CyberJoly Drim
"CyberJoly Drim" is a cyberpunk short story by Polish author Antonina Liedtke. In the story, the heroine abandons her body in favour of a digital existence. The story was first published on her personal website in 1998. It was then published in Fenix magazine in 1999 and won the most prestigious Polish award for science ficiton and fantasy stories (n the Janusz A. Zajdel Award).
The story caused a controversy in the world of Polish science fiction and fantasy, as after it won several awards, it was heavily criticized by several critics connected with the leading Polish science fiction and fantasy magazine "Nowa Fantastyka", who themselves have in turn been criticized by others. Critics had differing views about it, with detractors arguing that its popularity is related less its literary value and more to its theme, signifcantly influenced by the emerging Internet culture. Supporters of the story emphasized its literary values and themes; it is also possible that the negative opinions about the story were related to the hermeticism of the Polish fandom. with the participation of the author of the story was not closer.
Plot
Jola is a computer graphic designer working on the Internet. She doesn't like her real life. Her husband bores her, her physical needs are unimportant. She finds fulfilment in cyberspace. There, she once found her fascination - a person with the nickname Carramba. Longing for him, she sent a humorous letter-song to a romantic website, which unexpectedly becomes a hit on the charts. Then she created an animation that became even more popular. When she finally met him, they got married, but her life quickly turned munande again. Jola, disappointed with her life, with the help of friends she made online, decides to completely cut off herself from the physical world, donating elements of her body to the bank, leaving only from the mind connected to the Internet.
Awards
It won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for best short story in 2000.[1] It also won the Srebrny Glob ("Silver Globe") award[2] and the On-line Award by Fahrenheit magazine.[3]
Reception and analysis
Before the text reached the editorial office of the magazine "Fenix", it was rejected by Maciej Parowski, editor-in-chief of "Nowa Fantastyka".[4]
After the story was awarded prizes, the editors of "Nowa Fantastyka" noticed the importance of the text, placing a separate section "Critics about CyberJoly Drim" in the January 2001 issue. Three reviews appeared there - by Jacek Dukaj, Marek Oramus and Parowski.[5]
Author
Liedtke is a graduate of librarianship and information science from the University of Warsaw and worked in the library and publishing house of Warsaw University of Technology, and then in the Publishing School of Economics. C. 2010 she was a New Media Director in the publishing house Runa.[6] She wrote another short story, Psychika ofiary (Psychic of the victim), published in fanzine Framzeta in 2000.[7]
References
- ^ "Laureaci Nagrody Zajdla". zajdel.art.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ^ "Srebrny Glob". Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ^ "Nagroda On-Line". Fahrenheit. 1999. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^ Jacek Dukaj (2001). "Sny następnego pokolenia". Nowa Fantastyka. p. 72. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ Maria Głowacka (2013). "Wstęp do teorii trzech kręgów kobiecej prozy science fiction w Polsce. Na przykładzie twórczości Antoniny Liedtke i Anny Kańtoch". Wielogłos (in Polish). p. 122–125. ISSN 1897-1962. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Company information". Runa (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
- ^ "Framzeta 8 (2000)". Katalog.Czasopism.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
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