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A diplomat who successfully negotiated with intelligent aliens finds his loyalty to the human race tested in this novel by a Nebula Awardâ??winning author. Richard Muller was an honorable diplomat who braved unimaginable dangers to make contact with the first-known race of intelligent aliens. But those aliens left a mark on him: a psychic wound that emanates a telepathic miasma his fellow humans can neither cure nor endure. Muller is exiled to the remote planet of Lemnos, where he is left, deeply embittered, at the heart of a deadly maze . . . until a new alien race appears, seemingly intent on exterminating humanity. Only Muller can communicate with them, due to the very condition that has made him an outcast. But will Muller stick his neck out for the people who so callously rejected him?… (altro)
The Man in the Maze is an older (1960s) short science fiction story by the celebrated writer Robert Silverberg. While he tends to objectify women, he still writes some excellent science fiction. This book is character-driven, utilizing three unique men. Richard Mueller is the man in the maze, an explorer who was infected by an alien species that causes him to emanate his feelings, causing other humans to avoid him. He's isolated himself on the planet Lemnos in a huge abandoned city shaped like a maze. Charles Boardman, the devious older man who sent Mueller out to the aliens first now needs him to visit another alien species that is threatening humanity, so he uses young Ned Rawlins to entice him out of the maze for another betrayal. I found out that the story is loosely based on Philoctetes, a Greek warrior who was wounded on the way to the Trojan War. His wound smelled so bad that he was left on the island of Lemnos until Cassandra prophesied a need for the sword of Heracles which belonged to Philoctetes, so the Greeks went back to get him. Mr. Silverberg raises some interesting questions in the debates between the three men. Is humanity worth saving? What does Mueller owe to humanity after they turned their backs on him? Does idealism no longer matter? He doesn't give answers but lets the reader come to their own conclusions. It's a very interesting read if you like older sci-fi. ( )
A diplomat who successfully negotiated with intelligent aliens finds his loyalty to the human race tested in this novel by a Nebula Awardâ??winning author. Richard Muller was an honorable diplomat who braved unimaginable dangers to make contact with the first-known race of intelligent aliens. But those aliens left a mark on him: a psychic wound that emanates a telepathic miasma his fellow humans can neither cure nor endure. Muller is exiled to the remote planet of Lemnos, where he is left, deeply embittered, at the heart of a deadly maze . . . until a new alien race appears, seemingly intent on exterminating humanity. Only Muller can communicate with them, due to the very condition that has made him an outcast. But will Muller stick his neck out for the people who so callously rejected him?
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Le talpe elettroniche e i robot ricognitori vengono stritolati, inceneriti, polverizzati, uno dopo l'altro: mandibole d'acciaio, laghi roventi, trabocchetti fotoelettrici, schemi deformanti, pareti di fuoco, fulminei marciapiedi a tagliola inghiottono e dilaniano i volontari. Ma ogni errore, ogni nuova vittima fa guadagnare qualche metro nella millenaria città labirinto: al centro, inavvicinabile, c'è Richard Muller, l'unico abitatore, l'uomo che da nove anni vive d'odio e di ricordi, e che bisogna ad ogni costo convincere ad uscire dal suo esilio e ad accettare una missione da cui dipende la sopravvivenza della specie umana.
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