Книги, похожие на «Brian Aldiss, Supertoys Trilogy»

My name is Amrou Al-Kadhi – by day. By night, I am Glamrou, an empowered, confident and acerbic drag queen who wears seven-inch heels and says the things that nobody else dares to. Growing up in a strict Iraqi-British Muslim household, it didn’t take long for me to realise I was different. When I was ten years old, I announced to my family that I was in love with Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. The resultant fallout might best be described as something like the Iraqi version of Jeremy Kyle. And that was just the beginning. This is the story of how I got from there to here. You’ll read about my stint at Eton college, during which I wondered if I could forge a new identity as a British aristocrat (spoiler alert: it didn’t work). You’ll read about my teenage obsession with marine biology, and how fluid aquatic life helped me understand my non-binary gender identity. You’ll read about how I discovered the transformative powers of drag while at Cambridge university; about how I suffered a massive breakdown after I left, and very nearly lost my mind; and about how, after years of rage towards it, I finally began to understand Islam in a new, queer way. Most of all, this is a book about my mother, my first love, the most beautiful and glamorous woman I’ve ever known, the unknowing inspiration for my career as a drag queen – and a fierce, vociferous critic of anything that transgresses normal gender boundaries. It’s about how we lost and found each other, about forgiveness, understanding, hope – and the life-long search for belonging.

Global problems of humanity and its activities on the planet Earth forced the whole world to unite in order to find a planet suitable for human life. The star “Alpha Centauri S” was chosen, along with three exoplanets located in the habitable zone. The “New World” shuttle and its crew members use space travel to make an interstellar flight. Because of technical problems, they have to land the shuttle on the nearest planet. After exploring it, the crew members realize that the planet is suitable for human life. After a while they find a mysterious structure with abstract moving drawings. They decide to stay and explore the strange planetary structure…. From now on, the fate of the crew and all mankind is going to change.