Lights and shadows of the future
Mayi Pelot died on 6 October and with this criticism I would like to pay a small tribute to him. He cultivated science fiction in two of the works that we know him, which in his day was not common: In the criticism made to him by Xabier Mendiguren “it is noteworthy that, apparently, Mayi Pelot is the only Basque writer who works science fiction.”
Itxaro Borda and Josu Landa stated in the interview they gave him in 1986 for Susa magazine the sources he used to write these stories: The use of Bradbury's dreams and the invention of new worlds, the creativity and truths of Asimov's universes and civilizations, the creativity of Farmer's creatures and the value of talking about sex, soul and religion. The chance for Dick to behave crazy and in a good mood, or the chance for M. How to create Demuth's words and treat eroticism. However, it will also drink from reality and mythology, and take into account socio-political-economic developments and seize the opportunity provided by science fiction to make social criticism of society.
As for the structure, these six stories can be divided into three blocks: Look, Boga Boga, Feed Back and Telelaberinto are different aspects of the same story. There, in 2050, III. It's going to draw us the world after the World War. The Earth is divided into six countries, including geopolitical tensions. When the author wrote the text, one of the main concerns was the takeover of power by Ayatolah Khomeini and the fear of nuclear war. They have not lost the present with the M. If we remember the controversial publication of Sumisioa, of Houellebeq, or the nuclear tests that North Korea has conducted this year.
In the case of Plist Plaste, in the year 3520 he places us inventing a planet divided into two and with bald men and killer robots chasing the fugitive protagonist. In the story The Relationship on the Other, from the Nordic mythology and the Siegfried opera by Wagner, takes Wotan and Erda and creates a fable that puts life, death, war, peace, love and sex at the center.
It is a work that can be seen from many points of view, from the environmentalist to the destruction of the land; from the feminist through networks between women, if we analyze the class and the struggle between groups of people in relation to the nation. In the criticism made by Mikel Antza it can be found that “it is not a literary genre and a book to escape from reality”, but an invitation to reflection.
Even though conflict and death are very present, Pelot wants to open the door to hope, because in the future, the new generations will be able to do it better by conserving memory and building a new world.
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