噬夢人

by Egoyan Zheng, 伊格言

一部終結所有小說的小說！
一舉將台灣文學帶進後人類新紀元的不思議長篇大作！

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德國法蘭克福書展＋萊比錫書展雙選書
伊格言最新問鼎國際文壇大作


《聯合文學》8月號雜誌，50頁「後人類小說猛擊」巨幅專題介紹！
本書末附有駱以軍vs.伊格言一萬字精彩對談！


關於夢，佛洛伊德知道得太少！

一場間諜戰爭；
一個被遺棄的生化人；
一位身世成謎的AV女優；
一場熾烈如火的悲劇性畸戀；
一個甚至背叛了陰謀者自身的間諜陰謀……

　　許多年後，來到了這樣的時代：人的夢境可被取出，儲存於水瓢蟲之膜翅。豢養水瓢蟲，是為了讓夢境永久保鮮，免於氧化；只要水瓢蟲行分裂生殖，夢境便可隨之無限複製。許多年後，來到了這樣的時代：生化人雜處於人類之中，難以有效區隔辨識。人類研發各式篩檢法，希望準確標誌出那些偽扮為人類的生化人，將之全數消滅。而其中一種，正是「夢境分析」。

　　身為國家安全總署技術標準局局長，生化人K的身世卻是個謎。他不記得自己的編號與製造廠，也沒有關於身份的任何記憶。儘管他編撰身世，偽扮為人匿藏於人類群體之中，卻始終不確知自己真正的來處……

　　一切開始於「維根斯坦專案」。K奉命追蹤叛逃情報員Godel，意外發現此事與生化人AV女優Eros有關。K找到以Eros為主角的紀錄片《最後的女優》；但查證結果顯示，除了Eros本人之外，紀錄片中入鏡的其他角色，包括經紀人J、面具導演、男優伊藤等，均為造假，並無其人。而更令人不寒而慄的是，這一切竟隱隱牽連著K的身世之謎！

　　一道「內部清查」的緊急命令啟動了K的逃亡之旅。接踵而來的連串事故絕非偶然。Godel為何叛逃？女優Eros與「生化人解放組織」又有何關連？而K的身世秘密，涉及的究竟是一個輝煌的偉大理想，抑或是一場蜃影般的虛無幻象？

480 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 2010

About the author

Egoyan Zheng, pen name of Qian-Ci Zheng, was born in 1977, Tainan, Taiwan; he studied psychology at National Taiwan University, medicine at Taipei Medical University, and obtained a MA in Chinese Literature from Tamkang University. He published his first book Man In the Urn（《甕中人》） at the age of twenty-six. Contact：EgoyanZheng@gmail.com

See also: 伊格言.

Reviews

[Brady Turpin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had a lot going on, and it will probably take a few reads to unpack. From the Japanese cyberpunk-vibes to the Freudian allusions to the concept of Shiva and Vishnu impacting dreamscapes in the future, I honestly had no idea what to expect next. That being said, it was hard to follow at times (but that makes sense with the hallucinations and dreamscapes).

I do think Egoyan Zheng is the new vanguard sci-fi writer in Taiwan and I look forward to enjoying his other works.

[Hailong Hao · Rating 5 out of 5]

就对未来的构建而言可以给五颗星，故事情节我只能给三颗星，但是前者过于强大，总体平均可以得四星半，考虑到认识作者，给五颗星。🖖

[Craig]

English translation of Chapters 7-9 by Cara Healey in The Reincarnated Giant: Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction (marked there as Chapters 5-7); going by numbering in my copy.

English translation of Chapter 10 by Conor Stuart is online.