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The Man in the Maze

Di: Robert Silverberg
Letto da: Stefan Rudnicki
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Once a hero, now a pariah, Richard Muller is humanity's last hope.

Richard Muller was an honorable diplomat who braved unimaginable dangers to make contact with the first-known race of intelligent aliens. But those aliens left a mark on him: a psychic wound that emanates a telepathic miasma that his fellow humans can neither cure nor endure. Muller is exiled to the remote planet of Lemnos, where he is left, deeply embittered, at the heart of a deadly maze - until a new alien race appears, seemingly intent on exterminating humanity. Only Muller can communicate with them, due to the very condition that has made him an outcast. But will Muller stick his neck out for the people who so callously rejected him?

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On many levels this is outstanding Sci-Fi imagining a future where man (note that I say "man" not "humans"... I'll come back to that in a moment) have colonised thousands of planets, and are entering a period of 'first contact' with alien species. Without giving away too many spoilers, the man in the maze is individual who acts as ambassador to the aliens.... and the terrible price he pays as a result. The book explores the essence of what it means to be human, and considers every aspect of our emotions. The author describes alien world's and cultures that are...well, totally 'alien' to our way of understanding. Not just living civilizations, but extinct ones that exist as archaeological subjects. It's interesting that these worlds and species aren't simply the typical humanoid species and cultures that one finds in a lot of Sci-Fi. It's inevitable that in some ways these cultures are incomprehensible to the characters... and the author skillfully navigates between the need to give a scientific explanation and keeping the story moving. In fact the author bravely leaves lot's of things unexplained; and it works because it allows us to focus on the characters thoughts and feelings.

So far so good. Especially for a book written in 1969. It stands the test of time... mostly! The problem is that in one particular aspect it falls short. Women. There's not one female character in the book that plays any role other than to satisfy the sexual needs of the male characters...or maybe the sexual fantasies of the target market for whom the book was written? Was it only sexuallly immature men who read Sci-Fi at that time? I'm not exaggerating. It's really embarrassingly puerile. I'm not normally critical of a writer including their own prejudices and inherent ways of communicating...I wouldn't criticise Mark Twain for using language that we would now find unacceptable. It's just that the lengthy descriptions of sexual encounters are cringe worthy... from a modern perspective. I guess that ironically the book acts as a sort of historical and cultural document; evidence of the inability of even an incredibly creative male writer to imagine a future where women have any sort of influence, autonomy or equality.

Is it worth listening/reading despite this? Yes, absolutely. I still gave it four stars! :-)

Incredibly creative (and a little bit dated!)

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