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I missed the Silverberg stories during my youthful passion with early ScFi this was before Silverberg came into his own, The story idea was intriguing a future defined by a major religion based on science and the atom, The story followed traditional religious development with schisms, infighting, abuse and cynicism, an interplanetary backdrop, and a type of mad scientist or charismatic allpowerful leader manipulating everybody,
This was an enjoyable read, but the flow was a little jerky at times, and seemed to me he missed some opportunities to really grab the reader,
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"“And there is light, before and beyond our vision, for which we give thanks, And there is heat, for which we are humble, And there is power, for which we count ourselves blessed, Blessed be Balmer, who gave us wavelengths, Blessed be Bohr, who brought us understanding, Blessed be Lyman, who saw beyond sight, Tell us now the stations of the spectrum ”,

Robert Silverbergs To Open the Skyis an enjoyable pulp future history with a somewhat “different” premisereligion will be the main force that facilitates mankinds exploration of the.
In his intro ofedition he discusses how the project came about, In the earlys Frederik Pohl became his editor and allowed him to published, for the first time, SF “for, . . "
from Sandy: sitelink fantasyliterature. com/revi During thes, before he was well established as a leading science fantasy writer with works such as his award winning Majipoor series sitelinkLord Valentine's Castle, Robert Silverberg was noted as science fiction writer of wellcrafted novels and stories.
To Open the Sky was originally published in the form of five episodic novelettes, and then fixed up into a novel in, The novelettes are
Blue Fire, first published in Galaxy Magazine, June
The Warriors of Light, first published in Galaxy Magazine, December
Where the Changed Ones Go, first published in Galaxy Magazine,

February
Lazarus Come Forth!, first published in Galaxy Magazine, April
Open the Sky, first published in Galaxy Magazine, June

The story chronicles the establishment and utility of a theocracy on Earth, a secular frontier society on Mars, and a heretical religious group among the modified humans of Venus.
Isaac Asimov was one of Silverbergs mentors, and as in his sitelinkFoundation series, the future history is planned and guided by a brilliant human mastermind, Noel Vorst has mild precog abilities, and uses them to develop his Vorster religion, which eventually dominates Earth governments, Each novelette introduces more of the critical individuals into the wideranging story arc, and the scheme develops, This profound reorganization of human civilization is for purposes of the scientific development of longevity and esp abilities, which are necessary to enable humanity to break out of the Solar System.
But the plot is not so straightforward as it might seem, and there is a complexity to the world building along the way, that make this an interesting, although somewhat dated concept novel.
This is one of my favorite books of all time, regardless of genre,

The book is of course replete with classic mids SF tropes, Colonists terraform Mars to make it habitable, and colonists are surgically altered to survive the rigors of Venus, The colonies have a contentious relationship with Earth, where society has largely forgotten what hard work is all about, In fact, a trait Kirby and Mondschein initially share is their avoidance of actual work, although their avoidance tactics are nothing alike, Knowing what we now know about the surfaces of those planets, the worlds Silverberg presents don't seem to be as possible as they once might have seemed, Human life is extended through the use of mechanical implants to replace failed organs, Organ replacement is happening now, not in some "far future, " The genes for various ESP abilities are developed and play a core role in the narrative, And so on. All of these possibilities were captivating to me back inth grade, I reread the book now and those same aspects give me a warm sense of nostalgia, and also a sense of wonder in some cases, it seems Silverberg and others was not as far off in regards to society's destiny as he might have hoped.


Every time I reread the book, I take something new from it, When I was inth grade, it was pure wonder and excitement, In later rereads, it was how seamlessly Silverberg worked spythriller tropes into the Mondschein chapter and commentary on social stratification and being an outsider into the Martell chapter, On this reread, what struck me was how all of the main characters are at a crossroads whether they see it or not, and how small personal actions can take on societal importance when viewed through the lens of passing decades.


And of course, that ending, More full of hope for humanity than much of modern SF, without falling completely into cliche,

I wonder, a few years down the road when I reread this book again, what I'll take out of it at that stage of my life, A book that was way, way ahead of its time about genetic engineering, cloning, and the religions they'll likely create, three worlds, two religions, one goal: to open the sky
It was a time of Decision, The bureaucrats of Earth, the stark pioneers of "terraformed" Mars, and the proud gillaltered rulers of Venus were torn between two technoreligions one offering the certainty of eternal life and the other, a farflung destiny among the.


Cover Artist: Richard Powers Silverberg è uno dei pilastri della fantascienza sociologica, e questo Violare il cielo la traduzione del titolo è pessima come nella più pura tradizione Urania dei tempi d'oro rientra perfettamente nel quadro.
La veste tecnologica tipica della fantascienza serve solo da paravento a una classica enunciazione dei desiderata dell'uomo moderno: la vita e la salute eterni, l'esplorazione del cosmo e la risoluzione dei problemi esistenziali.
Forse c'è un po' di faciloneria nel presupporre che una religione tecnologica universale possa risolvere i conflitti dell'uomo, e forse questo è il libro in cui Silverberg si accosta di più al suo collega Hubbard, che come scrittore era decisamente peggiore, ma si è rivelato vincente come fondatore di religioni.

Una buona lettura invernale, ma lontana dai veri fasti di Silverberg, A man creates a religion to fullfill his dream of travelling to the, Robert Silverbergs novel is set in the near future and it's all about new religions built on technical progress, While the ideas are great and interesting, the story is quite a let down,
It might have been worsened by the terrible german translation from the's, which was the version I read, Summary: Noel Vorsts new religion sweeps the Earth with its promise of eternal life, but Vorsts plans extend far beyond Earth or even the near planets to the.


By, the Earth has colonized Mars and Venus, terraforming Mars and adapting humans to live in the Venusian atmosphere, A UN functionary, Reynolds Kirby struggles with the high tension this high tech life creates, little relieved by temporary plunges into nothingness, or other pleasures, A new religion is on the rise, replacing those that no longer speak to the world Kirby lives in, They are called the Vorsters after Noel Vorst their founder, Their chapels are springing up in many cities, the central focus of which is the small cobalt reactor giving off a bluish light, Services follow a liturgy that is a pastiche of scientific mysticism with the promise of eternal life for followers, Kirby is drawn in, and over the years rises to become Vorsts right hand man,

Meanwhile, another movement breaks off from the Vorsters, led by David Lazarus, until he was supposedly martyred, They are the Harmonist and theyve succeeded where the Vorsters failed in establishing their mission to Venus, Vorsters who try either die from the vicious creatures on the planet or the inhabitants who want nothing to do with them, or they become Harmonists,

The Vorsters have advanced in extending life and the breeding of ever more effective ESPers at their Santa Fe center, The most visible sign is Vorst himself, who is still aliveyears later, On Venus, the Harmonists have advanced in telekinesis with the development of “pushers” able to move things and people further and further, All the Vorsters efforts to train the ESPers to do this fail, often at the cost of their lives,

Then Lazarus is found in a nutrient bath encased and buried on Mars, The Vorsters bring him to life, only to turn him over to the Harmonists, It turns out that all of this is part of a grand plan of Vorst that extends far beyond Earth, Mars, or Venus, to “open the sky,” as it were, to the universe.


The question around this book is that of “at what cost” Is the cost warranted of the young lives wrecked, ESPers driven into insanity and a merciful death, “pushers” who are destroyed, all of these young and devout Is this “religion” just the cloak for the ambitions of one man, as much as others seem to be helped

In some ways, this book feels more timely today than in, as we see many religious figures who have used religion to gain and abuse their power, and often their followers.
In the human longing for something more, there is a great vulnerability, that may be twisted by the power, either tempting others who are needed to join in the quest for power, or to be used up and discarded by the powerful.
In this, Silverberg may have been prescient, .