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Ballad of the Stars: Stories of Science Fiction and TRIZ Imagination
A classic collection of visionary science fiction written by the creator of the TRIZ Methodoloy for problem solving, G Altshuller and his wife, Valentina. Seven different stories that probe the most difficult and rewarding explorations of the mind's search for new theoretical discoveries. These are innovative and poetic tales that create far reaching, visionary fantasy.
Contents:
The Star River Test - short story
The Donkey Axiom - novelette
The Star Captain Legends - novelette
Snow Bridge Over the Abyss - novelette
Adventure - novelette
To Continue Beyond - novelette
Ballad of the Stars - novella
Contents:
The Star River Test - short story
The Donkey Axiom - novelette
The Star Captain Legends - novelette
Snow Bridge Over the Abyss - novelette
Adventure - novelette
To Continue Beyond - novelette
Ballad of the Stars - novella
- GenresScience Fiction
304 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1982
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May 9, 2021
Belki öyle aman aman orijinal değil ama antropolojik bilimkurgu türünde keyifli bir okumalık.
June 6, 2017
Evrenin Türküsü, Sovyet edebiyat örneklerinden... İkinci Dünya savaşı sonrasında yazılmış, savaşın ve kıyımların anlamsızlığı, insanlık tarihininin ilkel, yobaz, kanlı geçmişini eleştiren bir roman. Savaşların olmadığı, insanlığın yepyeni gezegenleri keşfederek onlara önderlik ettiği, öncü olmak, ilk olma tutumunu yücelten bir roman...
SAde bir hikaye içine yerleştirilmiş - sonra yaşananlara, insanlığın son altmış yıldaki performasına bakılarak naif olarak nitelendirilebilecek- fedakarlık, çalışma, farklılıklara saygı duyma, anlamaya, öğrenmeye çalışma gibi model davranışların yüceltildiği roman bir başyapıt olmasa da, keyifle okunuyor...
SAde bir hikaye içine yerleştirilmiş - sonra yaşananlara, insanlığın son altmış yıldaki performasına bakılarak naif olarak nitelendirilebilecek- fedakarlık, çalışma, farklılıklara saygı duyma, anlamaya, öğrenmeye çalışma gibi model davranışların yüceltildiği roman bir başyapıt olmasa da, keyifle okunuyor...
December 26, 2007
[It's qualifier-palooza time!--Go to the bottom for the quick summary]
I dig Russian and Soviet sci-fi [in translation]. Maybe it's because the culture is so strong. American sci-fi (and I got shelves of it) is by definition muscular--even more thoughtful writers like LeGuin--because we are the can-do nation with lots of resources. Russia is rich only in disappointment and theoriticians (and apparently violin teachers until Brezhnev, and then a decade later Gorbachev let the six-pointers leave).
When it's good, it's the best of hard sci-fi with the best of deep thought (Think early Asimov with C.S. Lewis' non-Narnia work). Othertimes it's extraordinarily dull, as I find the Strugatsky brothers [Nota bene: this is much like saying I love Elizabethan poetry except for Shakespeare, you've just eliminated much of what's available and alienated your audience.]
That said, Vladimir Savchenko's "Self-Discovery"is one of the greatest books I've ever read, so I'm willing to give anyone with enough syllables in his name a decent chance.
There are some nice little stories from this husband and wife team, but unfortunately, the title novella end piece is the weakest. Mind you, most of this series is "approved" work, but even so, I was sort of surprised to find actual discussion of Communist theory, quoting Marx and Lenin on occaision. It seems organic, works, making this a good craft reference for religious writers.
[Disclaimer seventeen: can you tell my work is stalled?]
I dig Russian and Soviet sci-fi [in translation]. Maybe it's because the culture is so strong. American sci-fi (and I got shelves of it) is by definition muscular--even more thoughtful writers like LeGuin--because we are the can-do nation with lots of resources. Russia is rich only in disappointment and theoriticians (and apparently violin teachers until Brezhnev, and then a decade later Gorbachev let the six-pointers leave).
When it's good, it's the best of hard sci-fi with the best of deep thought (Think early Asimov with C.S. Lewis' non-Narnia work). Othertimes it's extraordinarily dull, as I find the Strugatsky brothers [Nota bene: this is much like saying I love Elizabethan poetry except for Shakespeare, you've just eliminated much of what's available and alienated your audience.]
That said, Vladimir Savchenko's "Self-Discovery"is one of the greatest books I've ever read, so I'm willing to give anyone with enough syllables in his name a decent chance.
There are some nice little stories from this husband and wife team, but unfortunately, the title novella end piece is the weakest. Mind you, most of this series is "approved" work, but even so, I was sort of surprised to find actual discussion of Communist theory, quoting Marx and Lenin on occaision. It seems organic, works, making this a good craft reference for religious writers.
[Disclaimer seventeen: can you tell my work is stalled?]
March 25, 2013
"Altov" is not my favorite of the Soviet SF authors, at least not in fiction. He has written some technical works that I find highly insightful though. I found this flat and sounding very much like an engineer wrote it (in a bad way). Disappointing.
November 26, 2009
A great Russian science-fiction novel, but since I read it some time ago I don't remember many details.
May 21, 2013
Rus bilimkurgu şaheserlerinden.
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