Auf ein Miniaturbild klicken, um zu Google Books zu gelangen.
Lädt ... New York 1999 (1966)von Harry Harrison
» 8 mehr Lädt ...
Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The book had some great concepts of the future and a real message to be considered but the writing doesn’t live up to it’s potential . More of a noir detective story with a touch of romance than real science fiction. The book was the inspiration for the classic movie “Soylent Gree” - spoiler alerts - however the main plot between the two are very different . The book and film both have the same main characters and set in the near future with an overpopulated world but the book deals with disappointments set in the sad realities of life in that future world and the message that the world needs to address birth control before it’s too late while the film is driven by a horrible truth not covered in the book. A combination of a noir detective story and a polemic for widely available (and used) birth control, written in 1966 and set in 1999. The writing is just ordinary, and it didn’t hold my attention until the last third of the book, when the pace picked up considerably. The female characters are stereotypical (call girl with a good heart; stupid, slovenly, lazy mother of far too many children). I know this book is popular, but it didn’t work for me. It’s very different from the movie, but neither hurts nor helps the reading experience. I have classified this book as science fiction, but it does not fall into this category. Harry Harrison wrote the book in 1967 or thereabouts, and it paints a very scary, very plausible view of our future. In New York, 1999, the good cop, Andy, is called in to investigate a murder. He has a brief affair with the victim's mistress, who finally leaves him for a better life. The nub lies here. A small elite lives a fabulous life of luxury. The rest, in crowded tenements, live on food scraps, struggling to survive. There is no escape, and in the end, Andy sees his ex-girlfriend get into a taxi - the mistress of a rich man. There is no escape from this dystopian, Malthusian future. What makes the book scary is that the picture he painted is plausible and closer than we think. The movie, 'Soylent Green', is based on this book - and is even bleaker. Read this book along with '1984,' 'Animal Farm,' and 'Brave New World.' keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Gehört zu VerlagsreihenIst enthalten inBearbeitet/umgesetzt in
"Im Jahre 1999 ist die Bevolkerung des Planeten explodiert. Die 35 Millionen Einwohner von New York City bringen ihre Fernseher mit Pedalkraft zum Laufen, randalieren wegen Wasserknappheit, rauben Linsen-Steaks und warden mit Stacheldraht, der vom Himmel fallt, in Schach gehalten.Als ein ganster wahrend einer gluhenden Hitzewelle in Manhattan ermordet wird, setzt man den Polizisten Andy Rusch unter Druck, das Verbrechen aufzuklaren, der wiederum ist aber auch von der wunderschonen Freundin des Opfers fasziniert. Doch in den verruckten Straben von New York City, vollgestopft mit Leuten, und in einer Welt, die den Bach hinuntergeht, ist es schwer, einen Killer zu fassen, geschweige den das Madchen zu bekommen.Bereits 1966 geschrieben und unter dem Titel Soylent Green-Jahr 2022 ... die uberelben wollen als Science-Fiction-Film erschienen, ist Make Room! Make Room!(Originaltitel) eine nervenaufreibende Geschichte uber die Ausbeutung der Ressourcen der Erde und des menschlichen Geistes, bis zur Grenze der Belastbarkeit."--Back cover. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden.
|
Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
Bist das du?Werde ein LibraryThing-Autor. |
Despite its flaws, I find it interesting that the book addresses that which we have still failed to fully grasp: the single most effective thing we can do to reduce our carbon footprint is to reduce our reproduction. Make less babies. Despite everything, access to birth control is still denied, often quite deliberately, to women. In some places, it is entirely unavailable, and even in those places where women are freer, we still must fight to maintain our access. Reproduction is still viewed so strongly as a sacred right that one cannot even discuss the concept of incentivizing people to have less children without responses of horror and approbation.
Of additional note, this is a loose book-to-film adaptation. Even if you've never seen Soylent Green, there's one thing you know about it, and that isn't even in the story. Don't come into this book expecting the movie. Furthermore, this isn't scifi in the technology sense. It's byline is in fact "A Realistic Novel of Life in 1999", so it was never even intended to be. Dystopia is generally considered a subgenre of science fiction, much like alternative history is, but don't come here expecting robots, spaceships, and other such tech either. ( )