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ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΟ ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓΙΟ

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2014-07-10 (510)

? Σκέφτομαι: Η μόνη Αλήθεια αυτού του Κόσμου, την οποία μπορεί να ανιχνεύσει ο Άνθρωπος, είναι αυτή: «Το άπειρο μέγεθος αυτού του Κόσμου (και όχι μόνο στα χωροχρονικά μεγέθη) “καταπίνει” το πεπερασμένο της ανθρώπινης νόησης».

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Ο Στυλιανός Τζιρίτας

Είπε στο

Περιοδικό: «ΚΟΡΗ ΟΦΘΑΛΜΟΥ» τεύχος 10 (Απρίλιος – Μάιος 2002). (Απόσπασμα)

Ο τελευταίος χαρακτηρισμός που θα μπορούσα να προσδώσω στον Διαμαντή Φλωράκη είναι αυτός του κλασικού συγγραφέα και όσον αφορά τις επιλογές του σε επίπεδο γραφής, αλλά και σε ό,τι έχει σχέση με τη δημόσια προβολή και στάση ενός ανθρώπου πολυγραφότατου όπως αυτός. Από τους πρωτοπόρους της επιστημονικής φαντασίας στην Ελλάδα και με αρκετές δεκάδες χιλιάδες πωλήσεων (ενίοτε μάλιστα μέσω ανεξάρτητων εκδόσεων) παράλληλα και εξ αρχής θεωρήθηκε μία πραγματικά μυστηριώδης φιγούρα που έστεκε μακριά από τα καθιερωμένα. Επικοινώνησα μαζί του μέσω ενός e-mail, που έστειλα στην προσωπική (λιτότατη αλλά περιεκτικότατη) ιστοσελίδα που διατηρεί (users…..) και η απάντησή του ήταν άμεση και προσεγμένα ευγενική χωρίς ίχνος προσποίησης αλλά ούτε και κομπορρημοσύνης. Χαρακτηριστικά που επιβεβαιώθηκαν και στη συνάντηση που έγινε δύο εβδομάδες αργότερα.

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/diamandisflorakis

 

Απόσπασμα από το μυθιστόρημα:

«ΠΕΡΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΡΗΜΟ ΤΟΥ ΜΙΣΟΥΣ»

(Η ιστορία ενός τρομοκράτη)

(2 έντυπες εκδόσεις + 1 σε e-book)

Έτσι, το βασικό του ένστικτο έκανε, πάνω στην σκακιέρα, τη μία από τις δύο κινήσεις που του απέμειναν: Ενεργοποίησε τη μνήμη του μέσα στα χρό­νια, στα γεγονότα της οργής και του μίσους, για να δημιουργήσει ένα αντίβαρο. Χρόνια τώρα, ο Ροβύρος, για να υπάρχει έπρεπε να μη θυμάται. Και τώρα, έπρεπε να θυμάται για να μπορεί να υπάρχει.

Το μέσα του θύμα έπρεπε να αντισταθμίσει τον μέ­σα του θύτη.

(Πρόταση: Ψάξτε να βρείτε που είναι θύμα το κάθε ον και τι, δικαιολογημένα, αντισταθμίζει αυτό το γε­γονός. Ψάξτε, δηλαδή, για να βρείτε την υποχρέωση για συγγνώμη, αγάπη -από το ελάχιστο μέχρι το μέγι­στο-). Και τότε ο Ροβύρος άρχισε να θυμάται, σα να ’ταν χτες, την πρώτη από τις δύο φορές, που τα αι­σθήματα, ο εαυτός του, οι άνθρωποι, ο Κόσμος, ο Θεός πέθαναν μέσα του:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/308902

 

 

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Είπε στο ένθετο 9 της «Ελευθεροτυπίας»

της 26/6/2010

Ο Χρήστος Ξανθάκης:

για...

Για τους φίλους:

1: των Ωραίων αισθημάτων,

2: της Λογοτεχνίας,

3: των e-books.

Κάντε μια Δωρεά

στον Σύλλογο «Η ΕΛΠΙΔΑ» για Παιδιά

με καρκίνο,

σε μια από τις κάτωθι τράπεζες:

Alpha Bank: 152/002002000515

Citibank: 5265224018

Τράπεζα Πειραιώς: 5017-005517-191

Τράπεζα Πειραιώς (λογ. νοσοκομείου): 5014-005420-180

Εθνική Τράπεζα Ελλάδος: 080/480898-36

EFG Eurobank: 0026 0091 7202 0038 0216

Στη συνέχεια μπείτε εδώ:

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/diamandisflorakis

κι εδώ αν γνωρίζεται αγγλικά:

http://www.amazon.com/Diamandis-Florakis/e/B009Z0IEZE

και διαλέξτε ποια βιβλία (από τα 21)

θέλετε να σας στείλουν

ΔΩΡΕΑΝ ο συγγραφέας και ο εκδότης τους,

η αξία των οποίων καλύπτει το ποσόν της Δωρεάς σας

(π.χ. δωρεά 5 ευρώ = 2 βιβλία δώρο).

Και στην διεύθυνση: fd@ath.forthnet.gr

Γνωστοποιείστε μας την επιλογή σας

Για να σας στείλουμε συνημμένο/α το/τα βιβλίο/α.

Και 1 έκπληξη για όσους μπορούν να την παραλάβουν από την Αθήνα!

(Επειδή δεν είναι μόνο το συμφέρον ανίκητο, αλλά και η Συμπόνια).

 

απόσπασμα...

Απόσπασμα από:

ΤΟ 15/χρονο (1999 – 2014)

ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΟ ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓΙΟ

ΕΝΟΣ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΑ

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2014-07-09 (509)

? Σκέφτομαι ξανά αυτό: (Τί χάθηκε από πλησιάσματα που δεν έγιναν, ή δεν εκφράστηκαν σωστά!).

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31^η Άποψη:

Η Kathleen είπε:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13413155-return-to-the-future

 

Feb 11, 2012Kathleen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

So I found this book in a used book store in San Jose, no ISBN, no identifying numbers whatsoever except the Greek publisher's mark in the cover, and I've never seen this author's work anywhere else. I take it this book is a rarity (and I've seen it called a "curiosity" when I google it) these days.

Paul Di Filipo says on Sfsite.com:
31,450,670. No, that's not a mistranslated title to Alfred Bester's famous story, "5,271,009." It's the actual name of the protagonist of the debut novel by a talent...moreSo I found this book in a used book store in San Jose, no ISBN, no identifying numbers whatsoever except the Greek publisher's mark in the cover, and I've never seen this author's work anywhere else. I take it this book is a rarity (and I've seen it called a "curiosity" when I google it) these days.

Paul Di Filipo says on Sfsite.com:
31,450,670. No, that's not a mistranslated title to Alfred Bester's famous story, "5,271,009." It's the actual name of the protagonist of the debut novel by a talented Greek sf author who is, sadly, little-known in Anglophone territories. Diamandis Florakis, still with us today, produced ten novels in his "Decalogy of Eschatological Utopia,"... If subsequent volumes rival the first, it's a monumental accomplishment.
With a definite Age of Aquarius vibe, the novel still remains timely, pondering such eternal conundrums as this: "Murdering, they spoke of peace; in envisioning peace, they warred." Stylistically reminiscent of Zamiatin, Lem, Bunch, and van Vogt, the book reads like the libretto for the next great rock opera by the Flaming Lips.
-sfsite.com

Here's my favorite passage:
"Did we ever happen, when communicating with beings of higher intellect, to ask them whether God exists?" asked a pupil.
"of course; this was one of our first questions," replied the teacher.
"And what did they reply?" the pupil asked again.
"That there is a third condition beyond the yes or the no concerning God's existence - a view they expressed for us in a mathematical equation."
"Have we solved this equation?"
"Not yet, because they are still dictating it to us."...
"Was it not possible to express the equation in a more condensed form?"
"Of course it was. But this would require an intelligence 81 times higher than that of the most intelligent human being."
-pg 52

THIS PART CONTAINS SOME MILD SPOILERS- PURISTS BEWARE
This book is so weird- at some moments it's so fast-paced and cataclysmic it almost seems Axe-Cop-esque; I mean like as though a 5-year-old boy thought this up (a whole planet-full of people are crucified by attackers, the robots become angry and slay all the attackers, then they grow remorseful for what they did and all commit suicide-- all in one paragraph, practically-- robots committing suicide!)
But this book is also highly philosophical- it culminates with one population which is striving to be "genuinely evil" exterminating a population which is striving to be "pure good" - and both sides seem at different times to be trying to PROVE that they are truly good and truly evil, and both sides encounter difficulties with this! The leader of the truly evil side finds himself realizing that he LOVES destruction, and that he therefore has something in common with his foes in that he LOVES-- and on the other side, the "good" leaders wonder whether they ought to retaliate by exterminating the evil population, which they could easily do, but this would compromise their ethos- even restricting others freedom of choice would be contradictory to their desire to be pure good. Thus in this book, goodness can only prove itself by way of self-sacrifice: in fact, the book goes so far as to propose that true and absolute goodness would sacrifice itself to save evil-- a rather extreme view, it seems to me, but interestingly executed. It is interesting that both those striving-to-be-evil and those striving-to-be-good find themselves grappling with how not to be tainted with their opposite, and evil seems not to be able to absolutely extract itself from good completely, while good has a way to extract itself from evil: through self-sacrifice, which is argued as a kind of absolute pinnacle of goodness.

I find alot of what Florakis has to say about good and evil very interesting, though I don't find myself agreeing whole-heartedly with what seems to be his view on the absolute-good, but I do appreciate a sci-fi novel that dives fully into the realm of philosophy and transcendental thought, and I think he executes it very well. For me personally, Florakis' ideas on goodness as that which would sacrifice itself for evil (which, logically, means that goodness will self-destruct as soon as evil enters the picture) makes me think back on this particular depiction of heaven and hell which I think might have begun in Medieval art and I think has continued in the present day. In this depiction, the saints and 'saved' are in heaven looking down on the sinners who are suffering in hell; and those looking down from heaven seem to have no reaction at all, or at times are even jeering at what they see. I feel like I still hear people refer to this idea in speech: "I'll be in heaven laughing when you're burning in hell!" I can still remember being a kid and hearing this kind of talk and thinking, if there was a person that was completely good, like angelic, and if they were shown people suffering in hell, they would surely say 'someone do something! help those people!', they would certainly never laugh at the sight- and perhaps, if they were really truly good, they would even say 'take me in their place!' but this is never the kind of scenario which seems to arise in stories of heaven and hell. (Really that whole depiction always seemed more like an elaborate revenge fantasy than anything else). So for me, Florakis' whole trajectory of goodness-as-self-sacrifice makes me think back on that picture of heaven and hell and how contradictory it always seemed-- and it makes me wonder whether Florakis is contemplating, commenting on, or reacting against Christian ideas of heaven and hell. It's possible.

All in all, a very very strange book, but I do think there is alot of very interesting thinking going on in it and it is very interesting to watch how Florakis takes this crazy extreme story and makes this deeply Philosophical statement through it, and plus there's lots of very interesting anecdotes and phrases throughout the book (note, this edition that I've got is absolutely LITTERED with typos, misspellings, and possibly translation errors, but I think the book I've got went through odd venues to get published) And I do think I

will read it again in the future, because I think this is the kind of book that gives you something different each time you return to it.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/296193