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遥远异星的人类后代,为了信仰,身负重物沉入大洋,在即将窒息时获得神启。然而在漫漫人生中,坚守信仰困难重重,尤其当他撞上了真理的高墙……

248 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2023

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Greg Egan

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Greg Egan specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness. Other themes include genetics, simulated reality, posthumanism, mind transfer, sexuality, artificial intelligence, and the superiority of rational naturalism over religion.

He is a Hugo Award winner (and has been shortlisted for the Hugos three other times), and has also won the John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel. Some of his earlier short stories feature strong elements of supernatural horror, while due to his more popular science fiction he is known within the genre for his tendency to deal with complex and highly technical material (including inventive new physics and epistemology) in an unapologetically thorough manner.

Egan is a famously reclusive author when it comes to public appearances, he doesn't attend science fiction conventions, doesn't sign books and there are no photos available of him on the web.

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67 reviews
February 23, 2025
总体来说,本书作者格雷格伊根是个值得读的作者。在序言里,译者说格雷戈伊根和特德姜接近,读下来确有此种感觉,区别则是特德姜的剧情发展比格雷格温柔一些,并且特德姜似乎比格雷格伊根更注重剧情发展,对于同一个点子,特德姜会推演得更深更详尽。格雷格似乎尤其关注意识方面,多篇小说主题都是与意识相关的,之前我一直以为只有日本科幻作者才会如此着重于个人感受。正如我之前对其他短篇小说所做的那样,我会对每篇小说分别评分。

闪光
点子:⭐⭐⭐⭐
算是“数学出了点差错”类的点子,还行。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐⭐
还可以,本来我觉得是3星,但是思考一下发现,要用本篇的抽象点子写出紧张的剧情发展还是挺费事的。
文学性:⭐⭐⭐
并非此篇的重点。

学习成为我
点子:⭐⭐⭐⭐
格雷格所写的众多对意识思考的科幻短篇之一。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐⭐
结尾设计得不错。
文学性:⭐⭐⭐⭐
对意识的思考是人文的重要主题之一。

植入的公理
点子:⭐⭐⭐⭐
同上,仍然是对意识思考的短篇。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐⭐
一点点逼近、推进到内心必然结果的过程写得不错。
文学性:⭐⭐⭐⭐
理由同上一篇。

水晶之夜
点子:⭐⭐⭐⭐
挺有趣的,但是还没推演完整。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐⭐
点子和故事性有时候难以彻底区分。如我之前总评里面所说,特德姜会试图把法特的社会形态推演得更详尽。结尾发展似乎是作者不知如何写是好,只能用一场爆炸解决问题。
文学性:⭐⭐⭐
还行。

恰如其分的爱
点子:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
格雷格伊根又一对意识思考的作品,如果说前面两部多少有前人写过,那么本篇的主题我是真没见过,可能是因为我之前读的多数是长篇,而本篇的点子对人物形象破坏力太大了,导致根本无法用长篇承载。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐⭐
没有惊心动魄的发展,但是仍能吸引人。
文学性:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

亲密
点子:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
又一对意识思考的作品。很有趣。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐
比较平淡。
文学性:⭐⭐⭐⭐

游离之境
点子:⭐⭐⭐⭐
比较新奇。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐
反转太容易猜了。
文学性:⭐⭐⭐

祈祷之海
点子:⭐⭐⭐
我觉得本文中很多前文明的设定并没有起什么作用,有点让人摸不到头脑。
故事性:⭐⭐⭐
文学性:⭐⭐⭐
按理来说,本文似乎是要对宗教进行某些思考,但是总觉得过去浅尝辄止。
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May 14, 2024
其中的女性主义思想让人感动:《闪光》里坚持、拯救、理性的是女性,《水晶之夜》里有着高道德感的是女性,《恰如其分的爱》讨论了生育对于女性生理和心理上的异化。尽管大多数故事依然是男性主题视角,至少读来不会让人觉得不适。除了第一篇的科幻设定有些过硬(好吧是我数学太差),后面几篇的设定都比较好懂。最喜欢《恰如其分的爱》。
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