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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Müthişti. Jack london gerçekten harika bir yazar ve harika bir insan kitaplarında önceden öngördüklerini okudukça ve haklı olduğunu gördükçe ona karşı müthiş bir saygı ve hayranlık beslemeye başladım.
Kıyamet- Sonrası konulu kitaplari ve filmler çok seviyorum Kızıl Veba bu türün en yaratıcı örneklerinden bence olayın macera kısmına değil çöken koca bir uygarlığa, insanların üzerinde ki etkisine yer vermiş Jack London. Okurken insanı ürkütüyor vahşilesmis ve onca yıllık bilgi, deneyim birikimini kaybetmiş toplumu olmak.
Ve bu kitabı 1910 da yazmış olsada kesinlikle hayranlık duyulması gereken bir şey okurken bize pek yabancı gelmiyor bu hikaye çünkü Covid 19 pandemisini deneyimledik( bu türü pek çok kez okuduk,izledik) ; ama yazar bu kitabı 1910 da bu türün ilk örneklerin biri olarak yazmış olacak pek çok şeyi doğru bir şekilde öngörerek.
Levent Cinemre kendisini araştırdığım nadir çevirmenlerden ama işini o kadar kaliteli bir şekilde yapıyor ki onu tanımak istedim Martin Edeni de büyük bir başarı ve ayrıntılı harika notlarla çevirmişti. Bu kitapları onun çevirisinden okuyor olmamız büyük bir şans bence.
Kıyamet- Sonrası konulu kitaplari ve filmler çok seviyorum Kızıl Veba bu türün en yaratıcı örneklerinden bence olayın macera kısmına değil çöken koca bir uygarlığa, insanların üzerinde ki etkisine yer vermiş Jack London. Okurken insanı ürkütüyor vahşilesmis ve onca yıllık bilgi, deneyim birikimini kaybetmiş toplumu olmak.
Ve bu kitabı 1910 da yazmış olsada kesinlikle hayranlık duyulması gereken bir şey okurken bize pek yabancı gelmiyor bu hikaye çünkü Covid 19 pandemisini deneyimledik( bu türü pek çok kez okuduk,izledik) ; ama yazar bu kitabı 1910 da bu türün ilk örneklerin biri olarak yazmış olacak pek çok şeyi doğru bir şekilde öngörerek.
Levent Cinemre kendisini araştırdığım nadir çevirmenlerden ama işini o kadar kaliteli bir şekilde yapıyor ki onu tanımak istedim Martin Edeni de büyük bir başarı ve ayrıntılı harika notlarla çevirmişti. Bu kitapları onun çevirisinden okuyor olmamız büyük bir şans bence.
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
I love old scifi! Not because I think it is any better than what we have now, but it is fascinating to read what people thought the world might look like in the future. Usually it no longer makes sense, but this time it does. This story seems like it could have been written now as nothing in it is out of the realm of possibility.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A surprisingly believable tale from an alternate earth.
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Yazarın bu kadar eski bir dönemde gerçeğe yakın birçok tahminde bulunması şaşırtıcıydı. Kısa ve sıkıcı olmayan bir kitaptı. Çevirmenin dipnotları çok bilgilendiriciydi
The rise of Covid-19 apparently led to an increase in appetite in post-apocalyptic fiction. It is not at all clear why some readers seek comfort or pleasure in reading about fictional catastrophes in the middle of a very real one. In my case, I think that what led me to seek some post-apocalyptic fiction was an attempt to build a fictional barrier between me as a reader and what the world is going through right now. Rather contradictorily, I felt that the ability of contemplating absolutely “worst-case scenarios” through fiction made me better prepared to face the daily barrage of pandemic news.
And so it was that I came across Jack London’s early post-apocalyptic novella The Scarlet Plague. Originally published in 1912, this work is set in 2073, sixty years after a deadly epidemic ravaged the world. James Smith, an erstwhile literature professor and one of the few survivors of the disease, lives in a wild, rural area close to what was once San Francisco. After the collapse of society because of the plague, those who escaped the disease reverted to tribalism. For their subsistence, they rely on hunting and fishing. At the start of the story we meet Smith accompanied by his three grandchildren. He wistfully reminisces about better times, continually bemoaning the fact that the new generations have lost the learning of the past, regressing so far that they are unable to string together sentences in “proper” English. At the children’s insistence, Smith, whom they call “Granser” with a mixture of affection and scorn, recounts the horrors of the epidemic and the early days of the new world order.
I must say that the intial parts of the novella did not particularly impress me. Before he gets going with the core of the story, London needs to give us some background, hence the initial chapters emphasizing the contrast between the old “cultured” man and the young uneducated “savages”. To be honest, however, I found their bickering rather tiresome. Also, as is wont to happen with old “futuristic” novels, the author’s imagining of the “developed world” of 2013 is, with hindsight, quite off the mark, with a description of a future that is more or less like 1912 with extra perks.
It is when we get to the story of the pandemic proper that the novella comes into its own. Here London gives his imagination free rein, and the descriptions of the rapid spread of the disease provoke spine-tingling horror. So does his portrayal of a society in collapse. In the context of a disaster, normal rules of humanity break down and the class inequalities inherent in an unfair and unjust societies merely exacerbate the regression into chaos.
Although I wouldn’t classify it as one of London’s best or most typical works, this novella is worth exploring at least for its historical interest. Unfortunately, it also provides some timely reading.
Read a full illustrated review at: https://endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-scarlet-plague-by-jack-london.html
And so it was that I came across Jack London’s early post-apocalyptic novella The Scarlet Plague. Originally published in 1912, this work is set in 2073, sixty years after a deadly epidemic ravaged the world. James Smith, an erstwhile literature professor and one of the few survivors of the disease, lives in a wild, rural area close to what was once San Francisco. After the collapse of society because of the plague, those who escaped the disease reverted to tribalism. For their subsistence, they rely on hunting and fishing. At the start of the story we meet Smith accompanied by his three grandchildren. He wistfully reminisces about better times, continually bemoaning the fact that the new generations have lost the learning of the past, regressing so far that they are unable to string together sentences in “proper” English. At the children’s insistence, Smith, whom they call “Granser” with a mixture of affection and scorn, recounts the horrors of the epidemic and the early days of the new world order.
I must say that the intial parts of the novella did not particularly impress me. Before he gets going with the core of the story, London needs to give us some background, hence the initial chapters emphasizing the contrast between the old “cultured” man and the young uneducated “savages”. To be honest, however, I found their bickering rather tiresome. Also, as is wont to happen with old “futuristic” novels, the author’s imagining of the “developed world” of 2013 is, with hindsight, quite off the mark, with a description of a future that is more or less like 1912 with extra perks.
It is when we get to the story of the pandemic proper that the novella comes into its own. Here London gives his imagination free rein, and the descriptions of the rapid spread of the disease provoke spine-tingling horror. So does his portrayal of a society in collapse. In the context of a disaster, normal rules of humanity break down and the class inequalities inherent in an unfair and unjust societies merely exacerbate the regression into chaos.
Although I wouldn’t classify it as one of London’s best or most typical works, this novella is worth exploring at least for its historical interest. Unfortunately, it also provides some timely reading.
Read a full illustrated review at: https://endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-scarlet-plague-by-jack-london.html