eBook
German language
Published Jan. 26, 2017 by Fischer E-Books.
Der einzige Ort auf dem Anarres, der durch eine Mauer von seiner Umgebung abgetrennt wird, ist der Raumhafen. Von hier aus werden die Edelmetalle, die in den Minen des Planeten abgebaut werden, einmal im Jahr zum Nachbarplaneten Urras geflogen. Für die Herrschenden von Urras ist das anarchistische Anarres nicht mehr als eine abhängige Bergbaukolonie, die es möglichst effektiv auszubeuten gilt. Für die Bewohner von Anarres ist ihre Heimat jedoch der einzige Ort im ganzen Sonnensystem, wo sie wirklich frei sind – frei von Unterdrückung, aber auch frei von dem Zwang, künstlich erzeugte Bedürfnisse befriedigen zu müssen. Als sich auch auf Anarres erste Herrschaftsstrukturen zu bilden beginnen, begibt sich der Physiker Shevek auf eine riskante Reise nach Urras. Er möchte in Dialog mit dortigen Wissenschaftlern treten und gerät dabei zwischen alle Fronten.
Pairs well with the tail-end (covering the 60s-70s counter-culture) of "A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present." On the more philosophical-end of SFF I typically read, but glad I read it!
More plot than most of her books, it still turns back into a person on a journey. Shevek is on a journey from his anarchic home to a capitalist world. What propels him from a simple world of shared struggles? Why leave? When he arrives can he accomplish his goals? Is there something he can do that the people there couldn’t do for themselves? Will he be trapped and neutralized by the soft prison of luxury?
And how can he return home? What awaits an anarchist who is seen to turn his back on the revolution?
I love the deep thinking about language and the practice of mutual aid in a land with few resources. I love the true struggle to stay good when the droughts hit. And the challenge that centralization and coordination always brings. Everything is dealt with in indirect ways that paint larger pictures just out of …
More plot than most of her books, it still turns back into a person on a journey. Shevek is on a journey from his anarchic home to a capitalist world. What propels him from a simple world of shared struggles? Why leave? When he arrives can he accomplish his goals? Is there something he can do that the people there couldn’t do for themselves? Will he be trapped and neutralized by the soft prison of luxury?
And how can he return home? What awaits an anarchist who is seen to turn his back on the revolution?
I love the deep thinking about language and the practice of mutual aid in a land with few resources. I love the true struggle to stay good when the droughts hit. And the challenge that centralization and coordination always brings. Everything is dealt with in indirect ways that paint larger pictures just out of sight, beyond the edge of the book.
Highly recommend.
I wouldn't have described myself as an anarchist before this book; I would now. This book presents a form of society that has gripped me, and brought me hope. Truly excellent sci-fi.
