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Imperial Earth (1975) is a saga about the colonization of the solar system. The thematic determinants of the novel are determined by extrapolations of scientific hypotheses related to interplanetary travel, and by the SETI program.
Love was once the most important thing in the world. People traveled incredible distances in search of it, lied for it, even killed for it. And then, finally, a cure was found.
The atmosphere seems dark and tense, with themes of the collapse of civilization, fear of the unknown, and the conflict between science and superstition.
The motif that Nesvadba has already used in a science fiction context, the FALSIFICATION OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND, in "The Showdown with Doctor Dong" serves as a starting point for questioning the RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.
A scientific documentary novel about the discovery of radium, which tells the story of Marie and Pierre Curie, the medical revolution, but also the dark side – speculation, the fight for monopoly and the tragic consequences of radioactivity on people.