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Yevgeny Zamyatin was a philosopher, author and dissident in a time and place that tolerated none of those roles - Stalin's Russia. His dystopian science fiction novel We, written in 1920, never saw publication in Russia. He died in Paris in 1937, exiled from Russia at his own request.
For me, his quote expresses the essential shared nature of science fiction and fantasy: a revolution that never ends - an infinite revolution.
Comments and observations on science fiction and fantasy.
Why "The Infinite Revolution"?
"Revolution is everywhere, in everything. It is infinite. There is no final revolution, no final number.
- Yevgeny Zamyatin
Yevgeny Zamyatin was a philosopher, author and dissident in a time and place that tolerated none of those roles - Stalin's Russia. His dystopian science fiction novel We, written in 1920, never saw publication in Russia. He died in Paris in 1937, exiled from Russia at his own request.
For me, his quote expresses the essential shared nature of science fiction and fantasy: a revolution that never ends - an infinite revolution.
Introduction
I've been reading science fiction and fantasy for as long as I can remember - in fact, my involvement goes back further than that, my mother used to say that she had read the Narnia books to me when I was a baby. I've maintained my interest over the years, and after my friend Colin started HIS blog (Campbell Brothers Winery), I thought to myself, hey, if no one stopped HIM*... I make no claim to being an authority in any way, shape or form, and since there are lots of lists, biographies and bibliographies out there on the net, this is just going to be a place for me to vent some of my thoughts and opinions.
*And the Campbell Brothers may be desperately in need of stopping, based on all evidence.
*And the Campbell Brothers may be desperately in need of stopping, based on all evidence.
About Me
My rating from Innergeek.us
Right now I'm reading:
- Singularity Sky, by Charles Stross
- Serving in Time, by Gordon Eklund
Slip into the whimsical "what if?" mode for a moment. Think about it - if you had just gotten off your cruise ship that had docked in port for a day somewhere and were wandering around the town, and heard a giant crashing roar and a clamour of screams from behind you....you turned back to look at the ship and saw those armed monsters and the ship snapped in half - what would you do? It would be something out of a sci-fi horror movie, leaving those on shore with slim to uncertain chances of survival. You could run and hide, you could start screaming, OR - you could laugh at the preposterousness of the whole situation. Smile in the face of adversity!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, I think you've just rebooted Pacific Rim. (Which is well timed considering that they've just announced a sequel - lord knows why, it wasn't a big money maker and had a fairly definitive conclusion.)
ReplyDeleteI recommended Cloverfield to you at one point - did you ever watch it? Probably the most realistic man-on-the-street rendition of a giant monster attack. Not much laughing.
- Sid