I have yet to read this text, but from what I have heard, it is very good, if dated (I am unsure if the 1994 edition brings the species and the rest of the text up to date). It does cover the Axolotl though. It is written for the more scientifically minded. Told from the perspective of a green alien family on a faraway planet, Bondestam’s endearing solo debut offers a peek into the fictional bedtime routines of animals from around the world…. Offbeat humor permeates the text… and accompanies Bondestam’s quirky, multipatterned collage-style illustrations. The penultimate bedtime routine will resonate with parental readers, while the final spreads offer a last laugh for young ones.” Length of the book is well tuned to the actual content. Obviously, I'd like to read more, but sometimes form exceeds the content by too far (vide "Lod" <"Ice">, also by Dukaj). Dukaj nije previše zainteresovan za uobičajen zaplet, za likove se ne bi trebalo odviše vezivati (iako sve vreme pratimo Barteka, odnosno Bartekov konstrukt posle apokalipse) niti očekivati neke velike avanture, svaki put kad naivni čitalac pomisli "Aha! evo sad ćemo se ovim problemom baviti!" autor to razreši uz akademsku hladnokrvnost i idemo dalje. Njega zanimaju... pa... mogući pravci razvoja čovečanstva pod takvim okolnostima. Nije nimalo slučajno što je moto preuzet baš od Stejpldona. I treba reći da Dukaj na vrlo malo prostora (ovo moje izdanje ima nekih 140 strana sa ilustracijama) uspeva da nabaca neverovatan broj intrigantnih koncepata, svaki malo osvetli i gura dalje. Recimo, neki od gikova uspeli su da aplouduju i svoju decu, tako da po opustelom svetu u raznoraznim robotskim telima, od dizalica do seks-botova, tetura i nekoliko desetina večite virtuelne dece od dve-tri godine... i jedan ker. Frakcije se formiraju prema ideološkim i verskim ubeđenjima koja su u početku prepoznatljiva (jao, on je od onih linuksovskih fundamentalista) ali ubrzo evoluiraju, baš kao i sami post-ljudski likovi. Ponovno stvaranje organskog života i kloniranje ljudskih bića rešeno je ubrzo i sasvim uzgred - i tu Dukaj samo odškrine vrata prema bezbrojnim implikacijama koju nosi takvo stvaranje čoveka 2.0 i nastavlja da se bavi svojim ni-ljudima-ni-robotima koji nikako da se odluče šta su i da li uopšte žele da to budu. Jedan fenomenalno apsurdan momenat jeste formiranje novog horoskopa u zavisnosti od toga čime se neko aploudovao - tako npr. svi koji su koristili Xbox imaju suicidalne sklonosti, korisnici uralske piratske verzije s vremenom padaju u depresiju (usporavaju im se procesori, koje god da koriste) i tako dalje. Drugi takav momenat jeste potraga za programom koji bi mogao da zameni spavanje i sanjanje i koji, posredno, vodi do naslovnog motiva aksolotla.

This is a beginners book on Salamanders and Newts. I mention it here because its section on breeding salamanders uses the Axolotl as the main example, and in so doing, gives a reasonable account, if not completely accurate (its mention of metamorphosing axolotls is rather disturbing in its approach, since it assumes that any axolotl can metamorphose). Apart from this, I recommend it for beginners. Indiviglio, Frank, " Newts and Salamanders: a Complete Pet Owner's Manual", 1997, Barron's Educational Series. Axolotl” es un cuento escrito por Julio Cortázar en 1956 por la editorial mexicana “Los Presentes”. Julio Cortázar nació en Ixelles, Belgica el 26 de agosto de 1914 y falleció en Paris, Francia el 12 de febrero en 1984. El era un escritor y traductor argentino que durante su vida hizo muchos cuentos entre los cuales se encuentra del que hablaremos.The horror began—I learned in the same moment —of believing myself prisoner in the body of an axolotl, metamorphosed into him with my human mind intact, buried alive in an axolotl, condemned to move lucidly among unconscious creatures. We hear the cry of soul of the narrator trapped inside the body of an axolotl, the narrator cries from the depth of his being as if he is being thrown in to this hell of nothingness wherein he can’t express himself as if his entire existence is shred to nothingness, just like the vermin Gregor Samsa of Franz Kafka turns into, in The Metamorphosis. The readers find the consciousness of the narrator being confined to the body of an axolotl, severed from the entire world as if the world turns deaf to him, he watches with soul stirring horror that he is reflecting upon his own being through glass of aquarium, it marks the intense loneliness of human life which he can’t escape even after the transformation. However, the treatment here is more optimistic and humane since the narrator soon realizes that axolotls are human like consciousness beings who are trapped in their bodies so as to say condemned to exist, contemplating upon their doomed reality without realizing their true existence. Wells, Kentwood D. " The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians", 2007, The University of Chicago Press. El cuento nos muestra a un narrador que se queda horas mirando a los axolotls en el jardín de plantas solamente observando su inmovilidad, hasta que se transforma en uno. Como empieza a ir todos los días al acuario se obsesiona con estos anfibios, por sus miradas y sus facciones. Él cree que ellos les piden ayuda y siente algo de humanidad en estos ajolotes. De igual manera él sentía temor, no dejaba de pensar en estas criaturas, era algo agobiante pero lindo a la vez, puesto que nunca había sentido una conexión tan grande con otro animal, quería saber absolutamente todo de cómo vivían y pensaban. Hasta que se transforma en uno y por fin puede sentir esa perspectiva. Estaba inmóvil, incapaz de expresarse, él solo con sus pensamientos. Condenado a moverse entre criaturas insensibles. The soft palette and mottled textures of the water contrasted against the more angular and crowded human world make striking visuals. . . The initial playfulness invites young viewers to see the world as the axolotl does so when disaster (after disasters) strikes, they understand the stakes.

In this sweet and beautifully designed small book, a little alien peers through a telescope at all the bedtime rituals on Earth. Using mixed media, Bondestam creates rich, layered illustrations featuring animals all across the globe…. Delicate pen-and-ink applied over the colors give the animals very expressive faces…. [I]t neatly resembles Margaret Wise Brown’s classic Good Night Moon, and fans of that book will appreciate the contrast.”What makes us human? Is it possible to copy a soul? Who really lives, fights and dies in those metal bodies? Who plays out the melancholy drama of physiology and the flesh? A stílusról Rajaniemi ugrott be, csakúgy mint az Extensa olvasásakor. De a finn ecset valahogy vastagabban, színesebben fogott, nekem ez a Dukaj-verzió túlságosan be volt zárva egy fémtojásba, egyetlen robot fejébe - aki hát valljuk be nem a legvagányabb indián a poszthumanista klubban. Various contributors, edited by John B. Armstrong and George M. Malacinski, " Developmental Biology of the Axolotl", 1989, Oxford University Press. Overall plot idea is VERY interesting, but there are some inconsistencies / oversimplifications that could have been avoided or walked around (I think) Animals around the world are headed to bed in this beautifully illustrated book, which adds an odd twist of quirkiness to make it an intriguing read…. The animals are depicted in a wonderful artistic manner, which adds a dash of sophistication. In other words, these are simply well done and beautiful in their style and flair.”

The writing is very basic, in large print and in really simple sentences, which would encourage me to suggest this book is for beginning readers. But being that it is an informative book and that there is no place that gives pronunciation for either Xolotl or the axolotl I would be a bit leery to recommend it for starting readers unless there is a willing adult who doesn't mind reading along. A to je bila realna opasnost jer je Stari aksolotl naučna fantastika u klasičnom lemovskom ključu, dakle bavi se manje pojedincima a više jednom konkretnom premisom koju prilično rigorozno istražuje: šta bi se desilo kad bi iznenadno zračenje iz kosmosa za 24 h spržilo sav, ali sav, bez ostatka, organski život na Zemlji (prvih desetak strana knjige), ali bi desetak-dvadesetak hiljada gejmera i programera stiglo da se (kljakavo, delimično) aplouduje na net? In a forest of seaweed there was ME, a rare and beautiful little axolotl, going for my first-ever swim.

Lumea lui Cortazar, cel puțin în aceste povestiri, este o lume în care ce trebuie făcut este să răstorni valorile comune/general_acceptate (exprimările pudice ale familiei, cutumele de la poștă). E un exemplu de gîndire „out-of-the-box”, un foc de artificii. A kötet szokatlan szerkesztésmódjával nem egészen vagyok kibékülve. Eleinte nagyon tetszett a fura kéthasábos megoldás, később már erőltetettnek éreztem, ráadásul egy ilyen formabontásnak mindig nagy az ára is: fókuszvesztést, töredezett olvasási élményt okoz. Nem biztos, hogy megérte. Inkább érzem úgy utólag, hogy valamiféle naplózási fájlokat olvastam, mintsem hogy egy regényt. Persze lehet, hogy pont ez volt a cél. Honestly, I'm not sure what Cortazar is trying to say with this story. Is he talking about the Aztecs? Literature is a form of human expression wherein human beings have devised various forms which have evolved over the years to produce literary works which might bring it closer to real life, in a way that it mirrors our life. We have seen that the literature has evolved over the years from outside to inside, which means that we have turned inwards towards our existential angst and quest, and in the process we have witnessed the blossoming of modernism and other art and philosophical movements of 20th century; the postmodernism rises in response to it underlining the relativism, skepticism, absurdity, randomity and non-sense of life in association with post-structuralism, and some experts say that beyond post-modernism we have progressed towards meta-modernism. The various styles of literary fiction took birth in the advent of exploration and depiction of human condition- such as metafiction, surrealism, and magic realism which portrays realistic view of world by infusing magical elements to it. Yo creo que Axolotl es un cuento en donde nos muestran como son las diferentes perspecitvas de cada individuo, lo hace de una forma creativa e inovadora que impresiona al lector.