Robert Sawyer

Aleksandr Lomeks, edinstvennyj chastnyj detektiv na Marse, rabotaet v obschestve nezadachlivykh staratelej, chinovnikov-kolonistov, korrumpirovannykh politsejskikh i bogachej-transferov, kotorye zagruzhajut svoi razumy v bessmertnye tela androidov. Uliki privodjat ego k staromu delu ob ubijstve Vajngartena i O'Rajli i ikh sokrovischam vremen Velikoj marsianskoj likhoradki. Teper pod pritselom okazyvaetsja i sam detektiv.

Laureat premij "Avrora" i HOMer Awards. Nominant na premii "Nebjula", "Khjugo", "Sejun". Vot uzhe pochti dvadtsat let kosmicheskie issledovanija stremitelno razvivajutsja, i ustanavlivajutsja novye kontakty s vnezemnymi razumnymi suschestvami. Vse eto blagodarja tsepochke zagadochnykh iskusstvenno sozdannykh mezhprostranstvennykh stjazhek. Nikto ne znaet, kto sozdal eti mezhzvezdnye portaly, no oni sdelali dalnie ugolki kosmosa legkodostupnymi. Komandir ogromnogo issledovatelskogo zvezdoleta "Starpleks" Kejt Lansing schitaet, chto kosmos stal dazhe slishkom legkodostupnym. I kogda cherez novuju stjazhku prokhodit neizvestnoe sudno - idealno gladkoe, bez illjuminatorov, shvov i vidimykh dvigatelej, - uzhe i tak izrjadno potrepannyj v bojakh "Starpleks" mozhet stat tochkoj pretknovenija, s kotoroj nachnetsja novaja mezhzvezdnaja vojna... Okunites v epicheskoe kosmicheskoe prikljuchenie, polnoe tekhnicheskikh opisanij zvezdoletov, s realistichnoj fizikoj, chelovecheskimi problemami i nechelovecheskimi tajnami." Grandioznoe puteshestvie". - Dzhek Makdevit"Esli vy khotite uznat o mezhzvezdnykh prikljuchenijakh s bolshoj bukvy, to mozhete ostanovit poiski na etoj knige". - Gregori Benford"Etot roman dolzhen poradovat serdtsa chitatelej, kotorye zhalujutsja, chto nikto bolshe ne pishet nastojaschuju nauchnuju fantastiku, v kotoroj est zvezdolety, dalekie planety i kosmicheskie boi. Sojer lovko zhongliruet poludjuzhinoj glubokikh voprosov o kosmose (ne govorja uzhe o povsednevnoj etike i morali), ne davaja pri etom sjuzhetu poterjatsja. Naslazhdajtes". - Asimov's Science Fiction"Astrofiziki i prosto fiziki vysokikh energij, chitaja, poluchat zavorot mozgov. Vse neponjatnye zagadki Kosmosa u avtora prevratilis v logichnye gipotezy - zdes i tjomnaja materija, i rasshirenie Vselennoj s vozmozhnostju ejo gibeli iz-za entropii, i reguljatsija nastojaschego iz buduschego, i, konechno. bessmertie na milliardy let. Nu kak bez vojny s drugoj inoj chuzhoj tsivilizatsiej. I, konechno, vechnaja ljubov. Vse eto spletjonnoe talantom - prekrasnoe proizvedenie dlja chtenija i razmyshlenij o buduschem". Uzhe pochti dvadtsat let kosmicheskie issledovanija Zemli stremitelno razvivajutsja, blagodarja tainstvennym mezhprostranstvennym stjazhkam, pozvoljajuschim v mgnovenie oka perenestis v samyj dalnij ugolok kosmosa. Zvezdolet "Starpleks" pod komandovaniem Kejta Lansinga postroen dlja poiska novykh razumnykh vidov. V svoem puteshestvii emu pridetsja projti mnozhestvo ispytanij i najti zagadochnykh sozdatelej mezhzvezdnoj transportnoj seti...

Novaja kniga Roberta Sojera, laureata mnozhestva premij, takikh kak "Khjugo", "Nebjula" i "Avrora". Poka Robert Oppengejmer i ego komanda po Mankhettenskomu proektu bjutsja nad sozdaniem atomnoj bomby, Edvard Teller mechtaet o esche bolee razrushitelnom oruzhii, osnovannom na jadernom sinteze - mekhanizme, kotoryj pitaet Solntse. Issledovanija Tellera privodjat k uzhasajuschemu otkrytiju: k 2030 godu Solntse vybrosit svoj vneshnij sloj, unichtozhiv Zemlju. Posle bombardirovki Japonii i kontsa vojny komanda Oppengejmera, a takzhe Albert Ejnshtejn i Verner fon Braun obedinjajutsja - velichajshie nauchnye genii proshlogo veka nachinajut vojnu so vremenem, chtoby spasti nashe buduschee. Napolnennyj tschatelnymi issledovanijami i nasyschennyj realnymi personazhami, roman "Oppengejmer. Alternativa" - eto zakhvatyvajuschee dukh prikljuchenie v realnoj i alternativnoj istorii. "Mne ponravilos! Ja khorosho znaju istoriju etogo perioda i, bolee togo, otdelen ot mnogikh iz personazhej romana vsego odnim-dvumja rukopozhatijami. Obrazy Sojera kazhutsja mne pravdivymi. Rad, chto stal odnim iz pervykh chitatelej etoj knigi!" - Li Smolin, avtor bestsellera "The Trouble with Physics""Tvorcheskaja perestrojka fantasmagoricheskoj realnoj biografii v fantasmagoricheskuju alternativnuju istoriju. Poklonniki Oppengejmera budut zaintrigovany". - Martin Dzh. Shervin, soavtor udostoennoj Pulittserovskoj premii biografii "Amerikanskij Prometej: triumf i tragedija Dzh. Roberta Oppengejmera""Poistine nauchno-fantasticheskoe proizvedenie alternativnoj istorii, osnovannoe na reshenijakh - i otkrytijakh - velikikh fizikov, napisavshikh istoriju 20-go veka: Ejnshtejna, Fermi, Gjodelja i Oppengejmera. Jarko voploschennye, gluboko chelovechnye personazhi, naseljajuschie etot roman, dajut blestjaschim razmyshlenijam avtora chelovecheskie zhizn i krov. Ja prochital etu knigu zalpom i rekomenduju vam sdelat to zhe samoe. Teper zhe ja nameren perechitat ee. Bravo!" - S. M. Stirling "Mne chrezvychajno ponravilos! Dejstvitelno zdorovo, dazhe ne zamechaesh, kak listaesh stranitsy. Ja kak popal na krjuchok v nachale, tak i ostavalsja do kontsa. Esche odno prekrasnoe dopolnenie k znamenitym knigam Sojera!" - Andre Bormanis, prodjuser serialov "Orvill" i "Kosmos""Iskusnoe i uvlekatelnoe spletenie nitej istorii s podlinnymi personazhami serediny 20-go veka dlja sozdanija uvlekatelnogo vymyshlennogo povestvovanija". - Dzhem Rolls, avtor pesy "Izobretatel vsego" o Leo Silarde "Sojer blestjasche i pronzitelno izobrazhaet borbu uchenykh, kotorye sami vse eto zatejali i, sledovatelno, byli vynuzhdeny nesti nepodemnoe bremja". - Dzhejms Kristi, predsedatel proekta "Ploughshares", uchastnik Mezhdunarodnoj kampanii za likvidatsiju jadernogo oruzhija, udostoennoj Nobelevskoj premii mira "Sojer prevzoshel samogo sebja! Nikto ne smog by vzjatsja za etot proekt s takim entuziazmom i tak uglubitsja v poisk istiny, kak etot vydajuschijsja pisatel. Ja ne chital esche stol polnogo i zakhvatyvajuschego povestvovanija o zhizni i dejatelnosti Oppengejmera". - Dzhonas Sol "Luchshaja, na moj vzgljad, iz vsekh knig Sojera, s blestjaschimi kak istoricheskoj, tak i nauchno-fantasticheskoj chastjami. Chrezvychajno umnaja ekstrapoljatsija, kotoraja estestvennym obrazom proistekaet iz issledovanij, provedennykh chrezvychajno umnymi ljudmi na puti k razvitiju atomnoj ery. I posle togo, kak vy zakonchite chitat roman, eti ljudi ostanutsja v vashej pamjati takimi, kakimi oni byli na samom dele. Dostojnyj pretendent na nagradu!" - Amazing Stories "Sojer prodelal velikolepnuju rabotu. Kazhdyj personazh pojavljaetsja so stranitsy, polnostju vkljuchennym v svoju epokhu i nerazryvno svjazannym s ostalnymi. Kniga nasyschena glubokimi emotsijami. Etot prekrasnyj roman nagljadno demonstriruet svoju aktualnost dlja sovremennosti". - Locus "Vpechatljajuschee ispolzovanie nauchnykh i istoricheskikh detalej i kharakteristika Sojerom samogo cheloveka priotkryvajut zavesu nad moralnymi ustojami, genialnostju i neschastem Oppengejmera. Poklonniki nauchnoj fantastiki s udovolstviem prochtut etu knigu, v kotoroj, narjadu s faktami, soderzhatsja vzveshennye belletristicheskie elementy i fantasticheskie dopuschenija". - Publishers Weekly "Prevoskhodnoe sochetanie tochnykh nauchnykh svedenij, alternativnoj istorii i dushevnoj i umstvennoj zhizni odnogo iz vidnejshikh ljudej 20-go veka. Nastojatelno rekomenduetsja". - Sci-Fi Bulletin "Kazhdyj personazh v etoj knige - realnyj chelovek. I eto chistaja pravda. Dazhe nekotorye dialogi realny. Eto odna iz samykh vpechatljajuschikh knig, s kotorymi ja stalkivalsja. Ja ne mogu sebe predstavit, skolko issledovanij ushlo na to, chtoby pridat kazhdomu personazhu pravdopodobnyj golos i individualnost (na samom dele, mogu, bibliografija na moem telefone zanimaet 30 stranits), no ved eto Robert Dzh. Sojer, tak chto, vozmozhno, mne ne stoit udivljatsja. V nekotorom smysle kniga napomnila mne pesu Majkla Frejna "Kopengagen" s massoj ostrykh oschuschenij, krutymi raketami i stsenariem kontsa sveta v pridachu". - Silven Nevel "Mozhete nazvat eto alternativnoj istoriej ili alternativnoj astrofizikoj (ili i tem, i drugim). Kakoj by termin ni vybrali, eto potrjasajuschaja kniga". - Erik Flint "Roman stol zhe obshirnyj, kak i fizika (i fiziki), pod chim rukovodstvom byl zapuschen originalnyj proekt "Orion". - Dzhordzh Dajson, avtor knigi "Proekt Orion: Atomnye kosmicheskie korabli 1957-1965""Obilie detalej pridaet romanu Sojera obosnovannuju pravdopodobnost, neobkhodimuju dlja togo, chtoby osuschestvit belletrizatsiju sobytij, razmyshljaja o vnutrennej zhizni personazhej, znachenii sdelannykh imi otkrytij i ikh filosofskom vlijanii. Sojer ispolzuet delovoj stil, napominajuschij stil Ajzeka Azimova ili Bena Bovy, chto oblegchaet orientirovanie v povestvovanii. Rezultatom stal realistichnyj i intrigujuschij vzgljad na lichnost Oppengejmera i ego rabotu". - Booklist "Byvajut pisateli, kotorye, dazhe esli ne pishut odnu i tu zhe knigu snova i snova, pishut ochen pokhozhie knigi. Ne takov Robert Sojer, kotoryj sochetaet ogromnoe voobrazhenie s obshirnymi issledovanijami. Pishet li Sojer o dinozavre Galilee, neandertaltsakh-ateistakh ili o samosoznajuschej Vsemirnoj pautine, on ozhivljaet svoikh personazhej i mir, v kotorom oni zhivut. Esli u knig Sojera i est chto-to obschee, pomimo ikh obschego sovershenstva, tak eto ego zabota o morali i opredelenii pravilnykh postupkov. V dannoj knige eta ozabochennost otrazhena v diskussijakh po povodu jadernoj bomby i grjaduschego sokhranenija kontsa sveta v bolshom sekrete ot obychnykh ljudej. "Alternativa Oppengejmera" ponravitsja ljubiteljam istoricheskikh romanov, dejstvie kotorykh razvorachivaetsja v nedavnem proshlom. Poklonniki alternativnoj istorii, kotorye gotovy nekotoroe vremja podozhdat vozniknovenija vymyshlennoj sjuzhetnoj linii, budut voznagrazhdeny za svoe terpenie. Chitateli, interesujuschiesja naukoj, a takzhe vzaimootnoshenijami uchenykh, takzhe najdut mnogo interesnogo". - SFRevu

Shakespeare Between the World Wars draws parallels between Shakespearean scholarship, criticism, and production from 1920 to 1940 and the chaotic years of the Interwar era. The book begins with the scene in Hamlet where the Prince confronts his mother, Gertrude. Just as the closet scene can be read as a productive period bounded by devastation and determination on both sides, Robert Sawyer shows that the years between the World Wars were equally positioned. Examining performance and offering detailed textual analyses, Sawyer considers the re-evaluation of Shakespeare in the Anglo-American sphere after the First World War. Instead of the dried, barren earth depicted by T. S. Eliot and others in the 1920s and 1930s, this book argues that the literary landscape resembled a paradoxically fertile wasteland, for just below the arid plain of the time lay the seeds for artistic renewal and rejuvenation which would finally flourish in the later twentieth century.

Instead of asserting any alleged rivalry between Marlowe and Shakespeare, Sawyer examines the literary reception of the two when the writers are placed in tandem during critical discourse or artistic production. Focusing on specific examples from the last 400 years, the study begins with Robert Greene’s comments in 1592 and ends with the post-9/11 and 7/7 era. The study not only looks at literary critics and their assessments, but also at playwrights such as Aphra Behn, novelists such as Anthony Burgess, and late twentieth-century movie and theatre directors. The work concludes by showing how the most recent outbreak of Marlowe as Shakespeare’s ghostwriter accelerates due to a climate of conspiracy, including “belief echoes,” which presently permeate our cultural and critical discourse.

Instead of asserting any alleged rivalry between Marlowe and Shakespeare, Sawyer examines the literary reception of the two when the writers are placed in tandem during critical discourse or artistic production. Focusing on specific examples from the last 400 years, the study begins with Robert Greene’s comments in 1592 and ends with the post-9/11 and 7/7 era. The study not only looks at literary critics and their assessments, but also at playwrights such as Aphra Behn, novelists such as Anthony Burgess, and late twentieth-century movie and theatre directors. The work concludes by showing how the most recent outbreak of Marlowe as Shakespeare’s ghostwriter accelerates due to a climate of conspiracy, including “belief echoes,” which presently permeate our cultural and critical discourse.

Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.

Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.

Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.