Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, 3)

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Tā nu esmu nonācis līdz Arhitektu triloģijas beigām. Jāsaka ka ceļojums bija visnotaļ aizraujošs. Par autora spēju uzrakstīt aizraujošu stāstu es nekad nešaubījos. Mani kā lasītāju kosmiskās operas pievelk kā naktstauriņu iedegta spuldze. Līdz ar to šai triloģijai praktiski nebija nekādu iespēju mani pievilt. Deepwithinunspace,where time moves differently,and reality isn’t quite what it seems,their masters are the true threat. Masters who arejustbecoming aware of humanity’s daring– and taking steps to exterminate this annoyance forever.

Human and inhuman interests wrestle to control Idris’ discovery, as the galaxy erupts into a mutually destructive and self-defeating war. The other great obstacle to striking against their alien threat is Idris himself. He knows that the Architects, despite their power, are merely tools of a higher intelligence. Idris the lone hero is very conveniently ignored so that he can do his thing. But the absolute silliest, stupidest part was when the "great voice" starts speaking to them and Kris uses her lawyer skills to argue with omnisentient beings who so far have been thinking beyond human thought but are now suddenly caught in a shitty word trap as they hand wave away all explanations. Really.To Idris, his continuing probe into unspace is the most important thing, and he resents being dragged out of his immersion “to deal with that tedious round of politics and violence.” (Kindle edition, Location 5163) He seems not to care that his very life depends on his being dragged out and revived to keep him, or at least his mind, from being lost forever to those who know him in the real world. Patiesu prieku sagādāja tas, ka autors stāstu bija izstrādājis jau no pirmās grāmatas (vismaz tāds iespaids radās) un tādēļ neviena grāmata nešķita atrauta no pārējām. Pasaule ir izveidota perfekti, palīdz arī tas, ka notikumi tiek apskatīti tieši tik daudz cik vajadzīgs grāmatai, neieslīgstot pārmērīgās detaļās. Arī zinātniskās detaļas stāstam ir līmenī, nav nekādu iekšēju pretrunu un uz beigām pazūd arī maģijas piegarša, jo viss top atklāts.

vislabāk man patika ieskats Hegemonijas civilizācijā. No malas šķiet, ka kults kurā visi pielūdz austerveidīgus radījumus, kuriem pati ideja par kustību šķiet ķecerība. Viņas sūtņi izskatās pēc klaunu bara, kas brīvi interpretē savu saimnieku teikto. Bet Hegemonijas tehnoloģija un birokrātija ir tik attīstīta, ka neviens viņiem neko nevar padarīt. Un ja vēl spēlē iesaistās Aklu the Unspeakable (the Razor and the Hook) par kura nozīmi Hegemonijā var tikai minēt, tad lietas, kļūst pavisam dīvainas. It was close run but I think Olli stole the show for me so I’ll conclude with a quote (no spoilers): Adrian Tchaikovsky has clearly become one of my favorite science fiction writers. Somehow he easily keeps the classic genre feel without it feeling stale. And he follows on character arcs satisfactorily, with the resolutions actually feeling earned.With Lords of Uncreation, Tchaikovsky reaches the conclusion of his sprawling space opera, as Idris, Solace and the rest of the Vulture God crew are once more swept up in the fight against the Architects and an unexpected new foe. The action is unrelenting pretty much from the start, and more than makes up for the slight dip in quality of the trilogy’s middle child. A fantastic conclusion with all loose ends tied up neatly, but you’ll need to read the full trilogy for it to properly make sense. Lords of Uncreation achieves a remarkable turnabout of perspective in which we see Idris looking at the universe from the other side of the real. There he sees everything and achieves a sort of omniscience, not because he becomes a superman but simply because he can imagine himself standing at a point in the center of all things. In a sense, that corresponds to the writer’s imagination, for, after all, what is Tchaikovsky doing but exactly what Idris describes – arranging the unknowable in familiar terms, fitting it out with direction and a landscape that we can imagine ourselves within. a b Carrie Chi Lough (17 Mar 2022). "Review: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky". Grimdark Magazine . Retrieved 7 Sep 2022. Massive world-building effort. Loved the concept of the Eye. Crux was also a fascinating place to be. I had half an idea where this eventually was to end up from an early period, and I was not disappointed in how the climactic conclusion developed how I had vaguely surmised. The fact it took an age to reach the ending did not matter one iota, as it was text-book Tchaikovsky through to a spellbindingly stunning finale.