[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Roger Zelazny \u201eUksed liivas\u201c on selle armastatud ulmekirjaniku u\u0308ks eksperimentaalsemaid romaane, talle omases a\u0308a\u0308rmiselt napis ja lihvitud stiilis edasi antud akadeemilises keskkonnas algav ning hullumeelses tempos arenev lugu, kus u\u0308kski tegelene pole see, kellena alguses paistab. Romaani kirjutamisaega, 1970ndaid aastaid meenutavate ka\u0308itumisnormidega tulevikumaailmas on planeet Maa vastu vo\u0303etud galaktilisse konfo\u0308deratsiooni, mille ka\u0308igus on vahetatud erinevaid kultuurilise va\u0308a\u0308rtusega su\u0308mbolesemeid, nii na\u0308iteks on Maa a\u0308ra andnud Mona Lisa ja Briti kroonijuveelid. Kui erinevad jo\u0303ud hakkavad kahtlustama, et eluaegse u\u0308lio\u0303pilase Fred Cassidy valduses on maava\u0308list pa\u0308ritolu artefakt Ta\u0308hekivi, millest ta midagi ei tea, otsustab ta selle ise u\u0308les otsida, muutudes tulnukate ja teiste asjast huvitatud grupeeringute tagaajamisobjektiks."}, {"text_idx": "#000001", "text": "Romaan ilmus esmakordselt ja\u0308rjeloona USA juhtivas ulmeajakirjas Analog 1975. aastal ning jo\u0303udis Hugo ja Nebula auhinna nominentide sekka. Teosest leiab viiteid Lewis Carrolli \u201eAlice Imedemaal\u201c lugudele ja \u201eSnargijahile\u201c ning see tekst demonstreerib ilmekalt, miks on Roger Zelazny\u2019t nimetatud ameerika ulme suurimaks proosapoeediks."}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "The most playful \u2013 and arguably most accessible \u2013 novel by the master of inventive science fiction."}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Humanity is not alone in the cosmos. The aliens have given a precious relic to the people of Earth: star-stone. But the harmony of the galaxy is endangered when they discover that the star-stone has disappeared."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "Likeable Fred Cassidy is an eternal undergraduate. All he thinks he knows about the star-stone is that it came to Earth in an interplanetary trade for the Mona Lisa and the British Crown jewels."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "When Fred is accused of stealing the cosmic artefact, he is pursued from Australia to Greenwich Village and beyond, by telepathic psychologists, extra-terrestrial hoodlums and galactic police in disguise. Follow him on his adventures as he enters multiple realities, flipping in and out of alien perspectives, through doorways in the sand."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "\u2018One of the highest tributes I have ever heard paid to a writer lies in the words of a young lady who said, \u2018I knew, halfway through the second paragraph, that I was in good hands.\u2019 Science fiction has produced many such hands, and I genuinely envy those who encounter Roger Zelazny.\u2019 \u2014 Theodore Sturgeon, New York Times Book Review"}]