Monica Byrne: A sci-fi vision of love from a 318-year-old hologram
Моніка Бірн: Фантастичне бачення любові від 318-річної голограми
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can. Full bio
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and trust that you're there.
in the sand in front of me
and look like I'm floating in midair.
ніби я витаю в повітрі.
where your stage used to be.
is a creator's worst enemy.
her to design something
in 23rd-century Cairo.
that another resident left behind.
від попереднього власника.
creation needs constraint."
about my greatest discovery.
has been eternal life,
цікавилась питанням безсмертя,
that your research will pay off.
що ваше дослідження окупиться.
is now 432 years,
the human lifespan indefinitely.
щоб досягнути безсмертя.
where we'll be content.
the longer we want to live,
take out a boat on Europa
на Європі (супутнику Юпітера)
all over the planet,
that you can stay and visit
в яких можна зупинитись
where there's just one songwriter
where there's no one
of touching your foot to sand
походивши босоніж по піску,
in the Northeast.
with my naked eye.
and Ramachandran on the Equator.
і Рамачандран на екваторі.
each other in Azadi Square,
одна повз одну на площі Азаді
or introducing herself or anything,
we didn't just pass through each other?"
не пройшли одна крізь одну?"
"Who the hell are you?"
between elementary particles
that also has the properties of mass,
"I thought you'd say that.
і сказала: " Я знала, що ти це скажеш.
so that particles have mass.
each other at the speed of light
climbing up into a mountain range together
підкорювали гірську вершину,
constellations of words
as soon as we made them,
and go on to the next thing, on and up.
was like we were always making bread,
що коли ми говоримо, ми ніби печемо хліб,
adding in a little more flour
Navid's obsession was touch.
то Навід - дотиками.
down over my face so slowly
по моєму обличчю так повільно,
the difference between her body and mine.
and dig her shoulder into mine
і штовхала моє плече своїм,
this feel so good?"
for her facetious question,
на свої ж жартівливі питання,
its constraints,
the future is going to be like
яке ти собі уявляв,
humans could freeze themselves
заморожуватимуть себе
humans could replace organs
що люди можуть заміняти органи
is the only place people live.
people come to die.
what everyone does,
and send her to Earth,
would have to look at her
or think about her and her ...
her actual physical body.
ніби воно вже розкладається,
was fascinated by it,
day by day, independent of her will.
день за днем, незалежно від її волі.
just before we left, said,
перед відльотом сказав:
like you think your love is that special."
ніби ваша любов настільки особлива".
that Navid said to me
що Навід сказала мені
is subject to entropy.
що маса підлягає ентропії.
in this universe without mass.
where the Higgs field was altered.
де був змінений механізм Гіґґса.
subatomic movements in my body
was to create a coil dimension
було створення витка виміру,
in which time moved infinitely slower,
to move in normal time.
in our universe as a hologram --
нашому Всесвіті як голограма -
що в мене вийшло,
almost normally to all eyes,
Navid loved most,
in blue and violet blooms on the insides,
синіми і фіолетовими плямами,
and further apart,
only because it ends.
що воно закінчується.
they allow perfect freedom.
а надають цілковиту свободу.
here this morning.
who passed by what it felt like,
що проходила повз, який він,
like melted butter.
but the space you give me.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Monica Byrne - Author and playwrightNovelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can.
Why you should listen
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne deftly avoids the traps of conventional fiction by inventing mold-breaking characters who express themselves in surprising ways. Her first novel, The Girl in the Road, has garnered acclaim both inside and outside the spheres of science fiction.
In addition to her work on her new novel The Actual Star, Byrne is a resident playwright at Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern in Durham, NC. Her story "Blue Nowruz" was commissioned for TED2015 by Neil Gaiman. She holds degrees in biochemistry from MIT and Wellesley.
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