David Brin a fait un article sur Star Trek
Posté : mar. mai 26, 2009 8:48 am
David Brin a fait un article sur Star Trek. C'est en anglais et c'est ici. Voici le début :
Acclaimed sci-fi author David Brin says 'Star Trek' shows we can live long and prosper
What always entranced me about "Star Trek" - helping turn this physicist into a science fiction author - was the vision it offered, exploring human destiny, confronting big issues and pondering a unique notion, seldom expressed anywhere else: that our descendants might somehow be admirable.
I won't comment on the plot of the new "Star Trek" film, or the way director J.J. Abrams relayers a familiar cosmology with glittery action, snappy dialogue and voluptuous intricacy.
Unlike many fans, I am cold to the "old pals effect" - the tedious crutch of reintroducing the same characters, in every sequel. I care little about James T. Kirk or even Mr. Spock.
The real gift that we are given by this enterprise is much bigger than the characters. Optimism doesn't come easily to post-Hiroshima science fiction, nor should all tales of tomorrow be sunny.
Some futuristic cautionary tales, like George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," warn usefully about potential failure modes.
Acclaimed sci-fi author David Brin says 'Star Trek' shows we can live long and prosper
What always entranced me about "Star Trek" - helping turn this physicist into a science fiction author - was the vision it offered, exploring human destiny, confronting big issues and pondering a unique notion, seldom expressed anywhere else: that our descendants might somehow be admirable.
I won't comment on the plot of the new "Star Trek" film, or the way director J.J. Abrams relayers a familiar cosmology with glittery action, snappy dialogue and voluptuous intricacy.
Unlike many fans, I am cold to the "old pals effect" - the tedious crutch of reintroducing the same characters, in every sequel. I care little about James T. Kirk or even Mr. Spock.
The real gift that we are given by this enterprise is much bigger than the characters. Optimism doesn't come easily to post-Hiroshima science fiction, nor should all tales of tomorrow be sunny.
Some futuristic cautionary tales, like George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," warn usefully about potential failure modes.
