Seven dangerous visitors from the Old World, a new world that kills the order... Old obsessions became taboos in the new world. In the "quarantine zone" of Perfect New World, can the recovered people enjoy this peaceful and prosperous world?
Known as the Chinese version of "Brave New World", the latest novel "Reviver" by science and engineering bully and writer Yongcheng was recently launched by writers publishing house.
On October 30th, the book launch of "Reviver" was held at the Beijing Zhongshuge Qilin Xintiandi Store. Writer Yongcheng joined Mr. Jia Chunsheng, member of the Cryogenic Biomedical Professional Committee of the China Refrigeration Society and vice president of Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute, Ms. Yue Wen, a literary critic, and Mr. Ma Zongwu, a senior book program host, to discuss the scientific fantasy and future social picture in the book "Reviving People".
The scene of the new book sharing meeting
The "interloper" unveils the perfect veil of the new world
The novel "Reviver" is the writer Yongcheng's new attempt at science fiction. Through the perspective of reviving people, the author presents an unexpected and reasonable picture of the future society.
In the twenty-sixth century, after experiencing the darkest moment of human civilization, three hundred years after the unscrupulous means of rare resources between countries and the frequent wars, the perfect era of mankind has finally arrived. Relying on genetic optimization and real-time health monitoring, most diseases have been cured, human life expectancy has been greatly extended; state and private institutions have been eliminated, people believe in absolute equality, and one person lives collectively from birth. A cohesive society in which all people are equal and happy is in front of us.
At the peak of this human civilization, people who received cryonics in the old world and fell into a long "hibernation" were resuscitated in batches and started a new life as "revived people". Are they unwilling in the old world, which has become taboo in the new world, calmly accepting the new destiny, or trying to make up for the regrets of the old days in this "future" time and space? From the moment they woke up, their fates and decisions were already closely linked to this new world...
In "Revived Man", the author develops a wonderful and profound proposition for the theme of "crossing" science fiction, pointing directly to the meaning of life. Unlike many "crossers" with ambitions and the purpose of saving the world, the recovery of human cryonics for hundreds of years is an absolute one-way street to the future, and the purpose of going to the future is only to live, a better life, but the life of the new world itself has been turned upside down. A carefree life without work may seem ideal, but in fact it loses all the connections between people, leaving the revived people isolated in the New World, like a rootless tree. Their trepidation and loss reach the human heart, creating a kind of empathetic suffocation. Through the gaze of these "interlopers", the strangeness and stagnation under the perfect veil of the new world also jumped on the paper and aroused people's deep thoughts.
At the same time, in the process of unveiling the new world, the author traces their encounters in the old world from the perspective of seven revived people, so that these groups in the new world, covered by the symbol of "revived people", return to the people themselves, creating a group of characters full of contradictions and tensions, not perfect but full of vivid characters. Reviver Qin Chaoyang's dedication to love and cowardice in love, the fiery heat of the big star Manji's teeth from the bottom of society and the emptiness after "ascending to the throne", the merciless plundering of the vulnerable groups by the business tycoon Johnny and the little warmth he left behind for the young girls who left... Everyone is a mixture of good thoughts and evil desires, and everyone has our shadow in them. Their indulgence and abandonment make people "angry", but they also make their persistence and perseverance more and more lamentable.
This is a rich and informative novel
At the launch of the new book, Yongcheng talked about the origin of writing the novel "Reviver". He revealed that after watching the news related to the cryopreservation of the human body, he had the idea of writing "Reviving People".
Writer Yongcheng
"I want to imagine, if modern people are forced or voluntarily entered the future world for various reasons, can they live in harmony with that world? Later, the perspective of thinking changed, and I wanted to think about what the future world should look like. What could it be like? The way the future world views things and values may be completely incomprehensible to us, but these incomprehensible futures are not without trace. ”
Yongcheng said that he did not really want to predict the world in 500 years, but hoped that readers would look back at their current lives after watching "Revived Man" and think, what do we think is right and what we want to pursue? What will the future that everyone is pursuing bring to the current society?
Literary critic Yue Wen
Literary critic Yue Wen said she liked the book. She said: "'Reviver' is very rich, it integrates different types of writing, in addition to science fiction, there are spy wars, modern urban stories... The writer is very creative, he brings together all kinds of routines, and then at each point can give you a new trigger, this is a rich, very informative novel, in which we can encounter a very colorful world. ”
Yue Wen believes that Yongcheng is a "new humanist" who shows concern about the current state of existence. "When modern people rush to the road of economic people, rational people, when we feel that emotions may be the least important part of life, it is a burden, it will make us less efficient, more and more young people do not fall in love, do not marry, do not have children... Yongcheng may have found our potential crisis. Every character he portrays in The Reviver has emotional flaws. It is this emotional defect that connects them and they have to look for an answer... In the end, we find that the meaning of life may be precisely in these seemingly useless, cumbersome, and affect our more efficient emotions. Therefore, reading such a novel may be an in-depth discovery of our lives today. ”
Jia Chunsheng, vice president of Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute
President Jia Chunsheng once presided over the completion of the first human cryopreservation in Asia, making China the third country after the United States and Russia to independently implement cryonics. At the new book launch, Dean Jia Chunsheng introduced the current situation of cryonics technology at home and abroad, and discussed with Yongcheng about the development of science and technology and the future of mankind.
He said: "'Revivers' tells about the problems we may encounter in the future - who has mastered technology? Or is technology constraining people? In this novel, where will technology take humanity? The writer makes bold guesses about the future. ”
Dean Jia Chunsheng mentioned that "Reviver" gave him a great shock. "The future world constructed in the novel has realized the unity of mankind, no longer needs the survival of the fittest, there is no similar competition, the difference between rich and poor, but it actually brings about the conflict between new and old civilizations, the conflict between the ancient and the future." In his works, he shows a very deep scientific, social, legal, and ethical foundation and principle. ”
Beijing gold medal reading promoter Ma Zongwu
Ma Zongwu, a beijing gold medal reading promoter, believes that Yongcheng's solid science and engineering background has given the revived people a solid foundation, the novel integrates various writing styles, and each character in the novel is advancing the story through their own perspective.
"After reading 'Resurrection Man', I especially cherish the imperfect world we have now, even though these two years have been so magical. When we are going to be in such a cold, regular, standard, flesh-and-blood world without much camaraderie, you are always a lonely person. Ma Zongwu said.