Reviews for Noon, 22nd Century

The average rating for Noon, 22nd Century based on 1 review is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-04-01 00:00:00 Benedek Nemeth Eastern Block/Soviet Sci-Fi is so utterly different from western Sci-Fi that it nearly defies explanation, but heck I'll give it a shot. Certainly the major element of the writing is that science (at times very strange science) is a means to get into the emotional conflicts that technology creates. The writers have a certain Bradburyesque way with sentences but less wistful. Instead there's a strange disconnect to the events and characters that define the weird desolation that permeates the works. One can almost envision an alternate reality of the time period that they wrote (1960-1966) much less the future they create. Regardless the stories point to man's relationship or struggling relationship with the future and the technology existing. Quite interesting is how these seemingly short stories appear almost as chapters, yet they aren't. The stories roughly and subtly follow several characters literally through their lives - one born in the first story and appearing numerous times as he ages. The "science" is really secondary, much different western Sci-Fi. One certainly won't ponder the feasibility of the future in these stories, but their emotions, the lost displaced feeling is very much something that one can ponder and relate to. Despite the age and quaintness of these tales I think they still very much resonate and while the authors aren't in the same masterful league as Stanislav Lem nonetheless these stories have a powerful pull and haunt.