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Sinossi
I due pianeti gemelli Urras e Anarres sono illuminati da uno stesso sole ma divisi da una barriera, non solo ideologica, antica di secoli. Urras è fittamente popolato, tecnologicamente avanzato, ricco, florido, retto da un «trionfante capitalismo». Da qui sono partiti nella notte dei tempi i seguaci della filosofa Odo che hanno colonizzato l'arido Anarres, fondandovi una comunità anarchico-collettivista che non conosce concetti come proprietà, governo, autorità. In questa società apparentemente perfetta nasce Shevek, genio della fisica alle prese con un'innovativa teoria del tempo, un vero "cittadino del cosmo" che dedicherà la vita ad abbattere il muro che separa da sempre i pianeti gemelli. Ambigua utopia, come recita il sottotitolo originale del romanzo, I reietti dell'altro pianeta è una grandiosa narrazione che, fingendo di parlare del futuro, racconta il mondo di oggi. Un classico della science fiction del Novecento che, caso quasi unico, ha ricevuto i due più importanti riconoscimenti del genere, il Nebula e l'Hugo.
- ISBN: 8804796715
- Casa Editrice: Mondadori
- Pagine: 432
- Data di uscita: 06-02-2025
Recensioni
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“My world, my Earth, is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and gobbled and fought until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed ourselves first. There are no forests
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