Talk:Spin (novel)
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"Spin" is an ambitious novel, and both its literary and science fiction aims and allusions are lofty ones. As in Groundhog Day, the plot device is a metaphor for the human experience. What do you do once you grasp your mortality and your insignificant place in the universe? (For Tyler, Jason, and Diane the epiphany comes at the cusp of adolescence, as the sky which had heretofore been a source of wonder becomes a symbol of dread). Each of the protagonists is an archetype for a typical response: materialism, religious zeal, searching for knowledge, or an existentialism bordering on nihilism and despair. On the science fiction side, there are thoughtful allusions to, among other things: Greg Egan's Quarantine (the idea of extraterrestrials "sealing off" Earth with a complex relativistic membrane, and the social impact of the stars "going out"); Philip José Farmer's Riverworld series (the "Hypotheticals" who created the Spin echo Farmer's "Ethicals"); Robert A. Heinlein (there is an enigmatic stranger from Mars); and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (the final scene takes place on a ship sailing to an unknown destination). Tyler's French surname emphasize his similarities and differences with Camus's Meersault, and as in the Stranger, Tyler's reaction to his mother's death is revealing. And every science fiction novel about the end of the world must of course grapple with the issue of the day. In this case, that is the degradation of the environment, but the theme is explored subtly and without preaching.
No sources, wildly one-sided, POV, likely Original Research. -- Antepenultimate 23:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Is "areostat" a typo for "aerostat? Haven't read the novel yet. 157.128.148.150 04:52, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
"E.D. founds a low Earth orbit satellite company and profits spectacularly". That's wrong. Even low orbit satellites are impossible under the "spin". He founds a company that uses high-rise stationary balloons to transmit TV and phone signals.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 16:59, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Explanation paragraph:
The final explanation of the spin is that it was created by similar self-replicating machines that the humans have sent out themselves, but far more advanced and with a network that spans most of the galaxy. It is discovered that the corruption of machines that the humans sent out is caused by this entity consuming it, or more precisely, making the human machines part of itself.
Is there any chance someone could re-write this so it makes sense in English?--61.30.11.130 08:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
