Through Thorns to The Stars

n the 23rd century, a spaceship crashed on earth with human-like bodies. After a detailed analysis, the discovery was that they are all clones. On further investigation, they come across a lone survivor from that spaceship who’s a female and she doesn’t have any memories of her past. The investigating scientist Sergei Lebedev provides her with shelter in his house and names her Niya.

Introduction: 

Through Thrones to stars’ also known as Per Aspera Ad Astra is a space travel novel published in the year 1981 by a Kir Bulychov, a Russian author. The novel is based on adventure, science fiction, and drama. The outline of the novel is very beautiful. The novel is also converted into a movie. The movie is a very beautiful piece of work and was directed by Richard Viktorov. The movie revolves around a girl who’s supposed to be an alien but due to the crash, she doesn’t remember anything. She is also the lone survivor of the crash and that’s what makes it more interesting.

About the author: 
Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko was popularly known as Kir Bulychov. This name is his pen name and as a writer, he was mostly known to the world by that name. Mozheiko got a Master's degree in 1965 and a Ph.D. in 1981. His prime are of expertise was the medieval history of Burma and he also wrote a book about it. The book was the biography of Aung San.

Bulychov was popular for his short story series Veliky Guslar which was about a small town that attracted much alien activity. Another fame gainer of his was his Alise series that was released way later of his death in 2003.

About the novel:  
In the 23rd century, a spaceship crashed on earth with human-like bodies. After a detailed analysis, the discovery was that they are all clones. On further investigation, they come across a lone survivor from that spaceship who’s a female and she doesn’t have any memories of her past. The investigating scientist Sergei Lebedev provides her with shelter in his house and names her Niya.

Niya, after a few days, realizes that she has supernatural psychic powers. Professor Ivanova, who is supposed to be part of an investigating circle, examines her brain. He discovers a neural center in her brain. She can control the humanoid clones with that. When Niya learns about her power, her memory returns. She then states that she had come from a world called Dessa. Dessa is a planet which is dominated by a mega-corporation. The purpose of this domination is to exploit the world to the extent of ecological ruin.

A team is constructed to rescue Dessa from the incoming ecological catastrophe. A great battle takes place when a retriever from that organization arrives at earth between that invader and Niya.

About the film: 
Richard Viktorov made a movie in this novel and it is very well executed nonetheless. As for criticism on the literary aspect of this piece, some of the parts is more like a verbal essay oriented approach. The analysis that the director has made in the literature and then the writing that became the script is just praiseworthy. The movie is full of action, adventure and since it is in visuals, you must have a better outlook towards the understanding factor.

Analysis: 

The writing piece is very well written from an analysis made on the literature point of view. It is not easy to assemble an entire novel with such delicate word choice that is easy for everyone to read. During the analysis of the writing, the literature point of view on the paper model is very attractive. One can really go into a deeper state of mind and have a visual intuition while reading. The criticism that can be made on this piece is literary good as this is a novel and not an essay. One must really give it a read in order to have a clearer state of mind.

What to expect: 
The biggest thing when you are reading a novel is what to expect. Since it is constructed as a literary paper and then analyzed into a movie, the writing in the novel and the script is bound to differ. But if we judge the story line on the basis of that, we are making a mistake. You can expect an intense story line-up with science fiction as the baseline. Another thing that you can expect is the production which was in the mid 90’s. If we compare the quality of production to that of the movies that we see today, we are less likely to be satisfied. But if you want to see a good story line followed by good direction and acting you are less likely to get disappointed.

Comparison: The novel is a writing piece that will take a few days for you to finish reading depending on your reading speed. The movie, on the other hand, is a summarized, audio-visual version and you are less likely to spend more than a few hours. So, if you are looking for a quick face-off, you should opt for the movie. But if you are looking for something that can be considered as a pass-time for you, not to mention if you are someone who likes to read the novel, you should opt for the book. The last thing you want as a reader is to get familiarized with everything instantly.

Conclusion: After you read or see the piece, you will not be disappointed and that’s a statement of confidence from a critic. Some people may find the movie to be a little out of the world but that’s the concept of it. The movie is imaginary and not optimistic. If you are a dreamer, then you must know what you are looking for. For someone who is more of a doer, this movie may serve the purpose of a one-time movie. That depends completely on the perspective of the reader or viewer. Just make sure that you know what you want. Either it is a long stretched piece of literary work or a short-time brief of the entire movie embedded in a movie.

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