Difference between revisions of "Far Rainbow"
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| − | '''Strugatsky, Boris, and Arkady Strugatsky. ''Far Rainbow''.''' 1963. ''Far Rainbow/The Second Invasion from Mars''. Gary Kern, trans. New York: Macmillan, | + | '''Strugatsky, Boris, and Arkady Strugatsky. ''Far Rainbow''.''' Original title Далёкая Радуга, 1963. ''Far Rainbow/The Second Invasion from Mars''. Alan Myers, translation. Moscow: Mir, 1967.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Rainbow] Gary Kern, trans. New York: Macmillan, 1979. Antonina W. Bouis, trans. New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1979. |
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| + | Book in the Strugatsky's Noon Universe series; see also ''[[Noon: 22nd Century]]'' and ''[[Escape Attempt]]'' | ||
Analyzed by I. Csicsery-Ronay, as a use of and commentary upon the theme of scientific exploration and attempts at domination of nature ([[Towards the Last Fairy Tale: On the Fairy-Tale Paradigm in the Strugatskys' Science Fiction, 1963-72.|". . . Last Fairy-Tale]]," cited under Literary Criticism). | Analyzed by I. Csicsery-Ronay, as a use of and commentary upon the theme of scientific exploration and attempts at domination of nature ([[Towards the Last Fairy Tale: On the Fairy-Tale Paradigm in the Strugatskys' Science Fiction, 1963-72.|". . . Last Fairy-Tale]]," cited under Literary Criticism). | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:11, 9 July 2020
Strugatsky, Boris, and Arkady Strugatsky. Far Rainbow. Original title Далёкая Радуга, 1963. Far Rainbow/The Second Invasion from Mars. Alan Myers, translation. Moscow: Mir, 1967.[1] Gary Kern, trans. New York: Macmillan, 1979. Antonina W. Bouis, trans. New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1979.
Book in the Strugatsky's Noon Universe series; see also Noon: 22nd Century and Escape Attempt
Analyzed by I. Csicsery-Ronay, as a use of and commentary upon the theme of scientific exploration and attempts at domination of nature (". . . Last Fairy-Tale," cited under Literary Criticism).
According to John J. Pierce, Foundations of Science Fiction[2] in ms. revision 2020, "Far Rainbow" features research into "Zero-Transport (matter transmission)"; "the Devil’s Dozen: scientists with grafted computer implants that render them totally rational – and totally inhuman"; and "the Massachusetts Machine, an artificial intelligence that had once almost taken over the world" (ms. p. 25).
RDE, updated, 8/9July20
