La prima volta non si scorda mai
Non è la prima volta per Sheila, che ha avuto la sua prima esperienza
nel lontano 1978, né per degli strani tipi dagli occhi d’argento, né per gli
axolotl; per gli altri invece è proprio così. E soprattutto è la prima volta che un
triestino si propone di sedurre il pubblico con un’antologia dei propri racconti
L’autore in questione è Fabio Calabrese, che dopo varie opere di
saggistica e narrativa torna in libreria con questo volume, “Occhi d’argento”.
Scienza e fantasia intrecciate assieme in venti storie irrealimanon-
troppo, visto che la maggior parte di quelle che ritroviamo in questa raccolta
traggono ispirazione da tematiche scientifiche, ma anche etiche e sociali che ci
riguardano da vicino.
Ormai la scienza ci fa credere che ogni prodigio sia possibile, e da un
certo punto di vista il campo di gioco di un onesto scrittore del fantastico si fa
sempre più ristretto. Per fortuna, come lasciano intravvedere i tre mondi,
quelli dell’immaginazione, della realtà e del possibile, esistono infiniti universi
ad un passo da quello in cui ci troviamo, alcuni dei quali molto diversi, altri
invece quasi indistinguibili dal nostro; ad ogni modo tutti quanti folli e
affascinanti.
Se, per ipotesi, un’astronave in viaggio nello spazio e nel tempo
deviasse l’asteroide che 65 milioni di anni fa avrebbe dovuto sterminare i
dinosauri, ora ci ritroveremmo con una Terra popolata da orribili rettili bipedi
e intelligenti.
Oppure potrebbe accadere che i bizzarri abitanti di un programma di
computer creato da noi stessi inizino a penetrare nel nostro mondo,
utilizzando la corrente elettrica e sfruttando la ben nota formula E=mc2
materializzarsi.
E come vi sono infiniti mondi, così vi sono infinite forme di vita
possibili, sia in senso alieno che nel senso di mutazioni di noi stessi. Se vi
trovate in Amazzonia, ad esempio, evitate di infastidire gli axolotl. Sono degli
esseri anfibi semiumani, dall’aspetto eternamente bambino, che vivono nelle
grotte e all’ombra del fogliame. Sono innocui, a patto che non andiate a
toccargli il loro habitat. Oppure potreste perdere il senno innamorandovi di un’
“aviana”, su uno strano pianeta popolato di grandi uccelli intelligenti.
Ma per incontrare i diversi, gli alieni, i mostri, non occorre andare su
lontane galassie, teletrasportandosi o viaggiando nel tempo.
Basta frugare nella nostra mente, per trovare la meraviglia e
l’inquietudine.
Sono sufficienti poche ore di permanenza in un ambiente buio e privo di
stimoli perché il cervello cominci a lavorare in modo anomalo. Non indulgete
quindi in strani esperimenti… potrebbe accadervi di regredire sempre più nel
passato, e di confondere le allucinazioni con la realtà, in modo anche
drammatico e violento… potreste persino giungere a scoprire la verità
suprema…
E a dimostrazione dell’unione indissolubile tra la vita e la morte e il bene
e il male, proprio le tecniche che ci fanno sognare l’immortalità, come la
clonazione, l’ingegneria genetica e l’uso di organi artificiali possono rivelarsi
pericolose armi a doppio taglio, e non di certo la soluzione di ogni nostro
problema. Rischiamo di non riconoscerci più, di divenire stranieri a noi stessi,
come le “orme” di uno di questi racconti, individui prigionieri di corpi divenuti
lentamente qualcosa di non più umano. Bisogna fare attenzione, che magari si
comincia con un dente finto, un pacemaker, una protesi di plastica, poi ci si
lascia prendere la mano e si diviene dei robot…
Gli extraterrestri sono sempre in agguato, così come i draghi, se
pensiamo che serpenti, coccodrilli e iguane ce li portiamo tutti i giorni
appresso, nel cosiddetto “cervello rettile”. E secondo l’ipotesi della
panspermia, avanzata qualche decennio fa da Fred Hoyle, grande scienziato e
anche lui scrittore di fantascienza, la stessa vita sulla Terra proverrebbe dagli
spazi siderali, seminata dalle comete.
Forse a volte gli scienziati invadono i terreni che apparterrebbero agli
scrittori, e viceversa. In questo modo si possono prendere delle grosse
cantonate, ma anche intuire brandelli di verità. L’unico dato certo, al di là
della fantasia, al di là della scienza, è che gli alieni siamo noi.
E come gli alieni possiamo essere indicibilmente cattivi, o viceversa
dei messaggeri di pace, o semplicemente ritrovarci smarriti su un pianeta
incomprensibile, il nostro.
E Fabio Calabrese ce lo ricorda continuamente, inserendo nel tessuto
delle sue costruzioni fantastiche tutte le sfumature del nostro essere, da
quelle brillanti dell’amore verso noi stessi e verso la vita, alle tinte oscure
della sete di potere e della distruzione.
La morale, secondo me, è che non ci sono morali: sta a noi avere il
coraggio di seguire la nostra autentica natura e decidere quali colori
indossare, che siano questi il bianco immacolato delle stelle, il rosso
sanguigno e bellicoso del pianeta Marte, o una delle infinite tonalità che la
Terra nella sua generosa tavolozza ci offre.
Fabio Calabrese, “Occhi d’argento”, Perseo Libri 2005
Francesco Gizdic
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