It has been exactly 30 years since the first novel was officially published on February 24, 1992.
Feel free to choose a few works of different genres and styles in different periods-
Duel on the Web. Short science fiction novels. Originally published in Science Fiction World, No. 3, 1996. This department is included in the "40 Years of Reform and Opening Up Literature Series" "Science Fiction Literature" volume. Writers Press. January 2019.
"Visual Impact" series. Science fiction film reviews. Anhui Education Press. April 2014.
"Go get an arm.". Short science fiction novels. Originally published in Science Fiction World, No. 9, 2002. This is included in the English version of PATHLIGHT. Foreign Language Publishing House. April 2013.
Online Game Coalition. Science fiction. Jiangsu Children's Publishing House. August 1996. This is a reprint of Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House. June 2017.
Dead Knot in Time and Space. Science fiction collection. Shanghai Science Popularization Publishing House. January 2005.
Tony the Robot. Science fiction picture book. Tomorrow Press. May 2019.
"The Biography of Guo Guangcan". Biography of an academician. Science Press. July 2021.
Exploded into the Vortex of Time. Science fiction. Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. January 2020.
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A set of short and medium-sized science fiction novels was planned, totaling more than 100 articles of 1 million words. I wrote in the preface —
First of all, this is not the complete collection of my works, this million words is just a short science fiction novel that meets the following conditions— science fiction works that are officially published in various newspapers and periodicals (relative to the Internet, of course, I have almost none).
Limited to short and medium stories, not long one-shots – that should be more space.
Limited to non-children's science fiction, not children's science fiction - that should be more space.
It's limited to science fiction, not science fiction — that should be more space.
It's limited to science fiction, not science fiction theory, reviews, essays, etc. (I've also published pure novels or even poems) – that should be more space.
Limited to literary fiction, not all kinds of scripted plays (anime, film) – that should be more space.
After blowing the bull and thinking about it, there are still some overlaps, such as children's science fiction and single books, single books and works have overlapped, and the above list is inevitably exaggerated. ......
Generally speaking, Dueling on the Web, published in 1996, was one of my most influential science fiction novels, but I had been "in the industry" for four years when it came out. The first work, "Victory over Tenderness with Rigidity", was published in 1992.
Because the newspaper limited the number of words, even the novel can only be a thousand words, so it was carefully conceived and written carefully. There were no computers, and all manuscripts were handwritten—a state that lasted for several years. I remember that during that time, many writers were struggling with whether to change the "pen", and I expected to use the computer immediately.
This is because my creative method is different from many writers, even if it is a short article, I do not like to write from the beginning to the end, prefer to pile up all the material and then spread it out a little bit. I tend not to start at the beginning but from the middle or even the end, and I revise it over and over again, and the various functions of the computer are obviously very friendly to this way. When I didn't have a computer, I would even pile up shredded pieces of paper full of sentences on the bed and spell them out. I once made an analogy for this way of creating: someone's way of writing is weaving - weaving three meters today, weaving five meters tomorrow, every day can tell you the progress of his work; but I can't, I pretend to be a sculpture type - first pile a clump of material here, and then a little refinement, today can see the head overview, tomorrow can see the facial features, but until the last moment, can never define the degree to which the work is completed, never know what the final product looks like.
At that time, the understanding of science fiction literature was still strictly limited to the need to have a super scientific foundation. Therefore, in the limited space, in addition to laying out the various elements of the novel, it also takes into account the very specific scientific and technological feasibility, making it impeccable in engineering. The title is born out of the idiom "to be soft and rigid", deliberately doing the opposite.
There were not many submissions before, all of them were sunk in the sea, and they had not received any rejections or notices. This time, I received a long envelope from the newspaper, and I was keenly aware that it must be a sample newspaper inside.
Later, I wrote a second one, similar background and technology, although I could not re-publish it, but I was still asked by the editor to interview. The editor's name was Ann, and because of the phonetic order, his name was consistently at the top of my computer address book.
Since then, it has been out of control. Although he is diligent, he is also greedy, so he has few long stories. In addition, at that time, only the children's club published science fiction, and a few science fiction novels were also from the children's club, in fact, some of them were not necessarily suitable for children's readers. There is also a repeated entanglement between coming out and not leaving—wanting to express something, and language and thought are limited.
Or short and medium stories are written more. At that time, there were very few magazines that published science fiction, most of them belonged to popular science publications, and there were restrictions on space. The only professional science fiction magazine, Science Fiction World, can be limited to 20,000 words, and my time hosting the science fiction column in Knowledge is Power also gave me a lot of creative freedom.
In short, for so many years, it is basically relying solely on literary creation, maintaining livelihood, trying to develop, moving from food and clothing to moderate prosperity, meeting all material and spiritual needs, and walking through decades of life step by step.
Finally, it should be noted that the miniature debut was published on February 24, 1992 – so it is now the 30th anniversary of my career.
——Originally published in Popular Science Times, February 25, 2022. The title was changed to "The Birth of My First Science Fiction Novel." This is an unabridged original text.