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The Cosmic Rape de Theodore Stugeon
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The Cosmic Rape (1958 original; edició 1968)

de Theodore Stugeon

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A Nebula Award-winning author reinvents the alien invasion novel with this story of a malevolent, galaxy-consuming hive mind--and its surprising human hosts.   Drunk, angry, abusive, and pathetic, Dan Gurlick exists at the very lowest level of human civilization, sleeping in junkyard cars and scrounging through garbage cans for his dinner. But his last rotting meal contains something unexpected: a spore that originated from a galaxy many light-years away. First, Dan eats the spore, then, the spore eats Dan; and the homeless alcoholic becomes a host for the Medusa. An insatiable alien hive mind, the Medusa has already consumed the life forms of a billion planets. Now, it hungers for the dominant species of Earth. But to do so, it must somehow unite the planet's intelligent creatures into a single shared consciousness: an assignment the miserable wretch Dan may prove surprisingly capable of carrying out.   To Marry Medusa is suspenseful, inventive, and surprisingly compassionate; a vibrant and unforgettable exploration of what it means to be more--or less--than human.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas's Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author's estate, among other sources.… (més)
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Títol:The Cosmic Rape
Autors:Theodore Stugeon
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The Cosmic Rape de Theodore Sturgeon (1958)

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Durante los incontables eones de su existencia, la Medusa se había deslizado a través de las inmensidades del espacio, devorando galaxias enteras, absorbiendo y controlando los planetas y las especies del cosmo.
Ahora se encontraba lista para expandirse más aún. Y esta vez, la Tierra era su presa.
  Natt90 | Dec 2, 2022 |
What begins as an apparent satire gets profound philosophical implications which revolve around the experience of the "idios"(ἴδιος) in the Greek sense of the term.

The text is structured in alternate chapters featuring 6 randomly selected story arcs plus the main storyline in which an alcoholic bum becomes the unlikely means to a cosmic integration (the "marriage" between humanity and the collective hive mind "Medusa"). From my point of view, the style of writing is convoluted and obscure but this also makes the reading thought-provoking. One has to read it more slowly than usual to grasp the intentions of the author since there are several passages which can spur discussion. ( )
  c12marin | Jun 20, 2020 |
Wow, this was fascinating. I've read some really fascinating Sturgeon before but this one is nearly as good as my favorite, More Than Human.

There's a ton of great and flawed characters and they were interesting enough to carry us to the freaking huge conclusion. We follow a real villain around for most of early part of the novel, one very reminiscent of The Stars My Destination, where a deplorable man carries the seed of some truly awesome changes.

More than that, however, is the inescapable mind-blowing change of becoming a Medusa, a single head where every hair is each of us. A single mind. Every one of us knows what everyone else on the planet has learned. A total and ultimate godhood that is, nevertheless, just us.

Sturgeon has always been one of the most fearless writers I've ever had the pleasure of reading. When he sets his teeth into an idea, he goes all out and blows our minds. It's one thing to say he does something like this, but it's another entirely to see the buildup leading to a nearly instantaneous conversion. Or the reason for the conversion. Or the battle with another hive mind.

I was like... damn! This was a very short novel, too, and he NAILED IT.

This is a spicy classic. It may never be everyone's cup of tea, but I think I can rank it up there with Bester. :) ( )
  bradleyhorner | Jun 1, 2020 |
Interesting premise, rendered with a little more show-offy style" than necessary. Slim paperback" ( )
  Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |
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The full-length novel has been published as both To Marry Medusa and The Cosmic Rape. An abridged version was originally published in Galaxy magazine as "To Marry Medusa."

Do not combine with the book entitled To Marry Medusa that is actually a collection of the title novel and the novella, "Killdozer!"
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A Nebula Award-winning author reinvents the alien invasion novel with this story of a malevolent, galaxy-consuming hive mind--and its surprising human hosts.   Drunk, angry, abusive, and pathetic, Dan Gurlick exists at the very lowest level of human civilization, sleeping in junkyard cars and scrounging through garbage cans for his dinner. But his last rotting meal contains something unexpected: a spore that originated from a galaxy many light-years away. First, Dan eats the spore, then, the spore eats Dan; and the homeless alcoholic becomes a host for the Medusa. An insatiable alien hive mind, the Medusa has already consumed the life forms of a billion planets. Now, it hungers for the dominant species of Earth. But to do so, it must somehow unite the planet's intelligent creatures into a single shared consciousness: an assignment the miserable wretch Dan may prove surprisingly capable of carrying out.   To Marry Medusa is suspenseful, inventive, and surprisingly compassionate; a vibrant and unforgettable exploration of what it means to be more--or less--than human.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas's Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author's estate, among other sources.

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