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Bezig met laden... Jack Faust (1997)door Michael Swanwick
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) HanJie | Aug 7, 2017 |  "One thinks of oneself as a good person. One is not an objective judge. Some of the things she'd done . . . she didn't want to think about them. It was so easy to be corrupted by events. All it took was the decision, not necessarily conscious, not to bother thinking about the consequences." It's the tragedy of the human condition. ( ) kvrfan | Apr 25, 2015 | He also takes Mephistopheles' advice about how to disseminate his new knowledge to a largely unready world. The Spanish Armada is suddenly ironclads, defeated by rockets from the English fleet... word is spread by radio and so much more. This is the basis of this book and for quite a long time it works pretty well but there are a couple of weird patches where it seems like the ideas weren't worked out and sadly one of those is the last 5 chapters leaving a rather bitter taste in the mouth. (  ) lewispike | Apr 16, 2010 | Except that's not really the thought experiment being tackled, but good enough. We see the story of a man who wants scientific knowledge and is offered it in abundance. He thinks it will improve mankind, those who offer it him do so because they are convinced it will destroy mankind. Not sufficient to tell just this story it does track his pursuit, capture and eventual fall of his sweetheart. Again asking the question that if something comes with too much ease is it worth having anymore? nothing i can say can do this book justice - if you like alternate timeline thought experiments then this is the book for you. (  ) rufty | Aug 29, 2007 | LastCall | Nov 27, 2006 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The acclaimed novels of award-winning author Michael Swanwick have been praised for their "heady mix of wild ideas and images" (San Francisco Chronicle) and "extraordinary richness and scope" (Kirkus Reviews). But nothing that has come before can quite compare to this, Swanwick's finest creation to date.It is Wittenberg, Germany, and Dr. Faust is burning his books. The alchemist is in deepest despair, for even his vast learning is powerless against the ignorance and superstition of his fellow man. Then, in his darkest moment, a voice whispers: Faust. And so begins Swanwick's masterful reinvention of Goethe's story of a scholar who sells his soul to the Devil for the gift of unlimited Knowledge.But the wisdom this Mephistopheles offers goes far beyond anything even imagined in Goethe's day. The principles of flight, technology and economics, the mysteries of the cosmos, medicine and the atom -- all are made known to Faust as he remakes the world in his own image, ushering in the New Age of Mechanization centuries before its rightful day. Ultimately it is love -- for his creations and for a woman named Margarete -- that damns Jack Faust, as this brilliant story spins forward through time, pulling the reader to the very brink of the new millennium to confront the "progress" Faust has wrought.Lyrical, arresting and provocative, "Jack Faust" is a cause for celebration -- it is an extraordinary work that entertains gloriously as it takes a deep and disturbing look into the collective soul of humankind. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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