The Absolute at Large Capek Karel
The Absolute at Large Capek Karel This story centers on the invention of a reactor that can annihilate matter to produce cheap and abundant energy. The absolute is a spiritual essence that according…
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The Absolute at Large Capek Karel
This story centers on the invention of a reactor that can annihilate matter to produce cheap and abundant energy. The absolute is a spiritual essence that according to some religious philosophies allegedly permeates all matter. Unfortunately, it produces something else as a by-product, the absolute.
The widespread adoption of the reactors causes an enormous outpouring of pure absolute into the world. It is associated with human religious experience, as unsuspecting humanity is to find out all too soon in the story. This leads to an outburst of religious and nationalist fervor, causing the greatest, most global war in history. R. D.
Mullen called the novel "one of the genuine masterpieces of SF", but noted that due to its originality "it has surely had no great influence on popular