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Carter Scholz

Autore di Kafka Americana: Fiction

26+ opere 379 membri 14 recensioni

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He lives in California. (Bowker Author Biography)

Opere di Carter Scholz

Opere correlate

The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) — Collaboratore — 196 copie
New Legends (1995) — Collaboratore — 174 copie
Space Odyssey (1983) — Collaboratore — 138 copie
Starlight 2 (1998) — Collaboratore — 137 copie
Universe 10 (1980) — Collaboratore — 132 copie
Starlight 1 (1996) — Collaboratore — 132 copie
Universe 7 (1977) — Collaboratore — 127 copie
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 (2016) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
The Best of Crank! (1998) — Autore — 99 copie
Terry's Universe (1987) — Collaboratore — 72 copie
Universe 14 (1984) — Collaboratore — 62 copie
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #16 (1987) — Collaboratore — 50 copie
Clarion SF (1977) — Collaboratore — 49 copie
Altre vite (1986) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (1983) — Collaboratore — 43 copie
New Dimensions 12 (1981) — Collaboratore — 34 copie
The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction (2019) — Collaboratore — 31 copie
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016 (2016) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Universe 11 (1981) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka (2011) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 10 (1980) — Collaboratore — 18 copie
Orbit 18 (1976) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
The John W. Campbell Awards Vol. 5 (1984) — Autore, alcune edizioni13 copie
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (1981) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Univers 1986 (1986) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
I mondi del possibile (1993) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Die Pilotin. Internationale Science-Fiction-Erzählungen (1994) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Overview: Stories in the Stratosphere (2017) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
New Dimensions No. 13 (1982) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Die wahre Lehre — nach Mickymaus (1993) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Clarkesworld: Issue 139 (April 2018) (2018) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Mondaugen — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Scholz, Robert Carter
Data di nascita
1953-09-22
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
New York, New York, USA
Istruzione
Rhode Island School of Design
Attività lavorative
composer
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Oof. That first story was rough. Like The Cold Equations for the 21st century.
 
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Jon_Hansen | 4 altre recensioni | Dec 7, 2021 |
Fantastic.

A more serious, emotional, poignant and heart-breaking version of The Martian.

I loved it. Gets my Hugo nomination.
 
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mjhunt | 4 altre recensioni | Jan 22, 2021 |
A brilliant, overlooked novel about 2 physicists entangled in corruption, mid-life crises, institutional incentives, technological inevitability, the end of the Cold War, nuclear bombs & the Star Wars missile defense program, existential risks & accelerationism. Based on true events, with unparalleled realistic dialogue. A bleak masterpiece...

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Thematically, Scholz pairs a character that is realistic and sees human politics for what it is – inevitable, Machiavellian, out of control, conflicted – and one that is naive, in search for truth. But in the novel – as in life – truth is problematic, as even smart men can’t agree. It is not much of a spoiler to say the tragedy of Quine is that he eventually makes ‘moral’ mistakes like Highet too. Yet, morality is in the eye of the beholder, and while Scholz has written an indicting, political book, it steers clear of easy judgements or finger pointing. Democratic oversight is very hard to get right, and bureaucracy unavoidable. Decisions are “taken in the absolute vacuum of procedure and contingency”, and humans have complex, differing motivations. We all need to eat.

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Full review on Weighing A Pig Doesn't Fatten It
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bormgans | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 1, 2020 |
I read this right after finishing a complete collection of Kafka's shorter works, and I kind of think that's what these guys had done right before they wrote these pieces. They're riddled with references to Kafka's work. References to the novels were pretty obvious and inevitable, but there was a good bit of "Josephine the Singer", "In the Penal Colony", "The Burrow", "The Judgement" and "The Vulture". Those are just the ones I caught. What they actually do with these references is not necessarily all that satisfying. I found "Receding Horizons" (the long-ish piece co-written by both) and "K for Fake" (by Lethem alone) to be the most worthwhile. I enjoyed the idea of having Kafka (who invented so much of what we think of as uniquely 20th Century angst) survive to experience a bit more of that Century.
It wasn't mind-blowing but it was also only 100 pages. It's not like I'm underwhelmed after enduring a dense, discursive tome. They knew how much material they could get out of the subject-matter and the concept.
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CGlanovsky | 4 altre recensioni | Jul 30, 2018 |

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Opere
26
Opere correlate
42
Utenti
379
Popolarità
#63,709
Voto
½ 3.6
Recensioni
14
ISBN
12

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