Thursday, October 3, 2013
Greta Bryn
I actually really enjoyed Twenty Lights to The Land of Snow and the characterization of Greta Bryn. It seemed to be a common and expected science fiction story, so it fit into the mold I had been expecting. I further enjoyed watching Greta Bryn start as a child and grow into the role that had been assigned for her, all while aboard a ship. The whole idea of the ship was interesting to me, especially since they were on it for 106 years. I find it interesting to think about the people who initially boarded the ship, knowing that they would not ever leave it in their lifetime. It is an interesting aspect to think about because it is interesting to think about what was going through all of those people's mind. Perhaps they thought it was their duty to begin the travel or perhaps they didn't really know what they were signing up for. Either way, it was an intriguing story that made me think.
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I agree with the fact that it contained a lot of the more typical sic-fi elements (like space travel!) but what I enjoyed most was the unexpected elements of the story relating to Buddhism (like the mandala competition, or the pet monkey, because who brings a monkey on a space ship?).
ReplyDeleteI really liked the use of down and up phasing in order to keep people from aging (or getting extremely bored, I couldn't really tell with the story). I liked how it would talk about just basically throwing the bodies into space, I thought that was pretty poetic.
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