecanhaveatwentieth-
centuryCaribbean-?avouredquartierofthehumandiasporajustadimen-
sionveilortwoaway(sotospeak)fromarecreationof‘medievalFrance’.
Butthemostthrillingofimaginedworldsarethosethatcombineahighlevel
ofintuitivesatisfactionas‘real’ecologieswithanequallyhi [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]egreeof
authorialmeaning–apurposeintheworkotherthanfaux-verisimilitude.
FrankHerbert’sDunesucceedsbecausethestoryofthedesertplanetisa
storyaboutscarcityandthekindofhumanculturethatscarcityproduces;
Herbertwasatthetimeinvolvedinenvironmentalscienceanditsfears.
SheriTepper’sGrass(1979)aimagined-ecologynovelofthesamecalibre
usesthesfdeviceofaplanetwithouthabitatorclimatediversitytocreatea
stunningpampasworldbutherethemeaningofthestoryisfoundinanen-
sembleofnativeanimalswithar[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]rkablycoherentthrillingandfearsome
metamorphiclifecycle.ThedenizensofGrasspassfromanentirelyanimal
larvalstagethroughaphaseofcallousdestructiveandaggressivesentience
andstruggletoreacha?nalmulti-dimensionalimagoalmostbeyyilai:
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http://www.public4you.fora.pl/i-m-new,4/on-the-makaloa-mat-londonjack-publishedaambcx,44328.html#81000
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