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'' based on the Czech Wikipedia entry '' Ἰωάννης Πυρεῖα = (Jan Křesadlo) '' 'Ποιήτοῦ άδήλου ΆΣΤΡΟΝΑΥΤΙΛÍΑ ἢ ἡ Μικροοδυσσεία ἡ κοσμική - '' An unknown poet's Starvoyage, or Small Space Odyssey'' (1994) is the supreme literary work of poet and writer Jan Křesadlo, one of the most unusual works of twentieth century Czech literature. It was published shortly after his death, as a commemorative first edition. (ISBN 80-237-2452-5) While no full English translation exists as yet, there is a sample chapter translation online,〔http://vzjp.cz/JK/xiiigce.pdf〕 and a German translation of the fully transcribed and annotated Greek text is in preparation.〔http://greek.altertum.uni-halle.de/griech._philologie_mitarbeiter/1953032_2501694/〕 == Plot synopsis == The work is an epic poem, comprising 6575 verses of hexameter in Homeric Greek, with parallel translation into Czech hexameter. The postmodern science fiction story is inspired by the philosophical postulate of quantum physics, that for something to exist it must be observed. The Watcher over the Cosmos turns out to be a certain sheep. To kill the sheep would mean the end of everything. The '' Sheep that Watches the Cosmos'' is kidnapped by a villain called Mandys, and pursued by a rapid reaction commando force, whose captain is called Udeis, (= nobody, following the example of Captain Nemo, as well as the Odyssey's original hero, Ulysses, who went by the name Noman or Nobody in order to fool the Cyclops Polyphemus). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Astronautilia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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