Paul Grimal has disappeared, leaving behind only a set of notes concerning the City of the Sun, this fabulous mental construction of the Italian Tommaso Campanella. Indices all converging towards the unthinkable: City of the Sun exists, somewhere ... But how to reach a utopia?
For over two centuries, the dynasty of the Bonapartes rule over the world. A rule should be legitimized by the exploration mission that leads the Aiglon on the edge of the solar system. Unless a political assassination does not upset the imperial plans ...
The Milky Way is dying, consumed by entropy. For the myriad of peoples it houses, there is no alternative. Especially since the end of time is orchestrated by the Archons, eager to experience the Apocalypse to completion. Yet Hu, race and low minor refuse the inevitable, including Hu-Jon, ready for the craziest odysseys.
Three historical adventure, three philosophical epics ...
With The City Sun, Ugo Bellagamba offers us three pieces of rare ambition where science fiction is at the heart of our history, somewhere between Robert Silverberg and Umberto Eco.
Three novellas, three stories reflecting the theme of Utopia, three stories exploring the complexities of history. That is what has this book written by Ugo Bellagamba. And it turns out that one of these stories is an alternate history, making of this book is eligible Winter Time Travel .
City of the Sun: Here the novella that gives this collection its title. The story is about Laura Firpo, a historian who goes in search of her lover left on the trail of the sun city, a utopian city built in Provence by the Dominican monk Tommasco Campanella. I enjoyed this novella is summarized, it is true, for the most part, to a treasure hunt between two lovers. However, Ugo Bellagamba cleverly manipulates history and sent us on the trail of this city in the manner of a Robert Langdon. It's clever and fun. Unfortunately, the end is not at the rest of the story. The discovery of this city does not convince me. Ugo Bellagamba uses a ploy to say the least easy even lazy. Lazy, the final fall is also because under the guise of open ended, Ugo Bellagamba falls into the facility and refused to conclude his story.
APOP Republican Here it is the alternate history of this collection. In this story, not only Napoleon was not defeated by the English, but he built a theocratic empire, based the Egyptian deities, dominating all of Europe. Two hundred years later, the eaglet is leading a mission to explore Titan, a moon of Saturn, aboard Champollion, unaware that the Republican revolutionaries are preparing to take control of the ship and overthrow the empire . This story, the best of the collection, reminded me a lot " When there are apples on March ", a new uchronic the same author, sprinkled with bits of "2001, A Space Odyssey" .
Last filament Andromeda Here, I'll make it short and refer you to the 4th coverage because I confess, I have not hooked up with this story and I did not understand much. I would not be able to say what it's about.
Ultimately, this collection is uneven but still left me a good impression. Almost two good stories. It may possibly blame the characters a little lighter, and yet would shun her ca pleasure. In short I recommend, especially as it is well researched and well written with a vocabulary.
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