Heliopol. Glass bees. Junger E.

Heliopol (1949) is one of the key works of Junger, in which his political views and the ideology of the conservative revolution were reflected.

This is a talented and original novel, which combines the features of anti -utopia and philosophical parable. Its plot basis is simple: in the mysterious metropolis, which has become a new capital of mankind after the next world war, there is a merciless struggle of the military and political aristocracy. And the victim of this confrontation is the people suffering from the despotism of power.

“Glass bees” (1957) - perhaps the most unusual novel by Junger, written at the junction of the genres of utopia and anti -utopia.

technological progress and triumph of artificial intelligence, robots replacing a person in production, developing virtual reality and a comfortable existence. For this “well -being” people have to pay loneliness, and the loss of personal freedom and non -control.

is the world in which the hero of the novel lives-the retired captain Richard, trying to get a job in a factory for the production of a certain Dnizparoni robot-liliputs, a sophisticated fan of experiments, who wants to surpass the main creator-nature.

, perhaps, humanity has lost its way and the perfection of technology only a seemingly good?