
The Big Time
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Narrated by:
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Suzanne Toren
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By:
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Fritz Leiber
Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to recall exactly the same past from one day to the next? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy, mixed-up dream? If you have, then you've had hints of the Change War.
It's been going on for a billion years, and it will last another billion or so. Up and down the timeline, the two sides, "Spiders" and "Snakes", battle endlessly to change the future and the past. Our lives and our memories are their battleground. And in the midst of the war is the Place, outside space and time, where Greta Forzane and the other Entertainers provide solace and R&R for tired time warriors.
Fritz Leiber was one of the most important sci-fi and fantasy writers of the 20th century. The Big Time, which won a Hugo Award for Best Novel, is his most famous SF novel.
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Interesteing Concept, Poor Execution
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La novela trata conceptos complejos como viajes en el tiempo y sus efectos, no solo en la historia sino en la memoria de las personas, y los plasma en conversaciones ingeniosas en el contexo de una supuesta guerra entre Arañas y Serpientes.
El estilo de Leiber es muy rápido, tanto que no logré acercarme o empatizar con ningún personaje o facción, y quizás no era el objetivo del autor. No busquen una aventura: la novela es una tertulia filosófica entre los personajes, con un par de misterios que resuelve de forma eficaz sobre el final.
Es un libro interesante que abre varias interrogantes sobre las motivaciones humanas y los medios que somos capaces de usar para vencer a nuestros enemigos, con argumentos o con violencia, y cómo sobrellevamos situaciones complejas que no logramos entender por completo.
Reflexiva y Corta
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There's a collection of lost souls, people cut out of the timeline to fight the Change War, for ancient, unknowable generals called the Spiders, scraping for advantage over billions of years of altering history. They are colourful characters - the bright quirky, cynical people who often set a background scene - no true heroes - both the entertainers and staff of a Recuperation Station, and some soldiers come in from the cold. And then someone comes in with an atomic bomb...
It feels a lot like a stage play - most of the characters get a chance to make a big speech, and there are a lot of minor and tensions and interpersonal feuds inside the big conflict.
I like Suzanne Toren's reading of it a great deal - she has a sassy alto that sounds like Greta's voice always did in my head (except for her version of Bruce. He sounds like a scruffy Australian and, no. Just no.)
All in all, it's a great listen if you want something bright and world-weary, with no true answers at the end. And sometimes that's what I want :-)
"There's a demon inside me that always wishes to live."
If "Night Hawks" were outside time and space...
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Good, But Lacking Something
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Golden age SF delight.
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a nice story, a bit confused
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The only thing enjoyable was the presentation.
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Poor Hugo story
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The Big Time is a big deal!
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Fritz is a literary descendant of Shakespeare
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