Dear listmembers, TLS in the May 25, 2001, issue reviewed _The Glass Bees_. A few excerpts: "First published in 1957, and translated into English in 1960, _The Glass Bees_ is a thoughtful, and often prescient example of science fiction. Set in an unspecified future, the book is narrated over a patina of references to Weimar Germany by Captain Richard - a droll, destitute cavalry officer seeking work in security for Zapparoni, a media mogul, "a magician and lord of automatons". "...Juenger's aphoristic style is compelling and pertinent." Zapparoni's "favourite hobby is the cinema, for which he creates robots to "flesh out" the roles in Zapparoni Films. Alone in the garden, Richard is introduced to the glass bees (tiny robots) and, in a marvellous passage, he begins to doubt the realities before him, becoming "skeptical of individual objects" -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- "When Richard questions his sensual, ethical and=20 moral realities, Ernst Juenger again places his story on contemporary ground, among issues of belief, representation, the understanding of ideology, and the notion that the world is manufactured at almost every level. _The Glass Bees_ is a novel of tremedous foresight and deep implications." Applauds from Britain to one of EJs best books, now available again in English. Hoefully we will soon see more translations of Juenger books. Best wishes Bertil
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