In my mind, the return to Vancouver has already become a mythic journey – far more exciting than the prospect of going anywhere else could be. It’s a return to arche, in both senses with which that word is impregnated.
On a seperate note, I am coming to realize that Mortal Engines may be the most interesting thing I have read entirely by chance since Ender’s Game. The translator, Michael Kandel, has been added to the list of people I hope to meet. I assume the author of the stories is already dead.
Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. In the fall of 2005, I began reading for an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford.
Outside school, I am very interested in photography, writing, and the outdoors. I am writing this blog to keep in touch with friends and family around the world, provide a more personal view of graduate student life in Oxford, and pass on some lessons I've learned here.
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“In my mind, the return to Vancouver has already become a mythic journey – far more exciting than the prospect of going anywhere else could be.”
It sounds like you have been away far too long.
Arche, D^2, and the sick baby.
We remember.
Lem is dead, but not very long. He had a reputation as being an unpleasant and arrogant man in many ways. He’s famous for snubbing other authors and rejecting honours because he considered science fiction beneath him.
Have never read any of his stuff, might have to give it a look.
Mark,
Based on the stories and the introduction, the translator definitely seems the more pleasant fellow.
Surely, you mean archē.
Yes, I have better obscure character sets than you.
Stanisław Lem (September 12, 1921 – March 27, 2006)
Dead, but not for very long.
R.K.
Indeed, I was just reading about it on Bruce Schneier’s blog.
I hope this foiled US/UK terror plot doesn’t cause you too much trouble going home.