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In a perfect future a famous poet commits terrible murder. WHY? That crime and that question lead a biotransformed policewoman to a jungle of torture and forgotten gods; a writer to the Bohemian shadows of a vast city; and a scientist directly into the mind - into the nightmare soul - of the psychopath himself. This is science fiction at its best: a detective story, a story of virtual reality entrapments and the coming to consciousness of an Artificial Intelligence ...
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美貌のLA公安官マリアはナノマシンを駆使して詩人の足取りを追い、カリブ海の独立国に潜入するも突然の国交断絶でとらわれの身に。一方被害者の父親の要請で、異端の心理工学者マーティンは詩人の精神へ禁じられたサイコダイブを敢行、異様なる心の迷宮に分け入っていく。そのとき遙か宇宙の彼方では孤独なAIに自我の萌芽が…めくるめくナノテク文明のヴィジョンを人間意識の深淵に重ねて描く、巨匠待望のSF巨篇。
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グレッグ・ベアという人は、サイバーパンク以降のアメリカSF界で、その影響は感じられるものの、独自の境地を拓いているように思えます。遺伝子破局もの『ブラッド・ミュージック』にせよ、月植民地の政治闘争を描いた『凍月』にせよ、大河小説風の『火星転移』にせよ、ベア風のヴィジュアルはいつも奇妙に生理的、官能的で、同時に恐ろしいのです。
この『天使女王』では、ナノテク整形で漆黒の肌を身に付けたアジア系の主人公マリアが、本物の黒人で世界的に有名な詩人でもある殺人犯人を追ううちに、彼のシュールで荒涼とした無意識の世界にアクセスしてしまいます。それとパラレルに進む人工知能（A.I.）の意識の覚醒・・・この物語が象徴と隠喩に満ちたディテールとテクストによって織り上げられていく様は、下手な文学賞受賞作も叶わない本物の「文学」の醍醐味です。
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19 人中、19人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
As good as, or better than, "Moving Mars"
2003/7/28
形式:マスマーケット
The reader who is about to pick up "Queen of Angels" should understand one thing about Greg Bear: he writes hard sci-fi (sci-fi which is typically laden with "tech talk"), and he writes the hardest sci-fi probably in existence today. The effect of this can be bewildering to the neophyte, especially considering the variety of his narrators. One of them, while close, is not even human, and that can easily drive away the most committed of readers.
However, dear reader, may I suggest that you persist to the end? Bear writes the most satisfying conclusions in sc-fi today, and the ending of "Queen" is among these. The ending, though, is not the best part. Neither is Bear's vision of mid-21st Century Southern California, which can be vexing. What is most fascinating about this novel is the evolution of its characters, and the effects of their modern world upon them. Not even the advanced therapy taken on by Mary Choy, Bear's wunderkind gumshoe, can protect her from the slings and arrows embedded in the human psyche. In fact, the most human character in the novel is Richard Fettle, the vaguely Luddite disciple of Emmanuel Goldsmith, the one whose life is only indirectly touched by technology, and who consequently seems to be able to access his primal self best of all, and who therefore can best understand Goldsmith's motivations most readily.
What may intrigue the reader of this novel the most is the "character" AXIS, an artifical intelligence which directs a craft in the exploration of an Earth-like planet around Alpha Centauri, and which may have been constructed too well for its own good. One imagines while reading this what may become of a child who is sent on a similar mission, and the conclusion of insanity makes perfect sense. The contrast between AXIS' increasing skewed observations and portrayal of the overwhelming media coverage of the mission was especially fun for me to read.
In "Queen", Bear continues his pattern of forcing his reader in over their heads, and not insulting us by explaining everything, but, rather, allowing us to "swim" and form our own pictures of the action. This pattern can be, at best, off-putting, and, at worst, infuriating, but the result in "Queen" is, in my opinion, well worth the work. Bear understands that in sci-fi, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and thus he has endeared himself to me.
14 人中、14人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
It is a GOOD BOOK, for all of its complexity
2000/2/9
形式:マスマーケット
Many people might have a hard time reading Queen of Angels because of its complexity, in both style and plot. I, too, found myself struggling at parts, occassionally even putting the book down for days at a time, so that I could fully grasp the images Bear was trying to convey. However, I think his unique way of writing this book did more to elaborate a detailed and incredible world than to alienate the reader. You will either love this book (being able to accept how he is handling his story) or despise it (not wanting to be actively involved in the reading). For those who have read Greg Bear before: this is something different and singular. Don't expect anything similar from any other book he, or anyone else, has written. For those who have not read Bear yet: don't think this is an example of his normal work. Queen of Angels stands alone as a unique and intricate work of art, successfully and intelligently exploring the avenues that it pursues, and is to date, the most amazing science fiction book I have ever read. Any difficulty one might have with accepting that it is not as easily digestable as most other literature must come to the realization that readers of science fiction can't expect to be breastfed all their lives.
13 人中、13人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
What all good science fiction should strive to be!
1999/6/10
形式:マスマーケット
Queen of Angels isn't the easiest book to read, and fans of throw-away space opera may find it hard to get through, but if you've got a bit of an attention span and want more from science fiction than most of it is willing to give us, you'll find this novel to be among the best ever written in the genre. I'll happily put it in the company of Dune, Neuromancer, Gateway, and Foundation.
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