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Lädt ... The Tide Went Outvon Charles Eric Maine
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Leggendo questo romanzo dell'ottimo Charles Eric Maine, vien fatto di pensare con un brivido a che punto esattamente la fantasia si sostituisce alla realtà , perché i fatti sui quali il romanzo si basa, e dai quali l'autore trae le sue tragiche deduzioni, sono realmente accaduti nel mondo d'oggi. I fatti, che tutti conosciamo, sono questi: a titolo sperimentale, da anni, vengono fatte esplodere bombe sempre più potenti, perfino sotto la superficie dei mari. Ebbene, se una di queste bombe creasse un'immensa falla nel letto di un oceano, quali ne sarebbero le conseguenze? Forse, la bocca del vampiro, alla quale l'autore paragona la voragine spalancata sul fondo marino, succhierebbe dalla Terra l'elemento che le dà la vita: l'acqua. Spietato nel suo agghiacciante pessimismo, il romanzo descrive la spaventosa agonia degli uomini destinati a morire, e ai quali viene ostinatamente taciuta la verità perché si possa compiere il tentativo disperato di salvarne almeno una parte. The Tide Went Out is a 1958 science fiction disaster novel, the setting of the novel is England in the aftermath of a huge hydrogen bomb that has been detonated in the ocean. This leads to the sea floor being ruptured and the water draining into cavities within the earth's mantle, which further cools the earth, thereby expanding the cavities further allowing more water to enter. This process snowballs until the worlds oceans are drained, which in turn leads to rainfall ceasing and agriculture/food production ceasing. The primary focus of the novel is the adaptation of the British public to the wide scale disaster and the tension between the haves (government employees who are provided for) and the have-nots (members of society in general). With the disappearance of the oceans all shipping stops, leading to the collapse of maritime occupations and mass unemployment. The lack of rainfall sees all land dry up and all crops and meat production failing which results in skyrocketing prices and rationing of everything. The main character is Philip Wade, a man who adapts to the crisis by looking after himself whilst making rudimentary efforts to help others, but ultimately only as much as said help benefits his own goals. The ending is well orchestrated and sketches out what happens when such a person puts himself first before everyone else. I enjoyed the book and will be keeping my eye out for Charles Eric Maine's other novels (there's at least 7 others; Spaceways, Timeliner, Crisis 2000, Escapement, The Isotope Man, High Vacuum, Countdown). Zeige 2 von 2
Door een scheur in de bodem van de aarde, die de mens door zijn onbeheerste technologie zelf veroorzaakt had, zakte het water weg. Oceanen kwamen droog te staan. Meren werden geblakerde massa's klei. Een rivier werd een voor in een door hitte geteisterd land. Het water, waaruit onzegbaar veel eeuwen geleden alle leven was voortgekomen, trok zich terug. En met het water alle leven. Slechts een handjevol bevoorrechten wist dat de wereld zou vergaan en dat de mens, die zich in 1 miljoen jaar had geëvolueerd van een simpele levensvorm tot het enig denkende dier, gedoemd was te verdwijnen. Alleen aan de poolkap was nog water, bevroren tot het eeuwige ijs, maar desalniettemin water, dat een schamel restant van de mensheid in leven kon houden. Hij was één van de uitverkorenen, die met zijn gezin mocht blijven leven. Maar toen Philip Wade, de zielloze regeringsautomaat, van dit recht gebruik wenste te maken, ontdekte hij dat hij alleen kon blijven bestaan door alle beschaving te vergeten... Dood tij is een zwarte profetie van Charles Eric Maine, die in deze variant op het Noach-thema niet alleen een toekomst schetst vol pure horror, maar die tevens prikt door het dunne vernis dat beschaving heet.
When London journalist Philip Wade learns that his article on nuclear weapons testing has been censored by the British government, his interest turns to the attempted cover-up. Wade's investigation leads to a mysterious job offer in a newly-formed government department, and here the truth of the oncoming catastrophe is revealed. The country is rife with uncertainty and distrust - then the water levels start to drop. Originally published in 1958, this gripping apocalyptic novel poses pertinent questions about censorship and the potential for violence in the face of dwindling resources. How much of the truth is too much? Who can you really trust? And what happens when the water runs out? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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