EUtopias and Other Futures: A European Journal of Science Fiction

The main message. By Péter MARTON ** Join the  European Science Fiction group  on Facebook for related discussions. ** The idea behind this post is simple. I am re-reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , the full series, novel(ette) by novel(ette). Again. Not for the first time. As I do this, I will write down a few reflections on what stands out for me now, after so much time since the publication of the story has passed (40 years! OMG!), and after so much time since even Douglas Adams' passing away has passed (since 2001, that is). I read HG2G such a long time ago for the first time myself that... it's seriously a lot of water under the bridge since then... and if I continue like this, it will be a lot of water under the bridge before this paragraph ends. So I'll stop here. The most important quantity is 42, anyways. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) The very fruitful marriage of absurdism and science-fiction. From the lonely,...

The cover of the Polish edition. By Péter MARTON ** Join the European Science Fiction group on Facebook for related discussions. ** "Extensa" is far future SF by Polish author Jacek Dukaj . It is well written, and may inspire a number of different interpretations, all of them interesting as potentialities -- I made up mine upon reading the book twice, to make sure I was not overlooking important clues. But there remain some puzzling aspects of the story as well as issues for ethical and philosophical debate even after this. Examples of these may be provided if along the way I also reflect on this other review of Dukaj's book by Luke Maciak . (This will come with spoilers, of course.) Jacek Dukaj, author of Extensa To start with, I'm not sure if it's good that the book has to be re-read to appreciate all the "clues" placed there, given that they only work as actual clues upon re-reading the text, when you know what to look for. There...