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Cargando... Daughter of Elysium (1993)por Joan Slonczewski
   Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 1   ChrisRiesbeck | Nov 9, 2021 |   This is a very ambitious bit of SF -- there are a lot of balls in the air and I'm not sure I believe that she lands them all soundly. Then again, some may be deliberately left alight for the next book in the series? I don't know. That aside, it was nice to be back in the Sharer world again, though most of the worldview this time was filtered through the eyes of the Clickers. Much of the focus in this book was on reproduction and population management. It was somewhat frustrating that there was a complete absence of the theory that given the empowerment of women and a stable economic environment, women will limit their own reproduction and population growth will tend toward zero. Still, there were interesting ideas here and intriguing characters aplenty. Enough to make me seek out the next book in the series, anyway. (  )1 greeniezona | Dec 6, 2017 | The book is slightly over-ambitious: many of the plot threads are dropped for the climactic show-down between nanon-servors and the Elysians, and there are a few too many characters to keep track of. But I love the philosophical discussions and problems posed by this book, and the wide array of mind sets, societies, and lifestyles that make it up. It's all so fascinating! I love how non-traditional this book is; it never does what I think it will. ( ) wealhtheowwylfing | Feb 29, 2016 | Perhaps where this story is weak is that it tries to address too much. Ecological relationships, responsibility for uplifted species, cultural conflict, post-human longevity, religious diversity, economic policies of developing nations, and ethics all become important themes, only to drift away as the narrative changes. The final confrontation felt slightly anticlimactic and rushed. But overall, it was a good read about credible characters in a rich universe. Slonczewski does a fair job of trying to blend the personal, social, and scientific aspects of science fiction. (  ) CBrachyrhynchos | Feb 4, 2014 | ) comixminx | Apr 5, 2013 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesElysium Cycle (2)
"A modern classic, Joan Slonczewski's A Door Into Ocean earned the author overwhelming critical acclaim, and comparisons to such respected science fiction luminaries as Frank Herbert and Ursula K. Le Gain. Now, once again, she opens wide the portals into the remarkable ocean world of Shora - and ushers the reader into a breathtaking realm of scientific and ecological wonders...where death-hastening perils hide behind deceptive veneer of harmony and peace." "Across the galactic Fold, Raincloud Windclan and her family wend their way toward Elysium - a pristine, technologically advanced city of scientists, teachers, politicians and intergalactic bankers that floats serenely on the surface of a water world. A Clicker "goddess" from an environmentally unstable tribal planet, Raincloud has come at the request of Elysium's leaders, who urgently need her linguistic and diplomatic skills to help avert an impending war with the barbaric Urulites. But it is scientific knowledge that attracts her husband, Blackbear, to this strange, incomprehensible city. For he fervently wishes to share with his own people the Elysians' greatest achievement: immortality." "For centuries the pleasure-loving Elysians have co-existed with the Sharers - Shora's enigmatic, compassionate "lifeshapers," living precariously on natural "rafts" outside the urban limits." "But greed and complacency have bred among the ageless city dwellers contempt for their treaties and agreements with the true masters of their planet...and for the intelligent machines that attend to their every whim. Yet only a chosen few - the foreigner Windclans included - recognize the internal corruption that is destroying the eternal society...and the devastating resentments and future-threatening hatreds brewing within a dangerous community of nano-sentient "servants" empowered by the awesome might of the words "I am.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In Daughter, there is political conflict but nothing so dark and grim. Hundreds of years have passed. The Valans are still villains, but they have gone corporate and are mostly off-stage. Shora has been colonized by the Elysians -- genetically engineered to live thousands of years but unable to breed -- who live in bubbles floating on Shora's ocean. The outside observers to tour Elysium are patterned after Native Americans.
The pace of Daughter is leisurely. The big conflicts are about overpopulation and terrraforming and who counts as human, but these themes, some present in Door, are developed slowly. The mode is debate, with many chapters reading like chapters from Walton's Thessaly cycle. It's not that things are less black and white than they were in Door so much as that the path to seeing what's black and white is more of a challenge for the characters.
The author's biological expertise is more clearly on display here, as one of the main characters works on a genetic engineering project to restore fertility to the Elysians.
Recommended for its world building and intelligence, but if you really love Door, you may be disappointed in the change of style here. (