The distant rainbow
The Distant Rainbow ( Russian: Далёкая Радуга ) is a science fiction novel by Arkadi and Boris Strugazki from 1963.
The first draft was started in November and completed in December 1962. The writers then worked on the work for a long time, revised, rewritten, shortened and wrote again. It took more than half a year for the book to take on the final form known to modern readers. The original edition appeared in 1963 under the title "Dalekaja raduga", the German edition for the first time in 1971.
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The novel is part of the world of noon . Several of the characters are known from other works by the authors, including in particular Captain Leonid Andrejewitsch Gorbowski and his crew.
The action takes place within a day. The planet "Rainbow" has been used by scientists for many years to conduct experiments, including teleportation. After each teleportation experiment, a so-called wave is created on the planet - two walls of energy that reach from the ground to the sky, move from the pole of the planet to the equator and burn all organic matter on their way. Until recently, the wave could be stopped regularly with so-called energy absorbers. However, the wave that occurs as a result of the next teleportation experiment is stronger than any before and cannot be stopped. It will inevitably destroy all life on the planet within a few hours.
The evacuation of the scientists, their families and the tourists begins. However, the transport capacities are only sufficient for a fraction of the population, and many scientists and artists insist on saving their work or the results of their research. While some people give up and surrender to their fate, others cling to the last glimmer of hope or desperately want to know that their loved one is safe, even if they cannot accompany them themselves. Many of the idealistic scientists even forego their own place in the single spaceship just to accommodate their work. Eventually, even the captain of the spaceship, Leonid Gorbowski, remains behind on the planet and looks calmly towards the approaching wave, while at least a large part of the planet's children escape in the spaceship.
Web links
- strugazki the distant rainbow, first edition . Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- Arkadi and Boris Strugatzki, Der ferne Regenbogen - Buy used, antiquarian & new book . Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- The distant rainbow by Arkadi & Boris Strugatzki . Retrieved October 28, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arkadi and Boris Strugazki: The distant rainbow . Das Neue Berlin, 1971, ISBN 3-518-39016-3 , pp. 127 .