We were trapped by those encircling walls, a ring of ghostly executioners, advancing slowly, inexorably, to destroy us. I could not move, could not think
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
In Ice the symbols are more elusive, mysterious, captivating. It ends as it begins, with nothing that is practical or concluded
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
exercise of human feeling about science, if not an understanding of it. But it is not allegory
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
Slipstream shifts science (and its effects) into the realm of the unconscious mind, into metaphor, into emotion, into symbols. Slipstream literature is a response to science (
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
Her icing-up world is one of encroachment: the ice creeps towards you, surrounds you, invades you, captures you. Even flight to equatorial regions provides only a temporary relief: the ice inevitably catches up
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
Clearly, Ice is not a realistic novel in which the conventions or formulas of popular fiction are adopted. Approached with the usual kind of expectation, Ice will seem crudely constructed, even arbitrary, because the story lacks cause and effect
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
In fact, the cryptic quality of the opening paragraph sets the tone for the rest of the novel
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
Nothing is given a pseudo-scientific explanation (which would make it science fiction), but the strangeness is laid plainly before the audience so that they, like the characters in the drama, take everything at its face value without questioning it further than initial curiosity
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
All these works present the images of the ordinary world through shifting mirrors and distorting lenses, without attempting to explain
Alejandra Espinoцитируетв прошлом году
Slipstream often deals with science, or the effects of science, but not in a mechanical or exact way. Thus it reflects the feelings of many people in the real world, who move in an increasingly science-dependent society without fully understanding how things work