Cigno nero

Cigno nero

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Nomination per il premio Sidewise - Best Short-Form Alternate History. Incluso in tre antologie "Best of the year". Prima edizione digitale.

«Un giornalista con il senso dell’etica protegge la sua fonte confidenziale. Così io proteggevo “Massimo Montaldo”, anche se sapevo che quello non era il suo vero nome.

Ogni volta che approfittavo delle indiscrezioni di Massimo, il traf...more
Kindle Edition, 34 pages
Published September 15th 2010 by 40k (first published September 8th 2010)
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Aldrin
As deceptively inviting as its title may be, Bruce Sterling’s Black Swan is not the source material for Darren Aronofsky’s twisted tale of tutus. Nor is it a novelization of the Oscar-nominated film. Nor a novelette-ization, as it were.

Sterling’s novelette begins not with the bombastic prose equivalent of Natalie Portman dancing en pointe to Clint Mansell’s rearrangement of Tchaikovsky but with a modest -- save for the relative weight of a character’s name -- pair of sentences.
The ethical journa
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Chris
One of the newer topics, and by newer I mean several years but new to many, is is membrane fiction. We have always had sci-fi about multiple world in other dimensions, but with the advent of a growing scientific camp of believers in Brane Theory (part of String Theory). My hopes are that this story is a primer for a longer story. Lucas, the unwitting traveller in this transdimensional trip, is likable and a character I want to learn more about. His plight of not feeling exuberant about a new dim...more
Emanuela

Mah! (sospensione del giudizio nel 2010)

Ripreso in mano adesso, nel 2012, raddoppio il rating a 4 stelline.
Forse mi ha aiutato la recente rilettura di "Lezioni Americane" o la dipartita di Sarkozy, ma l'ho apprezzato di più.

Domani partirò per Torino e spero di ritrovarla come l'ho lasciata.
Fermi con il tasto F2, vi prego!
Luca Conti
Il Cigno nero è un romanzo breve di Bruce Sterling. La storia si svolge in Italia, a Torino, tra mondi paralleli e un viaggiatore che salta da una alle altre (64?) Italie possibili. Divertente trovare personaggi noti (Sarkozy e altri) coinvolti nella vicenda insieme ai personaggi frutto dell’immaginazione dell’autore. La trama incalza e si viene rapidamente trasportati nell’idea di cosa sarebbe successo se Tizio non fosse andato al potere o se Caio avesse cambiato il corso della storia in quel m...more
Emanuela ~plastic duck~
Devo dire che questo tipo di racconti per me è difficile. Amo le realtà alternative e il concetto del libro è originale. C'è una specie di idea audace nel racconto, che credo sia proprio un'idea da scrittore, quella che il potere della creazione sia a disposizione di chi ha l'ardire di immaginarlo. Inoltre credo che il finale del racconto sia davvero inaspettato.

Quello che ho trovato difficile, e che mi ha un po' reso difficile la lettura, sono i riferimenti politici, economici, culturali, tutte...more
Diego
Enjoyed this, but I think the author took the concept as far as he was willing to go with it and then dropped it without much care - like he realized how unwieldy the background was and how much more space he'd need to develop a story involving everything he'd already touched on, and realizing that, decided that it was better to end it quickly.
Silletta
Ho sempre amato il tema delle realtà alternative, e questo racconto me l'ha ricordato. Avrei voluto esplorare insieme a Sterling tutte le Italie possibili, tutte le varie dimensioni sociopolitiche, invece accidenti a lui, quanto è stato breve! In compenso mi ha ricordato anche quanto mi piacesse il telefilm Sliders, una decina di anni fa!
Remo
Nada que ver con el Black Swan de Nassim Taleb. Relato corto (y oscuro, muy oscuro) sobre la posibilidad de los múltiples universos y las interacciones entre ellos. Creo que es lo primero que leo de Bruce Sterling y me ha dejado bastante frío, la verdad
James
Good, but it felt more like the elevator pitch for a story rather than a self-contained story itself. It would be interesting to read this fleshed out to a moderate length. However, if you're looking for a quick, engaging short story, it's worth your time.
Dario Tonani
Sociologia, politica, economia in una scheggia di domani sospesa tra cinismo e disincanto. Thanks, Bruce, for yet another chilly draft that blows in from your future...
Josh
Ok story on alternate realities, but nothing really new to see here. Also it is a short story and not a novel so not really worth 2.99 to me.
Joseph Method
Decent story, but $3 for a short story is a bit steep. Thought I was buying a book.
Matt
I can feel this story building into something really spectacular, I'm excited for what new Sterling universes await...
Jason Cross
Very interesting short story. I picked it up and couldn't put it down. Very well told and worth your time.
Francesco
Un hacker di "mondi", con lo pseudonimo di Massimo Montaldo ma a 'sto punto poteva chiamarsi pure Mario Mondi [che simpaticone che sono!!!], con in mano una tecnologia capace di stravolgere le sorti dell'umanità, e un blogger sensazionalista che su una tale scoperta non se la sente di speculare. E poi Sarkozy come Napoleone, Calvino come fisico invece che letterato, e la Yugoslavia padrona del mondo occidentale. E non è nemmeno male, come idea...
Livia Blackburne
Pretty trippy exploration of alternate histories and realities .. and a few apearances by Nicholas Sarkozy. Reminds me of Inception, in that I'll have to read it again in a few days to fully process.
John
Short story (a little overpriced) about an Italian tech blogger and a louche "source" who can travel among alternate Italies. It's all about the premise---the author doesn't actually develop a story from his set up. Readable, though.
Elizabeth Hunter
Downloaded for free, this is a fun story about multiple worlds, speculating as Sterling does best about the ripple effects of our political and social choices.
Andy Tischaefer
Short story. Really fun. Read it in under an hour.
Christopher Murphy
A nice short story but I wouldn't call it "cyberpunk"
Aaron
Apr 22, 2013 Aaron marked it as to-read
Colette
Apr 11, 2013 Colette marked it as to-read
Milka
Mar 22, 2013 Milka marked it as to-read
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Michael Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.
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