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- Verlag: Blackstone Audio Books; Auflage: Unabridged (April 2009)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 143321718X
- ISBN-13: 978-1433217180
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 15,7 x 16,5 x 3 cm
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Anyone who's read Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong knows about the devastating consequences that Columbus's voyage and ensuing colonization had on the native people of the Americas and Africa. In a thought-provoking work that is part science fiction, part historical drama, Orson Scott Card writes about scientists in a fearful future who study that tragic past, then attempt to actually intervene and change it into something better.
Tagiri and Hassan are members of Pastwatch, an academic organization that uses machines to see into the past and record it. Their project focuses on slavery and its dreadful effects, and gradually evolves into a study of Christopher Columbus. They eventually marry and their daughter Diko joins them in their quest to discover what drove Columbus west.
Columbus, with whom readers become acquainted through both images in the Pastwatch machines and personal narrative, is portrayed as a religious man with both strengths and weaknesses, a charismatic leader who sometimes rose above but often fell beneath the mores of his times. As usual, Orson Scott Card uses his formidable writing skills to create likable, complex characters who face gripping problems; he also provides an entertaining and thoughtful history lesson in Pastwatch. --Bonnie Bouman -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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Given the political squabbles over America's traditional "discoverer," the subtitle of this novel might be enough to scare off many readers. Except, of course, that it is written by Orson Scott Card, one of the finest current writers of science fiction who possesses a rare feeling for both history and religion, as he has displayed in his saga of Alvin Maker, recently resumed in Alvin Journeyman. The plot of his new book is fairly straightforward: three time travelers from a ruined and doomed future Earth journey to the time of Columbus' landing, hoping to alter events so that the contact between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres will be less disastrous for the American Indians, indeed, for the whole world. At the heart of the book, however, is a marvelous, enormously powerful portrait of Columbus himself. Another superior addition to a superior body of work. Roland Green
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Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is as good a piece of psycho-history as has been written. The main plot of this story - undoing the damage unwittingly wrought by Christopher Columbus - enlightens the reader about pieces of history that remain largely unexamined in a nation that celebrates Columbus Day as if CC himself were the first native. The evaluation of the actions leading up to Columbus' (largely accidental) journey to America, their repercussions and alternatives, stands with the strongest philosophical explorations of Card's best novels. Pastwatch is not particularly concerned with the development of any characters but Columbus, and even he is a little distant, but it is a rare instance where characterization is secondary yet competently executed. The only flaw (in my opinion) is two-thirds of they way through the novel when the time-travelers of the book, determined to help Columbus do it right, act on the majority wish of the planet's population against its more immediate well-being. Sadly, that most of the world is self-sacrificing may never be believable. As an examination of the seldom-told early history of Europeans in America, Pastwatch is an entertaining way to learn some disturbing truths that all Americans should know. As a work of fiction, Pastwatch examines the themes of responsibility, character and faith better than most non-fiction books focusing on those subjects. I highly recommend this book to any fan of science fiction, history or ethics. I can't say that about anyone but Card.
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Orson Scott Card is a wonderful writer. He is one of the most compassionate writers I have ever read, especially in science fiction. His scenarios are always fascinating. However, the one thing that bugs me about him is his fast and loose use of "futuristic technology" in his books. Because he writes in the sci-fi genre, he imagines he can get away with any sort of nonsence, like a machine that lets you see any moment in the past, from any viewpoint. This seems impossible to me and nowhere in the book does he even attempt to explain how this could be. I usually read hard sci-fi, so I like plausible technology. Or at least an attempt at explaination. However, if you forgive this one issue, Pastwatch is an excellent book. Not as good as Ender's Game or Speaker for the Dead, but better than most of the sci-fi drivel published these days.
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An engaging read....
Pastwatch's strongest point is its originality. It's an interesting look at Christopher Columbus. Although we don't know what Columbus was really like, it's neat to see a portrayal... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Juni 2000 von Matt
If you could change the past...
The Premise: How different history would have been if only: 1) Columbus had just a bit more of a conscience, and/or 2) The native Americans had been just a bit more ready,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. März 2000 von Edith S. Tyson
Best Since Ender
Although I always enjoy Orsen Scott Cards' books, Pastwatch was the most enjoyable since the Ender series... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. März 2000 von M. Connors
Great writer, so-so book.
Orson Scott Card is certainly a great writer, but he falls way short here. The book starts off well enough letting us get to know a group of future historians who spend there time... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. März 2000 von Michael D Ward
The REDEMPTION of Christopher Columbus
For one to understand the hero cycle of the primary character of this novel, Pastwatch, one must understand a little about the plot of the story. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. März 2000 von Spatical
Simply Wonderful
This life of the characters in Pastwatch was my life for a strait 24 hours. I read the entire book straight through with hardly any interuptions. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Januar 2000 von Spatical
Pastwatch- One of SF/Fantasy's best
Original, hooked me in the moment I picked it up (That doesn't happen often for me). Never thought much of OSC, only liked the Ender books, but he redemmed himself. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Dezember 1999 von Jay
Not quite as good as Ender's Game but worth a look.
Orson Scott Card is not one for taking on light airy subject matter in his novels. His Ender books hypothesized the fate of a boy manipulated into becoming the destroyer of an... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Oktober 1999 von Harvey H. Meeker
A Fantastic Read
This book was thought provoking. What if Columbis had never returned from America? How different would history have been if what OSC portrayed had been true? Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. September 1999 von Lucreza118@aol.com
Okay but disappointing...
I have enjoyed Card's other books and stories, but Pastwatch didn't do it for me. Sure, there were some interesting concepts, but the overall story was just too implausible to... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. August 1999 veröffentlicht
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