The author recently collected a famous writer Ye Yonglie's science fiction novel "PHS Roaming the Future", the first edition of Juvenile and Children's Publishing House in 1978, this work describes what the little reporter PHS roamed the future city to see and feel, showing the future development of science and technology and the beautiful vision of people's happy life, this book as a bestseller at the end of the 70s has become an unforgettable memory of many people's childhood.
Ye Yonglie completed this work in 1961, but due to the times, it has not been published. It was not until 1978 that the spring breeze of reform and opening up blew to the land of the motherland and the convening of the National Science Conference, that science and technology became the strongest voice of the times, and this novel was finally published. After the publication of PHS, it caused a huge sensation, and the first printing of the novel reached millions of copies.
"PHS Roaming the Future" mentions a lot of scientific and technological achievements, most of which have now been realized, such as glasses embedded in the eyes - contact lenses are now ordinary things, like miniature semiconductor TV telephones: a plastic box with a fluorescent screen, which can talk to people who are far away, and can also see each other's movements and expressions - like the mobile phones we commonly use now, there are many robot policemen in the future city, and when they see a car violating traffic rules, they will immediately take pictures - it is the current "electronic eye"! The elderly in the future city are not deaf, because there is an "amplification machine" in the ear, which can amplify the sound - it is now hearing aids. In addition, things like stereoscopic cinemas, electronic newspapers, and medical robots that can burrow into people's stomachs are now becoming reality. The realization of these prophecies not only proves the predictability of science fiction works for the development of science, but also shows the close connection between science fiction and science.
The reason why this novel is popular with readers is that for children and teenagers, it enriches children's reading experience, increases children's knowledge, and cultivates children's curiosity and desire for knowledge. At the same time, for adult readers, this work can also bring a unique reading experience and a different perspective of thinking, and he writes about the voices of people at that time. According to the memories of readers who read this book at the time: "At that time, everyone may be full of fantasies about the future, and the colorful future in this book makes us look forward to it, and it is from this book that many people begin to understand life under the influence of high technology, and also begin to look forward to the future world."
In the 80s of the last century, "PHS Roaming the Future" was also adapted into a comic book by five publishing houses in Shanghai, Anhui, Liaoning, Jiangxi, and Shaanxi, and was all the rage.
Anhui People's Publishing House, 1981 edition, painted by Meng Shichu and Jin Weichang
Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House, 1980 edition, painted by Du Jianguo and Mao Yongkun
Shanghai Renmei Publishing House, 1980 edition, painted by Cai Yiming and Ding Chunyi
Shaanxi People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1981 edition, Lei Ming painted for the ridge
Jiangxi People's Publishing House, 1980 edition, painting by Huang Xizhen
Seventeen years after the publication of the novel "PHS Roaming the Future", the word "PHS" has become popular again and has become synonymous with mobile phones. In 1995, UTStarcom and Yuhang Telecom cooperated to introduce PHS technology to China and transform it, launching a mobile phone that could only be used in one city.
This kind of phone call is named "PHS" after the name of the novel. I remember that when I was working in Xi'an in 2000, I also bought a PHS, and the price at that time was 780 yuan. The advantage of "PHS" is that the price is cheap, the call tariff is much lower than that of the mobile phone, when the mobile phone call cost is three or four dimes a minute, and "PHS" only needs a dime, and there is no charge for answering the phone, if you have been living in a city, it is very convenient to make and receive calls, this "PHS" author used nearly 6 years.
Nowadays, in the second-hand book market, "PHS Roaming the Future" published in the late 70s of the last century and the comic book version of the 80s have also become the object of many readers' searches, because the yellowed paper retains their childhood dreams and youthful imprints.
As a science fiction classic that has influenced generations, PHS Roaming the Future is not only a beautiful memory for a generation, but will continue to inspire, inspire and influence countless readers to explore and create a better future in the new historical era.