Стругацкие, «Волны гасят ветер».
Книга оформлена в виде как бы отчётов о расследовании, хотя и здесь авторы дали себе вольность и с самого начала обосновали, почему эти отчёты составлены художественным языком.
Вообще, мне очень нравится идея прогрессорства. «Прогрессор» — это представитель высокоразвитой цивилизации, который тайно и, хм, насильственно влияет на ход истории более примитивной цивилизации, чтобы направить её на истинный путь. Тайно — чтобы не шокировать неокрепшие умы «неандертальцев». Насильственно — потому что примитивная цивилизация не осознаёт своего счастья и сопротивляется добру.
Эта идея мне нравится своей реалистичностью. Если мы посмотрим какой-нибудь «Стартрек», то там много пафоса о том, что, дескать, люди будущего ни в коем случае не должны вмешиваться в недоразвитые устои условных средневековых обществ с других планет. Вокруг этой идеи сосредоточено очень много драмы: бабуины захватили в плен твоего коллегу-звездолётчика, и ты вроде бы можешь их всех раскидать с помощью бластера, но не должен этого делать, и вот какое сложное решение, как же быть...
Выглядит, как наигранная беззубость и малодушие, прикрытые идеалистическим гуманизмом (который не работает). Всем понятно, что в реальности от бабуинов не осталось бы мокрого места по праву сильного, а может и другим бабуинам тоже досталось бы в качестве урока. Так что у Стругацких даже очень просветлённые и живущие в коммунистическом раю представители человечества с лёгкостью используют свои технологии, чтобы перекраивать и навязывать. Но когда что-то подобное вроде бы начинают делать уже с самими Землянами, поднимается паника (среди тех, кому об этом известно). Там даже есть такие рассуждения: боимся не того, что ещё более сильная цивилизация причинит нам зло, а того, что она причинит нам добро так, как сама это понимает.
Концовка, конечно, переворачивает всё с ног на голову, и я бы сказал, что фантазия авторов в этом месте пошла слишком уж далеко. Ну, а к чувству незавершённости после каждого романа Стругацких я уже потихоньку привык. В целом интересно и как часть трилогии, и даже как вполне самостоятельное произведение, хотя с миром всё равно полезно быть знакомому, чтобы лучше понимать происходящее.
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❗️ Collision entre deux avions dans un aéroport au #Myanmar
Deux avions sont entrés en collision dans un aéroport du Myanmar après une panne de freins sur un appareil, selon des informations préliminaires. L’avion en mouvement a percuté un Airbus stationné, sans s’arrêter après l’impact. Il a finalement été immobilisé après avoir heurté un chariot à bagages.
source : réseaux sociaux
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🇲🇲#Myanmar: Four people, including alleged prisoners of war, were killed after Myanmar junta fighter jets carried out airstrikes on a location in Mindat Town.
According to regional reports, the Myanmar military has conducted a total of 11 airstrikes over the past two days, with the attacks also reportedly destroying at least 15 civilian homes.
(via @pvtvmyanmar)
🇲🇲#Myanmar: Footage shows rebels from the People's Defence Forces (PDF) firing a Chinese heavy machine gun at a military aircraft operated by the Burmese military.
(via @war_noir)
🇲🇲#Myanmar: Footage from last week shows Chin Defence Forces rebels, alongside the New Society Army, launching rocket attacks on a "KaPaSa" factory, which is an arms and munitions facility operated by the military junta.
🇲🇲#Myanmar: The rebel Karen group “Cobra Column” carried out an attack on junta forces in Wawlay, launching multiple strikes with RPGs and grenade launchers.
The second part of the video shows the rebels firing at junta positions from an entrenched location.
(via @war_noir)
🇲🇲#Myanmar: Footage showing rebel fighters from various units engaging Junta positions with a PKM from inside a trench.
The videos were posted on April 18th - 20th, however, the exact dating of the events remains unclear.
🇲🇲Myanmar Junta Floats Peace Talks, Key Groups Refuse
Myanmar's military-backed president Min Aung Hlaing has called for peace negotiations with armed opposition groups by July 31, five years after his coup plunged the country into civil war. The Karen National Union and the Chin National Front — both named in the offer — have already rejected the proposal.
The outreach comes as the junta faces sustained military pressure across multiple fronts, with ethnic armed organizations and the People's Defence Force holding or contesting significant territory. Min Aung Hlaing rebranded as president under a new military-backed government structure, a move widely seen as an attempt to consolidate legitimacy rather than signal genuine reform.
With two of the named groups publicly refusing, the July 31 deadline faces immediate credibility problems before any talks begin.
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🇲🇲Min Aung Hlaing Sworn In as Myanmar President
Former military chief Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president of Myanmar on April 10, completing a transition from junta rule to a military-led civilian government more than five years after he seized power in a 2021 coup. He received 429 of 586 parliamentary votes on April 3, with the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party and military appointees holding roughly 86 percent of seats.
Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as commander-in-chief on March 30 to comply with the 2008 Constitution, which bars serving military officers from the presidency. He handed command of the armed forces to Gen. Ye Win Oo, the former military intelligence chief who organized the arrests during the February 2021 coup. A 30-member Cabinet, composed predominantly of active or former senior military officers, was formed and approved by parliament on inauguration day.
China, Russia, Cambodia, and Thailand offered congratulations following Min Aung Hlaing's election. Western nations and Myanmar's opposition forces dismissed the transition as a means of legitimizing permanent military rule. Aung San Suu Kyi remains in detention and her National League for Democracy party has been dissolved.
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🇲🇲#Myanmar: Footage shows an anti-junta rebel training with a belt-fed machine gun, reportedly a Pakistani-made copy of the MG42 known as the MG3.
(via @war_noir)
🇲🇲Myanmar Parliament Votes for President April 3
Myanmar's Parliament is scheduled to hold a bicameral presidential vote on April 3, House Speaker Aung Lin Dwe announced on April 2. Former military chief Min Aung Hlaing is among three vice-presidential candidates eligible for the presidency.
Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as Myanmar's top military commander on March 30 after 15 years in the position. A Lower House member nominated him as a vice-presidential candidate on the same day, alongside candidates put forward by the Upper House and the military's parliamentary bloc.
The vote follows a December–January election won by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, which the United Nations and multiple Western governments rejected as illegitimate. A joint session of both houses, including military-appointed lawmakers, is set for 10am local time on April 3.
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🇲🇲Myanmar's Spymaster Named New Military Chief
On March 30, General Ye Win Oo was appointed commander-in-chief of Myanmar's military, becoming the first intelligence chief to hold the position. The 60-year-old previously served as Chief of Military Security Affairs and personally led the contingent of troops that detained then-leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the February 2021 coup.
Analysts and a military defector describe Gen Ye Win Oo's selection as driven primarily by his close personal and family ties to outgoing commander General Min Aung Hlaing. Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who shed his uniform following a widely criticized December 2025 election, is expected to assume the presidency and will require the military's continued support in that role.
Gen Ye Win Oo's rise through the ranks, including his 2020 appointment as intelligence chief, is attributed to Gen Min Aung Hlaing's patronage. UN investigators have separately accused Myanmar's security forces of systematic torture and killings during interrogations — abuses documented in a 2025 report by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.
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