Eden (Helen & Kurt Wolff Book)
by Stanislaw Lem
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Author: Stanislaw LemEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-10-31
ISBN: 0156278065
Number of pages: 276
Publisher: Mariner Books
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- ISBN13: 9780156278065
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Eden (Helen & Kurt Wolff Book)
Book Review: A Trojan horse sci fi horrorshow
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not just a standard sci fi book about crash landing on a strange planet, though a ten year old can (and has) read it on that level and enjoyed it on that level. It's also not just an examination of a "truely" alien society though it works on that level as well, and it may be more comfortable for some older readers who may prefer not to look much deeper.Most of the U.S. reviewers of this book don't really get it, the only review I read here which seemed to understand the point Lem makes was the reviewer from Germany.
One have to understand Lem to understand his work. Most of his books were written from behind the iron curtain. Almost everything Lem wrote (when he was still writing novels) is both political and socially relevant, usually very bitingly so. One of the things which make him an especially interesting writer is that, in addition to being a brilliant futurologist and social critic, he was forced to write with great subtelty to escape the notice of censors and poltical watchdogs. He does not beat you over the head with the message in Eden, thats for sure. You have to read between the lines a little bit.
But there is a scathing social message in Eden.... think about automated manufacturing plants which mindlessly produce worthless junk to the detriment of individual beings ... think about it the next time you are walking around a mall, maybe, or passing by a landfill.
The beginning of the book, with it's odd, intermittently fleshed out characterization, is really a subtle parody of US science fiction of the time, socially and poltically "colorblind" science fiction. The naive good intentions of the "central casting" Astronauts is a chilling contrast to the creepy reality of the ironically named planet....
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