What kind of sparks will arise when science fiction collides with Benguet reasoning?
The sun was dying and needed a solution.
The sudden stellar-eating body stole the energy of the sun.
Earth is in big trouble!
The answer to the star-eating problem, or potential answer, is hidden in the starship I'm on.
And what I was performing was a suicidal task...
If you can write hard science fiction in the way of intrinsic reasoning, the author must not be an ordinary person. Andy Will, a persistent space otaku obsessed with relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and manned spacecraft, was hired as a software engineer by the National Laboratory at the age of 15.
His debut film, The Martian, became a global hit, and the film of the same name was nominated for seven Oscars.
The Rescue Plan is Andy Will's third novel of science fiction.
Some time ago, my son in elementary school asked me: Why in the movie "Dunes", the humans who can build starships fight in close combat with cold weapons? Why didn't the humans in Star Wars ever have to wear spacesuits?
I told him, "You've discovered the difference between soft sci-fi and hard sci-fi." "Specific science popularization, I will not repeat it here.
If the soft science fiction masterpieces that have fascinated countless viewers and readers in the last century originated from the extraordinary imagination of creators, then the hard science fiction stories that are currently popular need solid knowledge reserves. Although the latter is less romantic and dreamy, the sense of reality and presence is addictive.
There is no doubt that human knowledge is still extremely limited, and today's hard science fiction is to create a science fiction world that is logical everywhere within the existing knowledge framework system of human beings. It's not hard to see why only high-IQ prodigies like Andy Will can write hard sci-fi masterpieces like The Martian and The Rescue Plan.
I was the first human to explore another star system, and I've come here!
First contact! It's actually me! The first human to come into contact with aliens was me!
The book unfolds from a first-person perspective, which is what Andy Weir is best at. The protagonist, Ryan Grace, was originally a middle school teacher, and the ghost made God a key figure in the rescue plan. However, when he woke up from his dormancy, he found that he had lost his memory and was unfamiliar with everything around him. What's even more cruel is that the only two partners who have not survived the dormancy period for various reasons have passed away and can never wake up again.
What to do?
Fortunately, Grace had lost only part of his memory, and the part of his mind that belonged to a professional scientist was still alive, and he quickly understood that he must be on a mission, and that he could understand and operate the facilities and equipment on the ship.
At the same time, the lost memories are gradually reviving, he remembers that he is an unsuccessful doctor, there is no place in the field of scientific research, look down on fame and fortune, so he teaches in school, the mediocre life is rarely wonderful, and dozens of students are his all sustenance.
Retrieving memories takes time, and the task is urgent. The Sun infected the stellar-eating body, the energy was rapidly lost, and the Earth was about to enter a new ice age, with billions of people losing their lives and leaving little time behind.
In this way, Grace "catches the ducks on the shelves", half-unprepared to carry out the follow-up tasks of the rescue plan, while exploring and recording, many things that have been planned must be re-analyzed and executed, and compared with the memories that are gradually recovered.
Along the way, Grace also meets a friend, the alien Loki.
Reading this, you will feel that hard science fiction can be written in such detail and depth. At first, Grace judged that he was not on Earth based on the acceleration of gravity in his position. He then judged that the sun outside the window was not the sun that humans knew. Each step is in line with the logic of physics and the environment of outer space as human beings know it.
So, how does hard science fiction describe it when aliens appear? Obviously not as simple and rude as Star Wars In which Obi-Wan Kenobi meets Gaga Binks, right?
What I want to say after reading the whole book is that this is the real beginning of the story, and I am sorry to continue spoilers. Completing a hard sci-fi closed loop with Benguet reasoning is like implanting an alpha dog computer into Keigo Higashino's brain.
It's truly a masterpiece of the year science fiction story, and it's said that the film of the same name is already in full swing, starring Ryan Gosling, the male protagonist of "Philharmonic City" and "Blade Runner 2048" - he has the same name as the book's protagonist Ryan Grace, which I am very much looking forward to.
I love Keigo Higashino's intrinsic reasoning, and once read 50 of Higashino's novels in one year. Whenever I strongly recommend a work, "rejecting spoilers" is a thunderous belief, because suspense is the core essence of suspense fiction.
As a perfect blend of hard sci-fi and intrinsic reasoning, Salvage In Action tells a great story so awesome that you can't wait to know what the next page says every moment.
Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you who like science fiction can best set aside a more complete time to read the whole story, such as a weekend or a small holiday, it will definitely accompany you to spend a happy and unforgettable time.