鑽石花

衛斯理系列 #1

by 倪匡

二次大戰時“沙漠之狐”隆美爾從非洲掠奪得來的戰利品，共達三億美元，聽者莫不垂涎。衛斯理因一時好奇，被捲入這批寶藏爭奪戰之中，險些賠上性命。

這邊廂，石菊對衛斯理暗生情愫，衛斯理卻對石菊的母親黎明玫情有獨鍾；那邊廂，“死神”的魔爪已然伸至，誓要從衛斯理手中奪回隆美爾寶藏的藏寶地圖。正邪之戰，一觸即發。

《鑽石花》是“衛斯理”為主角故事中的第一篇，寫作時，還完全未涉及“科學幻想”這個題材。故事中的人物，除衛斯理之外，其餘的，都再也未曾出現過，像石菊，應該十分可愛，可以再現，黎明玫是死了，無話可說。

Genres: Fiction, Chinese Literature

326 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 1995

About the author

本名倪聰，筆名有衛斯理、沙翁、魏力等等。1935年生，上海浙江寧波鎮海人，學問皆靠自修而來。1957年偷渡香港，抵港初期白天在工廠工作，晚上進修，後來投稿到《真報》和《工商日報》，不但被採用，還獲《真報》聘用，先後出任校對、助理編輯、記者和政論專欄作家，就此走上文學創作之路。他的第一篇小說《活埋》是描寫中共的土改故事。翌年倪匡開始創作武俠小說，早期作品包括女黑俠木蘭花、浪子高達的故事、神仙手高飛的故事以及六指琴魔等。
在金庸的鼓勵下，1962年開始用筆名「衛斯理」寫科幻小說。第一篇小說名為《鑽石花》，在《明報》副刊連載，從此開始他的寫作生涯。而後出版的《衛斯理》系列小說達140多本，其後還有《原振俠系列》、《浪子高達系列》等等系列。1960年代末，香港武俠影片興起，倪匡轉而從事劇本創作。十多年間，如同他的文學創作一般多產，所寫劇本不下數百部，代表作有張徹導演的《獨臂刀》。1992年移居美國舊金山。
倪匡寫作範圍極廣，包括武俠、科幻、奇情、偵探、神怪、推理、文藝等皆有涉獵，自進入文壇以來，迄今寫了三十年，一個星期寫足七天，每天寫數萬字，自稱是全世界寫漢字最多的人。最令人稱奇的，是他可以寫三十年而靈感不斷、題材不盡，且是暢銷的保證。出版界流傳一個笑話：即使倪匡寫的是無字天書，也會迅速售清。
倪匡不懂駕駛，但迷上了研究汽車時，曾經獨個兒把一部汽車化整為零後再裝嵌為原狀。他又花上幾年收集及鑽研貝殼，雖然最後意興闌珊把心愛的收藏賣掉，但他對貝殼的認識已達專家境界。
倪匡的廣泛興趣、過目不忘的本領，以及鍥而不捨的研究精神，使他所寫的各類作品深入人心。尤其他的科幻小說已成當代經典，結構嚴謹，馳情入幻，又帶啟發性，常使人有意想不到的收穫。

Reviews

[6uan Huan9 · Rating 3 out of 5]

故事埋下的悬念太多以致结局的时候无法自圆其说，因而变得虎头蛇尾…

[grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overview:

I read this cuz I have always wanted to know why my mom and many others say it’s really good. I originally thought this series was a mystery/ detective one, but it is actually a sci-fi adventure (Welp stupid me). But no sci-fi element is shown in this book. The author said it himself that he hadn’t considered this a sci-fi series when he wrote it.

3.5 stars cuz it didn’t particularly speak to me. But I still had a great time reading it.

Plot:

This book was a ride. The plot is insane. It goes from the main character checking out someone throwing diamonds to the sea, to a whole journey of treasure hunting and keeping alive. Literally everyone is trying to kill our main character. The ocean surviving bit caught me off guard. It’s such a wide range book. There are so SO many plot twists and it’s insane. And then there’s so much fighting, like A LOT. I also didn’t expect there would be such a heavy romance plot. Towards the end, everything is completely drama.

Writing:

When I first started reading, the writing style was a bit weird to me. It isn’t bad by any means, it’s just not the usual style I've read. But after a while, I got used to it. I love the humor in this book. Every sentence that is written solely for humor is perfectly my cup of tea.

[Janelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Every character's actions in this book are romance-driven, but there are no backstories to all these romantic interactions - they're all love at first sight. I was not emotionally invested in any of them as a result. The action scenes are a bit excessive and boring. It took a bit too long to get to the mystery behind the treasure, which was, by the way, anticlimactic.

[Lawrence · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the first in the series and it shows. It doesn't know what kind of story it wants to be. Wuxia? Mystery? Inconsistent characters with a story that is uninteresting.

This is terrible and not worth the time to read. Just stick to the later additions to this series.

[Ava WONG · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unfortunately, it's sort of boring.

[Chia · Rating 4 out of 5]

實際上想給的分數是 3.5 顆星。

這本小說給我一種寫得很倉促的感覺，很多人物像是只為了有更多打鬥描寫 (武俠感?) 而登場，整體來說有點凌亂了。人物的描寫也不夠立體。

比起長篇，更喜歡倪匡的短篇。

[meikoyim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had this impression all of his wisely series were soft scifi, but this was actually just an adventure story. Ni recently passed away. I thought I'd revisit all his stories.

[lucida · Rating 4 out of 5]

和其他衛斯理的書比較，這本不知是不是因爲比較早期，沒有其他書本那麽精彩、
如果結尾不是虎頭蛇尾，或者會更喜歡