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Ice (Dukaj novel)
''Ice'' ((ポーランド語:Lód)) is a Janusz A. Zajdel, European Union Prize for Literature and Kościelski awards-winning novel written in 2007 by the Polish science fiction writer Jacek Dukaj, published in Poland by Wydawnictwo Literackie. The novel mixes alternate history with science fiction elements, in particular, with alternative physics and logic.
''Ice'' will be published in English by Atlantic Books in June 2012; and possibly in other languages too.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/fierce-auctions-among-busy-day-frankfurt-dealmaking.html )〕
==Universe==
The story of the book takes place in an alternate universe where the First World War never occurred and Poland is still under Russian rule. Following the Tunguska event, the Ice, a mysterious form of matter, has covered parts of Siberia in Russia and started expanding outwards, reaching Warsaw. The appearance of Ice results in extreme decrease of temperature, putting the whole continent under constant winter, and is accompanied by ''Lute'', angels of Frost, a strange form of being which seems to be a native inhabitant of Ice. Under the influence of the Ice, iron turns into ''zimnazo'' (cold iron), a material with extraordinary physical properties, which results in the creation of a new branch of industry, zimnazo mining and processing, giving birth to large fortunes and new industrial empires. Moreover, the Ice freezes History and Philosophy, preserving the old political regime, affecting human psychology and changing the laws of logic from many-valued logic of "Summer" to two-valued logic of "Winter" with no intermediate steps between True and False.
Dukaj noted〔Discussion by Przemysław Czapliński, Paweł Dunin-Wąsowicz, Roman Kurkiewicz and Jacek Dukaj, ''Pod Tytułem, program o książkach i czytaniu'', 9 December 2007, TOK FM, (Listen here )〕 that in this book, science in science-fiction stands for the philosophy of history.
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