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Sto caricando le informazioni... Double Star (originale 1956; edizione 1986)di Robert A. Heinlein (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Un actor de medio pelo es contratado para hacer de doble de un famoso polÃtico. Pronto descubrirá que el motivo del contrato es que el polÃtico ha sido secuestrado, asà que tiene que continuar la farsa hasta que sea liberado y, cuando esto ocurra, hasta que esté en condiciones de volver a su lugar. Aunque el final es previsible, Heinlein lo dosifica con todo el oficio de un guionista de cine o televisión y consigue mantener el interés todo el tiempo. Por supuesto, no hay disquisiciones ni desvÃos: la acción lo es todo. Los personajes, sin embargo, no resultan tan planos como cabÃa esperar y vamos siguiendo sus dudas, sus cambios y la forma en que se adaptan a las circunstancias. Todo se desarrolla dentro del gabinete de asesores del polÃtico (no me refiero a un lugar fÃsico, sino más bien al entorno de personajes), donde apenas cuanto o cinco personas saben la verdad, pero, como digo, vemos evolucionar a ese pequeño grupo, incluyendo un traidor al que casi comprendemos. El estilo, en fin, propio de las novelas de detectives de la época, muy directo y efectivo, con un estudiado uso del suspense y del humor. En resumen, un libro que no es gran literatura ni mucho menos pero sà resulta muy entretenido. Eso sÃ, es ciencia ficción porque está ambientado en un entorno espacial (por cierto, muy curiosos los marcianos y sus relaciones con los humanos), pero perfectamente podrÃa ser una novela de intriga polÃtica cambiando apenas algunos detalles. ( ) A brief review for a brief story. Double Star focuses on our main character, Smythe, an actor who is recruited to double for an important politician who has been kidnapped. The plot moves briskly along, and while there's a little of the expected Heinlein action early on, there's less than one might expect. Absent also are some of his usual tropes about sexism and sexuality (though we do have an almost entirely male cast of characters). Strangely, in a book centered around politics, there is also little to none of his usual diatribes against socialism, for capitalism, or for some pseudo-fascist libertarian regime. Instead, we see Smythe grow out of initial close-minded, racist and isolationist beliefs and into someone who embraces collectivism across cultures and species. There's also some interesting ranting about the 'artist' and how/why/when he creates/participates in his art that whole ostensibly speaking about acting, feels like it must have been to some degree self-referential for Heinlein regarding writing. Overall, great, short read. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: Every stand-in dreamed of the starring roleâ??but what actor would risk his life for the chance? One minute, down-and-out actor Lorenzo Smythe is, as usual, in a bar, drinking away his troubles while watching his career circle the drain. Then a space pilot buys him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knows, he's shanghaied to Mars. Smythe suddenly finds himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who has been kidnapped. Peace with the Martians is at stake, and failure to pull off the act could result in interplanetary war. Smythe knows nothing of the issues concerning free interplanetary trade and equal rights for aliens and cares even less, but the handsome compensation is impossible to refuse. He soon realizes, however, that he faces a lifetime masquerade if the real politician never shows up. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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