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Babylon 5 - The passing of the Technomages
Jeanne Cavelos
Del Rey (lingua inglese)
JEANNE CAVELOS is a writer, editor, scientist, and teacher. She began her professional life as an astrophysicist and mathematician, teaching astronomy at Michigan State University and Cornell University, and working in the Astronaut Training Division at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Her love of science fiction led her to earn her MFA in creative writing. She moved into a career in publishing, becoming a senior editor at Dell Publishing, where she created and launched the Abyss imprint of psychological horror, for which she won the World Fantasy Award, and the Cutting Edge imprint of literary fiction. She also ran the science fiction/fantasy publishing program. In addition, she edited a wide range of fiction and nonfiction. She worked with such authors as Patrick McCabe, Barry Gifford, Peter Dickinson, William F. Nolan, Joan Vinge, Robert Anton Wilson, Dennis Etchison, Tanith Lee, Kathe Koja, Poppy Z. Brite, and Jeanne Kalogridis. In her eight years in New York publishing, Jeanne edited numerous award-winning and best-selling authors and gained a reputation for discovering and nurturing new writers.
Six years ago, Jeanne left New York to pursue her own writing career. Her latest book is Invoking Darkness, the third volume in the best-selling The Passing of the Techno-Mages trilogy, set in the Babylon 5 universe (Del Rey, December 2001). The Sci-Fi Channel called the trilogy "A revelation for Babylon 5 fans. . . . Not 'television episodic' in look and feel. They are truly novels in their own right." The highly praised first volume, Casting Shadows, was called "The best Babylon 5 book to date" by About.com. Her book The Science of Star Wars (St. Martin's) is now available in trade paperback with a new "Afterword" discussing the possibilities and problems raised by the introduction of midi-chlorians as carriers of the Force. The book was chosen by the New York Public Library for its recommended reading list, and CNN said, "Cavelos manages to make some of the most mind-boggling notions of contemporary science understandable, interesting and even entertaining." The Science of The X-Files (Berkley/Boulevard) was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Publishers Weekly called it "Crisp, conversational, and intelligent." Jeanne has also written the Babylon 5 novel The Shadow Within (Dell), which has been called "one of the best TV tie-in novels ever written" (Dreamwatch magazine).
Jeanne runs Jeanne Cavelos Editorial Services, which provides editing, consulting, and critiquing services to publishers, book packagers, agents, and authors. Among its clients are major publishers and best-selling and award-winning writers.
Since she loves working with developing writers, Jeanne created and serves as director of Odyssey, an annual six-week summer writing workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror held at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. Jeanne is also an English lecturer at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she teaches writing.
Jeanne has spoken widely on writing, publishing, science, and science fiction at venues as varied as the Smithsonian Institute, the Intel International Science Fair, the American Chemical Society, Dartmouth College, the Discovery Channel, Turner Entertainment, the Art Bell radio program, and many science-fiction conventions.
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“The passing of the Technomages” è una delle trilogie di romanzi ambientate nell’universo di Babylon 5, splendida serie TV creata da J. Michael Straczynski, caratterizzata da una trama talmente vasta e complessa che le 5 stagioni realizzate non sono state sufficienti a coprirla per intero; da qui la necessità di tappare questi “buchi” tramite i numerosi romanzi ispirati all’universo di B5. In particolare, la trilogia dei tecnomaghi racconta l’esodo di questi enigmatici personaggi, avvenuto subito prima della guerra delle ombre, come raccontato nell’episodio 2x03 – “The geometry of shadows” della serie TV. I tecnomaghi sono esseri che utilizzano la tecnologia per simulare l’effetto della magia (intesa nel senso più fantasy del termine); come dice lo stesso Elric nel suddetto episodio: “We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things. The answers to questions that people have asked since time began. Fourteen words to make someone fall in love with you forever, seven words to make them go without pain, how to say goodbye to a friend who is dying, how to be poor, how to be rich...how to rediscover dreams when the world has stolen them from you”. Molti quesiti rimangono in sospeso dopo la visione di “The geometry of shadows”: perché i tecnomaghi stanno fuggendo? Perché invece non aiutano l’alleanza di Sheridan contro le ombre? Quali sono le loro origini, da dove vegono? A tutte queste domande risponde ampiamente la trilogia di romanzi della Cavelos, il cui protagonista è Galen, giovane apprendista di Elric, che si ritrova suo malgrado unico depositario dell’incantesimo più distruttivo conosciuto dai tecnomaghi; Galen si ritrova così a combattere costantemente con l’irresistibile impulso che lo spinge ad usare questo incantesimo, impulso inspiegabile data la natura mite e pacifica del giovane. La spiegazione a tutto ciò sarà da ricercare nell’origine stessa dei tecnomaghi, rivelazione che sconvolgerà per sempre la vita di Galen e quella di tutti i tecnomaghi.
