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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Persistence of Vision (1978)di John Varley
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3547863.html It's a story set in the near future (the 1990s) in a disintegrating United States; our narrator, trekking across the country, encounters a community in New Mexico where all the adults are blind and deaf, and therefore have access to spiritual enlightenment and ultimately (it appears) physical ascension to another plane of existence. The depiction of a human society made up of people very nearly like most of humanity, but establishing a sort of utopia, is beautifully done, and obviously wowed the voters for both awards. It's an appeal for a better kind of society, and for not looking down on disability. I have to say that while I agree about not looking down on disability, to portray it as a supernaturally liberating experience may not be terribly close to the lived experience of people with disabilities. I can see where Varley is coming from as a literary device, but it doesn't really speak to me. His narrator is also rather frankly relaxed about sex with underaged teenagers. A story that has shown its age. Why oh why do these well written short fiction have to be ruined by child marriage! It seem like many male authors, writing in the late 70's have this issue. And, its never women marrying young boys, its always men marrying young girls, all in the name of sexual freedom. The stories themselves are for the most part, well written. A few odd ideas that seem to pervade stories from this time period, and always in collections, some stories are better than others. Unfortunately, this was a 4 star rating, until the last story, which had an adult man contemplating marriage (or adoption) to a 12 year old. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A collection of short stories from "the wildest and most original science fictional mind" (George R.R. Martin) of Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley. The Persistance of Vision collects nine amazing fiction stories--including the Hugo and Nebula award-winning title novella--that could only come from the mesmerizing imagination of one of science fiction's most renowned and respected writers. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Puis il revient sur Terre pour la dernière nouvelle, la plus longue, la plus déroutante aussi, située dans une fin de XXe siècle alternatif, sur un territoire américain désordonné. Avec une liberté de ton étonnante, Varley évoque le périple d'un auteur raté qui se retrouve dans une communauté d'aveugles et sourds ayant développé un langage absolu par le biais du toucher. Aujourd'hui encore, certains de ses propos frisent le tabou mais l'écrivain ne se formalise pas des antiques barrières morales, qui devront forcément tomber quand la technologie et la médecine briseront les codes des genres. Tout de même, on retrouve un parallèle équivoque entre la première ("Dans le chaudron", qui se déroule sur Vénus) et la dernière nouvelle ("les Yeux de la nuit") avec un personnage principal qui s'éprend d'une toute jeune fille à peine pubère mais dotée d'un caractère bien trempé. De quoi faire jaser les puritains, et d'ailleurs le récit a remporté les prix les plus prestigieux à la fin des années 70 (prix Hugo, prix Nebula et prix Locus, plus le prix Apollo pour le recueil de nouvelles), qui prouvent que les lecteurs et auteurs de SF savent voir plus loin que les limites de leur société étriquée. ( )