The power
of Jupiter’s thunderbolt, capable of destroying institutions is shown in the
‘Planet of the Apes’ scenario of a submerged library. Fortunately for this
book, it is now preserved in the State Library of Victoria, the stately
building still standing in the background.
This first blog references the first epigraph,
although it doesn’t suggest the theme, ‘The Writer as Servant to the Story’ is
a lesson in blind faith, having written seven eighths of the book without
knowing the ending. The revelation was a very emotional experience, and the
conclusion deeply satisfying.
The second epigraph, ‘The Universe is sustained of
its own accord and knowing of itself’, touches on elements of the story explored
in the chapter ‘Something in the Void’. It is well postulated that our human
intellect may be the only way the universe is aware of its existence, save for
some unknown present, past or future intelligence.
The theory of quantum entanglement at the sub-atomic
level, however, suggests that connectivity may be a reckoning of reactive
responses between elements that are instant across vast distances where space
and time are not relevant, suggesting an underlying awareness of existence.
Fiction and story in Jupiter weaves science and
creation with a very human plot, ever attempting to shake off its humble
beginnings, reserving judgement until the very end.
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