Is Zona believable?
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Re: Is Zona believable?
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> I didn't have a problem with it. Personally, I thought that it had a very
> "Journey to the Center of the Earth" vibe, so having a type of
> grounding in a different type of fiction actually made the blank spaces
> easier to imagine for myself.
I had similar vibes as well from the book. The center of the Earth is analogous to Zona. Both of the regions are inhabitable and fictional in reality.
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> I found the beginning pretty suspenseful because I was waiting for
> something to happen. I thought there would be more early conflict between
> the characters, so I was a bit disappointed that it never really came to
> fruition, but I don't think the beginning of the book detracted from the
> overall quality of the novel.
>
> The level of detail about the location gave me the baseline I needed to use
> my imagination to fill in gaps. Because it was a work of science fiction, I
> didn't need the area to be especially well-defined for the book to be an
> interesting read. From the geopositions in Randall's journal, you can also
> build a better idea of where in the world the expedition is supposed to be.
> You'd have to do a little legwork, which the author could have removed by
> inserting a graphical representation, but you can see the general area to
> which the satellites would triangulate.
>
> As to why the area was forbidden, I thought the explanation was more or
> less sufficient. It might have been useful for the author to include more
> information about governmental differences between the US and Russia, but I
> thought there were sufficient implications to paint a mental picture. The
> maps at the beginning of the book supplemented my reading of the text for
> the specific encampments and activities, so I was satisfied.
I agree with you. The beginning of the book was quite suspenseful and exciting. You made a great point that the location didn't have to be well-defined as the book is sci-fi. However, I think that there was some mystery around the location that could use a bit more clarification.
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> Did you find Zona believable ? Are there any descriptive areas that you
> think were lacking in the novel which could have helped you understand Zona
> better? (e.g. descriptions of the locations, or more background on why it's
> forbidden, or a better scale on how large it is?)
> It was a bit annoying that the novel was slow to start, and I think this
> contributed to my impatience surrounding the Zona.
The real Siberia is full of mysteries and anomalies, the region is unexplored, so it gives writers great opportunities to create absolutely believable places and circumstances.
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> It's a fiction. It is up to one's range of imagination if you want to
> believe or not. But the author must give enough elements to picture
> everything. I think there wasn't enough.
I agree, the author could have given more descriptions and imagery to give us a better imagination/idea. Not too bad though,our imaginations are not bound by anything.
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> Personally, I don't believe it, I'm sure that it's all fiction, I'd
> probably believe it more if real places were more described and the
> relationship between the animals and
> humans were not that exaggerated.
I agree, i tend to think that the author would have given more detailed description if Zona was an actual place. Given the description, i would say that its purely fictional.