Autumn Visits
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| Author | Sergey Lukyanenko |
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| Original title | Осенние Визиты (or Osennie Vizity) |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | E-Book |
| Released | 1995-1996 serial (1997 as book) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 5-15-000833-8 |
Autumn Visits is a science fiction novel by Sergey Lukyanenko, published in 1997 in book form. It is a novel written in a very unusual style for the author.
Contents |
[edit] Plot introduction
In a poor, downtrodden Russia, a vector of future development of the world is being defined. Six Forces send their envoys, doubles of real people; they are almost the same as their prototypes. An envoy can do only that what prototype can, but unlike them, envoys believe in their own forces, and thus can change the world.
[edit] Plot summary
Six forces: Kindness, Development, Science, Power, Force and Art.
[edit] Kindness force
This world (actually, the whole action takes place in Russia and the Ukraine) lacks kindness; but the double of a female doctor would bring the kindness of medieval crusades.
[edit] Science force
Science, which can't defend itself...
[edit] Art force
Art, unable to do anything, because he imagines very well, how much blood would he spill. Like a painter Schicklgruber did...
[edit] Force and Power forces
Force and Power. An officeer and a deputy. A country, with strong army, without crime... And a mighty powerful state. Both two options seem to be awful, as memories of Soviet Union still hold. However author sympathizes double of officeer, who gets murdered by envoy of Kindness.
[edit] Development force
Prototype of Development is a kid. Development can turn a tale into reality: spaceships and progress... But the one, who lost faith in people, would not make the world better.
[edit] Last player (Dark)
And the last, seventh player is a killer, his force is Dark. Absence of any bounds and freedom to go in any direction you want. Always against all.
The one, who will survive, will set the direction of world evolution. But it seems to be, that happy end is impossible.
[edit] Awards and nominations
In 1998 the 1st Moscow SF&F Forum gave the "Sigma-F" award to the novel.
| Sergey Lukyanenko |
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| Bibliography |
| Island Russia: Today, Mom ! · Island Russia · Tsar, Tsarevich, King, Prince |
| A Lord from Planet Earth: A Princess Is Worth Death · The Planet which Doesn't Exist · Glass Sea |
| Line of Delirium: Line of Delirium · Emperors of Illusions · Shadows of Dreams |
| Labyrinth of Reflections: Labyrinth of Reflections · False Mirrors · Transparent Stained-Glass Windows |
| The Stars Are Cold Toys: The Stars Are Cold Toys · Star Shadow |
| World of Watches: Night Watch · Day Watch · Twilight Watch · Final Watch |
| Genome: Genome · Dances on the Snow |
| Seekers of the Sky: Cold Shores · Morning Nears |
| Other fiction:: Knights of Forty Islands · Nuclear Dream · The Boy and the Darkness · Autumn Visits · Not the Time for Dragons · Spectrum · Rough Draft |
| Short Story Collections:: H is for Human · Nuclear Dream · Gadget |
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