Holocaust F

16 hrs. 13 min.

Language Russian

Author Cezary Zbeshkhovsky

Narrator Igor Knyazev

Description

End-of-the-world scenarios in science fiction have a vivid, storied tradition. But what happens when not only worlds fall apart, but also meanings, communities, metaphysical systems, and ontologies?

“Holocaust F” by Cezary Zbiezchowski is an ambitious “hard SF” in a modern style, painting the image of an inexorable future—telling about a war in which military actions themselves are works of art. What did the tunneling ship “Heart of Darkness” discover in the infinity of space—approaching the Earth’s orbit once again because it got tangled up in space and time? What is a prism that has left Earth—and what are the frens that remained there? Who fights the Locusts—modified “vampires,” or “ice cream” that changes probabilities? Should the world be saved if everything worth fighting for has already left it?

“Holocaust F” is a dynamic blend of the energy of Stross, the scale of Stevenson, the pessimism of Watts, and a pinch or two of Dick’s madness. Such books appear incredibly rarely, but when they do, they invariably end up at the center of readers’ attention.