Autor: Robert Charles Wilson
Kniha: Spin

"Jedné noci, když dvanáctiletý Tyler Dupree se svými nejlepšími kamarády, dvojčaty Dianou a Jasonem, pozoroval oblohu, zhasly hvězdy a už se neobjevily. Ve stejném okamžiku zmizely z oběžné dráhy všechny družice a ráno se na nebi místo slunce objevila jen jakási nedokonalá náhražka.."

V tomto bode vam usekavam oficialne zhrnutie, ktore publikuje Brloh aj martinus.sk na svojich strankach, a predpokladam, ze je aj na knihe vzadu.
Vrazdila by som za to zhrnutie, lebo je v nom spoiler, vec, ktoru sa ma clovek dozvediet s velkym prekvapenim az dost hlboko v knihe.

Kniha vyhrala cenu Hugo v 2006.
Po precitani tamtoho zhrnutia vyssie sa kniha zda ako namet na obycajne priemerne scifi, na druhy a kazdy dalsi pohlad je jasne, ze ta kniha je extremne inovativna, ponuka myslienky podnecujuce k premyslaniu o zakladnych filozofickych otazkach [ako to uz scifi a najma katastroficke scifi zvykne] a aj o pravidlach medziludskych vztahov.
Prekvapila ma skoro s kazdym dalsim otocenim strany, ale ako vsetci vieme, knihy a ich citatelia su individua a na kazdeho to zaposobi inak. ;]
Zo scifi, ktore som v zivote citala, je toto v mojom najtophyper-uzkom vybere dobrych knih.
Ako tak premyslam, v tom najtophyper-uzkom vybere su vacsinou podobne veci, katastroficke scifi mojej mladosti od Merleho a inych, a v tomto zozname mi svieti sucasny Robert Charles Wilson. ;]

Este by som rada dodala, ak niekoho vydesila predstava 12 rocnych hlavnych hrdinov, ze kniha sa odohrava v priebehu cca tridsiatich rokov zivota hlavneho hrdinu. Co je spisovatelsky pomene narocne, autor to zvladol vyborne.

Velmi dobre sa viem stotoznit s tymto uryvkom z tejto recenzie:
Wilson's invention here is every bit as brilliant as those of his characters, and frankly, the less said about it the better for the reader. [...] He's got lots of surprises for science fiction readers, the kind of "wish I had thought of that" ideas that are the result of lots of research and lots of imagination. But every revelation -- and there are plenty of them, lasting right up until the final pages of the novel -- is something that's a big idea yet easy to comprehend. Wilson has the sense of wonder down so well that while reading 'Spin', which seems entirely contemporary in every sense, you will feel as if you're back in the heyday of the first great science fiction novels. The comparisons become obvious once you read the novel, and I won’t spoil your enjoyment as a reader by pointing them out. But 'Spin' engenders these comparisons because it feels every bit as real, as new and as exciting as the classics did in their day. As you read 'Spin', it's impossible not to think that it's a classic as well.

Nieco o autorovi na wiki

Po cesky Spin maju v Brlohu, aj na martinus.sk, aj v Panta Rhei som ju videla.

Bez scifi nieto pokroku. ;]]