Area X: Hymne Angkasa Raya

"This novel tells of the basic human instinct to seek identity in order to demonstrate its existence. Yudho dreamed of adventure but instead found that the adventures he had met not as nice as he dreamed. Yudho find a logical consequence of knowing something great is not easy; the stakes are life itself and also the lives of those around him. The discovery of the meaning of life and love without pretense in the sense of adventure that could not unimaginable.

In the midst of a world dominated by high technology, in this age of information technology, people need a guarantee of energy and social problems which not only involves the creation of the earth.

Elena Valeria, grad student, the daughter of a leading analyst psychologist who dedicates herself to UFOlogi mysteries and phenomena. Challenges of the family actually makes it even more rigid and consistent with her choice. Confidence has been making great sacrifices. She even doesn't agree with her friends. Silence, lonely without support, rejection, prejudice, is flogging and pain that characterizes her life choices.

However, Elly, Elena familiar call, stay firm and hold its founding principles. Rejection after rejection in fact strengthen her determination to uncover truly UFOlogi. Solitude and silence leads to a center that also Yudho vacillate wracked adventure dragged on for fugitives fugitives.

Elly eventually also realize that the true meaning of strength is not to deny pain and feel injury. Strong is just thankful for the fact and her own feelings. Recognition and willingness to accept and realize that in fact we are weak and often fragile as human beings, not then ignore and reject the feeling of disappointment or any injuries. But brave enough to receive any existing reality, while still trying to get up and try to catch up goals and dreams.

Elly and Yudho, find love in each other even though often colored by ego, but they realized that although they are stunted and limited, they are not without meaning, they have a meaning, has something that makes them exist in earth. They realized the combination dengam human soul, heart, and mind into his reason, positioned as a creature special in the universe. Humans never alone among so many stars and outer space phenomena."

Summary of Area X: Hymne Angkasa Raya is taken from Dunia Seni. This book is the first science fiction book that I read, written by Eliza V. Handayani. I borrowed it from my friend about three years ago. For an Indonesian author, it is unusual. Author was only 13 years old when she made this book. Great!

Area X is a "heavy" book. Full of UFO. Set in a sophisticated and futuristic Indonesia. Area X is a ticket for the readers to feel the taste of Indonesia with a different and far more advanced than Indonesia at the present time. The story line a bit hard to follow at the beginning to the middle. The reader felt compelled fully adapt to circumstances that tend to be difficult to imagine.

Area X is one of the special choice of many books from Indonesian authors. This book is far from ordinary and I think readers need to see another side of Indonesia. Click Good Reads to read more comments. Happy reading!