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"It was Clark who provided the most important intellectual impetus for our moon landing." - NASA
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I like to read science fiction, and Liu Cixin's famous work "The Three-Body Problem" has been recommended by me many times to my friends and children around me.
It is no exaggeration to say that "Three-Body" is a science fiction novel that subverts my worldview, and the three-body world set up by Liu Cixin in the novel is behind a lot of astrophysics knowledge, so looking up at the starry sky and thinking about it, what is the earth civilization in the vast cosmic space? Dust is not counted, right?
The science fiction writer who had the greatest influence on Liu Cixin was Arthur Clark, the god of science fiction, who repeatedly said with respect in interviews: "All my works are poor imitations of Arthur Clarke. ”
Readers published a new collection of Arthur Clarke's short stories, and I entered the first volume, The Sentinel.
Cover of "Sentinel"
Speaking of "The Sentinel," the American science fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey," hailed as a "milestone in modern science fiction film technology," was adapted from this short story.
In 1968, "2001: A Space Odyssey" received four Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Director, best screenplay and other four Oscar nominations that year, as well as the Best Visual Effects Award, the British Academy Film Institute Best Cinematography, best sound, best artist and many other honors
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This is a science fiction film that has influenced countless people.
To borrow from the New Express's comment on it at the time: "Science fiction, in the literal sense, is the development of fantasy science, while in fact, or really great science fiction, is to predict the future fate of human society." 2001: A Space Odyssey is one such film. ”
At the moment of the 21st century, the rapid development of science and technology, this science fiction movie in the late 1960s was first presented to the audience radio technology, hibernating scientists, artificial intelligence and other science fiction factors have truly become the real life of each of us affect the technology, long-distance telephone and satellite TV is one of the daily life of ordinary people, even the geosynchronous geostationary orbit is also called Clark orbit.
Arthur C. Clark
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) was a British science fiction writer known as the king of science fiction, along with Asimov and Heinlein, known as the "Big Three of 20th-Century Science Fiction". In his lifetime, he has created more than 100 works, including 2001: A Space Odyssey, which has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 100 million copies, and won many highest science fiction awards such as the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Trajectory Award. In 1986, he received the Master Award, a lifetime achievement award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association of America.
Clark is also known as the great space prophet.
Cryonics, brain memory backup, global communications satellites, earthquake prevention predictions... His predictions about these technologies have become reality. In 1994, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his theory of international communication satellites.
This set of 3 volumes of Arthur Clarke's Complete Science Fiction Short Reviews contains 104 dazzling classic short stories of Arthur Clarke, from the torture of the limits of science and technology, the warning of nuclear energy catastrophe to the imagination of space expeditions, full of his love for the universe and human beings, and is the first publication of the Chinese edition.
The Sentinel catalogue
The first volume of The Sentinel, which I have in my possession, contains a total of 29 short stories published by Arthur Clarke from December 1937 to January 1951. These include "How We Got to Mars" (a Hugo Award masterpiece), "The Sentinel" (2001: A Space Odyssey short story prototype), "Guardian Angel" ("The End of Childhood" short story prototype), "Secret Walking" and "Crack strain" and many other masterpieces.
"The Sentinel"
The editors of this set of books are very attentive, and each novel begins with a simple background introduction and inclusion description of the writing, publication, and some of clark's writing inspiration.
In Arthur Clark's universe, the true meaning of civilization is the black slate enlightenment from the alien civilization, the encounter between time and space between the Twilight Generation and the Dawn Generation, an elegy from a distant home planet, and a sigh on the remnants of history.
In Arthur Clarke's universe, human beings are a grain of sand in the vast stars, but they have a burning desire, dreaming of flying to the stars, unlocking the ultimate code of fate, greedy and tragic, small and great.
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Watching Clark's science fiction novels, it is easy to immerse yourself in the world of science fiction and philosophy that unfolds at his god level, and the countless unknowns in the mysterious universe unfold in different stories, and the ultimate romance makes people open their minds and can't stop at all.
The earth civilization in the 21st century is a period of rapid development, the exploration of the universe is gradually expanding, and the exploration of near-Earth planets by human beings from time to time in the news inspires the public fans.
Zhu Rong's scientific research and exploration may allow us to really achieve a one-day trip to Mars as described in "How We Got to Mars"; the universe is so big, who knows if other intelligent creatures really left the black stone slab "Sentinel" to do civilization monitoring? When interstellar navigation becomes the habitual way of life of future humans, new human-habitable objects may be discovered in the near future...
Gaze at the universe like Clark, face the smallness and greatness of human beings, in front of human nature, in front of technology, give yourself a new perspective to start a science fiction journey!
I am Chen's mother, a reader who reads 160 books in 2020 and reads at least 3 books a week. Focus on adolescent upbringing and self-lifelong learning, and share my reading, education and psychological knowledge. Like my original text, likes, retweets and comments! Please contact me for reprinting, thank you!
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