"Ben Bova - The Kinsman Saga" - читать интересную книгу автора (Bova Ben)

being's heart and blood is obvious enough. So, perhaps, is the
symbolism of a lance of light that destroys the death machines
of ballistic missiles. But the idea of humankind's reach into
space forcing a change in human attitudes on Earth, which
pervades the story of Kinsman's life, has escaped the atten-
tion of most critics.

There are two aspects to this, in the story. One is the
laser-armed satellites, the Star Wars system, placed in orbit to
defend against nuclear missile attack. The other is weather

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control, using technology to tame one of the most fundamen-
tal forces on Earth. Push and pull. Negative and positive. Yin
and yang. The important point is that once the human race
began to extend its ecological niche beyond the limits of
planet Earth, all our old ways of thinking became doomed.
Most people do not realize this yet. Most are oblivious to the
fact that national borders are swiftly losing their meaning in a
world of communications satellites, hydrogen bombs, conti-
nent-spanning missiles, and the expansion of human life into
space.

The facts are there to see, but most people are not
emotionally prepared to deal with them. It is through the
symbolism of fiction that we prepare our minds for these new
concepts. In the truest sense, Chet Kinsman does exist, and
his message of hope and peace and love is the ultimate reality.

ЧBen Bova
West Hartford.
March 1987

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Connecticut

BOOK

KINSMAN

Fear death?Чto feel the fog in my throat,

The mist in my face,
When the snows begin, and the blasts denote

I am nearing the place,
The power of the night, the press of the storm,