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The Eclipse Trilogy (also referred to as A Song Called Youth trilogy) is a series of three English language cyberpunk science fiction novels by John Shirley consisting of Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988), and Eclipse Corona (1990). The scope of the story is worldwide, but the main action mostly takes place in Europe, on a small Caribbean island and on humanity's first space colony. An updated, re-edited version of the trilogy is being released by Dover Books, starting with A Song Called Youth: Eclipse, in October 2017.
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| dbo:abstract | The Eclipse Trilogy (also referred to as A Song Called Youth trilogy) is a series of three English language cyberpunk science fiction novels by John Shirley consisting of Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988), and Eclipse Corona (1990). The books depict a dystopian future, set in a hypothetical mid 21st century where a new Russian Soviet has invaded Western Europe, causing massive disruption and destruction. Their armies were only repelled by the (unseen) use of tactical nuclear weapons, resulting in a stalemate, somewhat like the middle years of World War I. The New Soviet—more oligarchic than communist—has been stymied. But now Europe is in chaos, the USA is in crisis. To keep order and free up troops for actual fighting, NATO has contracted with the Second Alliance Security Corporation (SA), a right-wing, private security company of mercenaries, an anticipation of Blackwater-style privatization of the military. Second Alliance is part of a hidden (fascist) agenda unbeknownst to most of those who hired them. The heroes of the series are the New Resistance, who are fighting to expose and defeat the SA's racist policies and the neofascist attempt to grab power. The scope of the story is worldwide, but the main action mostly takes place in Europe, on a small Caribbean island and on humanity's first space colony. On the book jacket of the 2012 re-release, William Gibson calls Shirley "cyberpunk's patient zero." Bruce Sterling is quoted as calling the trilogy "a complex, bizarre, and unique vision of the near future, with a kaleidoscopic mix of politics, pop, and paranoia." An updated, re-edited version of the trilogy is being released by Dover Books, starting with A Song Called Youth: Eclipse, in October 2017. (en) La trilogia di Eclipse (Eclipse Trilogy) è una serie di romanzi fantascientifici cyberpunk scritta da John Shirley tra il 1985 e il 1990. La serie è composta dai romanzi: 1. * Eclipse (Eclipse, 1985), trad. di Maurizio Carità, Urania 1255, Mondadori, 1995; trad. di Francesca Leali e Eva Raguzzoni, Valis, Hobby & Work, 2006 2. * (Eclipse Penumbra, 1988), trad. di Maurizio Carità, Urania 1276, Mondadori; 1996 3. * (Eclipse Corona, 1990), trad. di Maurizio Carità, Urania 1290, Mondadori, 1996 Una riedizione aggiornata della trilogia era stata pubblicata da Prime Books in volume unico, dal titolo A Song Called Youth. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Eclipse Trilogy (also referred to as A Song Called Youth trilogy) is a series of three English language cyberpunk science fiction novels by John Shirley consisting of Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988), and Eclipse Corona (1990). The scope of the story is worldwide, but the main action mostly takes place in Europe, on a small Caribbean island and on humanity's first space colony. An updated, re-edited version of the trilogy is being released by Dover Books, starting with A Song Called Youth: Eclipse, in October 2017. (en) La trilogia di Eclipse (Eclipse Trilogy) è una serie di romanzi fantascientifici cyberpunk scritta da John Shirley tra il 1985 e il 1990. La serie è composta dai romanzi: 1. * Eclipse (Eclipse, 1985), trad. di Maurizio Carità, Urania 1255, Mondadori, 1995; trad. di Francesca Leali e Eva Raguzzoni, Valis, Hobby & Work, 2006 2. * (Eclipse Penumbra, 1988), trad. di Maurizio Carità, Urania 1276, Mondadori; 1996 3. * (Eclipse Corona, 1990), trad. di Maurizio Carità, Urania 1290, Mondadori, 1996 (it) |
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