Alexander Belyaev island of lost ships download fb2. Book: Island of Lost Ships - Alexander Belyaev
The classics of Soviet science fiction have always been and will be popular in Russia. There is something unique and atmospheric in their works. One of the brightest representatives of the classical Soviet science fiction school is Alexander Belyaev. Book "Island" lost ships"belongs to his pen. It tells about incredible adventures in the Sargasso Sea, which hides a myriad of mysteries and dangerous secrets under the huge layers of algae drifting across its surface.
The transatlantic liner Benjamin Franklin sets sail for the 1920s. sea cruise. The journey should be long and exciting, but all plans are disrupted by a terrible storm. After him, only three passengers remain alive: New York detective Jim Simpkins, Reginald Gatling, a criminal he arrested who did not actually commit a crime, and the billionaire’s beautiful daughter Vivian Kingman. These are very different people, but now they will have to be together and help each other, because their lives are in mortal danger.
The liner lost speed as a result of the storm and is now drifting on the surface of the ocean. He is carried away into the waters of the mysterious Sargasso Sea. It is called so because of the abundance of sargassum algae, in addition, it is interesting because its waters are stagnant. After a long and exhausting drift, the Benjamin Franklin becomes a prisoner of algae, and its passengers fall into the clutches of the treacherous and cruel Fergus Slayton. He is the governor of an island created by human hands from the remains of lost ships of different times and peoples. Ahead of the book's heroes is a mortal battle with the villain who has captured them. Will they win it and will they ever return home?..
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City of publication: Moscow
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ISBN: 978-5-699-37358-1 Size: 142 KB
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IN Atlantic Ocean, a cluster of sargassum algae has formed in the area of Bermuda. These algae are located so densely that all ships that fall into the accumulation remain there forever. Along with the people on board, the heroes of the book also end up in this cluster.
Last impression of the book- by_kenni:
- 13-03-2020, 12:51
General impression: This is my first acquaintance with the work of Alexander Belyaev. I haven’t read (or watched film adaptations of) a single story that came from the pen of the famous science fiction writer; even Amphibian Man and The Head of Professor Dowell were just names for me that don’t mean anything.
I’ve already become familiar with “The Head of Professor Dowell.” I hope to meet “Amphibian Man” soon too. Generally and general I liked the collection, but here are collected works in which similar ideas and similar moves can be traced. That is, globally it is different stories, but the moves used are found here and there, and the characters seem to be drawn using the same template. And now more about each story and novel. The Last Man from Atlantis Perhaps, of all the stories hidden in this collection, I liked this one less than the others. So much so that a few days after reading it, it’s difficult for me to remember the events, and even more so the names of the characters. But I'll try. Probably, an important role in my perception is played by the fact that I generally do not like the myth of Atlantis and am not interested in either its refutation or confirmation. I don't care whether it existed and, if so, whether its inhabitants were special. Belyaev's Atlantis is not so much Wonderland, as she is usually portrayed. Rich - yes, beautiful - yes, but in principle the same as any known to us ancient civilization. The story is divided into two unequal parts, in one (4 chapters) modern events are shown, modern heroes who discover Atlantis, in the other part (20 chapters) - the diary of the discoverer of Atlantis, professor-enthusiast Larison, which describes Atlantis itself, its history and her death. Each part is good in its own way, but the mixture and transitions turn out to be some kind of mess. It's like strawberries with cream - delicious and smoked eel - delicious, but smoked eel with strawberries and cream - ... The story described in the second part is familiar to anyone who has read any books (or watched films) about ancient civilizations: here and the oppression of slaves, and the worship of priests and gods, and the divine essence of the ruler, and the wealth of palaces, and beautiful maidens, and muscular youths, and misunderstanding of natural events, attributing the inexplicable to the will of the gods. The end of Atlantis is the same end of Pompeii (and probably many other cities, but I am only familiar with Pompeii), one to the same. And, perhaps, the part about the destruction of Atlantis is the most interesting in the story. Professor Larison is an adequate person, but he is very enthusiastic about the search for Atlantis. In general, he is a passionate, intelligent, prudent, consistent scientist, passionate about his work, not irritating, laughter or negative emotions. A person is like a person. Professor Dowell's Head And this novel, despite all the truly strange and terrible things, seemed very funny, and the reason for this was the head of Briquet, the dead singer from the bar. Her phrases and behavior are something with something. Honestly, I don’t know how to talk about this novel without spoiling it. Therefore, attention! If you are very afraid, do not read the review about it. Go straight to the "Air Seller". The novel raises a question, the answer to which was sought before Belyaev and is being sought after: is it possible to revive a person after death, how and what will come of it. The main characters are two professors - Kern and Dowell. Dowell is a wise, experienced, smart scientist, but a little dead. Kern is his colleague, one might say, a student, cunning, ideological, ambitious, one gets the feeling that he is an impostor and not a scientist (but I don’t agree). Before his death, Dowell discussed with Kern a way to revive people after death, and then suddenly died and woke up... revived by Kern. More precisely, only his head came to life, there was no body. So he became Kern's hostage, his brain, his driving force. Kern would never have completed what he started (he would not have sewn the head to the body) of Dowell, because, firstly, he would not have been able to without the promptings of Dowell himself, and secondly, if he could and the operation was successful, Dowell would have left him and would tell the public about Kern's sins. Therefore, the deceased man and woman become test subjects. Despite all the wildness and creepiness of what is happening, the negotiations between these two heads are my favorite part in the novel. Briquet is a very funny madame, her phrases are something with something. It is she who receives the honor of becoming whole and... escaping. Then it begins, well, just an Indian film, nothing less. Nowadays they would throw tomatoes at the author for such a development of the plot, but for the beginning of the twentieth century, this was probably normal and new. Air seller Another Belyaev novel about a mad scientist. This book at the same time reminded me of Tolstoy’s “Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin” (the parallel is just on the surface - both Garin and Bailey demonstrate to the world a powerful weapon that can harm almost the entire Earth. The action of the novel takes place somewhere in Yakutia, on the secret base of the scientist Bailey (which is located in the crater of a volcano). We have to watch all the events through the eyes of a young meteorologist Klimenko, who is trying to figure out what is happening (I’ll explain a little later) and find ways out and solve the problem. But it’s not interesting to follow him: he got to the base by accident, well yes, he tries to escape, tries to help, witnesses many misadventures, of course, becomes a hero, but it’s not interesting to follow him, and I didn’t want to worry about him. The villain Bailey is much more interesting. Yes, he wanted to give a bream at every meeting, but keeping track of it is a fascinating activity. Bailey came up with and began to implement a very inventive startup: its base collected all the air (all of it), Bailey, with the help of his installations, liquefies it, separates it into components and receives air in solid form, in the form of balls . And he sells air to the world. These balls are very explosive, so it seems that he is protected from assassination attempts - he will throw such a ball at the offender, and he will not only disappear from the earth, but also several hectares of forest around him. Of all the mad scientists described in this collection, Bailey is the most terrible, without an ounce of common sense. But again, all the heroes are cardboard, even the evil terrible scientist. Island of Lost Ships One of the advantages of this novel: I learned several facts about the Sargasso Sea. 1) The Sargasso Sea is a sea entirely located in the ocean. The only sea that has no shores. 2) The water in the Sargasso Sea is still due to the mind-boggling amount of algae in it. 3) In the Sargasso Sea there is the whole island from garbage (I don’t remember whether I learned about this from this book or from a book about garbage, but let it be here). 4) Many ships were lost in the Sargasso Sea, which served as the basis for this novel. The novel has several plot lines. Firstly, detective Simkins, it is unclear how he caught the criminal Gatling. It’s not clear how, because Simkins seems incapable of catching a dead fly, much less a whole person, and a criminal at that. By the way, Gatling does not seem to be a criminal, and it seems that Gatling caught Simkins, but it is unclear why. But this is fantastic. Secondly, the shipwreck. I hate books about seas and ships because of shipwrecks. It's probably because I can't swim and I'm afraid of water. Everyone escapes from the ship, sailing away on boats, but not Gatling and Simkins and not the young girl - Vivian. The ship stops shipwrecking, the trio sails wherever they can. And it will turn out to be in the Sargasso Sea. It is unclear how this all happened. But this is fantastic. Thirdly, Lord of the Flies. That's what I called the episode about the inhabitants of the ship graveyard. Sooner or later, the ship of our interesting trio brought us to an improvised harbor, consisting of ships forever stuck in the seaweed. The lost ships are connected to each other by bridges and represent a real jungle in which the surviving people live. They have their own improvised state, their own constitution, their own government, and even have a connection with the world. Isolation from the whole world leaves a certain imprint on the inhabitants of the “island”. They have different morals, different foundations. Therefore, during some of the ongoing events, while our trio was “staying” in the ship’s state, they also had to flee by sailing away on a raft. Swimming away. On a raft. Along the Sargasso Sea. But this is fantastic. Fourthly, the love line. There are three options: Simkins and Vivian, Gatling and Vivian, Simkins and Gatling. Okay, just kidding about the last one. But this is fantastic. The romance could have ended with the escape, but no. The trio are now connected by friendly and loving relationships, a scientist joins them and they return to the “island” to solve the problems that they noticed when they were there for the first time.Belyaev's novels are very naive, but in a kind way. Therefore, they create a very interesting impression: as if, while reading, you wanted to often slap your palm on your forehead, but at the same time you want to continue getting to know the author. Belyaev is unlikely to become my favorite science fiction writer, but it was definitely worth getting to know his work.
Yes Yes Yes! It all happens somewhere out there, next to the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, in the strange and mysterious Sargasso Sea. This sea is unique; there is nothing like it on our planet.
Firstly, it has no shores. It is simply limited by strong Atlantic currents.
Secondly, there is almost no wind blowing there and therefore large, up to two meters, brown algae have accumulated on the surface, but, unlike their relatives, they are able to live and reproduce afloat, without attaching to anything.
Thirdly, for many years it was thought that the Sargasso Sea had stagnant waters. In fact, the water in it is in constant motion. But the sea rotates clockwise, because its waters are pushed from different sides by different currents.
All this unusualness could not give rise to many sea myths and legends. And one of them said that this sea holds and drowns sea vessels. And somewhere there, in its abyss, is the most large cemetery lost ships. Here on such fertile and interesting material in 1926. Alexander Belyaev wrote his adventure novel.
It's about the sea and its secrets.
And it is about people and their secrets hidden deep inside. That you cannot judge a person by their first impression. It happens that a thief, scoundrel and murderer turns out to be an honest and noble person. And the money-grubber and gold-lover will lend you a helping hand in difficult times.
It’s also about human vices, vile acts and the lust for power.
And, of course, about nobility, decency and honor.
To put it simply, this is a wonderful, interesting novel that you need to read! Especially for those who love adventure.
Finally, thanks to the Virtual Book Club “Fighters against Unfinished Construction,” I finished reading this light, exciting novel that everyone is hearing. The Sargasso Sea, which keeps its secrets under the sargassum algae, reveals to us a world full of adventures and secrets that the reader has to unravel.
As a result of a shipwreck, two men (the criminal Gatling and the investigator Simpkins) and a woman (Miss Kingmann) find themselves on a mysterious and unusual island in the center of the sea, which all ships in the world try to avoid due to the fact that its surface is completely covered with algae, which interferes with movement and is the cause of the loss of a huge number of ships.
With his novel, Belyaev shows how life is unpredictable and multifaceted, and how easy it is to make a mistake when judging people by their appearance, circumstances or position in society. Gatling, who at first meets the reader evokes pity and even fear: a criminal, possibly a murderer, ultimately turns out to be a beautiful, brave, noble, strong and courageous person with the right system of values. But before us is an investigator, a guardian of the law, main value in life - money, but in the finale he helps the main characters, and the reader will generously forgive him and even love him. Life turns everything upside down (or puts everything in its place - she knows better, however) and Miss Kingman, a fastidious and proud girl, rich and independent, feels fear and contempt from the fact that she is traveling on the same ship with a criminal, then turns out to be the wife of this criminal.
I can’t help but compare this novel with the recently read “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” by Jules Verne. They are united by the theme of adventures on the water. The similarity becomes especially striking when the characters begin to study and introduce the reader to the flora and fauna of the Sargasso Sea. But here it is served in smaller, less-digestible portions, and on dishes presented with more taste. And, it seems to me, Belyaev writes better in many ways than Jules Verne. The characters are lively, well-written, the plot is realistic and exciting, the images are vivid, there is no feeling of naivety or absurdity of what is happening. Whereas in Verne the characters are made of cardboard, and the plot is often far-fetched.
Overall, the novel leaves a favorable impression; I can recommend it to my older friends, and it is a must-read for children and teenagers, if only to broaden their horizons.
The Gulf Stream has stopped, and now no one will ever swim to the remains of the Island of Lost Ships. All that remains is to read Belyaev’s novel and imagine the rotten skeletons of ancient ships, entangled in algae. It was with Belyaev that many Soviet (and now Russian) teenagers began to love science fiction. The plots are both bizarre and simple, the stories are not too long, and the ratio of “scientific” and “fantastic” is in ideal proportion, which does not seem like lies and does not make you sleepy with explanations. Even though few people are now imbued with the romance of the sea, but “Island of the Lost” ships" will not lose its popularity for a long time. From the first pages there is a vivid visualization of what is happening: white yachts in the port, clear water, colorful fish. Along the way - small excursion into flora and fauna. I immediately remember how Eco described Salgari’s works: “And so they run and run through the forest from a crowd of angry Indians, a tense moment, the hero stumbles over some root of a plant, the Indians are approaching... And the immersion begins in the description of the botanical properties of the plant, oh which the hero stumbled." Here, of course, it doesn’t come to that, although it’s simply amazing how during just one conversation with a biologist the entire population of the ocean manages to swim past at once. At the beginning of the novel we have three classically depicted heroes: a lady from high society, an insidious criminal-seducer and talented detective. However, they find themselves in a catastrophe that amazingly turns their characters inside out. The insidious criminal turns out to be a noble young man, the detective turns out to be a self-interested coward, and the lady, who at the beginning seemed cutesy and jaded, demonstrates miracles of sanity and restraint. True, the detective is still not bad, especially towards the end of the novel, he’s just a weak-willed person. How he drowned with this gold, but out of greed did not let it out of his hands... Although this is still not my favorite scene. I was very impressed by the moment when, while drifting on a half-sunken ship, at dusk the trio saw a man smiling and waving at them, and then in the light it turned out that he was a decrepit skeleton tied to the mast. And, of course, I liked the way Beethoven’s music returned the wild, crazy man to normal life. And the scene of the struggle for power on the island was also amazingly depicted. There is the scoundrel Slayton, rude and strong, who subjugated everyone on the island with brute physical strength, pressure and arrogance. And there is Flores, who is opposing him, who does not have the aura of animal strength and power spreading around him, but is well versed in psychology, so he bribes his rivals with expensive things, good food, position in society and pleasant treatment. Victory still remains with the second, the carrot wins over the stick. It’s a good novel, I’ll definitely give it to my nephews to read.
