Cover news reporter Jiang Zhenyu
What's so interesting about science fiction? We know that science fiction is always about science and imagination, but why is it both more interesting than textbooks that also talk about science and different from other fairy tales about fiction? The reason is actually hidden between the lines of the works.
The science in these science fiction stories is not a cold formula, but active in the twists and turns of the plot, playing an important role from time to time; these imaginations are not utopian fables to illustrate the big truth, but a reasonable story based on a premise setting, step by step deduction.
The result of this is that in every science fiction work, a new universe of its own will be born - reading science fiction is an infinite journey in thousands of fresh and interesting universes!
Robert Sawyer's "Dinosaur Civilization" Trilogy
Many children are dinosaur fans, familiar with various dinosaur species and characteristics, just like small partners, but have you ever imagined that if dinosaurs had intelligence, countries, civilizations and even science, then how would the planet develop? The "Dinosaur Civilization" trilogy gives you this imagination.
This set of books is a representative work of Canada's most prestigious science fiction writer, Robert Sawyer, and is full of the passion of young people (teenage dinosaurs) and wonderful natural wonders. We can follow the well-mannered and sharp dinosaur scientists who occasionally turn back into strong hunters on a journey of imagination and discovery like Galileo and Darwin.
Star Shinichi "Star Shinichi Shonen Science Fiction"
Shinichi Hoshi is a Japanese writer who is particularly adept at writing short science fiction stories, and many of his works have been included in Japanese language textbooks. His novels are not long, and some of them are even only a few hundred words, which is almost the length of an essay.
The most powerful thing about Xing xinyi is that while ensuring the fluency of the language and the twists and turns of the plot, he can write an intriguing and philosophical story in a short space, especially the ending is always very inspiring. By reading small stories, the writing ability can be improved unconsciously.
Asimov's Complete Robot Short Stories
In various shopping malls, in front of movie theaters, and even in the homes of children, you can often see a variety of small robots. Although most of them are not yet smart and their actions are not very flexible, they already look a little similar to the imagination in science fiction movies and novels.
Of all the robot stories, the most famous are the various short stories written by the American science fiction writer Asimov. He was the author of the "Three Laws of Robotics" that was first proposed, and it has been nearly a hundred years now. Today, whether it is science fiction writers, scientists and engineers who study robots and artificial intelligence, it is inevitable that they will have to wrestle with this "three laws" in their own work.
"The Complete Collection of Robot Short Stories" contains a series of his wonderful robot stories, which together connect a future world in which a person and a robot coexist.
Wu Yan "China Orbit"
We live in an era when China's aerospace technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, but its starting point actually began half a century ago. Professor Wu Yan, China's only science fiction doctoral supervisor, was a witness to that era, and he combined his childhood memories with the most sci-fi and most confidential "China Orbit" research project to write such a sunny children's science fiction story.
The protagonist of the novel is a group of children who undertake scientific research tasks in the compound, who on the one hand rejoice in the development of the aerospace industry, and on the other hand, they must keep their mouths shut and keep secrets for the country.
Douglas Adams's Guide to Hitchhikers in the Galaxy
If you see a guy who suddenly starts chanting "42" and "towel" all day long, there's no doubt he's fascinated by the Galaxy Hitchhiker's Guide. It's a blissfully gratuitous universe where you'll see big-headed robots that rely on depression to defeat enemies, whales and potted plants "flying" in the atmosphere, and two of the smartest creatures on Earth (humans are only third).
Whatever danger you encounter in the universe, remember not to panic, "Don't Panic"— a novel proverb that Musk carved onto the panel of a cherry-red Tesla Sports Car and then launched into space with a rocket in 2018.
Daniel Keys, Bouquet for Algion
Many people have fantasized about suddenly possessing superhuman intelligence and then acting as if they could do anything. But what if this superhuman intelligence lasts only three months, and then it will be lost forever? The book is written about the assumption that if an ignorant man is briefly blessed with unparalleled wisdom, is it his good fortune or misfortune?
This story is full of nostalgia for the good old days, but also has a faint but firm hope for the future. The author's tone is so warm but painful that almost all readers can't help but cry for it.
Nancy Kress, The Spanish Beggar
If you don't need to sleep, what do you want to do in the extra time you spend each day? Nancy Kress writes such a story, and what's special about it is that she not only envisions a person's own change, but expands that imagination to the whole world.
The earth in the novel has made almost everyone have a huge amount of free time because of the advancement of genetic technology, but if you really live in such a world, can you still feel lasting satisfaction and real happiness?
Nancy Kress is not only a well-known science fiction writer, but also one of the most senior instructors in various science fiction writing classes, reading her stories, you can clearly see how a small idea can expand into a big story.
Orson Scott Card, "The Voice of the Dead"
Don't be intimidated by the name! This novel is a sequel to Ender's Game, the young Ender who is both wise and courageous and destroys the zerg race, but this time undertakes the task of ambassador of peace between humans and alien intelligent races.
The novel begins with the accidental deaths of two anthropologists, but as the plot progresses and the investigation deepens, Ender discovers that there is a more important truth behind it - life and death in the eyes of our human beings may only be a short stage in the eyes of aliens.
This work won the 1987 Hugo Award and the Nebula Award after Ender's Game, making the author the only writer to win both awards for two consecutive years.
Liu Cixin's "Three-Body" series
Does "The Three-Body Problem" still need to be introduced? Haven't you read it yet? The former president of the United States personally urged the draft! Reverse export to traditional science fiction powers such as the United States and Japan and trigger a boom! These three works are the fruits of the development of Chinese science fiction for more than a hundred years, and they are truly masterpieces.
All time and space in the story are eternal battlefields, and even mathematical and physical laws are weapons used to launch attacks - don't care about trivial concepts such as "dark forest" and "two-way foil", they are only insignificant local phenomena in this ultimate war, come and experience the grandest and broadest imagination!
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