This is the last week to check the excellent 'Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It' exhibition at the British Library (ends on 25/09)
Através do espelho e o que Alice encontrou // Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there - John Tenniel
Dim lighting and an incessant theremin sound in the best 'close encounter' style set the stage for the show, divided into 6 main themes: 'Future Worlds', 'Virtual Worlds', 'End of the World', 'Parallel Worlds', 'Alien Worlds' and 'Perfect World?'. Each one unfolds into an array of sub-themes like Mars, cyborgs, time travel, lost civilizations, etc...
A expo, como o nome sugere, vai além dos clichês e mostra que o assunto é muito mais rico e antigo do que muitos imaginam. Em cartaz estão preciosidades como trechos da Íliada de Homero falando de robôs, edições preservadíssimas de 'As Viagens de Guliver' (1726) e 'Micromegas' de Voltaire (1752), todas as edições da revista Amazing Stories e, meu preferido, uma carta de George Orwell ao seu editor dizendo que "o livro novo está ok. poderia estar melhor mas estou satisfeito (...) só não decidi um nome ainda. Estou entre 'O Último Homem da Europa' e '1984'".
The exhibition, as the name sugests, goes past the cliches and shows that the subject is much richer and older than many imagine. On display, gems like experts of Homer's Iiliad mentioning robots, well preserved editions of Guliver's Travel's (1726) and Voltaire's 'Micromegas' (1752), all the issues of Amazing Stories mag and, my favourite, a letter from George Orwell to his editor saying "the new book is ok. It could be better, but I'm satisfied (...) I haven't decided on the title yet, I'm between 'The Last Man in Europe' and '1984'".
Olho // Eye - Frank R Paul
(essa edição cunhou o termo 'Cientificção' // this issue coined the term 'Scientificion')
De 'Guerra dos Mundos' (H.G Wells) a 'Guerra nas Estrelas' (George Lucas), '2001' (Kubrick) a 'Doctor Who' (BBC), 'Viagem à Lua' (Georges Méliès) a 'Matrix' (irmãos Wachowski), 'Admirável Mundo Novo' (Huxley) a 'Neuromancer' (William Gibson), passando por diversos autores e diretores Russos, Franceses, Japoneses e Chineses, está tudo lá.From War of the Worlds' (H.G. Wells) to 'Star Wars' (George Lucas), '2001' (Kubrick) to 'Doctor Who' (BBC), 'Journey to the Moon' (Georges Méliès) to 'Matrix' (Wachowski bros), Brave New World (Huxley) to Neuromancer (William Gibson), passing through several Russian, French, Japanese and Chinese authors and directors, it's all there.
Os Marcianos // The Martians - Alvim Correa
More than a lesson in literature and film, the exhibition is also a history lesson where one can see that throughout time scientific/ technological development and culture have been walking side by side. It's extremely interesting noticing how some machines and situations described in these stories and considered far-fetched and fantasious in their present times, years later came to be true.
A viagem à Lua // The Moon Voyage - Emil Antoine Bayard
*A tip for those who go: get the catalog - much easier than writing down the names of 2983 books by hand ;)
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