{"id":23588,"date":"2022-01-20T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xmau.com\/wp\/notiziole\/?p=23588"},"modified":"2022-01-19T22:18:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:18:23","slug":"burning-brightly-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xmau.com\/notiziole\/2022\/01\/20\/burning-brightly-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Burning Brightly<\/em> (ebook)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xmau.com\/notiziole\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/9781914953033.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xmau.com\/notiziole\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/9781914953033.jpg?resize=137%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23387\" \/><\/a> [Disclaimer: Ho ricevuto il libro grazie al <a href=\"https:\/\/www.librarything.com\/er\/list\">programma Early Reviewer<\/a> di LibraryThing]<br \/>\nTradizione vuole che gli ospiti di Novacon &#8211; il ritrovo annuale dei fan SF del Regno Unito &#8211; scrivano un racconto per i partecipanti. Questo libro raccoglie alcuni di quei racconti. Naturalmente c&#8217;\u00e8 un problemuccio: gli autori vivono con i proventi dei loro testi, e quindi \u00e8 difficile che in qualcosa di regalato ci siano delle gemme. In effetti il livello delle storie \u00e8 molto disuguale: soprattutto le prime sono pi\u00f9 deboli, almeno a mio giudizio. Ecco un commento monolinea per ciascun racconto:<br \/>\n&#x25aa; Chiron (Stephen Baxter): Buona vecchia SF hard.<br \/>\n&#x25aa; The Spheres (Iain M. 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Bello!<br \/>\n&#x25aa; The Coming Of Enkidu (Geoff Ryman): Evocativo, ma non ho capito come finisce.<br \/>\n&#x25aa; Red Sky in the Morning (Adrian Tchaikovsky): Forse un po&#8217; troppo fantasy, ma comunque carino.<br \/>\n&#x25aa; The God of Nothing (Ian R. MacLeod): Anche se il finale \u00e8 divertente, il testo \u00e8 troppo stiracchiato.<br \/>\n&#x25aa; The Ships of Aleph (Jaine Fenn) Fantastico!<br \/>\n&#x25aa; Bloodbirds (Martin Sketchley): Stora troppo triste per i miei gusti.<\/p>\n<p>(Ian Whates (ed), <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qZXZGP\"><em>Burning Brightly<\/em><\/a> : <em>50 Years of Novacon<\/em>, Newcon Press 2021, pag. 258, &euro; 6,03, ISBN 9781914953033 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