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Darwinia ペーパーバック – 1999/7/1
英語版
Robert Charles Wilson
(著)
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In 1912, The Miracle occurred, and the entire continent of Europe disappeared and was replaced by a land of horrible jungle filled with alien plants and wildlife, but an expedition into the new continent unveils a shattering revelation about humankind's destiny. Reprint.
- 本の長さ372ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Tor Science Fiction
- 発売日1999/7/1
- 寸法11.43 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm
- ISBN-100812566629
- ISBN-13978-0812566628
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"A remarkable book, worthy of the highest honors of our field. Don't miss it."--"Locus" "In the best tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne, and H.G. Wells....A page turner."--"Toronto Globe and Mail" "Rich, lucid, an literate....Comparable to Philip K. Dick or A. E. Van Vogt. Remarkable indeed."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
著者について
Robert Charles Wilson was born in California and grew up in Canada. He is the author of many acclaimed SF novels, including A Hidden Place, The Divide, Gypsies, Bios, Darwinia, and The Chronoliths. His work has won the John W. Campbell Award, the Aurora Award, and two Philip K. Dick Awards. He lives near Toronto.
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BenSF
5つ星のうち5.0
Mystere et avanture
2016年4月5日にフランスでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
L'angletterre devient un continent ou la faune et la flore prennent le dessus , des etres humain se decide de partir en exploration pour decouvrir les mysteres de cette ile . J'ai adorer ce livre pour moi Wilson a mis le paquet . GG

Tghu Verd
5つ星のうち4.0
Kind of steampunk meets The Omen
2012年3月2日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I enjoyed Wilson's "
Spin
" and "
Blind Lake
" sufficiently to buy "Darwinia" without diving into any reviews, and I was not disappointed.
Told with a fine ear for dialogue, "Darwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century", starts off with the feel of a solid science based novel, but subtly segues into something altogether darker and mysterious.
So we get an alternative universe story, but one that lies somewhere close to our own, such that events for our timeline (WWI for example) fold over as ghosts in the Darwinia universe. Our very reluctant hero, Guilford Law, becomes embroiled in events way beyond the mortal ken as his lust for exploration pulls him out of reach of his wife and child, and ultimately it seems, Humanity itself, even as his reluctance to embrace his destiny builds up an emotional dissonance within him.
Some reviewers have noted that the novel is 'spoiled' around the halfway point when Wilson lets us readers share the secret of Darwinia, but keeps it from the characters.
I did not feel that myself, and Wilson is hardly the first author to convey information to the reader that the protagonists do not have. In this case, knowing the secret did not spoil the narrative flow; if anything, I was anticipating how it would be resolved even more so.
Interestingly, even though I read "Darwinia" a decade after it was written, the physics still stack up, which was reassuring. It says a lot about this being a character driven story, rather than purely science driven, for that to occur. And if including a multiverse makes this speculative fiction, Wilson goes way beyond that in his explanation (and motivation) for Law's journey through - and beyond - life.
The establishment chapters of this book are steampunk-ish, with a nascent Western industrial technology platform completely undermined by the sudden replacement of Europe by Darwinia. The second part of the book still spills over into what most would term the supernatural, which through the addition of the multiverse is perhaps better described as supra-natural.
Ultimately, the plot was not totally convincing to me, but Wilson gets four stars for creating and sustaining a credible assortment of characters - and continents - that made the book compelling to the end.
Told with a fine ear for dialogue, "Darwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century", starts off with the feel of a solid science based novel, but subtly segues into something altogether darker and mysterious.
So we get an alternative universe story, but one that lies somewhere close to our own, such that events for our timeline (WWI for example) fold over as ghosts in the Darwinia universe. Our very reluctant hero, Guilford Law, becomes embroiled in events way beyond the mortal ken as his lust for exploration pulls him out of reach of his wife and child, and ultimately it seems, Humanity itself, even as his reluctance to embrace his destiny builds up an emotional dissonance within him.
Some reviewers have noted that the novel is 'spoiled' around the halfway point when Wilson lets us readers share the secret of Darwinia, but keeps it from the characters.
I did not feel that myself, and Wilson is hardly the first author to convey information to the reader that the protagonists do not have. In this case, knowing the secret did not spoil the narrative flow; if anything, I was anticipating how it would be resolved even more so.
Interestingly, even though I read "Darwinia" a decade after it was written, the physics still stack up, which was reassuring. It says a lot about this being a character driven story, rather than purely science driven, for that to occur. And if including a multiverse makes this speculative fiction, Wilson goes way beyond that in his explanation (and motivation) for Law's journey through - and beyond - life.
The establishment chapters of this book are steampunk-ish, with a nascent Western industrial technology platform completely undermined by the sudden replacement of Europe by Darwinia. The second part of the book still spills over into what most would term the supernatural, which through the addition of the multiverse is perhaps better described as supra-natural.
Ultimately, the plot was not totally convincing to me, but Wilson gets four stars for creating and sustaining a credible assortment of characters - and continents - that made the book compelling to the end.

Ian Williams
5つ星のうち4.0
A E Van Vogt for the 21st century
2010年6月13日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
If that means nothing to you, let me explain. Van Vogt was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, a term that tends to refer to the 1940's and 1950's which was essentially a period in which modern SF as we know it was born. Writers who emerged then include the greats such as Asimov, Heinlein, and Sturgeon. And A E Van Vogt. Van Vogt was known for his mind-boggling concepts and galaxy-spanning stories and this is where Wilson resembles him. Except that Wilson writes very well, has characters who act like believable human beings, and his stories make sense.
Start to read Darwinia and you think: aha! this is a parallel world novel. When actually it's nothing so simple and what it's actually about is one of those mind-boggling concepts which, unlike old VV, makes sense and really does boggle the mind. This is the third novel of Wilson's I've read and I have three more on a table next to me. While they do vary in degrees of satisfaction, I've enjoyed every one and eagerly anticipate the next book of his I'm going to read.
Mr Wilson, you're terrific.
Start to read Darwinia and you think: aha! this is a parallel world novel. When actually it's nothing so simple and what it's actually about is one of those mind-boggling concepts which, unlike old VV, makes sense and really does boggle the mind. This is the third novel of Wilson's I've read and I have three more on a table next to me. While they do vary in degrees of satisfaction, I've enjoyed every one and eagerly anticipate the next book of his I'm going to read.
Mr Wilson, you're terrific.

KR Bridges
5つ星のうち5.0
A remarkable tour de force
2002年1月23日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
"Darwinia" establishes Robert Charles Wilson as one of the outstanding writers in contemporary SF. The Europe of 1912 is replaced by a strange, alien wilderness containing previously unknown forms of plants and animals and no sign of civilization. Religious fundamentalism bubbles to the forefront in the wake of the "Miracle" as most people believe that God sweep the old center of Western civilization out of existence because of its iniquity. Some people see inconsistencies in the theological explanation and seek alternate explanations based on science and logic. Guilford Law, the protagonist of the novel, is drawn into the latter camp and ultimately reaches a stunning explanation of the true nature of the "Miracle".
Wilson's technical writing skills are excellent. He draws a haunting picture of this strange world that was Europe. Wilson creates appealing characters with depth using a mature and well-crafted writing style. The characters behave rationally in this irrational world. Most importantly, Wilson thoroughly understands contemporary history and creates a series of events in the post-"Miracle" world that are both logical and reasonable. For instance, the obliteration of the British home islands leads Lord Kitchener to set up a rump government operating out of Ottawa that seeks to retain the claims of the British Empire. This is precisely what Kitchener, the hero of Khartoum and victor of the Boer War, would have done. A brief naval war erupts between the US and the British rump government that the Americans easily win. This fits with the deployment of the major forces of the Royal Navy in British home waters in 1912 to counter the growing threat of the German navy. With these forces gone, the American navy would have been easily superior.
As the story unfolds, Wilson's tale is not one of a peculiar 20th century Earth history. Darwinia is a story of the history of the universe. Wilson uses some very imaginative speculation in creating an original and daring story. Darwinia is far from the usual alternate history tales common to SF. [reader's reference- my personal five star novels: Dune, Hyperion, Ender's Game]
Wilson's technical writing skills are excellent. He draws a haunting picture of this strange world that was Europe. Wilson creates appealing characters with depth using a mature and well-crafted writing style. The characters behave rationally in this irrational world. Most importantly, Wilson thoroughly understands contemporary history and creates a series of events in the post-"Miracle" world that are both logical and reasonable. For instance, the obliteration of the British home islands leads Lord Kitchener to set up a rump government operating out of Ottawa that seeks to retain the claims of the British Empire. This is precisely what Kitchener, the hero of Khartoum and victor of the Boer War, would have done. A brief naval war erupts between the US and the British rump government that the Americans easily win. This fits with the deployment of the major forces of the Royal Navy in British home waters in 1912 to counter the growing threat of the German navy. With these forces gone, the American navy would have been easily superior.
As the story unfolds, Wilson's tale is not one of a peculiar 20th century Earth history. Darwinia is a story of the history of the universe. Wilson uses some very imaginative speculation in creating an original and daring story. Darwinia is far from the usual alternate history tales common to SF. [reader's reference- my personal five star novels: Dune, Hyperion, Ender's Game]

New Jersey Mom
5つ星のうち3.0
Disappointing RCW
2019年10月9日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
It pains me to write a negative review on a Robert Charles Wilson book, as he is one of my favorite SF writers. Especially so when considering SF writers alive & publishing today. But this one really doesn't meet his usual standard (though to be fair it was written before his best-known works). My specific thoughts are as follows.
A) It isn't really science fiction. There is a SF veneer laid over it, but this is mostly a work of horror. I read horror so that is OK - but I think this book is a little timid at embracing the horror story at its core. It could also be read as epic fantasy, the whole battle-of-good-and-evil blah blah. I don't usually find that type of story very interesting. Good & evil are a lot more nuanced than typically seen in this sort of novel.
B) Like all horror it works best when the monsters are left in the shadows or just hinted at, we're left guessing "is that real? did that just happen?". That means that the first part of the book works a lot better than the later parts of the book.
C) I think this book works best as an adventure story, which applies to about the first third of the book. I was loving it at that point. But once that initial adventure sequence was over, it went downhill very fast for me.
D) The galactic entity business (the SF veneer put on the book) is IMO just silly. Doesn't work for me.
E) The part of RCW's work that I like the best is that he takes very ordinary, well-fleshed out people and puts them into extremely trippy situations. Well in this book we have the trippy situations, to be sure - but the compelling characters are missing. Some of the secondary characters are stick figures and there is too little character development for the main characters. I just don't "get" them in any sense at all. There are nods here and there to not being fully human - and I'll buy that, they don't seem fully human to me.
I'm not sorry that I read the book but if I had to recommend a RCW book to somebody (and I do, and frequently!) I'd put this one at the bottom of the list.
A) It isn't really science fiction. There is a SF veneer laid over it, but this is mostly a work of horror. I read horror so that is OK - but I think this book is a little timid at embracing the horror story at its core. It could also be read as epic fantasy, the whole battle-of-good-and-evil blah blah. I don't usually find that type of story very interesting. Good & evil are a lot more nuanced than typically seen in this sort of novel.
B) Like all horror it works best when the monsters are left in the shadows or just hinted at, we're left guessing "is that real? did that just happen?". That means that the first part of the book works a lot better than the later parts of the book.
C) I think this book works best as an adventure story, which applies to about the first third of the book. I was loving it at that point. But once that initial adventure sequence was over, it went downhill very fast for me.
D) The galactic entity business (the SF veneer put on the book) is IMO just silly. Doesn't work for me.
E) The part of RCW's work that I like the best is that he takes very ordinary, well-fleshed out people and puts them into extremely trippy situations. Well in this book we have the trippy situations, to be sure - but the compelling characters are missing. Some of the secondary characters are stick figures and there is too little character development for the main characters. I just don't "get" them in any sense at all. There are nods here and there to not being fully human - and I'll buy that, they don't seem fully human to me.
I'm not sorry that I read the book but if I had to recommend a RCW book to somebody (and I do, and frequently!) I'd put this one at the bottom of the list.