In the creation of speculative fiction, a complete speculative story must include two parallel lines:
One is the motivation, that is, why the character does this; the other is the technique, how the character does it.
Unlike most speculative fiction, which focuses on modus operandi, it wins with whimsical tricks. There are also speculative novelists who dig into the hearts of criminals, torture human nature, and impress people by creating an incredible motive.
Next, I recommend 4 great works that impress people in terms of motivation.
1. "The Secret Room with No Secrets" - Seiichiro Oyama
From "The Chamber of Secrets Collector", this story is ostensibly just an ordinary chamber murder case, and the chamber method can be said to be unremarkable. But as the reasoning deepens, it will be found that the most exquisite part of the original story is not the chamber itself, but "why the chamber was designed", and the author summarizes a lecture note on the "chamber motive" in the book, which is not only a supplement to the god Karl, but also a little inspiration for the authors of the "chamber for the sake of the chamber". The motivation to return to this case really feels bright, the creative hole of reverse thinking, and sometimes we always forget to open our minds from another perspective.
2. "The Clock Museum Incident" – Ayatsuji Pedestrian
The classic of the "Pavilion" series of "One God with Eight Pits" is known for its tricks as the foundation of the new Benge, but in fact its motives are not inferior, not only the motives of the murderer, but also the reasons for the construction of the Clock And Watch Museum. Terrible obsession and crazy fatherly love, exhausted, just to create a false world for her that he felt perfect.
3. "Malice" – Keigo Higashino
The speculative fiction that best interprets the word "motivation", the content of the whole book can be directly condensed into two words of the title. What is malicious? Does it count if you hate to kill the other party? No, that's a long way off. I don't know when the criminals in speculative fiction will always have such and such bitterness, and from time to time they have to kneel down at the end and cry and repent, but Higashino tells everyone not to be adulterous, sometimes the evil of human nature is unconvincing and unforgivable, and it will not stop until death. The so-called malice is not only creepy, but also feels a deep helplessness. Higashino really wrote the two words of the title into a book.
4. "Exotic Knight" - Shoji Shimada
Daijin Shimada's debut in a sense takes place in the story before Astrology Killing Magic, the first encounter between Jun Ishioka and Mitsuru. This is the story of a man with amnesia who regains his memory, and the opening paragraph seems to be a very bad bridge. You can't imagine what new tricks Shimada has played with this setting. Obviously it is a speculative novel, but the daily description of love in the middle is particularly warm and moving, obviously it should be false, but why is it so real? Twisting and circuitous motives; cruel and cold tricks; heartbreaking truths. Fortunately, at the moment of a thousand gunshots, the astrologer detective who was later nagging the gods washed his hands and transformed into a righteous knight of redemption. This book is shoji Shimada's favorite work in many people's hearts, probably because of the romance behind the bizarre tricks and gorgeous puzzles.