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Faute de temps
En 1963, John Brunner imagine un monde hanté par le ressentiment des générations futures.
Une nuit, Max Harrow est arraché brutalement à un cauchemar par la sonnerie de la porte d’entrée. Un agent de police vient de secourir dans la rue un homme inconscient, à la maigreur effroyable...
Cette longue nouvelle porte la trace de la terreur qu’inspira le nucléaire dans le monde de la Guerre Froide. Mais son originalité – qui justifie pleinement son entrée dans la collection Dyschroniques – repose moins sur l’expression de cette peur présente que sur la conviction du risque écrasant que fait peser cette menace sur le futur de l’humanité. Un exemple efficace et glaçant de recours à l’un des thèmes fondateurs de la science fiction, celui du voyage temporel. Parue pour la première fois en 1963, « Some Lapse of time » a été traduite en français sous le titre « Faute de temps » par George W. Barlow pour Le Livre d’Or de la science-fiction, n° 5049, consacré à Brunner, en
Une nuit, Max Harrow est arraché brutalement à un cauchemar par la sonnerie de la porte d’entrée. Un agent de police vient de secourir dans la rue un homme inconscient, à la maigreur effroyable...
Cette longue nouvelle porte la trace de la terreur qu’inspira le nucléaire dans le monde de la Guerre Froide. Mais son originalité – qui justifie pleinement son entrée dans la collection Dyschroniques – repose moins sur l’expression de cette peur présente que sur la conviction du risque écrasant que fait peser cette menace sur le futur de l’humanité. Un exemple efficace et glaçant de recours à l’un des thèmes fondateurs de la science fiction, celui du voyage temporel. Parue pour la première fois en 1963, « Some Lapse of time » a été traduite en français sous le titre « Faute de temps » par George W. Barlow pour Le Livre d’Or de la science-fiction, n° 5049, consacré à Brunner, en
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130 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2015
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About the author
John Brunner
572 books480 followersJohn Brunner was born in Preston Crowmarsh, near Wallingford in Oxfordshire, and went to school at St Andrew's Prep School, Pangbourne, then to Cheltenham College. He wrote his first novel, Galactic Storm, at 17, and published it under the pen-name Gill Hunt, but he did not start writing full-time until 1958. He served as an officer in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1955, and married Marjorie Rosamond Sauer on 12 July 1958
At the beginning of his writing career Brunner wrote conventional space opera pulp science fiction. Brunner later began to experiment with the novel form. His 1968 novel "Stand on Zanzibar" exploits the fragmented organizational style John Dos Passos invented for his USA trilogy, but updates it in terms of the theory of media popularised by Marshall McLuhan.
"The Jagged Orbit" (1969) is set in a United States dominated by weapons proliferation and interracial violence, and has 100 numbered chapters varying in length from a single syllable to several pages in length. "The Sheep Look Up" (1972) depicts ecological catastrophe in America. Brunner is credited with coining the term "worm" and predicting the emergence of computer viruses in his 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider", in which he used the term to describe software which reproduces itself across a computer network. Together with "Stand on Zanzibar", these novels have been called the "Club of Rome Quartet", named after the Club of Rome whose 1972 report The Limits to Growth warned of the dire effects of overpopulation.
Brunner's pen names include K. H. Brunner, Gill Hunt, John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Ellis Quick, Henry Crosstrees Jr., and Keith Woodcott.
In addition to his fiction, Brunner wrote poetry and many unpaid articles in a variety of publications, particularly fanzines, but also 13 letters to the New Scientist and an article about the educational relevance of science fiction in Physics Education. Brunner was an active member of the organisation Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and wrote the words to "The H-Bomb's Thunder", which was sung on the Aldermaston Marches.
Brunner had an uneasy relationship with British new wave writers, who often considered him too American in his settings and themes. He attempted to shift to a more mainstream readership in the early 1980s, without success. Before his death, most of his books had fallen out of print. Brunner accused publishers of a conspiracy against him, although he was difficult to deal with (his wife had handled his publishing relations before she died).[2]
Brunner's health began to decline in the 1980s and worsened with the death of his wife in 1986. He remarried, to Li Yi Tan, on 27 September 1991. He died of a heart attack in Glasgow on 25 August 1995, while attending the World Science Fiction Convention there
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K H Brunner, Henry Crosstrees Jr, Gill Hunt (with Dennis Hughes and E C Tubb), John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Keith Woodcott
Winner of the ESFS Awards in 1980 as "Best Author" and 1n 1984 as "Novelist"..
At the beginning of his writing career Brunner wrote conventional space opera pulp science fiction. Brunner later began to experiment with the novel form. His 1968 novel "Stand on Zanzibar" exploits the fragmented organizational style John Dos Passos invented for his USA trilogy, but updates it in terms of the theory of media popularised by Marshall McLuhan.
"The Jagged Orbit" (1969) is set in a United States dominated by weapons proliferation and interracial violence, and has 100 numbered chapters varying in length from a single syllable to several pages in length. "The Sheep Look Up" (1972) depicts ecological catastrophe in America. Brunner is credited with coining the term "worm" and predicting the emergence of computer viruses in his 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider", in which he used the term to describe software which reproduces itself across a computer network. Together with "Stand on Zanzibar", these novels have been called the "Club of Rome Quartet", named after the Club of Rome whose 1972 report The Limits to Growth warned of the dire effects of overpopulation.
Brunner's pen names include K. H. Brunner, Gill Hunt, John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Ellis Quick, Henry Crosstrees Jr., and Keith Woodcott.
In addition to his fiction, Brunner wrote poetry and many unpaid articles in a variety of publications, particularly fanzines, but also 13 letters to the New Scientist and an article about the educational relevance of science fiction in Physics Education. Brunner was an active member of the organisation Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and wrote the words to "The H-Bomb's Thunder", which was sung on the Aldermaston Marches.
Brunner had an uneasy relationship with British new wave writers, who often considered him too American in his settings and themes. He attempted to shift to a more mainstream readership in the early 1980s, without success. Before his death, most of his books had fallen out of print. Brunner accused publishers of a conspiracy against him, although he was difficult to deal with (his wife had handled his publishing relations before she died).[2]
Brunner's health began to decline in the 1980s and worsened with the death of his wife in 1986. He remarried, to Li Yi Tan, on 27 September 1991. He died of a heart attack in Glasgow on 25 August 1995, while attending the World Science Fiction Convention there
aka
K H Brunner, Henry Crosstrees Jr, Gill Hunt (with Dennis Hughes and E C Tubb), John Loxmith, Trevor Staines, Keith Woodcott
Winner of the ESFS Awards in 1980 as "Best Author" and 1n 1984 as "Novelist"..
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August 25, 2015
La quatrième de couverture cadre assez mal avec le récit.
En effet, dans cette histoire, on suit un médecin qui, suite à des événements personnels assez tristes, va être projeté dans ses pires cauchemars par un bien étrange malade.
On est là dans l'essence même de la nouvelle des années 50/60. Pour être honnête, c'est exactement ce genre d'histoires que la quatrième dimension traitait en son temps. Vous savez, ces histoires où un homme voit sa réalité se déliter peu à peu alors que le monde entier semble agir normalement autour de lui.
Et bien évidement, la conclusion nous montre toujours que le fou avait raison.
Alors du coup, il y a assez peu de surprise à tirer de cette histoire. Et même si le style de Brunner me paraît aussi plaisant que d'habitude, ça n'est clairement pas une oeuvre majeure. Juste une lecture agréable, dans l'océan de pavés actuel.
En effet, dans cette histoire, on suit un médecin qui, suite à des événements personnels assez tristes, va être projeté dans ses pires cauchemars par un bien étrange malade.
On est là dans l'essence même de la nouvelle des années 50/60. Pour être honnête, c'est exactement ce genre d'histoires que la quatrième dimension traitait en son temps. Vous savez, ces histoires où un homme voit sa réalité se déliter peu à peu alors que le monde entier semble agir normalement autour de lui.
Et bien évidement, la conclusion nous montre toujours que le fou avait raison.
Alors du coup, il y a assez peu de surprise à tirer de cette histoire. Et même si le style de Brunner me paraît aussi plaisant que d'habitude, ça n'est clairement pas une oeuvre majeure. Juste une lecture agréable, dans l'océan de pavés actuel.
January 31, 2023
I'm a bit disappointed
May 2, 2024
Une petite merveille.
February 13, 2016
Faute de temps, c'est l'histoire de Max Harrow qui va rencontrer un SDF atteint de la même maladie que son fils décédé. Il découvrira que les choses ne sont pas toujours celles que l'on croit. Un court roman de science fiction. J'ai adoré ce livre.
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