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Подводные земледельцы
Пожалуй, одно из самых земных, несмотря на место действия, произведений Беляева. Здесь нет попыток покорить мир или космос, создать улучшенного человека, или накормить всю Землю. Присутствует только тяжелая и рутинная работа, но где! В 1930 г. автор, весьма правдоподобно, рассматривает возможность жизни и работы человека на автономной подводной станции. И если учесть определенную идеологическую составляющую, вполне в духе времени, то произведение, является прекрасной попыткой представить, как можно улучшить обычное земное существование.
- GenresScience FictionRussia
196 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1930
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About the author
Alexander Belyaev
294 books200 followersAlexander Romanovich Belyaev (Russian: Александр Беляев); born 16 March 1884 in Smolensk, Russian Empire; died 6 January 1942 in Pushkin, USSR]
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (Голова Профессора Доуэля) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (Голова Профессора Доуэля) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
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June 30, 2013
«Ваяю, ваяю — природу осваяю». Роман сильно похож на более позднюю беляевскую «Звезду Кэц» и, как ни странно, ее заметно лучше. Все те же энтузиазм, покорение и эксплуатация бескрайних просторов (в этот раз — Приморья). К моему удовольствию, автору и в этот раз удалось населить работу занимательными, даже милыми, персонажами (Марфа — как живая), избегая слишком позорной, на кэцовский манер, концовки.
Раздражает большей частью колдун изобретательских наук Гузик, с подозрительной скоростью выдергивающий из рукава срочно необходимые и необычайно сложные устройства. Я готов закрыть глаза на волшебную коробочку с кучей электричества, но подводные комбайны за полтора дня в чулане не изобретаются и, уж тем более, не строятся.
Раздражает большей частью колдун изобретательских наук Гузик, с подозрительной скоростью выдергивающий из рукава срочно необходимые и необычайно сложные устройства. Я готов закрыть глаза на волшебную коробочку с кучей электричества, но подводные комбайны за полтора дня в чулане не изобретаются и, уж тем более, не строятся.
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