Science Fiction
The Eyes of Heisenberg by Frank Herbert
The novel “The Eyes of Heisenberg” by Frank Herbert was published for the first time in 1966.
In a far future children’s birth is strictly regulated and each individual’s DNA is manipulated right after being conceived. The products of such manipulations are divided in two reproductive classes: the Optimen, naturally sterile, and the Folks, most kept sterile through a special gas while some others are allowed to reproduce.
Harvey and Lizbeth Durant received permission to conceive a child but during the manipulation that is mandatory for a fertilized egg something unexpectedly happens. The consequence is that the Durant family ends in the middle of a power struggle that also includes the Cyborgs, who’s been trying to overthrow the Optimen’s regime for a long time.
Happy birthday Terry Gilliam!
Terrence Vance Gilliam was born on November 22, 1940 in Medicine Lake, Minnesota, USA. In 1968 he took British citizenship. In 1996 renounced his American citizenship.
During the ’70s and ’80s Terry Gilliam worked as screenwriter and director for various movies produced with the Monty Python. He directed several more movies.
Night Walk by Bob Shaw
“Night Walk” is the first novel published by Bob Shaw in 1967 and as it’s tipycal for this author it’s centered around an invention. In this novel we have the special glasses, an instrument that allows a blind person to see: its importance can be seen – begging your pardon for the pun – only at the end of the novel.
J.G. Ballard was born 80 years ago
James Graham Ballard was born on November 15, 1930 in Shanghai, where his British family had moved because of his father’s job.
The publication of his article “Which Way to Inner Space” on the magazine “New Worlds” marked the birth of the British New Wave science fiction literary movement. The base topic of this movement is the inner space with great attention to psychic pulsions.
Ballard’s fame grew up in 1962 with the publication of his second novel, “The Drowned World”.
