**Key sentences based on importance to your information request:**

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"It is here that literature comes to the rescue."

"Jemisin also spoke about how real people build worlds, and how our current world is not arbitrary, but rather the result of a series of choices."

"The only thing that we can do in order to resist this is begin to question and push back on how we became the society that we are and begin to recreate that society in our own design."

"Sen said she views fiction as an important lens through which we can better understand the reality of our problems."

"A lot of people view escapism as a form of writing that is less than, but I don't believe in that."

"And in an era when those corporate giants were run largely by men in Brooks Brothers suits, it was even more unusual for two women to do so."

"It won both a Hugo and a Nebula, and deserved them."

"Today’s AI isn’t quite up to the standard of 'Return of Adam'."

"However, for the science fiction writer, who is used to seeing the world from a god-like point of view (through the eyes of science) we think in millennia, so 22 years is too short a period to affect the themes of my work."

"Secondly, there must be a more mature view of Nature and human society, in their entirety."

"What are your hopes for the Hugo Awards?"

"Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum"
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"The War of the Worlds by H.G."

"Rendezvous with Rama by Sir Arthur C. Clarke"
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"I, Robot by Isaac Asimov"
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"The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin"
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"This Is How You Lose the Time War"
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"Iron Widow"
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"A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe"
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"Heliopause: The Questrison Saga®: Book One by J. Dianne Dotson"

**These sentences indicate:**
- The evolving role of science fiction in questioning, imagining, and shaping society.

- The recognition of women authors and underrepresented voices (e.g., N.K.

Jemisin, Le Guin, J. Dianne Dotson).

- The mention of classic (e.g., Wells, Asimov, Clarke, Le Guin) and contemporary (e.g., Jemisin, Dotson, "This Is How You Lose the Time War") works reflects the genre's expansion.

- A shift toward greater inclusivity and the tackling of pressing societal, ethical, and moral issues.

- A progression from traditional scientific/technological narratives to explorations of culture, identity, social justice, and diversity within the genre.

Here are key sentences from your provided text that are most relevant to your request regarding the evolution of science fiction literature, the genre’s changes over time, and influences on its development:

- "A literary work can be a study at the same time."

- "I wanted to reflect the moment of the era."

- "It turns out that the story is childish, but it is not for children."

- "And where it can be, if not in space, where we were the first."

- "We have something to build the foundation of our future."

- "This holiday should help the country to change and make a turn to the future."

- "Technology turns reading into an exciting journey through the facts and events of a work."

- "Over the past ten years, I have come up with a bunch of stories that I do not even try to implement."

- "I hope I can finally write it this year."

These sentences suggest the evolving nature of science fiction as a genre, its overlap with societal studies, its tendency to reflect the era in which it is written, and its engagement with both futuristic and foundational themes such as space exploration and technology.

Additionally, the reference to stories not always fitting into ‘childish’ or ‘adult’ categories hints at SF’s blurring of literary boundaries.

However, specific references to the traditional canon, contemporary voices, or contributions from women and authors of color are absent in this excerpt.

For a broader understanding, supplemental research or texts highlighting diverse voices and the global development of the genre would be beneficial for your book club selections.

Here are the **key sentences extracted** from your provided text that are most relevant to understanding the evolution and diversity of the science fiction genre, including its roots, global contributions, new developments, and the impact of underrepresented voices:

- In Alice in Quantum Country, Robert Gilmar takes the reader on a journey through the world of quantum mechanics, in ways that draw the reader into the depths of this mysterious and complex field.

- Along the same lines, Dan Brown introduces elements of particle physics and electronic engineering into his novels, as shown in The Lost Symbol and The Origin.

- In his novel The Gods of the Universe, Dos Santos explores topics such as the Big Bang and string theory, presenting them in the context of an exciting story.

- If you’re looking for a novel, thrilling events, elaborate details and a mystery, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik’s novel In the Rat Corridor is your best choice, published in 2016 and one of the best Arabic science fiction novels.

- The Time Machine of Herbert George Wells.

- Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne.

- Mabkhout added: "The simulation of the human brain by scientists is still unknown, despite all the achievements that have been made, but in the field of literature, the writer does not start from scientific knowledge and orientations, but initiates based on his reading experiences."

- Some of the contents proposed by Dr. Ali Rashid in this regard include, for example: I love the story of the future: Consciousness against a more troubled future.

- Khaled Rami: Habib Shams and her lover, and there were dozens of love letters between him and Shams describing the burning love between them.

- A book that explores the features of science fiction in Arabic works.

- The most prominent aspect of these letters is the narrative imager related to the facts of science and the perceptions of philosophy, which confirms the existence of seeds of scientific literature in the Arabs.

- In which he talks about the problem of food that people will suffer from in the future, and his play "The Prayer of Angels", which deals with the impact of science on the happiness of humanity and the provision of its needs.

**These sentences highlight:**
- The classical roots of science fiction (HG Wells, Jules Verne).

- The evolution into exploring complex scientific concepts (quantum mechanics, string theory).

- The genre's expansion beyond Western perspectives, showcasing Arabic authors and themes.

- The interplay of science fiction with social, emotional, and philosophical issues.

- The increasing inclusion of underrepresented voices and perspectives in contemporary science fiction.

These points should help guide your book club in choosing both canonical works and new, diverse voices in science fiction’s ongoing evolution.

**Key sentences extracted (based on importance for your request about the historical evolution of science fiction, canonical works, shifting influences, and contributions of new and underrepresented voices):**

- Because The Frankenstein of 1818 is the way to write a “framing novel ” — it uses a story with a narrator in it, and then tells you that the narrator has the next story.

- "Creation" is "life", and the back of "life" is actually talking about "death".

- Not only did he write about the monsters created by Frankenstein, but he also wrote about the love of Mary Shelley.

- In a way, the old Vito is still alive, and the Vito at this point in time seems to be missing.

- In contrast, the whole book of Journey to the West is saturated with Buddhism, and the Dream of the Red Chamber is saturated with psychology.

- Since then, we have seen Orwell’s Animal Farm, a new type of novel that has hit the world, which is actually the intersection of literature and politics.

- J. G. Ballard is one of ten.

- Song Mingwei: The success of "Three Body" does not mean that science fiction literature has become mainstream.

- He also revealed that there are still very few active Chinese science fiction writers, and there are only a handful of science fiction works that can be published every year.

- While your work captures the future of these technologies, there is a lot of looking back.

- At the end of the day, my story is always about the time and space of our lives, and I am more concerned about whether it can reveal the ancient and unchanged human nature.

- Liu Yukun has changed his story over the past 20 years, and he was surprised to find that he has so many aspects.

- However, this kind of "crossing" is not limited to the topic of the novel.

**These sentences highlight:**

- The origins of science fiction with Mary Shelley’s *Frankenstein*, including its structural innovation and philosophical engagement with creation and life/death.

- The intersection of literature and broader cultural/philosophical concerns (as shown with references to Animal Farm, Journey to the West, and Dream of the Red Chamber).

- The contribution of newer authors (like Liu Yukun) and the internationalization of the genre (e.g.

the reference to *Three-Body* and Chinese SF).

- The continued evolution of science fiction from the early canon (Shelley, Orwell) to authors exploring new perspectives and social, technological, and personal themes.

- An implication that non-Western and underrepresented voices are emerging, even as the genre is not yet entirely mainstream in all regions.

- The genre’s attention to not just future technology, but also to human nature and the past.

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Fantasy author N. K. Jemisin speaks at a Bartels World Affairs Lecture in Klarman Hall on Oct. 4.

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N. K. Jemisin, best-selling science fiction and fantasy author well known for her book trilogy “The Broken Earth,” spoke about building a better world at this year’s Bartels World Affairs Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in a packed Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium. Jemisin spoke about how building fictional worlds helps her discuss the reality of our society, and concluded by calling on the audience to make choices in order to build the world they wish to see.

Following her talk, Jemisin joined a panel of Cornell faculty to kickstart the latest Global Grand Challenge: The Future. Global Grand Challenges bring together people and resources to understand and develop solutions to humanity’s most urgent challenges. The first challenge launched in 2019, and this year’s challenge, “The Future,” focuses on how to employ creativity to build a more equitable and sustainable future world.

Supported by the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship, the Bartels World Affairs Lecture is an annual, signature event hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies that brings renowned individuals to Cornell’s campus to speak on international matters with students and faculty.

Seats at the event sold out and an estimated 330 people attended. In-person watch party tickets were made available as well, where attendees live streamed the lecture from an adjacent classroom near the auditorium. More than 270 local, national and international viewers who registered through eCornell also streamed the event live.

Vice Provost for International Affairs Wendy Wolford said that in addition to launching this year’s Global Grand Challenge, this event also fits into Cornell’s academic year theme of Freedom of Expression. Wolford explained that the world building, kindness and empathy in Jemisin’s work encouraged the Einaudi Center to select this event as the launch for the University’s new Global Grand Challenge.

“The theme of this new challenge is fittingly ‘The Future.’ With this challenge, we invite all of you, students, staff and faculty to step back from the immediate questions of your studies, your work and your research, to think about the world you want to live in,” Wolford said. “The Global Grand Challenge calls on us to go beyond the cutting edge… to imagine what the world would look like if we asked not just what can I do, but what do I want? What do we want?”

Jemisin began her lecture by describing her background in higher education, in which she spent 20 years working as a career counselor, academic counselor and director of experiential education before becoming an author. Jemisin writes science fiction and fantasy novels that explore a variety of themes, including power, cultural conflict and systems of subjugation.

“Many of the questions I tend to get are: Why science fiction? Why fantasy? Why would you, an ostensibly intelligent and mature person, write this kid’s stuff? And I tell people the same thing that Octavia Butler has said in interviews, which is in science fiction, I can do anything,” Jemisin said during her lecture.

Jemisin explained how people’s fears in a specific time period are reflected in their writing, especially in science fiction. She cited underlying fears of the sexual revolution displayed in 1960s feminist science fiction as an example.

“There’s another misconception out there that typically happens, which is that people think of science fiction as being about the future. They think of fantasy as being about the past,” Jemisin said. “It’s neither. Science fiction and fantasy are actually about our present world.”

Jemisin also described the process of science fiction worldbuilding on two levels — macro and micro. Macro worldbuilding involves creating the physical world of a story, including planets, continents, climate and ecology. Micro worldbuilding is crafting the society the characters will exist in, which includes species, morphology, racialization and power, among other things.

“The point of this [worldbuilding] exercise is to get people to start questioning their assumptions,” Jemisin said. “Understanding how our society functions is a lot more constructive than they think, so it’s important that I get across that all of this is changeable.”

Jemisin also spoke about how real people build worlds, and how our current world is not arbitrary, but rather the result of a series of choices. She emphasized that different choices remain possible, and that our understanding of ourselves and self-identity is evolving. Jemisin encouraged the audience to consider reasons for both creating and resisting change.

“We are being blasted with a constant firehose of disinformation which is fueled by a whole lot of money,” Jemisin said. “The only thing that we can do in order to resist this is begin to question and push back on how we became the society that we are and begin to recreate that society in our own design.”

Following her lecture, Jemisin joined a panel with Cornell faculty members Prof. Anindita Banerjee, comparative literature and feminist, gender and sexuality studies; Prof. John Albertson, civil and environmental engineering; and Prof. Kaushik Basu, international studies and economics. Each professor took turns briefly speaking about how their field of expertise relates to building a better world, and Jemisin followed with her thoughts.

“We see society now envisioning futures and being bold, making pledges of decarbonizing our energy supplies, decarbonizing our economy and setting ambitious timelines on which to do that,” Albertson said. “It’s relatively straightforward to plan the direct linear path of what you need to do there. But the question is: where are all the other parts of society that are touched by each of these changes?”

Asher Bergmann ’26 said his goal going into his sophomore year was going to more school  events, and was excited to find this lecture as someone who reads a lot of fantasy.

“I think she did a good job of not diving too deep into fantasy to where some people wouldn’t be interested, because while she’s a fantasy author, the point of this lecture wasn’t actually writing fantasy,” Bergmann said. “I think she did a good job of balancing her goal with what other people may have come here to see her speak about.”

Annabel Baniak ’24 decided to attend the event at the encouragement of both her professor  and her mom, whose favorite book is “The Fifth Season” by Jemisin. Baniak said she enjoyed the event and left feeling motivated and inspired to create change in the world.

Jemisin left the audience with a message to continue questioning the current world and to work towards building an ideal society.

“I have been having conversations all day with the students here, and they’re thinking ahead of me. I have to catch up. It is an innate part of youth to question our reality, and if the way that we live makes any sense,” Jemisin said. “I have to retain my own youthful questioning. They are right to question reality, and the rest of us need to keep doing that.”

Grace Liu ’27 is a Sun contributor and can be reached at [email protected].

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If scientists and literary figures come together, we can expedite our mission of developing scientific temper

Scientific temper is a buzzword in the scientific community, and policymakers often use it to highlight one of the specialties of our Constitution and nation. Even before our Constitution came into existence, we had a rich tradition of following scientific principles in our daily life; be it in our architecture, health care, agriculture and music. Of course, this knowledge is kept in the hands of a few elite sections of society.

After independence, our policymakers realized that scientific knowledge and new scientific advances from the western world should be adopted. Accordingly, they

envisioned world-class institutions in the country and the fruits of which we are harvesting today through research and innovation. But even today, science is managed by the scientific and academic community. The science spoken by these elite communities is not digestible to the ordinary person, even though they are reaping the benefits in their daily life.

Myths and superstitions that affect human development are prevalent even in this ‘Amrit Kal’ when we are marching towards a global leader. Many educated people have an aversion to taking vaccines or believing in evolution. Only when all our citizens are scientifically literate, can our country progress in every aspect of human development. This is a challenging task in a country with diverse cultures and traditions. Many science popularization programs have been carried out in the country under the aegis of great institutions like Vigyan Prasar, CSIR-NIScPR (earlier CSIR-NISCAIR) and others. But still, achieving 100 per cent scientific temper seems to be a dream, the problem is that these institutions have their own limitations in reaching every nook and corner of the country.

Moreover, most of the science popularization programs are led by scientists who are from a science background. There are hardly any scientific institutions in the public sector where people from literature or fine arts backgrounds are recruited as scientists. This is one of the major drawbacks of our science communication activities. We need more science communication institutions having human resources trained in science, literature and fine arts, in different regions of the country. Based on the local culture, we need to design different science communication strategies to develop scientific temper in the society.

It is here that literature comes to the rescue. Every literate person will read story books, novels, fiction and poems at some point in life, even if they don’t read scientific books or journals. Literature is one area that we have missed in our science popularization activities. Even children who are not interested in science in the classroom would like to read sci-fiction books like the Star Trek series and similar.

Many ordinary people without any scientific background, have shown interest in reading Biographies of Scientists like “Wings of Fire” by our former President Dr APJAbdul Kalam. Similarly, there are many takers for the sci-fiction books written by Fred Hoyle, Gregory Benford, Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Robert A Heinlein, Arthur C Clarke, Michael Crichton and others.

Even in our classroom, instead of textbooks, if science-based popular science books or literary works are included, we can generate interest in students. Studies have shown that creating connections with literary works will help Engage students in science classes.

Students reported that they were immediately able to see and emotionally engage with the narrative. They might start to appreciate science for its creative potential. Students’ self-assurance in science improves when they see the relevance of scientific concepts to interests they already have. It encourages kids to broaden their horizons and think beyond the box when it comes to their science coursework.

Integrating readings about accountability in science is one way to help students grasp the material. They gain self-assurance as they learn that science encompasses more than one narrow field. Students with a passion for science will find that the sessions push them to develop their critical thinking skills and open their minds to new ideas. They have also inspired many kids to pursue learning on their own time. Innovative ideas and technological advances in science and technology have been reflected by numerous well-known and representative literary works. The important interactions between science and the cultural sphere (with architecture, religion, the Philosophy of the Enlightenment, or literature) throughout history demonstrate that science is a fundamental component of culture.

Jonathan Swift, in his work Gulliver’s Travels (1726), depicts an island, Laputa, which is held up magnetically in the air, and inhabited by men who are totally dedicated to Mathematics and music. Similarly, Jules Verne, in his novel The Mysterious Island (1874) explains the notion of man’s controlling nature thanks to science and technology.

Science also influences the work of Arthur Conan Doyle. The investigation methods used by his literary creation, the Detective Sherlock Holmes, are based on the positivist scientific methods taught to the author as a medical student. In recent times books by Prof. Yuval Noah Harari – Sapiens & Homo Deus — were the best-sellers lucidly, which explain science, even though the author is not a Scientist per se. He recently came out with another book Sapiens: A Graphic History, a Radical graphical adaptation of his best-selling book Sapiens, targeting children and the layman.

Realizing the importance of literature in science communication, the government has included ‘Vigyanka’ (Science literature festival) as one of the main events at the mega science event, India International Science Festival (IISF), which has been celebrated since 2015. The ‘ Vigyanka’ event will bring scientists, literary and fine arts personnel to a common platform. The event was first conceived by Dr Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar, on the lines of Jaipur Lit Festival for the first time and with the help of his colleagues Kapil Tripathi and Maanbardhan Kanth launched it in IISF 2019 at Kolkata.

This initiated a new becoming in taking science communication and science education to the next level. Our science students should be taught to read novels, poems, biographies, etc., to improve their creative skills. The beauty of Storytelling and Poems is that even an illiterate person who listens to them will enjoy and understand scientific concepts.

In this world of trans-disciplinary learning, policymakers should open the doors of scientific institutions to people from a literature background. A good literary work, be it a novel or fiction, or poem, is a mirror of society. It can reflect problems the community faces, virtues of good values and teach people to dream higher. It can even help us document certain traditional knowledge that prevailed during the period. These values are essential for effectively bringing science to the masses. Even today, our policymakers give impetus to scientist-centric science communication. This should change to a collective teamwork of scientists, literary and fine arts persons. We must envision a Nation where scientific temper is imparted to every citizen. For this, we must train our young minds, our school-going children.

We need to design materials that would digest every child, story books, comic books, novels, fiction, poems, etc, that have scientific components in different languages. This will make even students not interested in science learn scientific concepts indirectly. If Scientists and literary figures come together, we can expedite our mission of developing scientific temper in every part of the country and make India a scientific superpower in the Amrit Kaal.

(The author is a science communicator and academic)

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(1) VINTAGE OR VINEGAR? At Young People Read Old SFF, James Davis Nicoll tasked the panel to read Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson. Click through to hear what they thought about it.

Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists focuses on Spider Robinson’s 1982 Hugo-winning “Melancholy Elephants”. Readers of my vintage might remember Robinson as the author of the once-popular Callahan’s stories (to which series “Melancholy Elephants” does not belong) as well as a prolific reviewer whose pieces appeared in Galaxy, Analog, and Destinies Magazine and no doubt elsewhere. “Melancholy Elephants” is a stand-alone focusing on the issue of perpetual copyright. It’s a subject still relevant today. I am curious what the Young People make of Robinson’s story….

(2) IT’S A RISKY BUSINESS. And at Tor.com, James Davis Nicoll picks out “Five SF Stories About Space Scouts and Cosmic Exploration”.

Of all the career paths offered to player characters in the venerable tabletop roleplaying game Traveller, few were as memorable as that of the scout. Stalwart explorers of empire’s hinterlands, scouts could expect a charmingly informal command structure, a good chance of a loaner starship on retirement, and, oh yes, the life expectancy of a newborn puppy in a crocodile-filled swamp. Classic Traveller was notorious for its character generation system: player characters could and often did expire during the process. Few careers offered the harrowing mortality rate of the scout class.

Traveller author Marc Miller drew inspiration from classic science fiction, whose authors delighted in dropping explorers into situations for which the explorers soon discovered they were insufficiently prepared. Here are five tales of the sort  that inspired Traveller….

(3) UNION AND HARPERCOLLINS ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT. Vox’s overview “What the hard-won HarperCollins union contract means for the future of books” actually does little to answer its own question. But it does supply this snapshot of how the strike ended.

…On January 26, HarperCollins management agreed to enter federal mediation with the union. Five days later, it announced that it would be laying off 5 percent of its workforce. A HarperCollins spokesperson attributed the layoffs to supply chain pressures and declining revenue, saying, “The timing had nothing to do with mediation.”

Because HarperCollins is the only union shop among the Big Five, the stakes here are high. It is pushed by necessity to set the labor standards for the rest of the industry: when it raises its wages, Penguin Random House raises its wages too. The hope among supporters both in and out of the union was that the new agreement would spark similar structural changes at the other Big Five houses, and maybe even inspire other houses to unionize.

Finally, at 8 pm on February 9, the union and HarperCollins together announced they had reached a tentative agreement. “The tentative agreement includes increases to minimum salaries across levels throughout the term of the agreement, as well as a one-time $1,500 lump sum bonus to be paid to bargaining unit employees following ratification,” said HarperCollins in a statement. Currently, there’s no word on whether the union also succeeded in bringing in new diversity initiatives or in getting a union security clause. The contract doesn’t become official until it’s ratified….

Publishers Weekly’s coverage put the agreement in perspective with HarperCollins’ recent business reverses: “Deal Reached in HarperCollins Strike as Publisher Has Another Bad Quarter”.

…News of the tentative agreement came shortly after HC parent company News Corp. released financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The company reported that earnings tumbled 52% at HC, falling to $51 million, from $107 million in the comparable quarter a year ago. Sales dropped 14%, to $531 million.

News Corp. attributed the revenue decline to slowing consumer demand for books, difficult comparisons to a strong frontlist performance a year ago, and “some logistical constraints at Amazon.” In the first quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, HC attributed the decline in sales and earnings largely to a steep drop in orders from Amazon, and in a conference call, News Corp. executives said the negative impact of Amazon on second quarter sales was less than in the first quarter. Sales were down in both print and digital formats.

In addition to lower sales, News attributed the plunge in profits primarily to “ongoing supply chain, inventory, and inflationary pressures on manufacturing, freight, and distribution costs.” A change in the product mix also depressed earnings, with the share of e-book sales falling in the second quarter as that of the the less-profitable print books rose.

With financial results also down in the first quarter, in the first six months of fiscal 2023, profits declined 53%, to $90 million, and sales fell 12%, to $1.02 billion.

Last month, HC began implementing a program to cut its North American workforce by 5% by the end of the fiscal year ending June 30. In a conference call announcing results, News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson said News is making a 5% workforce cut in all its businesses, which will result in the elimination of about 1,250 positions….

(4) KGB. Ellen Datlow shared her photos from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series event on February 8 at Flickr. Jeff Ford and Marie Vibbert were the evening’s readers.

(5) SKY HIGH DINING. The Torrance (CA) Public Library hosts a Zoom presentation by Richard Foss, “Food in Space in Science Fiction and Reality”, on February 15 at 6:30 p.m. Pacific. Email [email protected] for the invitation link.

Early science fiction stories about space travel ignored the most basic need of any pioneer – what did they eat, and how? The science fiction authors did get around to addressing this question, their solutions were sometimes novel but impractical.

How do their fantasies match up with reality, and are authors getting it right now? Join Richard Foss, author, culinary expert and lecturer as we explore this fascinating subject.

Please email [email protected] for the invitation link to join this discussion on Zoom.

(6) START YOUR OWN INKLINGS. “Writers Need Writers: In the Footsteps of the Inklings” at Inspire Christian Writers.

… Writing is a solitary pursuit. Only the writer understands the intent. Hunched alone over our notepads and computers, we snaggle our words and graft them onto the page, prayerfully hopeful they will touch hearts. But we can’t know the true strength of our writing unless we are willing to share those words with another who will render kind and honest feedback. Our mothers don’t count. Neither does a stranger. One lacks honesty, the other an understanding of the writer’s heart.

Twelve members of the Inklings steadfastly met for almost twenty years. Weathering war and broken friendships, they left us with poetry, Christian essays, and stories that delight and instruct to this day. That’s what I want. I want their journey. How? Here’s some gleanings from Bandersnatch.

[Dr. Diana] Glyer believes it’s possible to have what the Inklings had. Start small but keep at it, she says. The Inklings began with just two, Tolkien and Lewis….

(7) MANTELL OBITUARY. The New York Times marks the passing of the co-creator of a spoken word record business: “Marianne Mantell, Who Helped Pave the Way for Audiobooks, Dies at 93”.

Marianne Mantell, who in her early 20s helped start the audiobook revolution by co-founding a record company [Caedmon] that turned recordings of countless literary giants, including Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce and Dylan Thomas, into mass-market entertainment, died on Jan. 22 at her home in Princeton, N.J. She was 93….

… In an era when American business was dominated by Fortune 500 companies, it was rare enough for two recent college graduates to create what was in essence a tech start-up aimed at disrupting two industries, book publishing and the record business. And in an era when those corporate giants were run largely by men in Brooks Brothers suits, it was even more unusual for two women to do so.

“Caedmon was the era’s only female-owned record company, and its remarkable success stood out in a male-dominated record industry,” Mr. Rubery said. “At the time, only around 5 percent of record industry employees were women, and those women were almost all in marketing and retail roles. The rise to the top by two female entrepreneurs represented a remarkable exception.”

As Ms. Mantell wrote in a 2004 remembrance for AudioFile magazine, “Although poets had been recorded before as vanity efforts, it was Barbara and I who realized that there was an audience of literate people and made a business out of it.”

… The labels had no interest, so Ms. Mantell and Ms. Holdridge scratched together $1,800 to start a label of their own, which they christened Caedmon after the seventh-century cowherd considered the first recognized English poet. The company’s slogan: A third dimension for the printed page.”

…“We were not just out to preserve celebrity voices (to the extent that a poet is a celebrity),” she wrote. “Our purpose was literary: to capture on tape as nearly as possible what the poet heard in his head as he wrote.”

(8) MEMORY LANE.

1974[Compiled by Cat Eldridge.]

I think I read Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed in University when a classmate recommended it. I had a keen interest in politics, particularly those on the Left, so the politics of the novel interested me.

I think it works much better for its politics than it does for the strength of the character therein. The politics and the set-up of two planets was fascinating though I admit that it’s not a novel by her I’ve re-read, unlike her exemplary Earthsea series.

It won both a Hugo and a Nebula, and deserved them.

And with that, here’s the Beginning…

THERE was a wall. It did not look important. It was built of uncut rocks roughly mortared. An adult could look right over it, and even a child could climb it. Where it crossed the roadway, instead of having a gate it degenerated into mere geometry, a line, an idea of boundary. But the idea was real. It was important. For seven generations there had been nothing in the world more important than that wall.

Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on.

Looked at from one side, the wall enclosed a barren sixty-acre field called the Port of Anarres. On the field there were a couple of large gantry cranes, a rocket pad, three warehouses, a truck garage, and a dormitory. The dormitory looked durable, grimy, and mournful; it had no gardens, no children; plainly nobody lived there or was even meant to stay there long. It was in fact a quarantine. The wall shut in not only the landing field but also the ships that came down out of space, and the men that came on the ships, and the worlds they came from, and the rest of the universe. It enclosed the universe, leaving Anarres outside, free.

Looked at from the other side, the wall enclosed Anarres: the whole planet was inside it, a great prison camp, cut off from other worlds and other men, in quarantine.

(9) TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS.

[Compiled by Cat Eldridge.]

  • Born February 10, 1904 Lurton Blassingame. Literary agent for Heinlein. He makes the birthday list because Grumbles from the Grave has more letters to Blassingame than to any other correspondent. And even some of Blassingames’s letters to Heinlein are included. (Died 1988.)
  • Born February 10, 1906 Lon Chaney Jr., 1906 – 1973. I certainly best remember him as  playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man but he has a lot of other roles as well: The Ghost of Frankenstein as The Monster (hey, correct billing!), The Mummy’s Tomb as The Mummy Kharis or Son of Dracula as Count Dracula, he played all the great monsters, often multiple times. (Died 1973.)
  • Born February 10, 1920 Robert Park Mills. He was the managing editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine beginning in 1948 and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction the following year. He also edited Venture Science Fiction for several years. Under him, F&SF won an impressive three Hugo Awards for best magazine in 1959, 1960 and 1963. (Died 1986.)
  • Born February 10, 1929 Jerry Goldsmith. Composer whose music graces many a genre undertaking including, and this is not complete listing, AlienStar Trek: The Motion PicturePoltergeistPlanet of the ApesThe Man from U.N.C.L.E. series, Star Trek: VoyagerThe MummyThe Twilight Zone (need I say the original series?) and he even did the music for Damnation Alley! (Died 2004.)
  • Born February 10, 1953 John Shirley, 70. I not going to even attempt a complete précis of his career. I read and much enjoyed his first novel City Come A-Walkin and oddly enough his Grimm: The Icy Touch is damn good too in way many of those sharecropped novels aren’t. I see that to my surprise he wrote a episode of Deep Space Nine, “Visionary” and also wrote three episodes of the ‘12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His latest novel which I’ve not read so do tell me about it is A Sorcerer of Atlantis.
  • Born February 10, 1967 Laura Dern, 56. I’m going to note she’s in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet as Sandy Williams which is not genre but which is one weird film. Jurassic Park where she is Dr. Ellie Sattler is her first SF film followed by Jurassic Park III and a name change to Dr. Ellie Degler.  Such are the things movie trivia is made of. Star Wars: The Last Jedi has her showing as Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo.  I think her first genre appearance was on Shelley Duvall’s Nightmare Classic.
  • Born February 10, 1970 Robert Shearman, 53. He wrote the episode of Who called “Dalek” which was nominated for the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form at L.A. Con IV. (There were three Who entries that year and “The Empty Child”/”The Doctor Dances” won.) His first book, a collection of short stories called Tiny Deaths was a World Fantasy Award winner. He’s written a lot of short fiction since then, collected helpfully into two collections, Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman and They Do the Same Things Different There: The Best Weird Fantasy of Robert Shearman. Some, but by no means all, of his works are up at the usual suspects.
  • Born February 10, 1976 Keeley Hawes, 47. Ms Delphox/Madame Karabraxos in my favorite Twelfth Doctor story “Time Heist”.  She also played Zoe Reynolds in MI5 which is at least genre adjacent given where the story went. She has also provided the voice of Lara Croft in a series of Tomb Raider video games.

(10) COMICS SECTION.

  • The Far Side is present at the Creation.
  • Edge City tries to figure out what all the remotes are for.
  • Sheldon predicts who will be AI art’s mortal enemy.
  • Sheldon also illustrates the limits of dog science.

(11) SHORT REVIEWS. Lisa Tuttle supplies “The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup” for the Guardian. The four titles covered this time are Hopeland by Ian McDonald; Ten Planets by Yuri Herrera; Observer by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress; and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.

(12) PLAYING GAMES. Them is reporting that “Hogwarts Legacy Features the Harry Potter Franchise’s First Trans Character”.

Now that the review embargo for Hogwarts Legacy is up, more details about the forthcoming Harry Potter role-playing game, set to release on Friday, are surfacing. One particularly noteworthy new fact? The inclusion of a transgender non-playable character (or NPC) named Sirona Ryan, whom players can find at the Three Broomsticks pub.

The news came courtesy of a gameplay clip shared by YouTuber Doctor Gramma, in which Sirona serves a pair of characters Butterbeer and remarks upon a recent, unspecified attack on Hogwarts. Although Sirona was not confirmed as trans in the clip itself, Entertainment Weekly and other outlets have since reported on in-game dialogue referencing her transition. Speaking about her former classmates, the barkeep reportedly says,  “Took them a second to realize I was actually a witch, not a wizard.”

Given Potter author J.K. Rowling’s well-documented transphobia, Sirona’s presence is unexpected, to say the least. Some in the video game world are even claiming the character was included in hopes of quelling a boycott from gamers who have chosen not to play the game based on Rowling’s dangerous anti-trans platform.

“An old acquaintance did some work on that Hogwarts game,” YouTuber Stephanie Sterling tweeted early Monday morning. “I’m told they added a token trans NPC to pivot the conversation away from JKR. They’re barely in it.”

“Did You Know Gaming” contributor and video game historian Liam Robertson backed up Sterling’s account, writing, “I was also told this. There was apparently some trans representation added after some of the initial controversy. I don’t know how it appears in the final product but one of the sources I talked to described it as ‘performative bullshit.’”…

(13) YOU’RE FIRED. While Elon Musk was making news for firing a Twitter engineer, his SpaceX was getting attention for test-firing an engine: “SpaceX Test Fires 31 Engines on the Most Powerful Rocket Ever” in the New York Times.

SpaceX moved one step closer to its future on Thursday with a successful ground test of the engines of the most powerful rocket ever built.

The company, founded by the entrepreneur Elon Musk, conducted what is known as a static fire of Super Heavy, a massive rocket booster. Super Heavy was made to send SpaceX’s next-generation Starship vehicle toward orbit before returning to Earth.

More than 110,000 people watched a livestream broadcast by NASASpaceFlight.com, an independent space media company that has cameras monitoring the Starship test site in Boca Chica, Texas. The video feed showed clouds of vapor enveloping the launch stand when propellants started flowing into the rocket, and rings of frost forming around the rocket as the tanks filled with ultracold propellants.

Then the clouds mostly vanished when the fueling was complete — for the brief test, the tanks were not filled to the brim.

At 4:14 p.m. Eastern time, on a video feed provided by SpaceX, the engines roared to life for a few seconds and shut down, kicking up that rose clouds above the rocket and prompting masses of birds to flee the area. An update on Twitter from SpaceX indicated the test was a success, lasting as long as intended. The booster and launch stand appeared to be in good shape afterward.

(14) APOLOGIES. JUPITER-SIZED ERROR. [Item by SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie.] I have to correct a stupid error I made in yesterday’s piece about one of the most distant exo-planet detected and first space-based detection of an exo-planet using gravitational lensing. It was not the close to smallest theoretical-sized Jupiter — close to the host mass threshold below which Jupiters are not expected to form.  Instead, it was somewhat surprising to find a Jupiter-sized exoplanet around such a small star (a little over half the mass of the Sun).  It is thought that the planetary mass around small stars is smaller than the planetary mass around larger stars. So to have a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting such a small star is a little unusual and close to the theoretical limit.

The error came about because I only quickly scan/read the abstracts of papers of interest at a cybercafé and then blat an e-mail off to Mike, and I only subsequently read papers in detail when I get home.  Also, since we (SF2 Concatenation) lost our much missed physics and space science editor, I have taken over that coverage in addition to that of the bio- and geosciences about which I am more sure-footed.

See Specht, D. et al, (2023) “Kepler K2 Campaign 9: II. First space-based discovery of an exoplanet using microlensing”. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stad212.

(15) VIDEO OF THE DAY. Honest Game Trailers gives its brutally frank opinion of “Fire Emblem Engage”.

…Discover yet another fantasy Kingdom on the brink of inevitable War as you take control of a protagonist so anime that they are actually a dragon, an amnesiac, and also a God who looks like a deviantART character where you took two cheesy anime protagonists and smashed them together in a hydraulic press…

[Thanks to John King Tarpinian, Chris Barkley, Andrew Porter, Ellen Datlow, SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie, Dann, Michael Toman, Cat Eldridge, and Mike Kennedy  for some of these stories. Title credit belongs to File 770 contributing editor of the day by Andrew (not Werdna).]

"Jemisin also spoke about how real people build worlds, and how our current world is not arbitrary, but rather the result of a series of choices."

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Content: Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor

Fantasy author N. K. Jemisin speaks at a Bartels World Affairs Lecture in Klarman Hall on Oct. 4.

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N. K. Jemisin, best-selling science fiction and fantasy author well known for her book trilogy “The Broken Earth,” spoke about building a better world at this year’s Bartels World Affairs Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in a packed Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium. Jemisin spoke about how building fictional worlds helps her discuss the reality of our society, and concluded by calling on the audience to make choices in order to build the world they wish to see.

Following her talk, Jemisin joined a panel of Cornell faculty to kickstart the latest Global Grand Challenge: The Future. Global Grand Challenges bring together people and resources to understand and develop solutions to humanity’s most urgent challenges. The first challenge launched in 2019, and this year’s challenge, “The Future,” focuses on how to employ creativity to build a more equitable and sustainable future world.

Supported by the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship, the Bartels World Affairs Lecture is an annual, signature event hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies that brings renowned individuals to Cornell’s campus to speak on international matters with students and faculty.

Seats at the event sold out and an estimated 330 people attended. In-person watch party tickets were made available as well, where attendees live streamed the lecture from an adjacent classroom near the auditorium. More than 270 local, national and international viewers who registered through eCornell also streamed the event live.

Vice Provost for International Affairs Wendy Wolford said that in addition to launching this year’s Global Grand Challenge, this event also fits into Cornell’s academic year theme of Freedom of Expression. Wolford explained that the world building, kindness and empathy in Jemisin’s work encouraged the Einaudi Center to select this event as the launch for the University’s new Global Grand Challenge.

“The theme of this new challenge is fittingly ‘The Future.’ With this challenge, we invite all of you, students, staff and faculty to step back from the immediate questions of your studies, your work and your research, to think about the world you want to live in,” Wolford said. “The Global Grand Challenge calls on us to go beyond the cutting edge… to imagine what the world would look like if we asked not just what can I do, but what do I want? What do we want?”

Jemisin began her lecture by describing her background in higher education, in which she spent 20 years working as a career counselor, academic counselor and director of experiential education before becoming an author. Jemisin writes science fiction and fantasy novels that explore a variety of themes, including power, cultural conflict and systems of subjugation.

“Many of the questions I tend to get are: Why science fiction? Why fantasy? Why would you, an ostensibly intelligent and mature person, write this kid’s stuff? And I tell people the same thing that Octavia Butler has said in interviews, which is in science fiction, I can do anything,” Jemisin said during her lecture.

Jemisin explained how people’s fears in a specific time period are reflected in their writing, especially in science fiction. She cited underlying fears of the sexual revolution displayed in 1960s feminist science fiction as an example.

“There’s another misconception out there that typically happens, which is that people think of science fiction as being about the future. They think of fantasy as being about the past,” Jemisin said. “It’s neither. Science fiction and fantasy are actually about our present world.”

Jemisin also described the process of science fiction worldbuilding on two levels — macro and micro. Macro worldbuilding involves creating the physical world of a story, including planets, continents, climate and ecology. Micro worldbuilding is crafting the society the characters will exist in, which includes species, morphology, racialization and power, among other things.

“The point of this [worldbuilding] exercise is to get people to start questioning their assumptions,” Jemisin said. “Understanding how our society functions is a lot more constructive than they think, so it’s important that I get across that all of this is changeable.”

Jemisin also spoke about how real people build worlds, and how our current world is not arbitrary, but rather the result of a series of choices. She emphasized that different choices remain possible, and that our understanding of ourselves and self-identity is evolving. Jemisin encouraged the audience to consider reasons for both creating and resisting change.

“We are being blasted with a constant firehose of disinformation which is fueled by a whole lot of money,” Jemisin said. “The only thing that we can do in order to resist this is begin to question and push back on how we became the society that we are and begin to recreate that society in our own design.”

Following her lecture, Jemisin joined a panel with Cornell faculty members Prof. Anindita Banerjee, comparative literature and feminist, gender and sexuality studies; Prof. John Albertson, civil and environmental engineering; and Prof. Kaushik Basu, international studies and economics. Each professor took turns briefly speaking about how their field of expertise relates to building a better world, and Jemisin followed with her thoughts.

“We see society now envisioning futures and being bold, making pledges of decarbonizing our energy supplies, decarbonizing our economy and setting ambitious timelines on which to do that,” Albertson said. “It’s relatively straightforward to plan the direct linear path of what you need to do there. But the question is: where are all the other parts of society that are touched by each of these changes?”

Asher Bergmann ’26 said his goal going into his sophomore year was going to more school  events, and was excited to find this lecture as someone who reads a lot of fantasy.

“I think she did a good job of not diving too deep into fantasy to where some people wouldn’t be interested, because while she’s a fantasy author, the point of this lecture wasn’t actually writing fantasy,” Bergmann said. “I think she did a good job of balancing her goal with what other people may have come here to see her speak about.”

Annabel Baniak ’24 decided to attend the event at the encouragement of both her professor  and her mom, whose favorite book is “The Fifth Season” by Jemisin. Baniak said she enjoyed the event and left feeling motivated and inspired to create change in the world.

Jemisin left the audience with a message to continue questioning the current world and to work towards building an ideal society.

“I have been having conversations all day with the students here, and they’re thinking ahead of me. I have to catch up. It is an innate part of youth to question our reality, and if the way that we live makes any sense,” Jemisin said. “I have to retain my own youthful questioning. They are right to question reality, and the rest of us need to keep doing that.”

Grace Liu ’27 is a Sun contributor and can be reached at [email protected].

"The only thing that we can do in order to resist this is begin to question and push back on how we became the society that we are and begin to recreate that society in our own design."

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Fantasy author N. K. Jemisin speaks at a Bartels World Affairs Lecture in Klarman Hall on Oct. 4.

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N.K. Jemisin Gives Bartels World Affairs Lecture, Speaks on Building a Better World

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N. K. Jemisin, best-selling science fiction and fantasy author well known for her book trilogy “The Broken Earth,” spoke about building a better world at this year’s Bartels World Affairs Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in a packed Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium. Jemisin spoke about how building fictional worlds helps her discuss the reality of our society, and concluded by calling on the audience to make choices in order to build the world they wish to see.

Following her talk, Jemisin joined a panel of Cornell faculty to kickstart the latest Global Grand Challenge: The Future. Global Grand Challenges bring together people and resources to understand and develop solutions to humanity’s most urgent challenges. The first challenge launched in 2019, and this year’s challenge, “The Future,” focuses on how to employ creativity to build a more equitable and sustainable future world.

Supported by the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship, the Bartels World Affairs Lecture is an annual, signature event hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies that brings renowned individuals to Cornell’s campus to speak on international matters with students and faculty.

Seats at the event sold out and an estimated 330 people attended. In-person watch party tickets were made available as well, where attendees live streamed the lecture from an adjacent classroom near the auditorium. More than 270 local, national and international viewers who registered through eCornell also streamed the event live.

Vice Provost for International Affairs Wendy Wolford said that in addition to launching this year’s Global Grand Challenge, this event also fits into Cornell’s academic year theme of Freedom of Expression. Wolford explained that the world building, kindness and empathy in Jemisin’s work encouraged the Einaudi Center to select this event as the launch for the University’s new Global Grand Challenge.

“The theme of this new challenge is fittingly ‘The Future.’ With this challenge, we invite all of you, students, staff and faculty to step back from the immediate questions of your studies, your work and your research, to think about the world you want to live in,” Wolford said. “The Global Grand Challenge calls on us to go beyond the cutting edge… to imagine what the world would look like if we asked not just what can I do, but what do I want? What do we want?”

Jemisin began her lecture by describing her background in higher education, in which she spent 20 years working as a career counselor, academic counselor and director of experiential education before becoming an author. Jemisin writes science fiction and fantasy novels that explore a variety of themes, including power, cultural conflict and systems of subjugation.

“Many of the questions I tend to get are: Why science fiction? Why fantasy? Why would you, an ostensibly intelligent and mature person, write this kid’s stuff? And I tell people the same thing that Octavia Butler has said in interviews, which is in science fiction, I can do anything,” Jemisin said during her lecture.

Jemisin explained how people’s fears in a specific time period are reflected in their writing, especially in science fiction. She cited underlying fears of the sexual revolution displayed in 1960s feminist science fiction as an example.

“There’s another misconception out there that typically happens, which is that people think of science fiction as being about the future. They think of fantasy as being about the past,” Jemisin said. “It’s neither. Science fiction and fantasy are actually about our present world.”

Jemisin also described the process of science fiction worldbuilding on two levels — macro and micro. Macro worldbuilding involves creating the physical world of a story, including planets, continents, climate and ecology. Micro worldbuilding is crafting the society the characters will exist in, which includes species, morphology, racialization and power, among other things.

“The point of this [worldbuilding] exercise is to get people to start questioning their assumptions,” Jemisin said. “Understanding how our society functions is a lot more constructive than they think, so it’s important that I get across that all of this is changeable.”

Jemisin also spoke about how real people build worlds, and how our current world is not arbitrary, but rather the result of a series of choices. She emphasized that different choices remain possible, and that our understanding of ourselves and self-identity is evolving. Jemisin encouraged the audience to consider reasons for both creating and resisting change.

“We are being blasted with a constant firehose of disinformation which is fueled by a whole lot of money,” Jemisin said. “The only thing that we can do in order to resist this is begin to question and push back on how we became the society that we are and begin to recreate that society in our own design.”

Following her lecture, Jemisin joined a panel with Cornell faculty members Prof. Anindita Banerjee, comparative literature and feminist, gender and sexuality studies; Prof. John Albertson, civil and environmental engineering; and Prof. Kaushik Basu, international studies and economics. Each professor took turns briefly speaking about how their field of expertise relates to building a better world, and Jemisin followed with her thoughts.

“We see society now envisioning futures and being bold, making pledges of decarbonizing our energy supplies, decarbonizing our economy and setting ambitious timelines on which to do that,” Albertson said. “It’s relatively straightforward to plan the direct linear path of what you need to do there. But the question is: where are all the other parts of society that are touched by each of these changes?”

Asher Bergmann ’26 said his goal going into his sophomore year was going to more school  events, and was excited to find this lecture as someone who reads a lot of fantasy.

“I think she did a good job of not diving too deep into fantasy to where some people wouldn’t be interested, because while she’s a fantasy author, the point of this lecture wasn’t actually writing fantasy,” Bergmann said. “I think she did a good job of balancing her goal with what other people may have come here to see her speak about.”

Annabel Baniak ’24 decided to attend the event at the encouragement of both her professor  and her mom, whose favorite book is “The Fifth Season” by Jemisin. Baniak said she enjoyed the event and left feeling motivated and inspired to create change in the world.

Jemisin left the audience with a message to continue questioning the current world and to work towards building an ideal society.

“I have been having conversations all day with the students here, and they’re thinking ahead of me. I have to catch up. It is an innate part of youth to question our reality, and if the way that we live makes any sense,” Jemisin said. “I have to retain my own youthful questioning. They are right to question reality, and the rest of us need to keep doing that.”

Grace Liu ’27 is a Sun contributor and can be reached at [email protected].

"Sen said she views fiction as an important lens through which we can better understand the reality of our problems."

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Content: Dartmouth Speculative Fiction Project considers next steps for the genre

The project brings together authors and Dartmouth professors to collaborate on new speculative fiction work rooted in scientific research on campus.

by Sophie Chadha | 53 minutes ago

From April 13 to 16, speculative fiction authors from around the country came to Hanover to participate in the Dartmouth Speculative Fiction Project, a series of events which included interdisciplinary activities between visiting authors and Dartmouth faculty, as well as readings and panel discussions open to the public. The project aimed to foster collaboration between authors and Dartmouth faculty – with a focus on designing stories rooted in scientific research – and addressed the present and future of the speculative fiction genre.

The project was co-organized by engineering professor Solomon Diamond, English professor Rebecca Clark, the Design Initiative at Dartmouth program manager Paula Olson, Hugo award-winning speculative fiction editor Liz Gorinsky and author and former visiting film and media studies professor Sharang Biswas Th’13.

According to Hugo and Nebula awards finalist Nibedita Sen, speculative fiction is a general term that provokes valuable questions.

“The term ‘speculative fiction’ … works as an umbrella term: It is fiction which imagines things that do not currently exist, things that may come into being through science or through magic,” Sen said. “It could be advancement, or it could be, ‘What if we went backwards? What if we stepped to the side?’ It could be a different dimension, a different timestream.”

In a Q&A panel on April 15, some authors touched on the exchange of knowledge that occurs between scientific researchers and speculative fiction writers. Author K.M. Szpara said he believes the future of speculative fiction will become increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative.

Nebula award-winning author Sam J. Miller  said we should reframe one stereotype about fiction — that it is dismissive of reality’s problems — and instead view its creation of a world without societal problems as proof of the possibility that our society could exist without them.

“It is as simple as, ‘ … And then the housing crisis is over … And then all the people standing in the way of progress are gone.’” Miller said.

Calvin George ’24, who attended the Q&A, said he was intrigued by Miller’s concept of speculative fiction as a tool for social change.

“It was really interesting to hear from these authors [about] how imagining worlds where a huge problem like climate change is gone can actually help us solve those problems by giving us a sense of hope that they are not absolute or inevitable,” George said.

Sen said she views fiction as an important lens through which we can better understand the reality of our problems.

“A lot of people view escapism as a form of writing that is less than, but I don't believe in that. Like Tolkien said: Is it not a prisoner's duty to try to escape? Fiction is the spoonful of sugar that helps the truth go down,” Sen said.

Sen said this belief manifested in her own writing following the results of the 2016 presidential election, when she pivoted into the realm of horror as a form of catharsis.

“[In 2016,] people like me were being viewed as monsters, so I decided, ‘Well, I will show you what a monster really is,’” Sen said.

Looking to the future of speculative fiction, teacher, linguist and author Rob Cameron points to the genre’s growth over the past few decades from a niche, isolated faction of enthusiasts to a universal mode of entertainment.

“With the popularization of science fiction through film, especially Marvel, ‘geek culture’ has become much more expansive — you do not have to be a geek to enjoy it,” Cameron said. “At the same time, authors’ expectations of their readers have changed with these new mediums: Are people really going to sit down and read this book? This kind of thinking sparks novel ideas like ‘choose your own adventure’ narratives, comic books, video games and more.”

According to Biswas, the Speculative Fiction Project came to life when pitched the idea of centering speculative fiction around scholarship at Dartmouth to Diamond. When selecting the authors for the panel, Biswas shared that the organizers primarily aimed to represent diversity in both background and writing experience.

“If you’re claiming to do a project that looks at the future of humanity, you need to represent diverse perspectives,” he said.

Biswas added that if the project were to happen again, he hopes it can bring together an even more diverse group of people with more funding.

“In the future, with better channels of funding, we hope to have more geographic diversity and be able to bring in international authors,” Biswas said.

The Speculative Fiction Project will continue as authors workshop their stories with their research partners. These works of fiction will be presented at a Dartmouth symposium in June and will subsequently be synthesized into an anthology in Lightspeed Magazine next year.

According to Clark, students will be invited to submit their own stories and up to four of them will be chosen and featured in the professional collection.

"A lot of people view escapism as a form of writing that is less than, but I don't believe in that."

Title:

Content: Dartmouth Speculative Fiction Project considers next steps for the genre

The project brings together authors and Dartmouth professors to collaborate on new speculative fiction work rooted in scientific research on campus.

by Sophie Chadha | 53 minutes ago

From April 13 to 16, speculative fiction authors from around the country came to Hanover to participate in the Dartmouth Speculative Fiction Project, a series of events which included interdisciplinary activities between visiting authors and Dartmouth faculty, as well as readings and panel discussions open to the public. The project aimed to foster collaboration between authors and Dartmouth faculty – with a focus on designing stories rooted in scientific research – and addressed the present and future of the speculative fiction genre.

The project was co-organized by engineering professor Solomon Diamond, English professor Rebecca Clark, the Design Initiative at Dartmouth program manager Paula Olson, Hugo award-winning speculative fiction editor Liz Gorinsky and author and former visiting film and media studies professor Sharang Biswas Th’13.

According to Hugo and Nebula awards finalist Nibedita Sen, speculative fiction is a general term that provokes valuable questions.

“The term ‘speculative fiction’ … works as an umbrella term: It is fiction which imagines things that do not currently exist, things that may come into being through science or through magic,” Sen said. “It could be advancement, or it could be, ‘What if we went backwards? What if we stepped to the side?’ It could be a different dimension, a different timestream.”

In a Q&A panel on April 15, some authors touched on the exchange of knowledge that occurs between scientific researchers and speculative fiction writers. Author K.M. Szpara said he believes the future of speculative fiction will become increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative.

Nebula award-winning author Sam J. Miller  said we should reframe one stereotype about fiction — that it is dismissive of reality’s problems — and instead view its creation of a world without societal problems as proof of the possibility that our society could exist without them.

“It is as simple as, ‘ … And then the housing crisis is over … And then all the people standing in the way of progress are gone.’” Miller said.

Calvin George ’24, who attended the Q&A, said he was intrigued by Miller’s concept of speculative fiction as a tool for social change.

“It was really interesting to hear from these authors [about] how imagining worlds where a huge problem like climate change is gone can actually help us solve those problems by giving us a sense of hope that they are not absolute or inevitable,” George said.

Sen said she views fiction as an important lens through which we can better understand the reality of our problems.

“A lot of people view escapism as a form of writing that is less than, but I don't believe in that. Like Tolkien said: Is it not a prisoner's duty to try to escape? Fiction is the spoonful of sugar that helps the truth go down,” Sen said.

Sen said this belief manifested in her own writing following the results of the 2016 presidential election, when she pivoted into the realm of horror as a form of catharsis.

“[In 2016,] people like me were being viewed as monsters, so I decided, ‘Well, I will show you what a monster really is,’” Sen said.

Looking to the future of speculative fiction, teacher, linguist and author Rob Cameron points to the genre’s growth over the past few decades from a niche, isolated faction of enthusiasts to a universal mode of entertainment.

“With the popularization of science fiction through film, especially Marvel, ‘geek culture’ has become much more expansive — you do not have to be a geek to enjoy it,” Cameron said. “At the same time, authors’ expectations of their readers have changed with these new mediums: Are people really going to sit down and read this book? This kind of thinking sparks novel ideas like ‘choose your own adventure’ narratives, comic books, video games and more.”

According to Biswas, the Speculative Fiction Project came to life when pitched the idea of centering speculative fiction around scholarship at Dartmouth to Diamond. When selecting the authors for the panel, Biswas shared that the organizers primarily aimed to represent diversity in both background and writing experience.

“If you’re claiming to do a project that looks at the future of humanity, you need to represent diverse perspectives,” he said.

Biswas added that if the project were to happen again, he hopes it can bring together an even more diverse group of people with more funding.

“In the future, with better channels of funding, we hope to have more geographic diversity and be able to bring in international authors,” Biswas said.

The Speculative Fiction Project will continue as authors workshop their stories with their research partners. These works of fiction will be presented at a Dartmouth symposium in June and will subsequently be synthesized into an anthology in Lightspeed Magazine next year.

According to Clark, students will be invited to submit their own stories and up to four of them will be chosen and featured in the professional collection.

What is considered the first true science fiction novel of the modern era, which foreshadowed genetic tinkering?

"And in an era when those corporate giants were run largely by men in Brooks Brothers suits, it was even more unusual for two women to do so."

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Content: Interview with Wang Jinkang, 2024 Hugo Finalist

INTRODUCTION: Eight Light Minutes(8LM) Culture of Chengdu has given permission for File 770 to reprint the series of interviews with Chinese science fiction writers which they have been running this week on Facebook. The first one is a question and answer session with Wang Jinkang, whose novella Seeds of Mercury is a 2024 Hugo Award finalist.

SUPPORTING CHINESE WRITERS SERIES (1): 2024 HUGO AWARD NOMINATION INTERVIEW WITH WANG JINKANG

Translated by Joseph Brant.

Wang Jinkang(王晋康) was born in Nanyang, Henan Province in 1948. He is a senior engineer, and a member of the Chinese Writer’s Association (CWA), The China Popular Science Writing Association (CPSWA), The Committee of Scientific Literature and Art, and the Henan Writers’ Association. Since the publication of his first story, The Return of Adam, in 1993, he has published over 90 short works, and 20 full novels, including Cross, We Together, Escape from The Mother Universe, Parents of Heaven and Earth, and Cosmic Crystal Eggs, totaling over six million words. He has won China’s Galaxy Award 16 times, as well as The Chinese Science Fiction Nebula’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is considered one of Chinese science fiction’s ‘Four Heavenly Kings’, and his emblematic work Seeds of Mercury was shortlisted for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novella.

Hello Mr. Wang! Before we start, I would like to congratulate you on Seeds of Mercury’s shortlisting for 2024’s “Best Novella” Hugo Award. This is news that has excited countless Chinese science fiction fans. Ever since the publication of Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, readers have commented that your contributions have particularly appealed to them and would like to know more about your life and work. Hopefully, this long-awaited interview will provide some of the insights the sci-fi community has longed for.

Q1Mr. Wang, despite having produced many great works, this is the first time you’ve been shortlisted for the Hugo. How did you feel when you learned that you’d been shortlisted?

Wang Jinkang: Of course I was elated. Although I’ve won many awards in China, in fact the most Galaxy Awards in history, this is the first time I’ve been shortlisted for a Hugo. It felt like 31 years ago, when I first saw The Return of Adam in print, and when I won my First Galaxy Award. I think every author experiences these moments of excitement. It’s excellent that Chinese science fiction has reached a certain level, after years of growth, it’s now more and more visible internationally, which is fantastic. Of course, what we value even more, is these works transcending their era, and surviving the tides of time to reach future generations.

Religion and Science are enemies who love each other.

Q2Mr. Wang, as one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Chinese science fiction, you’re already very well known in China, with a creative career spanning over thirty years, with works such as Leopard Man, Ant Life and Survival Experiment and so on. This shortlisted work is such a quintessential piece. However, this interview is not just intended for the Chinese sci-fi fans, but for readers around the world, who may not be familiar with Seeds of Mercury. Could I ask you to introduce it for the benefit of the overseas sci-fi fans?

Wang Jinkang: Seeds of Mercury is a two-threaded story. The first one follows a female scientist named Shawu, who discovers a new formula for life, and creates a fluid metal nano life form. When she dies, she entrusts that formula to Chen Yizhe, a businessman with a pure heart, along with the message “real life cannot be bred in pens. In the Solar System, there happens to be a suitable place for it to breed freely – Mercury”. Chen Yizhe accepts this monumental legacy enthusiastically, using his personal wealth to maintain the laboratory. In order take the next step, of “seeding Mercury”, he must turn to the society around him. Mr Hong, a multi-billionaire with a disagreeable personality but a benevolent soul, decides to liquidate his empire to facilitate the spaceship’s construction. Furthermore, Hong makes another astonishing decision: to relocate to Mercury, have his body frozen in the millennia-old ice caves of the planet’s north pole, to be awakened every 10 million years, to assist the evolution of these micro-lifeforms. In just 15 years, Chen Yizhe sends Hong to Mercury to seed the nano-life into the liquid metal lakes of Mercury, after which Hong settles down in its polar caves. Meanwhile, Hong’s lawyer, and soulmate named Yin, bids her painful farewells from the distant Earth.

The second storyline is set 100 million years later, when the Suola race have evolved on Mercury, their metal bodies adapted to the hundred-degree temperatures of the planet. They are sustained by light (drawing energy directly by photosynthesis). With no sense of hearing, they rely on the flashing of light through two orifices in their abdomen to communicate in binary. The entire Suola race are devout followers of Shawu, venerate the Star Father, the great god Shawu and her earthly incarnation. They have been initiated in science, and after studying their Holy Book, scientist Tu Lala discovers that much scientific knowledge has been disguised and hidden within. From this he deduces that life on Mercury originates from The Blue Planet. He implores the high priest to send an expedition to search for the Holy Site in the depths of the ice, with the excuse of reviving the incarnation of Shawu, as the Book prophesied. The high priest consents, sending a chaplain to supervise the mission. Tu Lala actually locates the Holy Site, and discovers the incarnation of Shawu (Mr Hong), frozen in the ice, along the sacred rites of “how to revive the incarnation of Shawu”.

However, unexpected occurrences, mainly due to the ignorance and blind devotion of the believers, result in Tulala’s unfortunate violent death (as metallic organisms, the Suola can easily resurrect after a sudden death, but those who do are considered an untouchable caste). In order to protect Mr Hong’s body, Tu lala risks the humiliation, but tragically, his student Qi Qiaqia denounces him, exposing his untouchable status, and inciting the crowd to him, During which time, Mr Hong’s body is destroyed in the scorching sunlight. To avoid blame, Qi Qiaqia suddenly declares that the incarnation of Shawu was a false god, which is why the Father Star could destroy it. This narrative is accepted by the devotees, who hail him as their new high priest. In the thousands of years that follow, Suola society descends into darkness, religious cruelly suppressing science, but from among the population comes a new “Sect of Repentance”, apparently founded by an untouchable. Silently they preserve everything related to science, awaiting the next rebirth of Shawu in future millennia.

Q3Seeds of Mercury was first published in 2002, and its appeal still endures, even after all this time. What inspired you to write this story?

Wang Jinkang: The initial inspiration probably came from a sad epiphany I had as a teenager. The human body is too fragile. Our proteins start to coagulate above 80°C, our brain suffers irreversible damage if we don’t breathe for five minutes, our body can’t withstand radiation, and we can die from disease, hunger, dehydration, drowning and freezing… It’s admirable that such a fragile life form has been propagated on for billions of years, but it also makes me apprehensive that humanity would not survive a disaster. Human civilisation is a great achievement, which is why we are proud of it; but it also makes me anxious, worrying that humanity may not survive the next cataclysm. I couldn’t help but imagine, what if a creator, or god of evolution, created a metallic life, invulnerable to fire and flood? Many years later, I combined these youthful imaginings with my subsequent concept of “Templates for Life” and turned it into this novella.

Q4Seeds of Mercury is a piece about the sublime act of Creation, and a reflection on the transitory nature of life. Did you write it with the intention of exploring the contradiction between Science and Religion? Or did that grow naturally out of the creative process? Also, do the sentient beings you write about reflect your own views and positions?

Wang Jinkang: I didn’t intend to construct that dichotomy between Science and Religion, but it’s exactly what happened on Earth, so when I created a history for Mercury’s civilisation, those episodes just appeared naturally. Religion and Science are enemies who love each other. European Papacy cruelly persecuted Galileo, Bruno, and other ‘heretics’, and strictly forbade the theory of evolution, but medieval Europe became the birthplace of modern science. When we look back at the history of Civilisation over millennia, you can’t help but sigh that history is full of paradoxes, and that The Creator is always full of mischief, making fun of the theories of Cause and Effect. As to whether this new life carries some of my own views or positions? Of course. Tu Lala is the heir to the human spirit, with his scientific rationality, adventurous spirit, sense of responsibility, fortitude, and self-sacrifice. In the story, when Tu Lala meets the holy body of Shawu Incarnate, and he figures out that the great god was a scientist. Thus, demonstrating that the intellectual spirits of all scientists are inter-relatable, even if they are alien. That is what I believe in my heart.

Today’s AI isn’t quite up to the standard of “Return of Adam”

Q5Mr. Wang, the world has moved on 22 years since the first publication of Seeds of Mercury. What changes do you think have occurred in science fiction writing in the present day, compared to the early years both in terms of the environment, and the core themes?

Wang Jinkang: These 22 years have brought great changes, and it could be said that civilisation has reached a critical point, that we’re on the cusp of drastic changes. However, for the science fiction writer, who is used to seeing the world from a god-like point of view (through the eyes of science) we think in millennia, so 22 years is too short a period to affect the themes of my work. For example, my debut story Return of Adam showed a society where AI had overcome natural humanity, though it had taken on a parasitic approach, augmenting the processing power (IQ) of the human mind to far outstrip the basic brain, and in fact, became the core of human consciousness. The rapid development of AI today, especially the LLM systems, is amazing, even frightening, but in general, today’s AI isn’t quite up to the standards of Return of Adam. Still, I’m saddened that some things I wrote about, which I assumed would be far in the future have come to pass in my lifetime. For example, in 1997, when many Chinese people asserted that AI could never triumph in the field of Weiqi (Go), I was convinced it eventually would, and wrote a scene of an ‘AI beating a human chess master’ in one of my stories, before it actually happened. I just never expected to see it in my lifetime.

Q6Before Liu Cixin appeared, you “held up half the sky” in Chinese Sci-fi. When you first appeared in China’s science fiction circles, you were relatively older, and more experienced. Do you think that maturity allowed your work to appear more rounded?

Wang Jinkang: My life and experiences have been quite unique. I’ve lived through a very special time in China’s history, worked as a rusticated youth, a miner and model maker. I went to university at 30, became a mechanical engineer, wrote literary novels, and only broke into the science fiction world by chance at 45, publishing my first sci-fi story. If anything, my near-fanatical reading of literature at university paved the way for my future writing. At that time, the reforms were already happening in China, and it was opening up to the world. A huge amount of foreign literature was pouring into the country, dazzling readers like me. There may be another special factor, which is, because I was studying engineering, I was standing atop this wall of science and watching this river of literature racing by, I had a sense of detachment. Add to that I only started writing SF decades after experiencing the rise, fall and distilling of the wave of literature. I suppose that’s why my writing style has a poised, bleak, and sombre character.

Q7What sort of stories do you think are expected from the current literary ecosystem? Which sci-fi genres do you expect to take off in the future?

Wang Jinkang: I have always felt that science fiction is unlike any other form of literature. The richness of mainstream literature does not necessarily coincide with the strength of a country. As the aphorisms go, “classics are born from chaos”, and “poets are fortunate when the country is not”. However, the success of science fiction is reliant on enough readers and authors being educated to a certain threshold, and so depends on the country’s economic, scientific, and technological development, which can be proven by the movement of science fiction’s centre from Britain and France to the United States over the last century. Over the past 40 years, China’s overall economic development has been good, and as one of the oldest sci-fi writers in the country, I’ve experienced this first-hand. I feel that as China continues to modernise and converge with the rest of the world, the creative environment of Chinese sci-fi will continue to improve. As for which themes, I feel will start to emerge? It’s expected that artificial intelligence and space themes, with more emphasis on exploring the human condition, are going to be the stories of importance, but other themes will also develop immensely.

Science fiction writers are used to seeing the world from a god-like viewpoint.

Q8 Mr. Wang, science fiction has taken root in China now for around a century, and you have played a pivotal role in the history of science fiction in the country. Irrespective of whether or not you win this Hugo Award, you have influenced a generation of sci-fi fans and creators. How do you view your own Creative Achievements?

Wang Jinkang: I’m flattered, but I only really played a leading and inductive role in the early stages of the so-called “New Generation” of Chinese sci-fi back in the 1990s. I’m content with the two aspects of my writing career, firstly, in forming the genre of Philosophical Science Fiction, which is based on the latest technological advances, and digs deep into the influence it has on alienation, civilisation, and so forth, to discover this genre’s philosophical uniqueness. This genre did not originate in my work, foreign writers including Mr. Arthur C. Clarke have long created excellent works of philosophical sci-fi, but these elements in my work are more concentrated. Furthermore, with regards science fiction as “the most cosmopolitan form of literature”, I consider my work, whilst still cosmopolitan, to be imbued heavily with Chinese styles and themes, which adds a certain flavour to the genre.

Q9Do you feel that science fiction writing is shifting from short-form to long form, and what difficulties do you feel are associated with that?

Wang Jinkang: In my experience there are three main issues faced when moving into the long-form. Firstly, there must be enough knowledge, from the accumulation of experience and information. Secondly, there must be a more mature view of Nature and human society, in their entirety. These are not necessarily the dominant trait of the novel but will play important roles in the story’s development. Thirdly, the ability to comprehend the entirety of the larger story. This ability to grasp the complete story is equally important to mainstream literary writers, but in science fiction, concepts always play a driving role in the whole work and should be logically consistent in themselves.

Q10In your eyes, what is the role of Morality and Ethics in Science Fiction?

Wang Jinkang: Science fiction authors often look at the world from a godlike point of view, and in the eyes of a creator, survival comes first, and morality and ethics are just auxiliary codes established by humans once they reached a certain level of civilisation. They are also conducive to the overall survival of the human race. As Humanity develops, and “co-operation” becomes more central to society, the role of morality and ethics becomes more and more important, but they certainly won’t stay the same, and the rules will certainly have additions and deletions. For example, once technology becomes suitably advance, the ethics of “strict prohibition regarding editing the genes of a human being” are very likely to change.

Q11Throughout your career, which of your stories are you most satisfied with?

Wang Jinkang: Of my short and medium length works, I like Seeds of Mercury’, Bee Keepers and The Song of Life, and of my longer works, I’m most satisfied with Ant’s Life and the Alive Trilogy (Escape From The Mother Universe, Parents of Heaven And Earth, and Cosmic Crystal Eggs).

Thank you, reader, for giving meaning to my life.

Q12Mr. Wang, some sci-fi fans have pointed out you are ‘the oldest non-American writer shortlisted for the Hugo Award’, which is an impressive feat. What are your hopes for the Hugo Awards?

Wang Jinkang: There’s a bit of a special circumstance here, where a story I wrote 22 years ago, was only translated into English last year, and shortlisted according to the translation’s publication date, even though, I’m very happy to hold this “World Record”. I hope it will go further than just being a finalist, but even if it doesn’t, I still consider it a great honour to be shortlisted.

Q13What would you like to say to the readers regarding the inclusion of Seeds of Mercury in the Hugo Awards shortlist, which was voted for by individual sci-fi fans one after another?

Wang Jinkang: I’ve always had a reverence for my readers. The two most common inscriptions I write to fans at signings are “The reader is the god of authors”, and “Thank you reader, for giving meaning to my life”. Out of the millions of publications each year, in a sea of stories, to have any number of people read your work, enjoy it, and keep it in their memory after that relentless tide of time, is a rare blessing. One might even call it a great gift from the readers to the author.

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Are you looking for a new science fiction book to read? Looking to fill up your reading list with journeys to strange new worlds and fast-paced science fiction adventures? You're in luck because we've compiled a list of the best sci-fi books.

Whether you're looking to dive into the great sci-fi classics you missed out on or you're looking to delve into brand new tales from up-and-coming indie authors, you're sure to find something that will spark creativity and excitement for you. Science fiction and fantasy novels provide us with allegories, cautionary tales, and deep dives into the human condition told through the lens of the fantastical and the cutting-edge.

The Best Sci-Fi Origins Books

Where did it all begin? Read these early tales with impossible futures, fascinating creatures, time travel, and alien invasion!

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein brought us the iconic monster made by Victor Frankenstein. Considered the first true science fiction novel of the modern era, it would foreshadow genetic tinkering stories of the future.

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish (also called The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World)

Considered to be the first science fiction work, in the 17th century, Duchess of Newcastle Margaret Cavendish wrote of a utopian world.

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The third Oz book by L. Frank Baum features Tik-Tok, the wind-up clockwork man Dorothy Gale encounters in the Land of Ev. Tik-Tok is basically one of the first robots in literature. Other wacky features in Ozma of Oz include a sand-sailing boat and lunch pail tree.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

A 19th century classic by Wells, depicting time travel and inspiring science fiction tales for over a century.

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

The book would go on to inspire a radio program that terrified people into thinking Martians were actually invading Earth. Wells would kickstart first contact stories and alien invasion at the same time, offering up a cautionary tale that touches sci-fi to this day.

The Best Sci-Fi Space Epics Books

Transport yourself across the universe with these pillars of world-building in science fiction, all of which are either now adapted for TV or film or soon will be.

Dune by Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert’s Dune is considered a masterwork of world-building and family intrigue, inspiring other famous series and their respective houses. In the first book, Paul Atreides encounters the resident free people of the planet Arrakis (Dune), the Fremen, and achieves a destiny of messianic proportions. Dune recently graced the big screen in a new adaptation by Denis Villeneuve.

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor's Binti novella series begins with Binti, a Hugo-award-winning Africanfuturistic science fiction horror story published by Tor.com. Binti is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the most exalted institution of higher learning in the galaxy. She faces the choice to accept the offer and give up her place in her family so that she can travel among the stars. Hulu has ordered a pilot for Binti.

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

The beginning of the Foundation series reveals the “psychohistory” developed by mathematician Harry Seldon. Seldon would establish a new empire called Foundation to preserve the culture from societal collapse. Foundation debuted as a TV show on Apple TV in 2021.

Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell

Gareth L. Powell's award-winning trilogy Embers of War follows the war-weary crew of the sentient spaceship Trouble Dog, who after becoming disgusted by her role in war joins the House of Reclamation. Trouble Dog and her captain Sal Konstanz are sent on a rescue mission, which intersects a mission to find missing poet Ona Sundak. The galaxy teeters on the brink of another war, just as an alien presence makes itself known, altering the course of things to come. Now under development for TV.

Rendezvous with Rama by Sir Arthur C. Clarke

A strange spacecraft enters the solar system, and humanity investigates. The secrets within the enormous craft, called Rama, reveal the heritage of an advanced alien civilization. Rendezvous with Rama is in development for a film adaptation with Denis Villeneuve at the helm.

The Best Hard Sci-Fi Books

If you like your science fiction taut with the edginess of battle and the implication of future wars, you must add these books to your collection!

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

This classic military sci-fi epic details the tragic effects of time dilation on a group of soldiers fighting a seemingly endless war.

Ringworld by Larry Niven

Set in the 29th century, Louis Wu and his companions explore a vast, Earth-orbit-sized, constructed world. Their adventures uncover the alien civilization that built it.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

First set with the backdrop of China’s cultural revolution, this new epic involves secret scientific experiments, alien invasion, challenging moral dilemmas, and impressive world-building.

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

A man in his 70s is recruited as a soldier in the Colonial Defense Force, and altered physically in unexpected ways. Strong on character development, this kickstarts the Old Man’s War Series.

Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein

This classic military sci-fi tale follows Johnny Rico and military recruits who become involved in a battle between humans and aliens nicknamed Arachnids or “Bugs.”

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The Best Sci-Fi Robot Stories

The future of robots is here and is complex and necessary reading in these sci-fi tales.

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov’s intriguing work introduced the laws of robotics that all robots must adhere to work alongside humans.

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

The first novel in the Murderbot Diaries, All Systems Red, follows a cyborg that goes by the name Murderbot contends with self-awareness in the corporate-dominated future.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

The beginning of the Lunar Chronicles series is a retelling of Cinderella from the point of view of a cyborg.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

Famed for its eventual big-screen adaptation, Blade Runner, this novel recounts a future in which highly realistic artificial fugitives are on the run from bounty hunter Rick Deckard.

The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia

Mattie is an automaton in this steampunk and urban fantasy novel involving gargoyles, Mechanics, and Alchemists.

The Best Sci-Fi Mars Stories

Our neighbor, the red planet Mars, beckons to us. What would it be like to walk on the shifting red sands of Mars? Find out in these Martian classics.

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury’s mesmerizing prose introduces us to a Mars full of exotic possibility, soon plundered by humanity’s arrival.

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

The first in the Mars Trilogy, Red Mars, involves the colonization and terraforming of Mars and the conflicting moral questions that result.

The Martian by Andy Weir

Astronaut Mark Watney is left behind on a Mars mission and must draw upon his skills and ingenuity in order to survive.

Mars by Ben Bova

Navajo geologist Jamie Waterman joins the first expedition of scientists exploring Mars. The grounded approach Bova takes to all the interaction, politics, and bureaucracy help achieve a plausible future story.

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The first book in the Red Rising Trilogy envisions a future of planetary colonization in which caste systems abound. Darrow must fight against this system of overlords.

The Best Sci-Fi Fantasy Books

Fly high with dragons, roam lands on epic quests, and learn the hearts of true heroes in the fantasy masterpieces.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien’s magnum opus spans three books, opening up a fantastically detailed and wholly invented universe in Middle Earth that was hinted at in The Hobbit. Considered the ultimate work of fantasy, The Lord of the Rings brings myth, allegory, poetry, song, war, and melancholy to heights of realism and wonder.

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

The first novel in The Earthsea Cycle tells the tale of the wizard Ged, and his journey to redeem his reckless past.

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin

Beginning with A Game of Thrones, Martin’s elaborate, dark fantasy series covers land in which seasons last decades, and a terrible force from the north threatens to bring an icy apocalypse to an area filled with rulers jockeying to take the Iron Throne.

The Dragonriders of Pern Series by Anne McCaffrey

This remarkable series takes place in the world of Pern, where people telepathically bond with dragons. Dragonflight is the first in the series.

The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1 by N.K Jemisin

The Fifth Season marks the first book of the award-winning The Broken Earth trilogy. Set against civilization’s collapse and natural disaster, Essun endures great personal tragedy in her quest to rescue her daughter.

The Best Sci-Fi Dystopian & Apocalyptic Books

Set in a nightmare future, these dystopian and apocalyptic legends will keep you up at night.

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

In a totalitarian future America, handmade Offred is forced to bear children to men of a ruling class. The tale follows her harrowing life in a bleak future, and the attempt to escape and bring down the subjugating class to restore rights.

The Stand by Stephen King

A deadly pathogen escapes a military installation, rapidly spreading and bringing civilization essentially to an end. A group of survivors makes its way to a form of a promised land while battling a malevolent group seeking domination.

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In the near future breakdown of the society of Los Angeles, empathic teenager Lauren believes in a better future entailing traveling to other planets. Lauren gathers followers to her belief as she makes her way north.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Set in the Great Lakes region of America, a group of nomadic creatives picks up the pieces after the fall of civilization due to pandemic flu. Station Eleven has been adapted for HBO Max.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The first book in the Hunger Games Trilogy follows the immense challenges that Katniss Everdeen faces in the post-apocalyptic version of America called Panem. She takes her sister’s place in the government-sponsored Hunger Games to compete for survival in a no-holds-barred and deadly competition.

The Best Sci-Fi Near Futures Books

The future is here, or nearly so, in these ground-breaking novels set close to our present day.

Contact by Carl Sagan

Scientist Ellie Arroway detects a potential extraterrestrial signal from space, which appears to instruct humanity in how to build a machine. She faces self-doubt amid scrutiny to uncover the mysteries of the discovery.

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

This cautionary tale about genetic engineering in which scientists make living, cloned dinosaurs for an amusement park. Mayhem ensues.

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Mysterious monoliths appear across many worlds, seeding life with intelligence. Following the discovery of one such monolith on the moon, Dr. Bowman and a team of scientists investigate the signal it sends to Saturn’s moon Iapetus. The onboard AI begins exhibiting dangerous behavior during the journey.

Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer

A physics experiment creates an unintended consequence of everyone on earth losing consciousness for two minutes. Each person sees a “flash forward” decades in the future while they are unconscious. The resulting accidents and visions challenge everyone’s ideas of free will.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

In dystopian 2044, impoverished Wade Watts navigates through the virtual reality world of the OASIS, seeking to reverse his fortune.

The Best Sci-Fi Books for Younger Readers

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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

The Murry children and Calvin O’Keefe crosses universes and space-time to try to find their missing father. Their tale is a mind-bending adventure of good vs. evil.

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass/The Subtle Knife/The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass/Northern Lights begins this sweeping saga of two children, one born in a parallel universe, one born in our own. In Lyra’s world, people’s souls exist in animal form, called daemons. Her father and mother represent warring factions determined to control all universes. Filled with talking animals, witches, airships, and strange creatures, His Dark Materials packs an emotional punch.

The Apothecary Series by Maile Meloy

Set in the 1950s, The Apothecary starts this highly entertaining, thrilling adventure series in which American Janie Scott meets Benjamin Burrows, the son of an apothecary. After Benjamin’s father is kidnapped, the teenagers uncover a terrifying plot that could result in humanity’s end. They use potions with magical effects to try and stop the impending doom.

The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1) by Sayantani DasGupta

The first of the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series, book one begins with Kiranmala discovering her parents are missing, and there is a demon in her kitchen! Two princes recruited her and sent to another dimension, where she must battle the Serpent King and the Rakkhoshi Queen to rescue her parents and save the Earth.

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

This delightful middle-grade novel recounts a discarded robot named Roz and her search for love and acceptance.

The Best Sci-Fi Ponderous Books

These mind-bending sci-fi novels will have you thinking for a long time afterward.

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

Raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith returns to Earth and tries to fit in. His unusual upbringing makes him seem superhuman, but he attempts to help his Earth kin understand things from a different perspective.

The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

Set in the 24th century when telepaths (“Espers”) are common, and police are telepathic as well. Ben Reich tries to evade the telepathic police for a murder he wants to commit. The story opens up the moral issues of using telepathy, regulated mostly by a guild, but raises concerns about the exclusion of telepaths who run astray as well as psychological intrigue.

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

Solaris follows humans’ failed attempts to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence. The sentient planet tests the researchers with their memories and emotions.

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

A story spanning time and space and connections between various characters, Cloud Atlas explores the theme of fate with a mind-bending narrative.

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

This classic tale follows the journey of Genly Ai on his mission to the planet Gethen. The ambisexual Gethenians present challenges and growth for Ai.

The Best Sci-Fi Cyberpunk Books

If you dream of the future lit by neon, shadowed by noir, and fueled with intrigue, these seminal cyberpunk novels are for you!

Neuromancer by William Gibson

In the first novel of the Sprawl Trilogy, hacker Henry Case is hired to help an AI take over the global network called The Matrix.

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

A modern cyberpunk tale is weaving together magic and science, with wit and feeling.

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

Set in the 25th century, humans have spread through the galaxy and can be preserved after death via cortical stacks, then essentially regenerated or “re-sleeved” into another body. Takeshi Kovacs stumbles upon a vast conspiracy after his latest “sleeve.”

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

This early entry into cyberpunk sci-fi follows teleporter Gully Foyle, an outcast considered dangerous.

Synners by Pat Cadigan

The synthesizers, or Synners, are people who can turn mental images into products for consumption. The story is told via various characters’ viewpoints.

The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books by Indie Authors

Discover the latest sci-fi and fantasy stories, while supporting independent authors!

Mindful Things by Mya Duong

Nineteen-year-old Lauren begins to experience visions and uncovers the fact her deceased parents were witches. A madman hungry for power pursues her, and she must embrace her magical heritage to try to stop him.

The Infinite by John W. Akers

The inventor Pax works on a secret project that can revolutionize human cognition. His plans are derailed by a computer virus that could end civilization, so Pax is forced to choose how he can help humanity survive.

Threadwalkers by Joanna Volavka

Miranda Woodward undergoes a discordant series of events following her father’s death. This is a young adult time travel tale.

Resonance by Jennifer Greenhall

In Book One of the Resonance Series, Sophia Walsh uses her psionic abilities for good but finds herself the next target of a killer.

Heliopause: The Questrison Saga®: Book One by J. Dianne Dotson

Heliopause by J. Dianne Dotson kickstarts The Questrison Saga®, a four-book series science fiction and fantasy series. In Heliopause, a mystery at the edge of the solar system reveals a galactic menace. A galactic natural disaster unfolds, aiding the monster in the void. Human Forster and human-looking, ageless Galla-Deia team up with telepaths, galactic mages, aliens, and androids to face the greatest threat to all life in the galaxy. Full of diverse characters and exotic worlds, found and made families, heartbreak, and whimsy, this space opera recalls Star WarsDoctor Who, and Game of Thrones.

At Your Money Geek, we are huge fans of the science fiction genre, everything from military science fiction to novels about space travel, parallel worlds, and fantasy novels. We are always looking for new books to read and exciting sci-fi writers to profile, let us know in the comments what authors you are currently enjoying.

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J. Dianne Dotson dreamed up other worlds and their characters as a child in the 1980s in East Tennessee. She formed her own neighborhood astronomy club before age 10, to educate her friends about the universe. In addition to writing stories, she drew and painted her characters, designed their outrageous space fashions, and created travel guides and glossaries for the worlds she invented.

As an adult, Dianne earned a degree in ecology and evolutionary biology, and spent several years working in research. She published Heliopause: The Questrison Saga®: Book One (2018) and its sequels Ephemeris: The Questrison Saga®: Book Two (2019), Accretion: The Questrison Saga®: Book Three (2020) and her last novel in the saga, Luminiferous: The Questrison Saga®: Book Four (2021).

Dianne is also a science writer, content writer and manager, short story writer, watercolorist, and illustrator. She lives with her family.

"The War of the Worlds by H.G."

What is considered the first true science fiction novel of the modern era, which foreshadowed genetic tinkering?

What time period produced science fiction works that included idealogies such as capitalism, and communism, and also threats of nuclear power, racism, pollution, and more?

When did the Duchess of Newcastle Margaret Cavendish write "The Blazing World," considered to be the first work of science fiction?

"Rendezvous with Rama by Sir Arthur C. Clarke"
15.

Who are considered great masters of the golden age of science fiction?

"I, Robot by Isaac Asimov"
16.

Who are considered great masters of the golden age of science fiction?

"The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin"
17.

Who was the first female author to win both the Hugo and Nova sci fi literary awards?

"This Is How You Lose the Time War"
18.

Title:

Content: 10 Science-Fantasy Books for You Funky Space Sorcerers

Science-Fantasy isn’t a new genre, per se, but it is one that is starting to get some clearer definitions within publishing, making it a buzzy place to read. Combining tropes and conventions of both science-fiction and fantasy, magic and time-space travel often go hand in hand. There are often unexplainable forces are at work alongside high tech machines and gadgets. Jumping off from the Spelljammer media list (which included a couple great science-fantasy books), I’ve conspired to get even more science-fantasy books on Gizmodo! Check out some of my favourites.

This Is How You Lose the Time War

I love This is How You Lose the Time War — it’s genuinely one of my favourite books. Two rival time agents leave messages for each other across worlds and universes, attempting to win the never ending Time War… and avoid falling in love. The twist at the end is so tone-perfect that it’ll make you want to read it again immediately.

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

Taking fairy tale retellings and mashing them into a planet-jumping adventure/romance, How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a subtly magical space romp.

Winter’s Orbit

Definitely light on the actual science, Winter’s Orbit is much more of a romance than anything else, but it’s also a fun space opera full of court intrigue and politics. If you enjoyed Leia’s standalone Star Wars novel Bloodline, Winter’s Orbit is for you. Read an essay from the author on Gizmodo here.

Iron Widow

An absolute genre wreck of a novel, Iron Widow combines Confucian-based wuxia fantasy tropes and mashes them into giant evolving battle machines as the main characters fight aliens in this alternate-history retelling of Chinese historical figures. Read an excerpt on Gizmodo here.

The Unspoken Name

I’ve screamed about The Unspoken Name before, and I’ll do it again, but this debut epic fantasy novel has it all. It’s definitely more fantasy than science fiction, but with jump gates, flying ships, and ancient stasis technology, it definitely belongs here.

The All-Consuming World

Clones, a sentient universe, and the magic of memory all come to play in The All-Consuming World. With fervor and flair, this book navigates trauma and technology without missing a beat. Read an excerpt on Gizmodo here.

Saga

If you haven’t heard of Saga at this point, I’m just thrilled I get to introduce you to this incredible science-fantasy epic comic run that took the nerd world by storm nearly 10 years ago. It’s just been picked up again after a few years on hiatus, and I cannot recommend this emotional and fantastic tale of a family who are fighting the whole universe to stay together.

Dreadnought

I can’t mention science fantasy without at least one steampunk novel, and while Dreadnought is technically the sequel to Boneshaker, it stands entirely on its own, and was my first introduction to the Clockwork Century books. With an incredible heroine in Mercy and enough world-building to make you really believe in the proposed alt-history, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe

With a stunning magic system that spans an entire universe, making up the very code of existence, A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is one of those books that starts out fast (literally, during an intergalactic space-race) and never stops.

Phoenix Extravagant

Following up the science-heavy science-fantasy Ninefox Gambit (which launched a rather wonderful series), Yoon Ha Lee dove into fantasy-heavy science-fantasy with Pheonix Extravagant, which takes place in an alt-fantasy Korea amid invasions and occupations and explores how different cultural magic systems interact with technology in a beautiful and totally original way. Also there’s a mecha-dragon. So if that doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.

Want more Gizmodo news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel and Star Wars releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Editor’s Note: Release dates within this article are based in the U.S., but will be updated with local Australian dates as soon as we know more.

"Iron Widow"
19.

Title:

Content: 10 Science-Fantasy Books for You Funky Space Sorcerers

Science-Fantasy isn’t a new genre, per se, but it is one that is starting to get some clearer definitions within publishing, making it a buzzy place to read. Combining tropes and conventions of both science-fiction and fantasy, magic and time-space travel often go hand in hand. There are often unexplainable forces are at work alongside high tech machines and gadgets. Jumping off from the Spelljammer media list (which included a couple great science-fantasy books), I’ve conspired to get even more science-fantasy books on Gizmodo! Check out some of my favourites.

This Is How You Lose the Time War

I love This is How You Lose the Time War — it’s genuinely one of my favourite books. Two rival time agents leave messages for each other across worlds and universes, attempting to win the never ending Time War… and avoid falling in love. The twist at the end is so tone-perfect that it’ll make you want to read it again immediately.

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

Taking fairy tale retellings and mashing them into a planet-jumping adventure/romance, How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a subtly magical space romp.

Winter’s Orbit

Definitely light on the actual science, Winter’s Orbit is much more of a romance than anything else, but it’s also a fun space opera full of court intrigue and politics. If you enjoyed Leia’s standalone Star Wars novel Bloodline, Winter’s Orbit is for you. Read an essay from the author on Gizmodo here.

Iron Widow

An absolute genre wreck of a novel, Iron Widow combines Confucian-based wuxia fantasy tropes and mashes them into giant evolving battle machines as the main characters fight aliens in this alternate-history retelling of Chinese historical figures. Read an excerpt on Gizmodo here.

The Unspoken Name

I’ve screamed about The Unspoken Name before, and I’ll do it again, but this debut epic fantasy novel has it all. It’s definitely more fantasy than science fiction, but with jump gates, flying ships, and ancient stasis technology, it definitely belongs here.

The All-Consuming World

Clones, a sentient universe, and the magic of memory all come to play in The All-Consuming World. With fervor and flair, this book navigates trauma and technology without missing a beat. Read an excerpt on Gizmodo here.

Saga

If you haven’t heard of Saga at this point, I’m just thrilled I get to introduce you to this incredible science-fantasy epic comic run that took the nerd world by storm nearly 10 years ago. It’s just been picked up again after a few years on hiatus, and I cannot recommend this emotional and fantastic tale of a family who are fighting the whole universe to stay together.

Dreadnought

I can’t mention science fantasy without at least one steampunk novel, and while Dreadnought is technically the sequel to Boneshaker, it stands entirely on its own, and was my first introduction to the Clockwork Century books. With an incredible heroine in Mercy and enough world-building to make you really believe in the proposed alt-history, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe

With a stunning magic system that spans an entire universe, making up the very code of existence, A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is one of those books that starts out fast (literally, during an intergalactic space-race) and never stops.

Phoenix Extravagant

Following up the science-heavy science-fantasy Ninefox Gambit (which launched a rather wonderful series), Yoon Ha Lee dove into fantasy-heavy science-fantasy with Pheonix Extravagant, which takes place in an alt-fantasy Korea amid invasions and occupations and explores how different cultural magic systems interact with technology in a beautiful and totally original way. Also there’s a mecha-dragon. So if that doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.

Want more Gizmodo news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel and Star Wars releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Editor’s Note: Release dates within this article are based in the U.S., but will be updated with local Australian dates as soon as we know more.

"A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe"
20.

Title:

Content: 10 Science-Fantasy Books for You Funky Space Sorcerers

Science-Fantasy isn’t a new genre, per se, but it is one that is starting to get some clearer definitions within publishing, making it a buzzy place to read. Combining tropes and conventions of both science-fiction and fantasy, magic and time-space travel often go hand in hand. There are often unexplainable forces are at work alongside high tech machines and gadgets. Jumping off from the Spelljammer media list (which included a couple great science-fantasy books), I’ve conspired to get even more science-fantasy books on Gizmodo! Check out some of my favourites.

This Is How You Lose the Time War

I love This is How You Lose the Time War — it’s genuinely one of my favourite books. Two rival time agents leave messages for each other across worlds and universes, attempting to win the never ending Time War… and avoid falling in love. The twist at the end is so tone-perfect that it’ll make you want to read it again immediately.

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

Taking fairy tale retellings and mashing them into a planet-jumping adventure/romance, How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a subtly magical space romp.

Winter’s Orbit

Definitely light on the actual science, Winter’s Orbit is much more of a romance than anything else, but it’s also a fun space opera full of court intrigue and politics. If you enjoyed Leia’s standalone Star Wars novel Bloodline, Winter’s Orbit is for you. Read an essay from the author on Gizmodo here.

Iron Widow

An absolute genre wreck of a novel, Iron Widow combines Confucian-based wuxia fantasy tropes and mashes them into giant evolving battle machines as the main characters fight aliens in this alternate-history retelling of Chinese historical figures. Read an excerpt on Gizmodo here.

The Unspoken Name

I’ve screamed about The Unspoken Name before, and I’ll do it again, but this debut epic fantasy novel has it all. It’s definitely more fantasy than science fiction, but with jump gates, flying ships, and ancient stasis technology, it definitely belongs here.

The All-Consuming World

Clones, a sentient universe, and the magic of memory all come to play in The All-Consuming World. With fervor and flair, this book navigates trauma and technology without missing a beat. Read an excerpt on Gizmodo here.

Saga

If you haven’t heard of Saga at this point, I’m just thrilled I get to introduce you to this incredible science-fantasy epic comic run that took the nerd world by storm nearly 10 years ago. It’s just been picked up again after a few years on hiatus, and I cannot recommend this emotional and fantastic tale of a family who are fighting the whole universe to stay together.

Dreadnought

I can’t mention science fantasy without at least one steampunk novel, and while Dreadnought is technically the sequel to Boneshaker, it stands entirely on its own, and was my first introduction to the Clockwork Century books. With an incredible heroine in Mercy and enough world-building to make you really believe in the proposed alt-history, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe

With a stunning magic system that spans an entire universe, making up the very code of existence, A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is one of those books that starts out fast (literally, during an intergalactic space-race) and never stops.

Phoenix Extravagant

Following up the science-heavy science-fantasy Ninefox Gambit (which launched a rather wonderful series), Yoon Ha Lee dove into fantasy-heavy science-fantasy with Pheonix Extravagant, which takes place in an alt-fantasy Korea amid invasions and occupations and explores how different cultural magic systems interact with technology in a beautiful and totally original way. Also there’s a mecha-dragon. So if that doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.

Want more Gizmodo news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel and Star Wars releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Editor’s Note: Release dates within this article are based in the U.S., but will be updated with local Australian dates as soon as we know more.

"Heliopause: The Questrison Saga®: Book One by J. Dianne Dotson"

**These sentences indicate:**
- The evolving role of science fiction in questioning, imagining, and shaping society.

- The recognition of women authors and underrepresented voices (e.g., N.K.

What is considered a major breakthrough in science fiction publication?

Jemisin, Le Guin, J. Dianne Dotson).

What is considered a major breakthrough in science fiction publication?

- The mention of classic (e.g., Wells, Asimov, Clarke, Le Guin) and contemporary (e.g., Jemisin, Dotson, "This Is How You Lose the Time War") works reflects the genre's expansion.

Title:

Content: Science Fiction and Politics in Literature and the Arts (Symposium, Toulouse)

Science Fiction and Politics in Literature and the Arts

The aim of this symposium run by the LLA-Créatis laboratory at the University of Toulouse Jean-Jaurès is to develop open thinking about “political” questions, in the broad sense of the term, that science fiction narratives allow. Different types of stories can be considered, in different literary genres or in cinema, video series and comics. It can be studied and interrogated from a historical, political and social perspective by involving, where appropriate, the possible contributions of different analyzes (anthropology, semiotics, feminist studies, postcolonial studies, etc.) Diversity of perspectives and questions raised by gender.

The entire twentieth-century period produced works in San Francisco that were marked by ideologies such as capitalism and its “communist” counterpart, but also by threats associated with civilian and/or military nuclear power, religious-related abuses, racism, minority liberation struggles, and pollution. , etc. These perceptions persisted, but in the period from the last 20 years of the 20th century to the first 20 years of the 21st century, other concerns were voiced: ecological pesticides, the climate crisis, demographic crises, resource depletion, or the danger. The scientific and technical potential (transhumanism, “artificial intelligence”, etc.) is being carried away.

The link to the realities of the times (as in the collection “Le Passager Clandestin / Dyschroniques”) can of course depend on one or more authors, take into account a work or compare several (especially in the case of short stories and short films). The broader perspective will consist in considering the basic ideologies, either in relation to the literary prizes awarded, or in relation to the works themselves, the semantics of these presenting themselves from the outset sometimes as criticism, sometimes as propaganda, the two being able to be combined according to modalities that tend to be ironic, Satirical, disruptive, etc.

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In any case, it would be a matter of highlighting the “exploratory potential” in these works, of identifying the “problematic tools” and of making the ideas put forward in fictional form productive from the point of view of political theory. (Y Rambhala).

Of course, it is advisable to include works belonging to different geographical and linguistic fields so that the panorama of this search is sufficiently realistic.

Provisional schedule of courses (date adjustments possible)

Oct 20, 2-4 PM / Nov 17, 2-4 PM / Dec 15, 2-4 PM / Jan 19, 2-4 PM / Feb 9, 2-4 PM / Mar 15, 2-4 PM / May 31 , 2-4 p.m

Contribution proposals must be sent Before October 1, 2023 To the following addresses: frederics[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

What is considered a major breakthrough in science fiction publication?

Who are considered great masters of the golden age of science fiction?

- A shift toward greater inclusivity and the tackling of pressing societal, ethical, and moral issues.

- A progression from traditional scientific/technological narratives to explorations of culture, identity, social justice, and diversity within the genre.

Title:

Content: Science Fiction and Politics in Literature and the Arts (Symposium, Toulouse)

Science Fiction and Politics in Literature and the Arts

The aim of this symposium run by the LLA-Créatis laboratory at the University of Toulouse Jean-Jaurès is to develop open thinking about “political” questions, in the broad sense of the term, that science fiction narratives allow. Different types of stories can be considered, in different literary genres or in cinema, video series and comics. It can be studied and interrogated from a historical, political and social perspective by involving, where appropriate, the possible contributions of different analyzes (anthropology, semiotics, feminist studies, postcolonial studies, etc.) Diversity of perspectives and questions raised by gender.

The entire twentieth-century period produced works in San Francisco that were marked by ideologies such as capitalism and its “communist” counterpart, but also by threats associated with civilian and/or military nuclear power, religious-related abuses, racism, minority liberation struggles, and pollution. , etc. These perceptions persisted, but in the period from the last 20 years of the 20th century to the first 20 years of the 21st century, other concerns were voiced: ecological pesticides, the climate crisis, demographic crises, resource depletion, or the danger. The scientific and technical potential (transhumanism, “artificial intelligence”, etc.) is being carried away.

The link to the realities of the times (as in the collection “Le Passager Clandestin / Dyschroniques”) can of course depend on one or more authors, take into account a work or compare several (especially in the case of short stories and short films). The broader perspective will consist in considering the basic ideologies, either in relation to the literary prizes awarded, or in relation to the works themselves, the semantics of these presenting themselves from the outset sometimes as criticism, sometimes as propaganda, the two being able to be combined according to modalities that tend to be ironic, Satirical, disruptive, etc.

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In any case, it would be a matter of highlighting the “exploratory potential” in these works, of identifying the “problematic tools” and of making the ideas put forward in fictional form productive from the point of view of political theory. (Y Rambhala).

Of course, it is advisable to include works belonging to different geographical and linguistic fields so that the panorama of this search is sufficiently realistic.

Provisional schedule of courses (date adjustments possible)

Oct 20, 2-4 PM / Nov 17, 2-4 PM / Dec 15, 2-4 PM / Jan 19, 2-4 PM / Feb 9, 2-4 PM / Mar 15, 2-4 PM / May 31 , 2-4 p.m

Contribution proposals must be sent Before October 1, 2023 To the following addresses: frederics[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Here are key sentences from your provided text that are most relevant to your request regarding the evolution of science fiction literature, the genre’s changes over time, and influences on its development:

- "A literary work can be a study at the same time."

Title:

Content: Being plotless, representing, in fact, a detailed essay, the book by Oleg Kryshtal “To the singing of birds ” is replete with vivid images and metaphorical expressions that cut into memory as aphorisms.
The dizzying jumps and equilibristics of thought amaze, and this mental acrobatics is not for its own sake, it invariably and purposefully works for a super-task, which the author does not lose sight of even for a second.
The magic of words in places is such that individual phrases sound like sacred, like spells of unknown rituals.
The reader will surely notice all this himself, and therefore, leaving the complementary component behind the brackets, I want to talk about something else.
This is a unique literary work that is at the same time a study of the brain.
The book “To the Singing of Birds ” prompts us to state a fact that is not only curious, but also significant for modern culture: there was a category of literature full-fledged in the artistic sense, created by the authors in order to understand something, clarify, learn in the very process of writing.
Kryshtal is not the first in this series (think Isaac Asimov or Umberto Eco), but his book expresses the trend so clearly that it can serve as a pilot text, if you like, an artistic manifesto of such literature.
This is not a genre and not a direction, such a creative realization is possible in any genre, the main feature is that the thirst for knowledge makes the author "take up the pen".
A literary work can be a study at the same time.
Let ’ s look into this in more detail.
All mental activity is stimulated either by the instinct of knowledge or by the instinct of exchange of experience.
Both are necessary for the viability of the species.
Experience is not necessarily rational and positive, there is, for example, the experience of mental experiences (at least Goethe, “The Suffering of Young Werther ”).
Whatever the writer says about himself - "I write for myself, for my wife, for children, for God, for no one" ("Motivation is a slave to the firefly of emotions" - O. Kryshtal) - any desire to write anything is dictated by the instinct of transmitting experience.
And Kryshtal is no exception.
But unlike traditional literature, which represents an artistic sublimation (and sometimes a simple illustration) of the already accumulated, experienced, deliberate, Kryshtal makes the reader a direct participant in the research process itself.
Obeying academic correctness, which requires the complete reproducibility of the experiment, he does not conceal a single link in the chain of thought and discovery.
Here is a characteristic fragment: “Two chapters ago I thought I understood how I came into being. Now I see that understanding was just a separate bone of a fossil skeleton. ”
As it is supposed to manifest, already on the fourth page the book of Kryshtal contains the declaration of the artist-researcher: "The time has passed in prayer to ask - the time has come to ask."
And he asks, he asks, and he asks.
About everything in the world.
Starting with why it exists and why it grows exactly this way, and not otherwise, this particular blade of grass, and ending with the question of why and where life, consciousness, and in general everything is.
In other words, he, no less, tries to comprehend the providence of God, and his insolence is unparalleled.
In every case there is a plan and a mechanism of incarnation, and Kryshtal follows the path natural for the scientist, trying to comprehend the Plan by investigating the Mechanism.
And then a very interesting question arises: why does Kryshtal choose artistic prose as a research tool?
The scientist, accustomed to a virtuoso laboratory experiment and accurate theoretical calculations, abandons the usual methods and, contrary to popular wisdom, “changes horses at the crossing. ”
Perhaps he wanted to be a member of three academies and to add the laurel wreath of the writer to the innumerable attributes of scientific fame?
Simply, is it not “panski vytrebenki ”?
Definitely not.
In this case, for Kryshtal, artistic prose is not a whim, but an immutable necessity.
For two reasons.
The first one.
Imagine a clever homunculus that arose and exists inside a large clock, from which it is not given to get out.
Having thoroughly studied the mechanism, he still cannot comprehend the plan of the Watchmaker, because the dial is on the outside.
What next, a dead end?
Not necessarily, if you turn on the imagination.
And not just to include, but to make a full tool in the tools of the researcher.
Imagination plays an important role in science.
But it is considered to be something auxiliary, relating to the “preliminary ”, inner kitchen of the scientist, and if traces of the work of the imagination are seen in a scientific publication, the author is subjected to the merciless ridicule of his fellow minds.
Full-fledged, not behind the scenes, imagination can work in artistic prose, but not in academic research.
The second reason is even more serious, but in order to explain it, I must load the reader with the concept of a “black box ”.
Black box is a term from cybernetics, it is “older ” than an airplane black box, and it would not be appropriate for aircraft to borrow an already“ occupied ” term.
But since that's the case, don't confuse them.
A cybernetic black box is an element (or block) of a system whose internal structure we know nothing about and which reacts to excitatory impulses in unpredictable ways.
The simplest option is a random number generator.
A cup of dice is a black box for the player, a capricious freaky woman is a black box in the melodrama, and the weathering antics and mass migration of insects are the black boxes of agriculture.
And so on.
So, one of the theorems of cybernetics says that the tracking system should be at least as complex as the tracked one, moreover, it should contain the number of “black boxes ” no less than the tracked one.
But if the scope is Design, then the mechanism of embodiment is Life in its entirety.
It contains an innumerable number of black boxes, and the notorious “pure mind ”, in the sense of none, and therefore he is powerless in such a study.
You can explore Life in a complex only with the help of another, virtual life, that is, fiction.
That's what Kryshtal does.
So, the main character is the Asking Man.
He wants to reach the limits of all things and understand the purpose of God.
The result of such a claim is predetermined: it will not work.
This is a priori clear to everyone, including the author himself.
At the very beginning of the book, he states: "... he did not penetrate the Wall, only penetrated it.
The puppeteer watched, but did not have to say hello. "
But how many interesting things along the way, how many discoveries!
It would be appropriate to add the famous phrase from “A Thousand and One Nights ”:“ But at the end of this story we will know more than we do now. ”
There are many discoveries and insights, and here is one of the most interesting.
As a scientist, Kryshtal knows that we are already on a steep, almost vertical branch of the exponent of development and an avalanche of information in the foreseeable future will inevitably lead to a qualitative leap, to a transition to a new state.
“We are sitting on the Serpent, and it is in multidimensional space just now crawling into the New Kingdom. ”
This is not a premonition, but a well-thought-out conclusion.
We will be replaced by other We, entangled in the World Wide Web and ready to merge consciousness in virtual reality - the Kingdom of Meta-language.
The personality is over! ”
At one time, Dionysius the Areopagite explained that heavenly entities (Angels, Archangels, Cherubim, etc.), as the “ranks ” increase and approach God, increasingly lose their personal properties, and the highest, closest to the Lord (Power, Forces, Thrones) are deprived of their own aspirations, almost completely dissolving in God.
Kryshtal comes to the same idea, it seems, independently of Dionysius, since there are no direct or indirect references.
Kryshtal ’ s book foretells us a coming, universal transformation, after which much will be revealed to us about the meaning of all things, and when we approach the Creator, we will remain if not in an angelic state, then, so to speak, in a near-angelic state.
“Can a person coexist with God? ”
Answer: No.
Modern man, as a rule, is not ready to give up his personality.
Hence the seemingly unexpected, but quite logical and disheartening conclusion: “God suddenly appears, many will not want to live any more. ”
Kryshtal himself, the prospect of reducing personality does not seem to frighten.
Although, stop.
While we were thinking about questions and answers, about the game of mind and imagination, we could not distinguish between the author and the author ’ s character.
The Asking Man.
But as soon as it comes to the relationship with the Creator, such confusion is unacceptable.
Thus, the prospect of reducing the personality in exchange for approaching God and knowing the secrets of Being that are now forbidden to man does not frighten the person.
Mostly because of a passionate desire to comprehend the incomprehensible.
Therefore, the book is partly eschatological, it is permeated with a tense, sometimes even ecstatic expectation of forthcoming revelations in the near future, at least a partial initiation into the Plans of Creation.
Despite the extreme audacity, sometimes on the verge of (seeming) blasphemy, the book “To the Singing of Birds ” is not a rebellion against the Creator, on the contrary, it is a step towards God.
The book does not have a plot in the usual sense, but it is not boring to read, because it has its own dramaturgy, due to the game conflict between the unparalleled audacity of the author-researcher and the equivalent modesty of the author-human.
The interweaving of these two intentions is largely due to the charm of the book, and despite the complexity and rigidity of the problems raised, the reader has neither fatigue nor bitterness, but only a sense of the light of reason and cheerful curiosity.
Do not try to “swallow it in a volley ” – there will be no sense, read slowly, little by little – and you will be surprised how many unexpected thoughts and stunning discoveries will enrich your inner experience.
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Shamil Idiatullin: “This novel is a big self-sabotage ”
Journalist and writer on the creation of “The Return of the Pioneer ”, nostalgia for the USSR and an unexpected interpretation
“Nostalgic fiction ” was dubbed by readers a new novel“ The Return of the Pioneer ” by a Moscow journalist and writer with Tatarstan roots Shamil Idiatullin.
The book is about Soviet schoolchildren who flew into space, and got into 2021, were shocked by what they saw and now dream of returning to 1985.
The work is published on the Internet in the style of a feuilleton novel - a fragment per week.
In an interview with Realnoe Vremya, the winner of the Big Book Prize talked about how his readers influence the author, what kind of music he would like to hear for the novel, and whether he yearns for the USSR.
“In the last ten years, I ’ ve made up a lot of stories. ”
- Shamil, how did you write this work?
Is it a novel or a novel?
- A story was written, and in terms of volume, in terms of the number of storylines, it turned out to be a novel.
It ’ s either a big story or a small novel.
Let the critics understand.
How did you start writing it?
This isn't your first adventure.
- Not the first, yeah.
There were a few moments here.
I have long been called a science fiction writer, even when “Tatar strike ”, my first book, came out.
This is never fiction, but the publishers, out of caution, put the novel in the series “Modern Fantastic Adventure ” and wrote in the annotation that the action takes place in the near future.
At some point I realized that it is useless to explain and argue, still I will not get rid of the label - it means you need to write fiction.
So there was “It ’ s just a game ” – a children ’ s fantasy story.
I was also called a children ’ s author from “Ubira ”.
So I gave away teenage fiction.
Then I wrote "Tubagach", a frankly childish fantasy story.
And I thought that the gestalt is closed, you can no longer consider yourself an impostor.
Last spring, I got a major book service that provides subscription-based reading — in the form of texts and audio books.
They decided, in addition to books already published by someone, to offer subscribers their own content, unique, written specifically for them.
And immediately they rushed to me: write something, please, what you want, but it would be better to fiction.
I refused for six months: I do not like to write very much, but I do not want to order.
And then I thought that here it is, the opportunity to paint one of the dozens of long-dusty stories in the computer.
Other hands will never reach, and the thing seems interesting, such I myself would read.
The story was written, and in terms of volume, the number of storylines turned out to be a novel.
It ’ s either a big story or a small novel.
Let the critics understand.
How did the story come about?
Over the past ten years, I have come up with a bunch of stories that I do not even try to implement.
Most of them were not on my own initiative.
Producers come to me every now and then: let ’ s make a movie, you can come up with something from scratch, there is such a request: for fiction, for a thriller, for a text about the 80s, for teenage adventures.
So I wrote in response to this mound dozens of applications of varying degrees of elaboration - from one line to 5-10 pages with an episode.
It didn ’ t end there, the producers just disappeared.
And when this service came to me for the third time, I decided that I should try.
He offered them a few options, and they chose three.
One of them I began to write, but for various reasons I did not give them, it turned out to be an adult social fiction, the story “Bright memory ”.
It, God willing, will be released in the editorial office of Elena Shubina as part of a fantastic collection, which is called “Everything is like people ” (and this is not a coincidence).
And for the book service, I decided to deploy the shortest application, there was a couple of lines literally: a teenage crew in 1985 goes into space, returns to our time and finds that everything has changed: the country is different, the world is different, the time is different.
What are the faithful pioneers from the era of developed socialism to do here?
Are they ready to live, learn and fight here, as they solemnly promised?
I thought it was such a challenge to expand a story from one line.
I was asked to write five books.
I was going to write something entertaining, adventurous so that teenagers would be interested in reading, for which I would give a couple of teeth and all the treasures of the world at the age of 12.
It makes it interesting for adults as well.
And in the course of writing, it turned out to be 11 sheets.
And it was on time.
I was horrified, offered to cut it, but the publisher was delighted when he read The Return of the Pioneer, and said that the novel in any case should not be cut.
“Most of what we read was a sequel. ”
- He comes out in parts, once a week?
It has nine parts.
There are two types of reading.
Reading in a volley.
And when you stretch the pleasure.
I read children ’ s books right away.
- I had my doubts.
When I was a kid, I read three books at the same time.
It is a sin to go to bed without knowing how it all ended - this is on the one hand.
On the other hand, reading in parts is blessed with history and tradition.
The format of feuilletons arose simultaneously with what we consider popular literature: thus, with the sequels, Dumas ’ main novels were published: “The Three Musketeers ”,“ Queen Margot ” and so on.
All reading America was standing on the ocean and waiting for the steamer, which was carrying from Great Britain the next pieces of Dickens ’ novel about David Copperfield or baby Dorrit.
Even War and Peace, if I ’ m not mistaken, was printed in parts.
What about our childhood!
Most of what we read were stories with a continuation in Pioneer Truth, Pioneer, Bonfire, Young Technician, and so on.
After all, we lived waiting for the continuation of “Starship on Vyat ”,“ Doves on the yellow meadow ” or “Carousel over the city ”.
Since there is a fantastic children's story with the word "Pioneer" - God himself ordered to give it to pieces.
Plus, I proceeded from the fact that the publisher knows better how to sell and promote.
Over the past ten years, I have come up with a bunch of stories that I do not even try to implement.
The majority did not come from my own initiative.
There is also music to the book.
- That's right.
The publishers worked very interesting on the audio version, which is read by a great actor Grigory Perel, and immediately asked me about the wishes for the soundtrack.
Naturally, I wanted Aigel.
But it turned out that the group is already making music for the first project of the service - the novel by Evgenia Nekrasova "Skin" about how a serf Russian peasant woman and an American black slave change their skin and fate.
As a result, the music for “Return of the Pioneer ” was a sonified — turned into sound — set of data coming from the Soviet satellites“ Vega-1 ” and “Vega-2 ”, flying to Venus and Halley ’ s comet.
The comet is one of the heroes of the book.
I have to admit, I expected that most of the readers would fill me with a virtual muzzle – where, they say, is the next piece?
Expectations were partly justified, but a surprisingly large proportion of the audience entered the taste of step-by-step reading: to finish reading – to listen to a piece, savoring it and wondering what will happen next.
- What piece is it now?
- Six out of nine.
It came to the finish line.
The publication ends on September 8.
The novel is not divided into exactly two parts.
The first half, a little less, is preparation for the flight: ordinary guys, not geniuses and not even excellent students, become participants in a space experiment.
At first such a distracted from the basic agenda, but it quickly turns out that only these teenagers can save humanity.
This half is already fully available, as is the interlude about what happened after the flight.
And this week began the second, the capital half: “Pioneer ” returned.
In the most unexpected way.
- You talk a lot online about children's fiction.
At the same time, the book contains a lot of material that is more understandable to people brought up in the USSR.
It turns out that the story is childish, but it is not for children.
This is not a children ’ s story.
It can feel that way in the first half.
However, already in the prologue, as an honest person, I set the tone, touching serious adult topics that will be touched upon later in the text.
And this should be a cut-off plane for the reader who wants old-school children's entertainment like the story "Five in a Starship."
At the same time, the first part is optimistic, childish.
Although some infodump is present.
The second part - it can not be called a nursery.
To solve children have not childish problems, as it happens in normal adolescents.
It was the same in the “City of Brezhnev ” or“ Ubyr ”: a teenage hero is cooked in a cauldron of children ’ s problems.
Apparently, my hand was stuffed with picking up adult things with the help of young heroes who are probably close to me.
Teenagers are an interesting object of study.
It is always a bubbling volcano of passions, hormones, misunderstanding, lack of experience, an overabundance of ambition, self-confidence, a desire to know everything and an understanding that everyone around is fools.
He is also interesting as a subject, one who transforms life, although he is not sharpened to it.
Time after time, young people decide the fate of the world, although this is not what they were preparing for, and not what those who brought them up counted on.
Most of what we read were stories with a continuation in Pioneer Pravda, Pioneer, Bonfire, Young Technician, and so on.
“The last organization I volunteered for was the Komsomol. ”
You talk about children ’ s literature in great detail.
You spill names that I don't even know sometimes.
Would you like to do the series “Idiatullin recommends ”?
— I really do not like to act as a pastor, a participant in a great force, an alliance, a party.
I am regularly called to various organizations.
Every time I explain that the last organization in which I volunteered was the Komsomol.
With its collapse, I happily left and decided that next - myself.
As far as possible, I will not join, join the ranks, sign collective letters, as long as this is allowed.
Several letters had to be signed, when it was all up — it was about the fate of the media and specific journalists.
But I try to stay away from mass movements.
Another thing is that I am often asked to write blerbs, reviews of books by young authors - and I try not to refuse if I like them at all.
I have acted as an expert in several awards, but I dream of escaping from everywhere completely.
Tired of reading hundreds of other people ’ s manuscripts for a year, 20 to 30 of which are beautiful, and the rest are either optional or very bad.
Rubric, conditionally, "Idiatullin recommends" - from this, from the alleged performance in the role of guru fingers curl.
Besides, I'm not sure my ringing name will make the reader go after the purse.
But on a non-commercial basis, I've been doing this for a long time.
To pay attention to the books, every year I make lists of what I have read and viewed, I try to speak publicly about the books that I liked.
This year, for the same reasons, I agreed to run a blog on a single reader platform.
There are a lot of bloggers there, but most of them are trying to promote themselves: I wrote a superbook, so read everything quickly.
I decided to write about important, necessary and just cute books that can stay away from the reader ’ s attention.
And by virtue of newspaper training, I do it regularly, dump out textiles every 10 days.
This week, for example, he wrote about the wonderful children's book by Swedish writer Ulle Mattson "Brig" Three Lilies ", which was published twice in the USSR and almost forgotten.
I write a lot about Soviet books and modern Russian books.
It ’ s all on my own initiative, of course.
Asking me is both useless and pointless — I am not a selling author.
In this book, I did not find a person with whom I could identify you.
And that's understandable.
But at the same time, I clearly read the message “what country we lost ”.
I was confused when I started the book and when I finished it.
It ’ s not easy to call me a cowboy after Brezhnev City.
And it ’ s not that I ’ m a fiery propagandist of the current situation: one who beats in awe of what ’ s happening now.
But from the “Return of the Pioneer ”, if desired, you can pull out a completely unexpected interpretation.
Because most of the impressions are formed by the optics of the narrator and listeners.
Narrators in most cases are straightforward, naive, very uncompromising guys 13 years old.
They were raised to the peak of a fairly prosperous existence, a society, a country, a set of ideas for which they are ready to sacrifice themselves.
They were taught that way.
From this peak, the heroes get to another peak, to another situation where they are no one, and everything is not as they were taught.
I tried to imagine how I would feel if I moved from 1985 to 2021 — and vice versa, how I would perceive the years of my childhood from a momentary position.
The heroes are the same age, my year of birth - it helped me remember, perhaps incorrectly, but honestly, as far as memory and conscience allowed, myself at that time.
Plus, the error factor of the survivor, but the victim, is very important.
The experiment did not end as expected.
The guys returned to the wrong place, to the wrong meeting circle, to the wrong world in general, to the zone of inverted negativity.
But they are not fools living by the same reflection.
They are trying to figure out: if we were met by other people in other circumstances, would we evaluate everything differently?
I tried to imagine how I would feel if I moved from 1985 to 2021 — and vice versa, how I would perceive the years of my childhood from a momentary position.
Please note that I picked up non-capital guys.
They are regions that do not even need to be explained.
Leninogorsk, Grozny, a working settlement at the Nurek HPP of the Tajik SSR.
In the latter two cases, it is especially clear: the situation in which their home existed in 1985, and today ’ s situation are two big differences.
And this is hardly able to please a person detached from this house.
I am ready for reproach.
This novel is a big self-starter.
I expose myself to the patriots and non-amateurs of this and that era, to the “rivets ” who will see that I have distorted technical and scientific moments, to the true-lovers of fiction, which is not written this way, to the readers of large literature, who can be enraged by a sharp plot.
And so on.
It's not my fault.
It is the fault of heroes and circumstances.
“It ’ s a shame, it ’ s a sin that will always be on me. ”
Yes, the novel has a strong scientific base.
But at some point, I began to think that it was rather contrived.
Have you studied string theory?
— Yes, I was surrounded by books, scientific articles, compared the developments of those years and modern ones, ours and the American ones.
I understood that the basic concept is absolutely zealous anyway, this is fantastic, comrades.
But the material dictated the need for at least a minimal justification of what was happening.
By and large, this does not affect the story.
I could not check the astronomical tables, not climb into NASA research, the minutes of the meeting of the Council of Chief Designers, the files of "Pravda" and astronomical bulletins.
But the text must be true to me, no matter how I lie.
Even newspaper clippings inserted into the novel, I have at the heart of the genuine — well, a little redone or stylized.
I wanted to reflect the moment of the era.
This is as essential as maintaining the intonation, the manner of speech, the slang of a particular decade.
And digging into the scientific literature was a factor in persuading me as a reader.
This, apparently, remained from the study of mathematics school.
An important question for me personally.
Will one of the main characters, Linar, learn the Tatar language?
Of course he will learn.
He has to compensate, to throw the gap that has formed between him and two of his most loving people, whom he does not understand, and they understand him with difficulty.
It will be a shame after 36 years.
It's a reproduction of my feelings.
As a child, I went on vacation to Drozhzhanovsky district to visit my grandparents.
And he almost did not communicate with them: he almost did not know Tatar, Abi did not know Russian at all, Babai did with the lexicon learned in the war.
And with my mother ’ s mother, who nursed me in the city and loved me as soon as they could, she did not speak Tatar.
It didn't bother me until I was 20.
And then there was a terrible shame - and I rushed to learn Tatar.
Now I have mastered it to the extent that I would understand them.
But they're gone.
It's a shame, it's a sin that will always be on me.
And Linar will be able to atone for this sin.
Of course, he is not me, but I threw him into this situation and am convinced that he will learn Tatar.
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- "And where it can be, if not in space, where we were the first."

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Content: February 27, 2018 in Moscow in the press center of IA REGNUM was held the Forum "Space Commonwealth", which was attended by delegates from more than 50 public organizations.
Our organizations unite tens of thousands of scientists, philosophers, teachers of specialized universities, engineers and designers, space industry workers, writers, journalists, historians, political scientists, museum and library workers, and various people who are not indifferent to the fate of the Russian space industry.
NASA
Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Gagarin start
We, the participants of the forum, recognize that the Russian space project is in a deep crisis: scientific and technical, managerial and semantic.
We are living the legacy of our great ancestors.
The world is rapidly forgetting and has almost forgotten who was the first in space, not only on rockets and satellites, but also ideologically: the ideas of Russian cosmism are now promoted by Elon Musk, however, without reference to primary sources.
Russian thinkers and philosophers were the first to realize the task of entering the Cosmos as a universal task, the solution of which is a necessary condition for the further existence and development of mankind.
Even in the midst of the Cold War and the arms race, the word “satellite ” and the name Yuri Gagarin became symbols of a global breakthrough that had nothing to do with war and the growth of international tension, it was the birth of peaceful space, the rise of the human spirit, important for all inhabitants of the Earth.
This has never happened in human history.
Robert Couse-Baker
Yuri Gagarin
But with the death of Sergei Korolev, large Soviet space projects against the background of the achievements of the American lunar project are being curtailed.
This deprived the Soviet people of the most important component of a positive image of the future of our country and its role in the world.
The era of stoppage of development: scientific, technical, social, artistic, which led first to stagnation, the triumph of philistine consumer values, in the satisfaction of which socialism was uncompetitive, and eventually to the largest geopolitical catastrophe - the destruction of the USSR without war and official surrender.
With the violation of the strategic balance, the world entered a dangerous and troubled time.
But today the protracted pause in space development is over, the era of Spice 2.0 has begun.
All the leaders of the largest countries said that superiority in space technology is a key element in the struggle for world leadership.
The projects of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other American projects against the independent and self-sufficient space program of China.
The international space race has begun, and Russia, unfortunately, takes the position of hopelessly lagging behind.
Heisenberg Media
Elon Musk
What we have today.
We have retained a unique role within the international system of division of labor in the space industry — the role of the space driver, which we will inevitably lose in the near future, if existing trends continue.
The loss of our leadership in energy and life-sustaining space technologies will inevitably follow.
Continuous reform, periodic attempts to “optimize ” the industry did not lead to any noticeable positive changes.
Rather, on the contrary: corruption scandals, a continuous series of high-profile disasters, the complete lack of initiative of Roscosmos did not add to the authority of either the industry itself or the state as a whole.
The program of Roscosmos, according to which Russia was to return to the leadership in space by 2020, failed.
Russia ’ s lagging behind the US and EU countries, and now from China and India, has not only not decreased, but on the contrary has grown noticeably.
Since the early 2000s, billions of dollars have been allocated and spent by the state on the development of domestic cosmonautics.
However, under the management of “effective managers ”, the infusion of funds into the space industry yielded nothing but the collapse of key enterprises with catastrophic consequences, including for the country ’ s defense capability.
Today, when all the world ’ s leading experts call the 21st century the age of space exploration, and all the leading space powers are forcing their lunar programs, Roscosmos is trying to save money and integrate into the program of the United States, which has declared us part of the axis of evil together with North Korea and Syria.
This can not but cause surprise and indignation.
U.S. Department of Defense
Jeff Bezos
* * *
We believe that the Space Project in Russia is a public matter, not just a business.
In his message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: “Russia needs a breakthrough, otherwise we will be crushed. ”
And where it can be, if not in space, where we were the first.
As history has shown, the Cosmos is the best stimulus for development you can think of.
Space is not an industry.
This is what the industry collects, integrates, sets new difficult tasks for them, which cannot be solved without advanced science and education.
We need to do everything to ensure that the Soviet Union does not remain a part of Russian and world history, but becomes the foundation of the future of our people.
If Russia does not make a breakthrough and does not step into its space XXI century, then we will really be crushed.
What is needed, in our opinion, to overcome the stagnation in the space field.
First, Russia must develop and adopt a truly ambitious and carefully thought-out program for the development of space exploration.
Secondly, we will not be able to do anything if we do not overcome the value crisis and offer our citizens and the world an optimistic concept of the future that would be attractive not only for Russia, but also for the whole world.
We have something to build the foundation of our future.
We still have people of the generation of winners, for whom there were and still are no barriers neither in science nor in technology.
We know that Russian scientists, despite everything, have made the largest scientific discoveries in recent years that have created the basis for the Russian breakthrough.
We have not exhausted and not realized the philosophical tradition of Russian cosmism, which led Man into Space.
We have a unique experience of collective creation and mobilization, which allowed our people to survive and revive the country.
We need to create in the country an atmosphere of creation, creativity and movement forward.
To do this, the country must abandon the primitive role of the raw material appendage, the ideology of consumer individualism of competing individuals.
We need a new life in which security, education and creativity are guaranteed for all.
* * *
After the forum, an interview with Vladimir Putin was published, in which he clearly stated that we need the Big Space: Russia is going to the Moon and Mars.
We very much want this to become a reality, and we intend to contribute to it in every possible way.
* * *
The Russian Space Project:
1.
It is necessary in the near future to adopt a new Federal Space Program (FSP), which will be agreed with society, scientists and experts.
Flights to the moon and Mars should be a priority in this program.
To make a flyby of the moon within the next year, to prepare the landing on the moon and the construction of the lunar base within one presidential term.
The lunar project should be the beginning of the Big space breakthrough of Russia and its ticket to the future.
2.
Due to the special importance of the Federal Space Program, the President of the Russian Federation should take the industry under his personal control.
3.
Create an expert-public council on the FCP and recreate the council of general designers.
Transfer to these bodies the right to jointly determine the strategic policy for the development of the industry.
4.
To raise the status of the "Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics" on April 12 to the level of the main holidays of
"April 12" should again become for us what it once was in the 60s - a national holiday, similar in spirit and scale to May 9 - Victory Day.
If May 9 is the day of memory and military valor of Russia, April 12 is the day of its peaceful victory, the holiday of Russia, which is able to surprise the world and achieve the impossible, the holiday of the country looking to the future.
This holiday should help the country to change and make a turn to the future.
He will have to actively work for the authority of our country in the international arena, contributing to the creation of an image of a resurgent Russia, as a country capable of influencing the direction of development of the whole world, capable of solving advanced scientific, technical and engineering problems, consistently pursuing a course for peaceful, equal, creative cooperation of states both on Earth and in space.
5.
To give the birthday of Yuri Gagarin on March 9 the status of a memorable date, declaring it “the International Day of Yuri Gagarin ”.
Yuri Gagarin is a national hero of our country and one of the brightest historical figures of the twentieth century.
His example should be a guide for the younger generation, inspire children and young people for excellent studies, physical education and sports, social activities.
6.
At a time when peace is becoming so fragile, the experience of peaceful cooperation is of particular importance.
An example of such cooperation between countries and peoples has always served and is now served by astronautics.
It continues to be an ideal communication platform.
Today, when Russia is the initiator of a number of integration processes – the Eurasian Union, the Customs Union, BRICS – it is necessary to establish and strengthen contacts within these unions.
Here, a large Russian space project could have a long-term geopolitical significance.
Friedrich Zander.
Postage stamp of the USSR.
1964
7.
It is necessary to pay more attention to the philosophical and ethical foundations of space activities, the axiology of space exploration.
A wide range of studies and publications of the works of representatives of the noosphere and cosmic thought of Russia (N.F. Fedorov, K.E. Tsiolkovsky, V.I. Vernadsky, A.L. Chizhevsky, etc.), actualizing their heritage for the present, the creation of scientific collections of works, the preparation of popular scientific works, the development and description of archival collections.
It is necessary to create the Institute and the Museum of Russian Cosmism, expanding within the framework of the museum a wide exposition and exhibition activities that demonstrate the philosophical, scientific, and artistic context of the topic of space exploration.
The tasks of such an institute are a wide range of studies of the philosophy of cosmism, space topics in literature and culture, problems of the history of cosmonautics, noospheric worldview, etc.
On the basis of the Institute, it is proposed to develop a series of educational space programs for training specialists in various specialties, whose worldview horizon and skills of theoretical and practical work will stand at the level of the tasks of the beginning of the III millennium, where space activities will inevitably play a dominant role.
8.
In the east of the country in the Amur region, on the basis of the Vostochny cosmodrome, it is necessary to create the Pavel Florensky National Space Center, which could also become an educational and scientific center specializing in humanitarian problems of cosmonautics.
9.
To raise the question of creating a Museum in Moscow dedicated to the activities of the legendary GIRD (Group for the Study of Jet Propulsion), which included Friedrich Zander, Sergei Korolev, Yakov Perelman and other classics of Russian cosmonautics.
To raise the question of the return of the mansion in Vadkovsky Lane to the Moscow education system and the organization of the Center for Aerospace Education on its basis.
10.
The Forum supported the decisions of the Ministry of Education to return the subject of “Astronomy ” to school.
However, our opinion and the opinion of teachers, this subject should be taught not in high school, when students are preparing for the exam, but when this subject is most in demand and interesting to schoolchildren themselves, that is, in grades 6 − 7.
Today, when there is a practical space exploration, it is not enough to teach only astronomy.
Astronomy should be returned to school as part of the Astronomy and Cosmonautics course.
Sergey Korolev.
1920s
11.
Russian literature in the XX century was enriched by a number of the brightest names of writers who worked in the field of children's literature and fiction: A. Belyaev, A.
Tolstoy, A. Green, A. Kazantsev, I. Efremov, the Strugatsky brothers, K. Bulychev, G. Sadovnikov, etc.
Today, when the essay is returned to school, the topics of space exploration, the future of earthlings, the prospects for the development of mankind in the third millennium can be raised in school essays based on the classics of science fiction of the 20th century.
12.
We believe that the topic of space and cosmonautics is not adequately reflected in the media today.
We need constant radio and television broadcasts about space.
13.
The country has a difficult situation with specialized publishing houses engaged in the production of scientific and technical literature.
If Russia is going to be an advanced scientific and technological power, then it needs to restore order in this area.
At the moment, there is no support from the state for the release of such literature.
The purchase of periodical and reference technical literature by the libraries of technical universities has practically ceased.
The system of translations of foreign scientific and technical literature has been destroyed.
14.
We are forced to state the lack of attention from the Ministry of Education to aerospace education.
A system of broad interaction of specialized institutions and enterprises of the space industry, divisions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, institutions of basic and additional education should be established in order to develop aerospace education, ensure its step-by-step and continuity, attract the attention of children and adolescents to scientific and technical creativity, popularize the achievements of domestic astronautics.
It is necessary to coordinate the efforts of schools, museums, libraries, centers of children's and youth creativity.
It is necessary to establish a system of training and retraining of teachers - leaders of circles, teachers of the subject "Astronomy and cosmonautics".
In order to improve the professional level of teachers of additional education, they should be provided with the opportunity to receive consultations and participate in seminars in specialized universities, research institutes, observatories and enterprises of the space industry.
Also, the forum participants consider it necessary to create an Aerospace Lyceum in Moscow with the level of preparation of a physics and mathematics school and deep training in modeling.
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15.
The forum participants also proposed to create a Federal Center for Aerospace Education named after Yuri Gagarin on the territory of Star City in the form of a permanent children ’ s camp.
Star City has a unique unique teaching staff in the world, on its territory there is the "Center for training cosmonauts named after Yuri Gagarin" with a full cycle of methods and space educational programs for training cosmonauts, a unique training base, around the Star City there are also a number of aerospace enterprises, where there are unique museums and educational centers.
16.
The school should ensure the education of a generation capable of taking over the baton in the field of cosmonautics and other high-tech sectors of the economy.
If earlier the school focused mainly on work in offices, now this is not enough.
The country needs to restore the economy, and this, in turn, will require the training of a large number of engineering personnel.
Schools need engineering classes.
It is necessary to teach the first class of the subject "Construction".
It is necessary in one form or another to teach students the basics of drawing, perhaps as part of a complex subject, including elements of drawing, design, design, etc.
17.
Creative projects related to space science, both technical and humanitarian, can be implemented in schools.
In many houses of children's and youth creativity, technical circles associated with rocket modeling, aircraft modeling, radio circles, and robotics circles have been preserved.
Close communication should be established between educational schools and institutions of additional education.
18.
It is necessary to ensure constant interaction of Russian schools with space and technical museums, libraries, where the memory of the history of Russian cosmonautics is stored, about people who worked in the space industry, about their deeds and achievements, which became at the same time the achievements of the country.
It is necessary to simplify the procedure for the organized withdrawal (removal) of students outside the school for the purpose of visiting educational events of libraries and museums.
Recommend to educational institutions of Moscow and other cities visiting museums of aviation and cosmonautics, planetariums.
It is important to pay attention to educational exhibitions about space, to develop and create a mobile exhibition "Children about space" for display around the country with the participation of the Association of Space Museums, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, public organizations involved in the promotion of the topic of space and astronautics.
19.
Schools and libraries can become the basis for extensive volunteer work in the field of collecting memory about the history of Russian cosmonautics, about the fate of representatives of the space industry.
Every day people leave, associated with the years of the space decade of storms and onslaught.
Many Russian families have relatives or acquaintances who were associated with astronautics.
It is necessary to orient children to collect family memories of ancestors who worked in the space industry.
Schoolchildren, under the guidance of teachers and librarians, could find space veterans in their city and district, study their biographies, interview, make a report, arrange exhibitions, collect archival materials, etc.
Advances in space exploration are part of our great history that must be preserved.
And the effective, personal participation of schoolchildren in memorial projects will contribute to patriotic education and continuity of generations.
It is necessary to begin work on the systematic fixation of the memory of the pioneers of astronautics, engineers and scientists, those who worked and work at the enterprises of the space industry, the participants of the first launches, etc., involving libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions in this work on a systematic basis.
The memory of those who created the space industry of our country, a kind of “Immortal, but already space regiment ”, should be collected and preserved in the country.
20.
To create a memorial complex on the territory of VDNH on the Industry Square in front of the Cosmos pavilion, dedicated to the domestic space, nuclear and electronic industries, making the Vostok rocket the semantic center of the memorial.
The Space Memorial of Glory, a monument to the creative work of our scientists, would allow us to preserve the memory of the greatest achievements of Russia in the 20th century.
21.
To propose to the management of the metro to arrange the station "Gagarin Square" with photo-panels of the meeting of Yuri Gagarin in Moscow in April 1961.
At the moment, the station is devoid of any design, which does not correspond to the importance of Yuri Gagarin and cosmonautics for Russian society and culture.
22.
To establish in Cuba in Havana a monument to Yuri Gagarin.
Despite the fact that the first cosmonaut, together with Che Guevara, was co-chairman of the Soviet-Cuban Friendship Society, there is still no monument to him in Cuba.
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23.
To support the idea of holding the annual volunteer festival “Time to Space ” on the territory of VDNH in April, as well as the project of the“ World Space Week ”, which takes place in Russia and the world from 4 to 10 October.

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- "Technology turns reading into an exciting journey through the facts and events of a work."

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Content: No. 4 / 1 (8 / 1)
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A smartphone app that will change your attitude to literature
Technology turns reading into an exciting journey through the facts and events of a work.
To put it simply, this is just a godsend for schoolchildren, as well as for those who want to look at classical (and not only) literary works in a new way.
The process of reading has been studied quite widely: it is scientifically confirmed that this is one of the most useful activities that humanity has just invented.
Perfect fitness for our brain.
Reading trains memory, concentration, fictional plots in fiction, experiences for heroes - develop empathy, the ability to recognize the feelings of another person (without which, as you know, it is difficult to build relationships with people).
Neurophysiologist David Lewis and colleagues conducted a study on how different types of activity contribute to stress relief.
Reading can reduce stress levels by as much as 68 percent, which is even more than listening to music or walking.
It turns out that just 6 minutes of reading is enough to slow the heart rate and reduce muscle tension.
By the way, this is already a fact: nowadays most people prefer to read books from the screens of smartphones, computers and e-books.
For example, according to the results of last year ’ s VTsIOM survey, more than 71% of Russians read books from electronic media (in addition to smartphones, this includes computers and e-books).
It turns out a curious nuance - according to research, most people who read the book for the first time (for the experiment used the books of Russian classics), assimilate only a little more than half of what is told in the book - terms, historical facts, descriptions of heroes, references to events, the context in which a particular plot twist takes place.
Even a well-known literary work from school literature can become a huge iceberg, hiding in the depths of the abyss of information - even for a whole fascinating book.
Modern technologies open up new facets of literary works, which, otherwise, could be discovered only after listening to a dozen lectures from famous literary critics and historians.
One of the most striking examples is the application (free, by the way) for interactive reading “Live Pages ”, developed by the Tolstoy Digital group together with Samsung Electronics.
How does the reader interact with the book in the app?
Consider the example of "War and Peace": Leo Tolstoy created one of the largest, both in terms of role in literature and based on the volume, novels - 1300 pages.
“Live pages ” not only simplify the perception of the book, but also make it deeper.
Let ’ s start with the fact that the chapters of the novel are structured according to colors – the red color is marked “war ”, and the blue color is marked“ peace ”.
In addition, in the navigation of the work, a structured table of contents of each volume will help, thanks to which the right place in the book can be found in a couple of clicks.
In the epic of Tolstoy more than 550 characters, both fictional and historical, to understand this intricacies helps a special section of the application - "Heroes", where e, instead of the characteristics of the character (his "dexterity" and "strength", for example) - cards of the heroes of the novel with their avatars and quotes.
In the "Places" section there are interesting facts about the places where events take place, in the "Routes" the paths of the heroes of the novel are traced.
Especially interesting is the section “The Course of Time ”, where in parallel you can see and read about the events described in the novel, and about those events that took place in reality.
In the application "Live pages" there is a special section "Game of words", which, for example, allows you to quickly remember obsolete words, because in the work of Tolstoy many words of another era, which most of us may already be unknown.
Tolstoy ’ s work contains many words that most of us do not know.
“Live pages ” allow you to instantly find out their meanings.
A quote from the novel: "Trunila, first of all, is not a dog, but a reaper," thought Nicholas, and looked sternly at his sister, trying to give her a sense of the distance that should have divided them at that moment.
Who do you think is this “bastard ”?
As it turns out, a hound dog.
What else can you read in the Living Pages Library?
From the main books of Russian classics (for example, “Woe from Wit ” by Alexander Griboyedov,“ Eugene Onegin ” by Alexander Pushkin, “Crime and Punishment ” and“ Idiot ” by Fyodor Dostoevsky, “At the Bottom ” by Maxim Gorky) to modern authors (“ Lavr ” by Evgeny Vodolazkin, “Zuleikha Opens Eyes ” by Guzel Yakhina).
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“In the heart opened soda ”: Alexey Salnikov about“ Petrov in the flu ” and childhood
On September 9, a film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov was released based on the novel “Petrovs in and around the Influenza ”.
Photo, video: TASS / Grigorov Gabriel.
Video: 5-tv.ru
Alexey Salnikov is the author of the novel “Petrovs in and around the flu ”.
In 2016, the manuscript was published in the magazine “Volga ”, and a year later the book was published in the publishing house“ AST ”.
The story of a 28-year-old car mechanic and his family who fell ill with the flu before the New Year, received awards from the NOS and the “National Bestseller ”.
On September 9, 2021, the premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov ’ s film “Petrovs in the flu ” took place in Russia.
Before that, the picture was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, where the jury noted the award of the operator Vladislav Opelyants.
Especially for the premiere of the film, a new edition of the book “Petrovs in and around the flu ” was released.
On September 10, Alexey Salnikov presented it at the St. Petersburg House of Books.
5-tv.ru spoke with the author of the novel about his impressions of the film, childhood and books.
— You have just talked with readers, how comfortable it is to talk with fans of your work?
I feel comfortable talking to other readers.
People who read something are watching.
Was there a fear of going out to the public?
Because the writer works alone.
You see, I wrote poetry.
It means that you read to the public for a while, because without it, poetry is not very good.
This format of the current, say, versification, is to read to people, so I was a little relaxed with these events.
He started as a poet.
Do you often go back to poetry?
- No, I left something.
It's not like they're here yet.
Or they don't want me.
Somehow we don't match each other yet.
— About the film by Kirill Serebrennikov “Petrovs in the flu ”.
When did you see it?
Was that before the premiere?
Before the Russian premiere, yes.
What were your first impressions of watching?
“I was so caught up in this view that I went around for a few more hours full of excitement and still stunned.
At the time, my wife was watching the movie.
We did not manage to run the film on the TV with the link that was thrown to us.
I had to look at the computer, and I only have one headphone, so we took turns doing it.
My wife was also stunned by this movie.
And no wonder, many of them are stunned – that ’ s the thing.
What was that emotion?
Glad it worked out?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
At some point it was as if they had opened a soda in their heart.
These are such sweet moments.
There is one shocking one, you do not have time to turn away from it, you do not even have time to be surprised.
You only have time to be horrified and everything - so all this is happening rapidly.
But there is only one such fragment.
This is more of an echo of my author ’ s statement.
Who to blame but yourself?
And so the film turned out to be very gentle and piercing, and about all of us.
About a generation of 40-year-olds, 50-year-olds, maybe.
Presentation of a special edition of the book "Petrovs in and around the flu" in St. Petersburg.
Video: 5-tv.ru
- You said that before the shooting they showed you the actors who will perform the roles.
How do they compare to the characters in your book?
So it turns out that the appearance described in the book is not as important as the professionalism of the actors.
And he is quite himself.
He's beautiful.
Especially when you consider that many of the actors play five or six roles.
Sometimes you do not even notice it, you already find it in the credits.
Were you surprised when you watched the movie?
- Yes.
I was kind of surprised even, you know, after seeing Austin Powers for the first time.
Only there one person played most of the roles, and here several people played many roles.
That's great!
— The actor who played Petrov, did you imagine a character like that?
He was supposed to be a bit like Igor (one of the characters in the book — Approx. ed.).
He had to be a brunette, too.
And as a child to look like Igor, to the Snow Maiden there was confusion, but here the confusion arose without it.
And, it turns out, without this could have been done quite well.
Yeah, something didn't match up on the outside, but overall, why not.
Still, the Petrovs fit each other.
The son is like the father in some way and the mother, and there (in the film) the child is like the father and the mother.
They picked up something amazing.
And this is harmless completely, where a child who does not have aggression in his face is such humility.
Is there a moment in the movie that you remember?
- Of course, the first moment when Petrov in his childhood fails his own.
This happens abruptly and is accompanied by wonderful music and a sudden transition from a third-person view to a first-person view.
It's so unexpected, so cool, so sweet.
All of these scenes are beautiful.
And behind the scenes of the Christmas tree - for some reason, these moments were also remembered.
I just remember now: I remember a lot there, they can be listed for a very long time.
And the moment Petrov asks the Snow Maiden if she is real.
But that ’ s what a lot of people have seen in the trailers, but when it ’ s born from the sum of frames, from some premise, it ’ s very cool.
- The moment with the Snow Maiden is clearly expressed in the book and in the film it is, one might say, a leitmotif.
Do you have that memory from your childhood?
- But I moved it to the book, because it reminded me that the Snow Maiden had a cold hand.
In general, memories are associated with the possibility of dying.
In childhood, there were enough adventures: two opportunities to drown, dangerous falls, which ended safely only by the will of divine providence.
In general, the moment is remembered not from childhood, but from adolescence.
Due to family circumstances, I stayed home alone for the New Year holidays.
Somehow it happened that my mother had to go to her elder sister, take her niece there, to Siberia.
I am alone these days, maybe for a week.
With money and an absolute sense of happiness.
I bought some stupid books, but not at the expense of the grocery set.
From morning to night I read, watched TV, somehow everything was quiet, no one knew that I was alone, none of my friends came.
It was one of the happiest moments of my life.
- How old were you?
- About 15, 14, maybe.
Writer Alexei Salnikov.
Photo: RIA Novosti / Maxim Blinov
Have you loved reading books since childhood?
- Of course, yes.
- Now it's not obvious.
Did your parents read it?
Everyone read a lot around.
My aunt read a lot, my mother read a lot, my sister read a lot.
They put up books they liked — that ’ s probably how it works.
Recommendations from the older generation, passing through the generation.
Let ’ s say that “Conduit and Swambrania ” was already few people remembered, and my mother suddenly took it out in the library.
They were still in the library, but a generation of them, in fact, have lost.
When she took this book and gave it to me to read, I was delighted, gave it to my friends: there the rampant virus began to draw maps of their own countries and such things.
What other books have you read?
What writers?
- Everything that happened.
There were interruptions with fiction, so in the third or fourth grade, in the fifth grade, we already started reading Ivan Efremov.
Then Sadovnikova.
Classics.
Mein Reed, of course.
Then all sorts of encyclopedias, nauchpop, about space including.
There was a wonderful book “The Search for Life in the Universe ”.
And we hoped that there was an answer that there is life in the universe, but it just listed what ways you can look for life in the universe.
We read everything.
What else was there to do?
What are you reading now?
– I read Fazil Iskander, “Sandro from Chegem ”.
- Do you keep an eye on your colleagues?
I got a little bit out of it, but sometimes I read it.
Here is a new collection of stories by Shamil Idiatullin, which is composed of seemingly old stories - cool such things he has.
I liked Svetlana Sachkova.
Her book “People and Birds ” may not be popular, but it came to me.
I love the stories of Senchin, as a continuation of Chekhov, whom I also love.
Recently came the novel “War and Peace in a Single School ”.
There are 24 writers, including you.
How did you work on this book?
After all, it is very difficult for all the pieces, puzzles to come together.
- Yeah, I figured that out, too.
I think I got chapter six or maybe chapter five.
I read what was written before me, and each of the previous authors led a different line.
I wanted to cry and give up everything, but I pulled myself together and more or less brought these lines together.
And I'm afraid to go back there and see what happened.
I hope it was at least interesting.
Is it hard to say what to write?
- No. No.
If it was just an idea, it would immediately come to mind, and so...
It's kind of easier.
They say, write about it.
You think, yeah, it's not an infinite number of possibilities, it's about a particular subject.
You already start to dance around it, something interesting comes out of it.
Are you thinking about yourself now, “I am a writer ”?
- Yes.
Well, a writer.
When did it start, when did it start?
— When “Petrov ” was published by Elena Shubina (head of“ Elena Shubina ’ s editorial office ” publishing house “AST ” — Approx. ed.).
My wife always told all friends and colleagues, and she is a doctor, that my husband is a writer.
Even I was horrified by that phrase.
They all turned a finger at the temple.
And her school friends, I think, even offended.
They thought she was a fool, and it is a shame when a person turns out not to be a fool.
She also wrote poetry.
And they had a strange idea that since she writes poetry, she's kind of a bit of a jerk, a bit of a mismanagement, something else.
And that wasn't the case at all.
Special edition of the book "Petrovs in and around the flu".
Photo: 5-tv.ru
Has your work schedule changed?
“Petrovs in and around the flu ” came out, it was a success, more books are needed...
It was just an idea, I wanted to finish it.
But then something else began.
Somehow, some family problems piled up in that period between the "Petrovs" and "Indirectly".
I began to fear that I would not have time to finish “indirectly ”.
The desire to repeat success did not come, there was a desire to just have time to finish the book, which I consider one of the main in my life.
- Why the main one?
Most of the poets, no one writes about them.
It is always some secret genius who does not write his poems in vain.
And most people remain unknown, although their lines inspire those authors who then become classics.
Another thing is that there are very few classics, and there are thousands, if not millions, of poets.
Those who honestly live their lives, and work, work, work, as if in vain.
But not for nothing.
Because there can be no wave crest without the wave itself.
You said you were afraid to fail.
Don't have time for what?
“Suddenly, a brick will fall on your head. ”
I don't have time to finish.
Moreover, I once, in my opinion, still wrote “Petrov ”, it was spring, jumped out to the store for bread and I go, I think something.
And a block of ice falls behind my back and touches the hood a little.
That is, it turns out, if I came out a second later and everything - no texts, nothing would have happened.
At times like this, you think, yes, you have to make it.
Because you never know when something will happen.
It seems that you yourself will not care that you did not finish something, but sorry.
It's like you're looking from the other side and you're gonna wish you hadn't had time.
And then I got it.
— There is an opinion that some writers do not prescribe uncomfortable scenes — those that seem to be, but they want to turn away.
Have you ever had that feeling?
- I'm doing the opposite for some reason.
When this happens, the heroine thinks something bad, even with too much, even I do not expect this from her.
You walk away from the keyboard to smoke, you think, probably, it should still be removed, and then you come back and leave.
You said, "The heroine thinks."
Are your characters starting to dictate?
- Yeah, the more detailed it gets, the more lively it gets.
Maybe you understand the role more, maybe.
And it becomes a little dominant in part, at the time of writing.
So these characters do not show independence only when you write about them.
Does the book end right away or while you ’ re working on it?
Usually immediately.
“Petrov ” and was going: I saw the whole picture, it was only necessary to adjust the details.
And “indirectly ” I generally began with the last few stories to write.
Do you write books nonlinearly?
Mostly linearly.
Then I just started to finish “indirectly ”.
It was a strange moment.
First I wrote the last paragraphs, then I wrote the first few, and then I hung up because I didn ’ t understand what was going on.
Author's blindness, is it?
And then I realized that I spoiled the plot of the whole novel in the beginning.
When he did, it went.
— Do you often return to what you have already written, but not yet published, in order to refine something, rewrite it?
I try not to do it, it slows down.
Then, when you write and you see it in its entirety, editing is easier.
And so you can pick in details as much as you want, improve to the limit.
And the limit will not matter.
— There are workaholic writers who get up at six in the morning, start writing, because today it is necessary to make 50 pages, for example.
There are people who are waiting for inspiration.
What kind of writer are you?
I am more the one who is the first.
Well, I don't get up at six, but I'm fine with my daily work.
It gives more results.
Just when you look back a couple of weeks later, the volume of the text pleases that it is not in vain as if you lived this life.
And when you don ’ t write, you think you didn ’ t write today, it ’ s bad.
The actors of the film "Petrovs in the flu" at the Cannes Film Festival.
Photo: TASS / CAROLINE BLUMBERG
Are you not afraid that your friends will recognize themselves in some character?
I ’ m not afraid, because they ’ re characters.
They are not someone specific, one person entirely.
Has anyone made any claims yet?
No, just everyone learned some fragments of life.
The wife knew some pieces of our life, the son knew, some friends knew.
And that's it.
Do you enjoy writing?
- Of course, why else would I do it.
It's quite funny that out of nothing, as if, there is a text that people like, that does what other authors did to you.
When you had a favorite story as a child, you constantly reread it, you also want to be such an author.
How do you feel about criticism?
When it comes to text, it ’ s normal.
Even when the appearance is concerned, it is also normal.
And when they begin to cling to other people who are “guilty ” of the fact that the text appeared...
It is not their fault that they paid attention to the text and wrote something positive in part.
- What are you working on now?
This is an urban fantasy about a woman who has intercourse with occult forces.
- No name yet?
- Yes, but I won't say it.
It will not tell the youth anything, and so it is difficult to pronounce, I will stutter simply.
I know how to choose names so that they can not be read normally.
— “Petrovs in and around the flu ” — did you choose or did the editor suggest?
- You made it up.
Well, it was kind of a quick fix, too.
Was that the only option?
First there were "A few stories about the Petrov".
And then, when Hades and the Snow Maiden came up, the name immediately appeared.
“Indirect ” was pretty funny.
My wife asked me, “What did you call the novel? ”
I said, “indirectly. ”
She said, "What's your name?"
Is it related to a particular city?
— Ural, secondary, not from Chelyabinsk, Perm and Yekaterinburg.
It ’ s not a specific one and it ’ s not exactly boring.
Well, more or less a normal city, thousands per 100 people.
Are the Uralic people any different from the rest of the Russians?
- No. No.
Even people abroad are no different.
People are not very different from each other, because we are all the same species.
Yes, there are some inner mental boundaries, but nothing more.
— And the city of Yekaterinburg?
— We have some common locations that are in all Russian cities, everywhere they are present: buildings, barracks made of boards, in such a lining of thin boards, transformer booths, everything that is not in the city center.
When to expect a new novel?
- I'm not going to guess.
I had already thought that I would finish last year, and then suddenly it started in January.
Thanks, don't!
First his legs hurt, then he went blind.
I hope I can finally write it this year.
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Content: No. 4 / 1 (8 / 1)
Special issue
A smartphone app that will change your attitude to literature
Technology turns reading into an exciting journey through the facts and events of a work.
To put it simply, this is just a godsend for schoolchildren, as well as for those who want to look at classical (and not only) literary works in a new way.
The process of reading has been studied quite widely: it is scientifically confirmed that this is one of the most useful activities that humanity has just invented.
Perfect fitness for our brain.
Reading trains memory, concentration, fictional plots in fiction, experiences for heroes - develop empathy, the ability to recognize the feelings of another person (without which, as you know, it is difficult to build relationships with people).
Neurophysiologist David Lewis and colleagues conducted a study on how different types of activity contribute to stress relief.
Reading can reduce stress levels by as much as 68 percent, which is even more than listening to music or walking.
It turns out that just 6 minutes of reading is enough to slow the heart rate and reduce muscle tension.
By the way, this is already a fact: nowadays most people prefer to read books from the screens of smartphones, computers and e-books.
For example, according to the results of last year ’ s VTsIOM survey, more than 71% of Russians read books from electronic media (in addition to smartphones, this includes computers and e-books).
It turns out a curious nuance - according to research, most people who read the book for the first time (for the experiment used the books of Russian classics), assimilate only a little more than half of what is told in the book - terms, historical facts, descriptions of heroes, references to events, the context in which a particular plot twist takes place.
Even a well-known literary work from school literature can become a huge iceberg, hiding in the depths of the abyss of information - even for a whole fascinating book.
Modern technologies open up new facets of literary works, which, otherwise, could be discovered only after listening to a dozen lectures from famous literary critics and historians.
One of the most striking examples is the application (free, by the way) for interactive reading “Live Pages ”, developed by the Tolstoy Digital group together with Samsung Electronics.
How does the reader interact with the book in the app?
Consider the example of "War and Peace": Leo Tolstoy created one of the largest, both in terms of role in literature and based on the volume, novels - 1300 pages.
“Live pages ” not only simplify the perception of the book, but also make it deeper.
Let ’ s start with the fact that the chapters of the novel are structured according to colors – the red color is marked “war ”, and the blue color is marked“ peace ”.
In addition, in the navigation of the work, a structured table of contents of each volume will help, thanks to which the right place in the book can be found in a couple of clicks.
In the epic of Tolstoy more than 550 characters, both fictional and historical, to understand this intricacies helps a special section of the application - "Heroes", where e, instead of the characteristics of the character (his "dexterity" and "strength", for example) - cards of the heroes of the novel with their avatars and quotes.
In the "Places" section there are interesting facts about the places where events take place, in the "Routes" the paths of the heroes of the novel are traced.
Especially interesting is the section “The Course of Time ”, where in parallel you can see and read about the events described in the novel, and about those events that took place in reality.
In the application "Live pages" there is a special section "Game of words", which, for example, allows you to quickly remember obsolete words, because in the work of Tolstoy many words of another era, which most of us may already be unknown.
Tolstoy ’ s work contains many words that most of us do not know.
“Live pages ” allow you to instantly find out their meanings.
A quote from the novel: "Trunila, first of all, is not a dog, but a reaper," thought Nicholas, and looked sternly at his sister, trying to give her a sense of the distance that should have divided them at that moment.
Who do you think is this “bastard ”?
As it turns out, a hound dog.
What else can you read in the Living Pages Library?
From the main books of Russian classics (for example, “Woe from Wit ” by Alexander Griboyedov,“ Eugene Onegin ” by Alexander Pushkin, “Crime and Punishment ” and“ Idiot ” by Fyodor Dostoevsky, “At the Bottom ” by Maxim Gorky) to modern authors (“ Lavr ” by Evgeny Vodolazkin, “Zuleikha Opens Eyes ” by Guzel Yakhina).
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Additionally, the reference to stories not always fitting into ‘childish’ or ‘adult’ categories hints at SF’s blurring of literary boundaries.

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Content: Zvezda
Psychology
Food
Love
Health care
Tests
Beauties
Horoscopes
Fashion
Tiger father, astrovityanka and bibliomants.
Six books to read with children
On weekends, employees of Moscow libraries tell mos.ru about books that can captivate not only children of different ages, but also their parents.
You can read them together, and then discuss what you read.
Polina Vinnik chose six books, checked by readers of the library No 114, where she works, and by herself.
Photo: Mos.ruMos.ru
For the little ones
Video of the day
“When Your Dad is a Tiger ” by Irina Zartayskaya
Be sure to introduce your child to a cute tiger cub who talks about his dad, comparing him to the fathers of cubs of other animals.
Especially this book will appeal to curious kids: it is interesting to set out many facts about animals.
And bright illustrations made by the artist Elizaveta Tretyakova will please everyone without exception.
You just need to have this book in your home library.
For example, I have already prepared one copy as a New Year ’ s gift.
I'll tell you a secret: my nephew will get it.
“Once upon a time there were pencils ” by Tamara Mikheeva
Wonderful author Tamara Mikheeva has written many books for children of different ages.
All of them are very popular.
If your family is not familiar with any, I advise you to start with this easy educational book.
Firstly, it is a great option for reading before going to bed, and secondly, the book will help to develop creative thinking and imagination.
Many parents noticed that after reading their children became more interested in drawing.
For some children, Tamara Mikheeva ’ s book even became an incentive for entering an art school.
Older kids
“Asino Summer ” by Tamara Mikheeva
Again, this is Tamara Mikheeva ’ s book.
The story "Asino summer" leaves after reading the warmest and most tender feelings.
And don ’ t let it bother you that November is on the calendar: it ’ s always nice to think about summer when the weather is cloudy outside.
Adults will also be interested: you will remember your childhood, games that were once carried away.
The main character is a girl named Praskovya (or Asya, as her parents call her).
Arriving at the summer camp, she could not imagine that the local forest would be magical, and she herself - a brave heroine capable of saving a friend.
Asyu is waiting for incredible adventures, faithful companions in which will be gnomes and magical creatures.
She'll even learn to fly!
And most importantly, the girl will be able to overcome her fears.
"Astrovityanka" by Nikolai Gorkavy
For all lovers of science fiction I recommend the trilogy of Nikolai Gorkavy "Astrovityanka" (yes, yes, exactly, through the "a"!).
As a result of a space accident, the main character Nikki lost her parents and was left alone on the asteroid.
Ten years later, it is found and returned to Earth.
There, Nikki, who is called Space Mowgli, learns that that accident was not an accident.
The heroine will not only adapt to society, but also find those responsible for the death of her family.
The author of the book about Nikki is an astrophysicist, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR.
Children will learn a lot of interesting facts from the world of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics - you can not only have fun watching the plot, but also enrich their knowledge, which will be useful in the future.
Interesting fact: Bitter was born in Chelyabinsk and with pleasure mentioned about this city and nearby places in the pages of the trilogy.
You will meet the South Ural national park "Taganai", the city of Korkino, Kopeysk.
If you come from these places, then nostalgia is guaranteed for you.
And one more fact - for fans of "": in "Astrovityanka" you can see an analogue of the game Quidditch.
For Teenagers
The Time of the Bibliomants by Kai Mayer
The main character, Fury Salamandra Ferfax, always knew about the magic of books, because her family is hereditary bibliomants.
They believe that each book has its own soul, hides in itself a huge space inhabited by different mysterious creatures.
But not all books are like that.
There are also empty books that can absorb everything that humanity has written in its history.
Such are Furia and her father destroying.
When I opened the first book of the Time of the Bibliomants series, The Beginning of the Path, I was struck by the scale of the world created by the German writer Kai Meyer, but read it in two days.
Then there were the second and third parts, “Confrontation ” and“ The Book of Blood ”, but the story did not let me go for a long time, and I often returned to it with my thoughts.
The Warehouse of Terrible Words by Elia Barcelo
Once I took this book from the shelf out of pure curiosity, I could not imagine that it could leave such a deep mark.
History will force you to rethink the importance and correctness of words that are uttered under the influence of emotions.
Even one word can inflict a terrible wound that can bleed for many years - this is what the main character Taglieu will have to think about.
In her heart she cried out to her mother that she no longer loved her, and she left.
To rectify the situation, the girl must go to a place where not everyone is destined to get - in the Warehouse of Terrible Words.
There she met Pablo, who suffered a similar misfortune.
Together, the heroes will learn to weigh every word and say only what you really want to say.
The end of the story will make even the most persistent person cry.
Perhaps, after turning the last page, you will want to apologize to loved ones who you may have inadvertently offended.

However, specific references to the traditional canon, contemporary voices, or contributions from women and authors of color are absent in this excerpt.

Title:

Content: Zvezda
Psychology
Food
Love
Health care
Tests
Beauties
Horoscopes
Fashion
Tiger father, astrovityanka and bibliomants.
Six books to read with children
On weekends, employees of Moscow libraries tell mos.ru about books that can captivate not only children of different ages, but also their parents.
You can read them together, and then discuss what you read.
Polina Vinnik chose six books, checked by readers of the library No 114, where she works, and by herself.
Photo: Mos.ruMos.ru
For the little ones
Video of the day
“When Your Dad is a Tiger ” by Irina Zartayskaya
Be sure to introduce your child to a cute tiger cub who talks about his dad, comparing him to the fathers of cubs of other animals.
Especially this book will appeal to curious kids: it is interesting to set out many facts about animals.
And bright illustrations made by the artist Elizaveta Tretyakova will please everyone without exception.
You just need to have this book in your home library.
For example, I have already prepared one copy as a New Year ’ s gift.
I'll tell you a secret: my nephew will get it.
“Once upon a time there were pencils ” by Tamara Mikheeva
Wonderful author Tamara Mikheeva has written many books for children of different ages.
All of them are very popular.
If your family is not familiar with any, I advise you to start with this easy educational book.
Firstly, it is a great option for reading before going to bed, and secondly, the book will help to develop creative thinking and imagination.
Many parents noticed that after reading their children became more interested in drawing.
For some children, Tamara Mikheeva ’ s book even became an incentive for entering an art school.
Older kids
“Asino Summer ” by Tamara Mikheeva
Again, this is Tamara Mikheeva ’ s book.
The story "Asino summer" leaves after reading the warmest and most tender feelings.
And don ’ t let it bother you that November is on the calendar: it ’ s always nice to think about summer when the weather is cloudy outside.
Adults will also be interested: you will remember your childhood, games that were once carried away.
The main character is a girl named Praskovya (or Asya, as her parents call her).
Arriving at the summer camp, she could not imagine that the local forest would be magical, and she herself - a brave heroine capable of saving a friend.
Asyu is waiting for incredible adventures, faithful companions in which will be gnomes and magical creatures.
She'll even learn to fly!
And most importantly, the girl will be able to overcome her fears.
"Astrovityanka" by Nikolai Gorkavy
For all lovers of science fiction I recommend the trilogy of Nikolai Gorkavy "Astrovityanka" (yes, yes, exactly, through the "a"!).
As a result of a space accident, the main character Nikki lost her parents and was left alone on the asteroid.
Ten years later, it is found and returned to Earth.
There, Nikki, who is called Space Mowgli, learns that that accident was not an accident.
The heroine will not only adapt to society, but also find those responsible for the death of her family.
The author of the book about Nikki is an astrophysicist, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR.
Children will learn a lot of interesting facts from the world of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics - you can not only have fun watching the plot, but also enrich their knowledge, which will be useful in the future.
Interesting fact: Bitter was born in Chelyabinsk and with pleasure mentioned about this city and nearby places in the pages of the trilogy.
You will meet the South Ural national park "Taganai", the city of Korkino, Kopeysk.
If you come from these places, then nostalgia is guaranteed for you.
And one more fact - for fans of "": in "Astrovityanka" you can see an analogue of the game Quidditch.
For Teenagers
The Time of the Bibliomants by Kai Mayer
The main character, Fury Salamandra Ferfax, always knew about the magic of books, because her family is hereditary bibliomants.
They believe that each book has its own soul, hides in itself a huge space inhabited by different mysterious creatures.
But not all books are like that.
There are also empty books that can absorb everything that humanity has written in its history.
Such are Furia and her father destroying.
When I opened the first book of the Time of the Bibliomants series, The Beginning of the Path, I was struck by the scale of the world created by the German writer Kai Meyer, but read it in two days.
Then there were the second and third parts, “Confrontation ” and“ The Book of Blood ”, but the story did not let me go for a long time, and I often returned to it with my thoughts.
The Warehouse of Terrible Words by Elia Barcelo
Once I took this book from the shelf out of pure curiosity, I could not imagine that it could leave such a deep mark.
History will force you to rethink the importance and correctness of words that are uttered under the influence of emotions.
Even one word can inflict a terrible wound that can bleed for many years - this is what the main character Taglieu will have to think about.
In her heart she cried out to her mother that she no longer loved her, and she left.
To rectify the situation, the girl must go to a place where not everyone is destined to get - in the Warehouse of Terrible Words.
There she met Pablo, who suffered a similar misfortune.
Together, the heroes will learn to weigh every word and say only what you really want to say.
The end of the story will make even the most persistent person cry.
Perhaps, after turning the last page, you will want to apologize to loved ones who you may have inadvertently offended.

For a broader understanding, supplemental research or texts highlighting diverse voices and the global development of the genre would be beneficial for your book club selections.

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- In Alice in Quantum Country, Robert Gilmar takes the reader on a journey through the world of quantum mechanics, in ways that draw the reader into the depths of this mysterious and complex field.

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Content: The novel is a cure for scientific infiltration.
Novelist art of the last three decades of the twentieth century and the beginning of the present century is perhaps one of the most important tools for the dissemination of scientific knowledge and making it part of the general culture, as it has significantly reduced the gap between the scientific fiction and scientific applications in the field, through interesting stories and interesting characters.
Scientists can reach a wider audience and simplify complex ideas, which contributes to the promotion of scientific awareness and inspiration among readers; the integration of science with literature is not just an intellectual luxury, but a necessity for effective communication between scientists and society, especially as physical discoveries have become more confusing and fascinating than the most imaginative scientific novels.
When we read according to preconceived expectations, we marginalize the element of surprise with all its uncalculated potential, which may lead us to wonder and pleasure.
The use of the novel in the dissemination of science is not a new innovation, as literary stories throughout the ages have been an effective means of transmitting knowledge and values. Every sober novel must be a medium of knowledge, and therefore it undoubtedly requires a writer passionate about knowledge to touch a chord in the heart and mind of the reader. To achieve this, the reader must be engaged in learning.
But in modern times, with the increasing complexity of scientific theories and technology as a means of dealing with epistemological lava, epistemological narratives are no longer just lavish, but an urgent need and a simplistic tool that allows audiences to understand this knowledge more deeply.
To think of scientific novels as mere science fiction involves a great deal of predilection and prejudice, and I think it is more correct to describe them as an epistemological novel that satisfies in a fictional framework, and this can be seen by examining the dramatic and attractive survey that marked most of them.
With the proliferation of international novels and their drinkers, selective reading was inevitable; after all, we wouldn ’ t be able to read every recent edition.
Here comes the subjective approach; some are satisfied with the translator into Arabic, because there is no way for him to read another language, some read novels based on previous compliments of prominent critics and known for the excellence of their literary industry, others follow novels for their popularity and popularity, and there are readers who follow certain names for their knowledge of the creativity in their novels, and I think myself of the latter category. Although I sometimes tend to take the opinion of the first category, I think that when we read according to preconceived expectations, we marginalize the element of surprise with all its uncalculated potential, which may cause us to wonder and enjoy.
In Alice in Quantum Country, Robert Gilmar takes the reader on a journey through the world of quantum mechanics, in ways that draw the reader into the depths of this mysterious and complex field.
Gilmar uses a simple narrative style, with illustrations and famous experiences
I follow the work of Dan Brown and José Rodríguez dos Santos with great passion, and I make sure that I do not miss any of their work, and I think it is a wonderful experience that their novels and the works of other novelists who have taken it upon themselves to convey scientific ideas and concepts to a wide audience in an interesting and easy to understand way, especially by making them freely available to readers on the Internet. A large number of readers are paying to read it, and to see the most distinctive and unusual scientific investigations of our time.
By this I mean “particle physics ”, which is one of the most prominent sciences of the modern era, led by the Center for Nuclear Research in Switzerland (CERN), and the unprecedented revolution of communication, informatics and electronic applications, nano-engineering, and the science of industrially created materials; as well as“ quantum mechanics ”, which led to a revolutionary turn in science, thought and philosophy.
These are some of the most exciting and complex fields of science.
Thanks to their storytelling style, writers have been able to present these topics in a way that non-specialist readers can understand and enjoy, and keep up with the explosive stream of information generated daily; in Alice in Quantum Land, Robert Gilmar takes the reader on a journey through the world of quantum mechanics, in ways that draw the reader to the depths of this mysterious and complex field.
Through illustrative examples and famous experiments, such as the double-slit experiment and the Schrödinger cat experiment, Gilmar explains how qubits and quantum entanglement can be the foundations of new quantum computing, simplifying complex scientific concepts and making them accessible to everyone.
Dan Brown introduces elements of particle physics and electronic engineering into his novels, as shown in The Lost Symbol and The Origin.
It mixes scientific facts with literary fiction, creating interesting worlds.
The book is not just a theoretical exposition, it is a fictional journey into the quantum world, involving chapters with dramatic titles that rob the passionate reader: Into Quantum Land, Heisenberg Bank, Institute of Mechanics, Copenhagen School, Fermi-Boz Academy, Virtual Reality, Atoms in the Empty, Rutherford Castle, Particle Concert Masquerade, and the City of Experimental Physics Games.
Quantum Alice is similar to the Alice created by the novelist Lewis Carroll (who had an in-depth experience in mathematics).
It is a novel whose protagonists are electrons, neutrons, protons, photons, and quarks.
Alice goes to the Quantum Country — an entirely new version of Wonderland, smaller than an atom — and each landmark she frequents there illustrates a different aspect of quantum theory; there Alice encounters a number of extraordinary characters, through which she learns the uncertainty principle, wave functions, Pauli principle, and other concepts. Baffling, with a new intake that makes them all easy to absorb.
Along the same lines, Dan Brown introduces elements of particle physics and electronic engineering into his novels, as shown in The Lost Symbol and The Origin.
Braun blends scientific facts and literary fiction to create interesting worlds that help readers explore these fields without feeling overwhelmed; in Angels and Demons, Braun offers particle physics in an exciting way, tackling the story of antimatter smuggling, which prompts the reader to dive into this complex field of science, in an interesting narrative that highlights the challenges and adventures associated with this science.
José Rodríguez dos Santos, a Portuguese journalist and novelist, combines his journalistic and novelist skills to provide stories that delve into science in an exciting storytelling style, though he elaborates on scientific knowledge more than Dan Brown does.
In his novel The Mystical Hand, Dos Santos addresses the subject of biological evolution and astrophysics, mixing scientific facts with fiction, dissecting scientific concepts in a way that the average reader can understand, without losing the element of suspense and excitement in his plots.
I feel very grateful for this type of novel and its authors as much as I am for scientists and their discoveries, and I hope that it will be more popular in our Arab societies, whether by specialists in the scientific field or others, as a space for fun and learning.
In his novel The Gods of the Universe, Dos Santos explores topics such as the Big Bang and string theory, presenting them in the context of an exciting story.
Thanks to his journalistic background, Dos Santos has the ability to simplify scientific concepts, presenting them in a curious way.
What science fiction novelists do in their series is try to shift one ’ s mind from the superficial, fragile, transitory levels of thought to the higher horizons, which may seem invisible or intangible to many; understanding the basics is the foundation of every sober science, the necessary first step to contribute to intellectual and societal advancement, and not to dwell in the corners of indifference away from the scientific revolutions around us.
I feel very grateful for this type of novel and its authors as much as I am for scientists and their discoveries, and I hope that it will be more popular in our Arab societies, whether by scientific professionals or others, as a space for fun and learning, to turn on the disrupted senses, and to take a look at the worlds around us.
The views expressed in the article do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of Al Jazeera.

- Along the same lines, Dan Brown introduces elements of particle physics and electronic engineering into his novels, as shown in The Lost Symbol and The Origin.

- In his novel The Gods of the Universe, Dos Santos explores topics such as the Big Bang and string theory, presenting them in the context of an exciting story.

- If you’re looking for a novel, thrilling events, elaborate details and a mystery, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik’s novel In the Rat Corridor is your best choice, published in 2016 and one of the best Arabic science fiction novels.

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Content: Discover New Worlds: Top 10 Science Fiction Books for Young People
If you ’ re looking for a novel, thrilling events, elaborate details and a mystery, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik ’ s novel In the Rat Corridor is your best choice, published in 2016 and one of the best Arabic science fiction novels.
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Reading is the food of the mind and a window to learn about new worlds you may not know anything about, giving you a different pleasure through which you can overcome boredom and depression and spend your free time reading your favorite book, but the most important question remains: Why read science fiction books?
Especially since there are thousands of books specialized in history and different civilizations throughout the ages that require reading and learning about them?
The answer is simply that sometimes we need to let go of the past, the present and even think about the future and let our imagination take a fun journey with science fiction books, which makes us fly into a parallel world where we can make our own laws and build our own world as we want.
10 Best Science Fiction Books Worth Reading
1.
In the Rat Corridor by Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
If you ’ re looking for a novel, thrilling events, elaborate details and a mystery, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik ’ s novel In the Rat Corridor is your best choice, published in 2016 and one of the best Arabic science fiction novels.
The story is about a huge meteor collision with the planet, blocking the sun ’ s rays from the earth, and thus the lack of all sources of energy and the creation of a system of “Commander ”, which criminalizes the generation of any source of energy or even the ignition of fire.
After the emergence of a group of rebels calling themselves the "Illuminati", the story ends with a tragic and unexpected end.
2.
Call for Carl Sagan.
Contact is the masterpiece of writer Karal Sagan, the novel talks about the realization of the dream of humans to discover another life somewhere else in the universe, but contrary to expectations people do not care about this discovery due to their preoccupation with their human world full of various political conflicts.
The adventure begins with a message explaining how to get to this place with a specially made machine for this journey, called a trip to the edge of the universe, where man sees what he has never seen before, where the huge stars and amazing scenes from a new world beyond our comprehension, and during this journey one can experience an adventure like never before.
3.
Traveler Zero by Ahmed Abdel Fattah Saleh
Traveler Zero, one of the most beautiful Arabic science fiction books, revolves around the character of a man named Sharif who wakes up one day to find himself in a world other than his own, and a life he knows nothing about, and that the last thing he remembers is his sleep as a college student and waking up as a married man with children and a different and new life. The truth about himself and the reason why he suddenly fell into this situation.
This novel is characterized by its attractive style of narration, as the writer relied on images, symbols and fictional situations that added to the novel a lot of elements of suspense and pleasure, and in which you can not stop reading if you have already begun.
4.
Dr. Morrow Island by Herbert George Wells.
This novel is the simplest example of an intellectual revolution, where it revolves around an Englishman descended from a class of nobility named Edward Brendick, all things change Edward when he goes on a trip to an island in the Pacific Ocean and his ship crashes and is rescued by a man named Montgomery, who takes him on a boat to the island inhabited by this man, in addition to a mad animal anatomist named Moro, and a number of half-humans. Created by this scientist with surgical methods and other interventions in animal life, Edward's adventure begins.
5.
The Ferry Man by Justin Cronin
This novel is about a group of survivors who are on a hidden utopia, but the truth is not what it seems.
Set in the Prospera archipelago, founded by the mysterious genius known as the designer far from the horrors of the deteriorating outside world, this island paradise has a long and satisfying life until the screens installed in their arms, aimed at measuring their physical health and well-being, drop to less than 10% and retire, and set off on a ferry trip to the island known as the nursery, where their bodies are renewed. Their memories are erased and they are ready to be brought back to life.
The story centers on Proctor Bennett of the Department of Social Contracts who finds himself questioning everything he once believed in, involved in a much larger cause than he was connected to and in a desperate mission to uncover the truth, after mounting unrest and rumors of a resistance group known as the “Expatriates ”, which may incite a revolution.
6.
The Time Machine of Herbert George Wells.
This book is considered one of the best and most important science fiction books, written by Herbert George Wells, one of the founders of science fiction and thriller.
The story revolves around a physicist who has developed a device through which he can see the future, and the extent of the major conflicts between two species of humans in the future, one of them is the Elroy luxuriant who is stupid behind the graces and lives on the surface of the earth, and the other is the Morlock, the species that lives underground and never sees the sun. Louie. "
7.
The Storm of Swords by George Martin.
This novel is the third part of the epic "Ice and Fire", one of the most famous books by George Martin, and revolves around the story of the Storm of Swords about the Five Kings, especially the young King Jeffrey, who seeks to secure his rule, and at this stage many battles and wars between the family and other kings, in an atmosphere full of excitement, suspense and science fiction.
8.
A Land Without Shadow by Mohamed Abdel Aal Al Khatib
This novel delves into the sea of science fiction and takes place in the future, where the debris of a planet flies in the sky, and each period the debris of this planet comes closer and closer to the inhabitants of the Earth, who live in a state of unprecedented fear and horror, and the population begins to search for another planet to escape to it by researchers and thinkers.
9.
The truth about Dan Brown.
One of the works of the American novelist Dan Brown is one of the most famous science fiction novels, and it is difficult to start without finishing it immediately; it revolves around the conspiracy theory and the involvement of NASA with a large research agency to convince the world of the existence of a meteor coming, and thus the public is preoccupied with many social problems and economic situation experienced by the country. There are a lot of corruption cases in the United States.
10.
Earth to the Moon by Jules Verle.
At the end of the list is one of the best science fiction novels worth reading, one of the oldest works that predicted human travel to the moon, by French writer John Ferrell, published in 1865.
A group of scientists from a club called Cannon developed a cannon shot designed to take them to the moon, and this book predicts the fact that humans arrived on the moon almost 100 years before it actually happened.
In this article, we have presented to you 10 books and novels that are considered one of the most famous and best science fiction books for leading writers, which many have enjoyed reading and enjoying.

- The Time Machine of Herbert George Wells.

- Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne.

- Mabkhout added: "The simulation of the human brain by scientists is still unknown, despite all the achievements that have been made, but in the field of literature, the writer does not start from scientific knowledge and orientations, but initiates based on his reading experiences."

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Saleh Shubraq (Sharjah)
The 40th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair hosted the Saudi critic and professor of literature at King Abdulaziz University, Dr. Hassan Al-Nami, and the Tunisian novelist and academic Dr. Chokri Al-Mabkhout, in a panel discussion entitled "Science and Literature", during which they talked about the size of the presence of science in literary texts, the possibility of employing literature in the service of science, and the cognitive and aesthetic differences between them.
Dr. Hassan al-Nami began his speech, during the session moderated by the writer Mohammed Abu Arab, stressing that both science and literature have facts that govern the relationship between them, along with extended bridges that may create a state of automatic integration, pointing out that the evidence in this framework cannot be limited, but at the same time there is a state of disparity, explained by the objectivity of science, based on experience and proof, in contrast to literature. He sought to immortalize ideas through the aesthetics that characterize literature.
He pointed out that in general, science can dive into the depths of literature, which may lack literature, many scientists have gone through the fields of literature, but we have never heard of literature became a scientist, and said: « Time has a strong relationship with science and literature; science does not turn back, it is futuristic destination, while literature can take different times, it is (three-dimensional), present in the past and The present and the future, the novel and the story are proof of this. ”
For his part, Dr. Shukri Mabkhout believes that the interaction between science and literature is new, whether in the East or in the West, stressing that science is a concept that includes literature.
He said: "The problem of science and literature from my point of view was enshrined in the educational curricula, by talking about a scientific orientation and another literary, and the relationship between science and literature is monolithic, its path from science to literature, despite the emergence of literary production under the name of science fiction, and yet there is no absolute division of the relationship between them, the mind producing science is the same mind producing literature."
Mabkhout added: "The simulation of the human brain by scientists is still unknown, despite all the achievements that have been made, but in the field of literature, the writer does not start from scientific knowledge and orientations, but initiates based on his reading experiences."
Mabkhout continued: "It must be pointed out the need to derive the rules associated with the literary race, through the act of reading indirectly, if the machine works according to explicit and ordered stages, and does not exceed one stage at the expense of another, the human mind can move between stages as it pleases, and therefore no matter how great the conquests of machines, man with his human mind remains the smartest."

- Some of the contents proposed by Dr. Ali Rashid in this regard include, for example: I love the story of the future: Consciousness against a more troubled future.

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Content: I love the story of the future: Consciousness against a more troubled future.
A novel by dr.
Sana Al-Shaalan (daughter of Naima)
3 minutes ago.
Our homeland today: Read: Aqeel Hashim / Iraq – After it turned out that the era is the era of narrative unlike the rest of the literary genres, the contemporary novelist seeks through experimentation to disrupt the narrative system of significance, formulation and formation, and ultimately results in the emergence of new developments on that era. The narrative discourse has a narrative — and a critique, and this has been exemplified by the novel “I adore ”.
I say that since we are in globalization an age of doubt and uncertainty, and this doubt is a prominent feature in the movement of the new novel, made the writer and reader a system of cognitive awareness communicative to read the puzzle of what is happening to our present, the reader is no longer naive to accept everything that is said to him, and therefore he wonders about every new phenomenon and therefore worries him and shakes his entity if he can not find a solution.
The novels known as "science fiction" novels, for example, rise to a major event about the prediction of the consequences of scientific phenomena in human life, and the readers of the novel have shown the validity of the predictions of many of these novels, which prepared their perceptions to accept and predict, as the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932. As technology evolves, and because the novel is by its nature an avant-garde art, it seeks to explore its horizons. Rather, it expresses its events about the past or the present only for the sake of a future vision that includes these events and a change in the insides of its characters. A special vision of time, and makes good use of the element (psychological time), the time in which its painted characters live and live.
The development of the narrative technique adopted in the new novel was a revolutionary introduction in order to get rid of the techniques of the traditional novel, as well as a new addition in the artistic structure of the novel, which is based on taking the reader out of his negativity, so it became necessary to consolidate the concept of self in the time of digital identity, which is more fluid, as it can not be proven. Create it without reference.
“Love Me ” by Dr.
Sana Al Shaalan, which was published in three editions, the first edition was published in 2012, and is the winner of the Dubai Cultural Award for Creativity 2010 / 2011 in its seventh session, the second edition was issued in 2014, and the third edition was issued in 2016.
The novel consists of (217) pages of medium size, this novel represents a narrative model that embodies the author ’ s attempt to benefit from some of the techniques of postmodernism, and that the investment of the so-called “future ”, and its employment in this novel, made it this distinctive.
The novel above all is the novel of the fundamental difference between a man and a woman, and it is the novel of fate, which connects the fate of each to the other, and connects the consciousness of each to the other.
Consciousness was not, as Gilles Deleuze once put it, “self-consciousness, but the self-consciousness of an unconscious self.
Consciousness is not the master ’ s consciousness, but the slave ’ s consciousness in relation to a master whose character is not to be conscious. ”
It is this bitter truth that pulls the two consciences to each other, and it shapes the conditions of their inevitable relationship.
This relationship seems to us to be in no way separated from the social and political context in which the novel takes place in our Arab world.
The time of the novel is set in the year (3010), and the place (the Milky Way Galaxy) chosen the place for her novel.
Characters:
Bassel Al-Mehri: A military intelligence man, excessively dedicated to serving a tyrannical government, a symbol of the state of oppression, violence and tyranny, lost his body in a terrorist incident because of his excessive dedication to his work, but his head remained healthy and vibrant, doctors advised him to undergo surgery, in which he transfers his healthy head to the body of a woman who has just died. Despite his regret, he justifies his action by saying: “But I am a coward weak in the face of my clinging desire for life, the sweet taste of life still gnaws at the will to refuse and overcome weakness in myself and insists on me with a bloody insistence to cling to life even in another body, even if it is a body stolen from a woman. ”
Shams: A female political activist and opposition to power rebel and rebel, she is a prominent national leader in the banned and opposition Al-Hayat party, and a famous writer and writer, Habiba Khaled Rami, a girl killed by the intelligence services.
Khaled Rami: Habib Shams and her lover, and there were dozens of love letters between him and Shams describing the burning love between them.
Ward: The fetus that Shams carries from her beloved Khalid, is still alive in the womb of the murdered Shams, moving with his mother ’ s body to the bowels of the military man Basil al-Mehri, and this name was chosen by Khalid, as Shams says: “Your name will be Ward, this name was chosen by Khalid, since now I can almost smell your pink smell in my newborn motherhood … The flower is also the name of an extinct animal that belongs to the time before the third millennium, its name is also the lion, and it is a predator, wild and strong, and noble as well, lives with pride, rejects the carrion, and cherishes its strength, and so we called you a rose to be a vow of beauty and strength and to love us.
In this particular narration, starting from the title, the miraculous, the multiplicity and the dispersion instead of unity and harmony, the abandonment of the plot, the lack of invalidity, the feeling of anger and the fictitious narrative, and the denial of causality.
We start by analyzing the title as it represents the first threshold for understanding the content of the novel. This title raises the reader to the semantic dimensions of the concept of love, love and passion, and gives a structure contrary to what is familiar, known, the foundations of the strange title, and a puzzling revelation of the concept of this relationship. Shaq and intimacy are mentioned in my novel.
The novel begins with the words of a woman in love named Shams, from the Milky Way, in which she says: “Only those with loving hearts are aware of the fact that there is a fifth dimension regulating this giant universe, which is love, and that love is the fifth most important dimension in shaping the features of our existence, only love is enough to revive this death. ”
What is important here is to emphasize that we are looking for what the writer wants and what she means from the miraculous manifestations found in the novel text is a counter-reaction to the death of love and the tyranny of the phenomenon of human death and the victory of technology that tries to overcome the facts of reality in an irrational way. It has become strange and strange, and the strange and strange event takes place.
The peculiarity of the novelistic event is reflected in several photos, the most prominent of which are: The opening of the novel with the presentation of a strange story:
This strange story put the reader from the beginning of the story in the tragic situation that befell the hero, and created a situation characterized by turmoil that shook the entity of man and woman to form one body, and felt the oddity of this unfamiliar world, and also his sense of sadness and fear throughout the novel due to the split of his personality;
This shows that it is possible for the aggressive nature of man to overcome the human nature or vice versa; the transformation comes suddenly – as a result of an accident – and there were no signs of its occurrence.
It lies in the transfer of the head of Basil al-Mahri protagonist to the body of a woman is (Shams) The transfer of the mind of an active and influential man in supporting power to the body of a woman political activist who stood against corruption in her country, which led the military intelligence to capture her, and then kill her after they failed to take any confession from her. At the same time (Shams) lost her head, and her body remained peaceful and vibrant, so the doctors gathered “and assured him that this female body, lying in the arms of death with a crimson smile full of peace and contentment, is the only body that is genetically appropriate, tissues and cells for his body...
Therefore, he must accept to plant his soul and brain in this small body on hatred or satisfaction in order to survive his life, otherwise he will die, and he must decide quickly and delay is not in his favor.
Dramatic action stimulates us, provokes us to look at our fates, to think about our lives, from the death and burial of feelings to the danger that awaits them and this is what we think the author wanted to explain – to worry the reader, to make him anxious, to question and to hesitate.
We find the confusion in this novel; the vision of the hero is dominated by mental delusions, confused imaginations of the mixing of the truth and its non-existence, and the novel continues, the writer here tries to appeal to the letters.
The message has the above importance, charm and a great communicative role, thus creating imaginary worlds, and as a document that penetrates the genre of fiction as a psychological response and an expressive suppression suffered by the characters concerned, it aims to unleash their souls pregnant with sensations, burning confessions and other things that are difficult for them to express in the presence of the recipient, whether he is a lover, relative or even an enemy....
The resort of Bassel Al-Mehri to read the memoirs of Shams in the journey of identification has left him in a emotional dilemma he did not expect, I turned all his decisions and promises to revenge against her and her body, it is the moment of disclosure, the moment of recognition of the existence of the other, after Bassel Al-Mehri knew the truth of this love between them he felt a bit of remorse and said: “How small in those moments!
And also a thief! … {He says to the fetus}: How lucky you were to have a mother of such beauty and all this love, ” the fetus carried by her body or his body is the fruit of a unique love committed by Khalid and Shams in violation of the laws of the galaxy.
After serious attempts, Basil Al-Mehri got a light package containing information about Shams in the framework of a diary she wrote to her lover Khalid and her baby (Ward), with a set of love letters sent by Khalid. The letters written by Shams and Khalid show true love. Basil Al-Mehri found in the first page only one paragraph written “Only the lovers of hearts are aware of the fact that there is a fifth dimension regulating this giant universe ”.“ Do you know why I repeat the word I love you a thousand times because it reduces all humanity to making love, I love you and I desire you? ”
I would say, the writer dr.
Sana Al-Shaalan always tries in her narratives to dive into the worlds of her characters with high professionalism and a great degree of neutrality through which she aspires to expel clichés and prejudices from the other so that the criminal killer has a demon completely, and the lover Alwahan is an angel.
This relativism in addressing issues is one of the pillars of its humanistic narrative project.
This relationship between the ego and the other is one of the manifestations of the novel and its integration and its quest to crystallize a special world, which offers us some important reading keys in it, because it is also achieved on a deeper level when the visions and expropriations involved in it correspond to reveal to us another key reading in the texts of the writer.
The symbolism of the “sun ” is a manifestation of the rebellious and liberated woman, an obsession with being, identity, time, death and the longing for the impossible realization.
In fact, what the novel says is the purely real world, the world formed by the combination of external reality and the psychological reality of the characters, and the intellectual or philosophical reality of the visions and ideas that seem to them and capture some of their interests, the moment is not permanent, because it is by nature instantaneous, but more importantly, narrative that it is uncertain in its own moment.
There is no hope of getting it back, let alone getting it back.
The negative and critical narrative text avoids the disclosure of the content so as not to spoil its seductive ambiguities.
He remains cynical in his ambiguities, but at the same time the writer will be responsible for the perpetuation of this sphere until the end, driven by an inevitable and inescapable amount of covering up the privacy of her characters until the end.
At the end of the novel, love is born between the killer and the murdered. After the hero finds himself in the body of his assassination, he falls in love with the body of the woman who was once the body of the woman he assassinated, after knowing her through her diary. The choice of love and life triumphs over death and annihilation, and Basil Al-Mahri becomes a fighter and supporter of the revolutionaries after he was a repressive hand in the hands of the government of the galaxy clutching rebels against its secularism and its misleading laws. Basil Al-Mahri believes that love is the way to save humanity from the misery it suffers. This is the easy and difficult equation, they are without a doubt the fifth dimension of things, then love is the fifth dimension of existence and the key to all its energies and the secrets of its existence, growth and mortality. ” Atheism leads to faith, and he is ready to risk his life in order to give birth to the baby (Ward), thus winning the choice of love and love at the end of the novel, heralding the birth of another new generation of humanity carrying the banner of love, brotherhood, justice and equality away from injustice and arbitrariness.
Finally, I say: “I adore me ” a beautiful and interesting novel despite its apparent difficulty, interceding its transparent poetic language and its semantic intensity giving, it tempts the reader to continue reading from the overlap of characters, and the dominance of the style of narrative suspense that makes the event the focus of the work of fiction, and urges the reader to gasp behind and pursue his chapters.
To get to know this mysterious planet called Woman, which in this regard is one of the most sincere novels in understanding women, and honest in dealing with them, she seeks to explore the depths of women from within.
A symbolic sun is a game of universes and galaxies, and its body is involved from the very beginning in a purely cosmic game.

- Khaled Rami: Habib Shams and her lover, and there were dozens of love letters between him and Shams describing the burning love between them.

- A book that explores the features of science fiction in Arabic works.

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Content: Monday 27 December 2021
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
“Studies in Scientific Literature. ”
A book that explores the features of science fiction in Arabic works
Science fiction literature has witnessed a wide presence in Arab creative writings despite its emergence and prosperity in the Western world, and despite its creative popularity, it has not received sufficient critical attention. Based on this idea, the Syrian writer and critic Ahmed Ali Mohammed observes the features and features of science fiction in Arabic literature, both ancient and modern, in his book "Studies in Science Literature", recently published in the series of studies by the Arab Writers Union.
The Syrian researcher believes that the Arab criticism has overlooked the literature of science fiction, citing a number of arguments such as the immaturity of this type of writing in the Arab world, and the disregard of his writers for the features of literary writing, as well as the lack of scientific knowledge, which the writer considers weak, especially with the presence of remarkable writings in this field succeeded in setting a firm foot and overcome many shortcomings.
Leadership in scientific literature
Ali points out that the philosophical messages of Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl can be considered as the beginning of the link in ancient Arabic literature between literature and science, as the Arab heritage includes philosophical messages written in successive times that represented the basis of literary thinking based on science fiction, the most prominent of these messages: "The message of Hayy bin Yaqzan" by Avicenna.
Shahabuddeen al-Sahrawardi ’ s “Strange Alienation ” message is inspired by the story of the neighborhood of Ben Yaqzan, and Ibn al-Nafees ’ s“ Perfect Letter ” in which he followed the example of his predecessors.
The author says of the relevance of these letters to science fiction: "These letters draw a narrative basis based on the facts of science, elaborate on the imagination based on thought and knowledge, and depict part of the knowledge of their owners.
The most prominent aspect of these letters is the narrative imager related to the facts of science and the perceptions of philosophy, which confirms the existence of seeds of scientific literature in the Arabs. ”
Science Fiction Poetry
The writer points out that science fiction literature has been associated with narrative forms, was raised with the French writer Jules Verne, who published the first story in science fiction literature in 1863 entitled "Five Weeks in a Balloon" and then wrote another story entitled "Journey to the Hollow of the Earth" and then continued productions, including the novel "Time Machine" by George Wells and others.
Science fiction poetry is rare, including the poem "The Asteroid" by Russian poet Nikolai Glazkov, translated by Al-Azhar University professor Ahmed Shafiq al-Khatib, a poem based on the achievements of science fiction literature in terms of prediction, foresight and time travel.
Criticism of scientific literature
Some of the works of Tawfiq al-Hakim include The Year of One Million (1953), which is dominated by philosophical consideration of life, nature and the universe, and his play Journey to Tomorrow (1958), which involves a forward-looking view of the future related to man ’ s struggle with time, as well as his play “Food for Every Mouth ”." In which he talks about the problem of food that people will suffer from in the future, and his play "The Prayer of Angels", which deals with the impact of science on the happiness of humanity and the provision of its needs.
Political fiction literature
The writer monitors the branches of science fiction literature that not only addressed the problems of the environment, pollution, space and planets, but touched the problems of politics, society and economy through the literature of political fiction, which includes under its banner the literature of utopia and dystopia.
There are a number of writings concerned with depicting Utopia, which means a utopia without trace of corruption, evil or injustice, the most prominent of these writings is Thomas Moore ’ s “Utopia ”, which depicts an ideal world critical of the political, religious and social conditions of his time.
The literature of dystopia comes in contrast to utopia, but they belong under the name of political fiction, which is a branch of science fiction literature, as each deals with political life by storytelling accompanied by fiction, and dystopia means the literature of the corrupt city or the world of bitter reality that depicts a society full of corruption and highlights the phenomena of destruction, murder and destruction and transformation of human beings. A feuding.
The author mentions a number of Western and Arabic writings that have emerged in the field of dystopia, including George Orwell ’ s 1984, Aldous Huxley ’ s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury ’ s Fahrenheit 451.
At the level of Arabic writings, a number of works can be observed such as the novel "The Front" by Izz al-Din Issa, the novel "The Tale of the Last Arab" by Wassini al-Araj, "Frankenstein in Baghdad" by Ahmed Saadawi, "The Second War of the Dog" by Ibrahim Nasrallah, "Mercury" by Mohammed Rabie, "The Line" by Basma Abdul Aziz, and "Novelist of the First City" by Omar Hazek. And "Orwell in the Southern Suburbs" by Fawzi Thebian.
Literary Studies
In his book, the Syrian critic offers critical readings in a number of works under the banner of science fiction literature, including the novel "Hala al-Nour" by Mohammed al-Ashri, seeking to stand on the aesthetic trend, especially with the departure of literary criticism from the study of the aesthetic aspects of science fiction literature, observing the methods of the novelist mixing the facts of science with the world mythical heritage.
The book provides another analysis of the collection “Behind the Dark Walls ” by the Syrian writer Taleb Omran, which falls within the literature of dystopia, because the stories depict worlds in which savagery, destruction, murder and destruction prevail, and on the other hand it monitors the Syrian storyteller ’ s interest in the method of scientific storytelling and its reliance on astronomical knowledge and geographical information.
The writer also analyzes the elements and features of fantasy in some of the works of Ahmed Khaled Tawfik as one of the most prominent writers in this field, explaining that science fiction is different from fantasy or wonder in the contemporary novel in that it starts from the modern scientific output, and depends on scientific knowledge specialized, while fantasy completely degenerates from logic and depends on the imagination and does not find a trace of laws we know in reality and depends on mythological and form It is in harmony not with the outside world but with its own world according to which it takes place.

- The most prominent aspect of these letters is the narrative imager related to the facts of science and the perceptions of philosophy, which confirms the existence of seeds of scientific literature in the Arabs.

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Content: Monday 27 December 2021
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
“Studies in Scientific Literature. ”
A book that explores the features of science fiction in Arabic works
Science fiction literature has witnessed a wide presence in Arab creative writings despite its emergence and prosperity in the Western world, and despite its creative popularity, it has not received sufficient critical attention. Based on this idea, the Syrian writer and critic Ahmed Ali Mohammed observes the features and features of science fiction in Arabic literature, both ancient and modern, in his book "Studies in Science Literature", recently published in the series of studies by the Arab Writers Union.
The Syrian researcher believes that the Arab criticism has overlooked the literature of science fiction, citing a number of arguments such as the immaturity of this type of writing in the Arab world, and the disregard of his writers for the features of literary writing, as well as the lack of scientific knowledge, which the writer considers weak, especially with the presence of remarkable writings in this field succeeded in setting a firm foot and overcome many shortcomings.
Leadership in scientific literature
Ali points out that the philosophical messages of Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl can be considered as the beginning of the link in ancient Arabic literature between literature and science, as the Arab heritage includes philosophical messages written in successive times that represented the basis of literary thinking based on science fiction, the most prominent of these messages: "The message of Hayy bin Yaqzan" by Avicenna.
Shahabuddeen al-Sahrawardi ’ s “Strange Alienation ” message is inspired by the story of the neighborhood of Ben Yaqzan, and Ibn al-Nafees ’ s“ Perfect Letter ” in which he followed the example of his predecessors.
The author says of the relevance of these letters to science fiction: "These letters draw a narrative basis based on the facts of science, elaborate on the imagination based on thought and knowledge, and depict part of the knowledge of their owners.
The most prominent aspect of these letters is the narrative imager related to the facts of science and the perceptions of philosophy, which confirms the existence of seeds of scientific literature in the Arabs. ”
Science Fiction Poetry
The writer points out that science fiction literature has been associated with narrative forms, was raised with the French writer Jules Verne, who published the first story in science fiction literature in 1863 entitled "Five Weeks in a Balloon" and then wrote another story entitled "Journey to the Hollow of the Earth" and then continued productions, including the novel "Time Machine" by George Wells and others.
Science fiction poetry is rare, including the poem "The Asteroid" by Russian poet Nikolai Glazkov, translated by Al-Azhar University professor Ahmed Shafiq al-Khatib, a poem based on the achievements of science fiction literature in terms of prediction, foresight and time travel.
Criticism of scientific literature
Some of the works of Tawfiq al-Hakim include The Year of One Million (1953), which is dominated by philosophical consideration of life, nature and the universe, and his play Journey to Tomorrow (1958), which involves a forward-looking view of the future related to man ’ s struggle with time, as well as his play “Food for Every Mouth ”." In which he talks about the problem of food that people will suffer from in the future, and his play "The Prayer of Angels", which deals with the impact of science on the happiness of humanity and the provision of its needs.
Political fiction literature
The writer monitors the branches of science fiction literature that not only addressed the problems of the environment, pollution, space and planets, but touched the problems of politics, society and economy through the literature of political fiction, which includes under its banner the literature of utopia and dystopia.
There are a number of writings concerned with depicting Utopia, which means a utopia without trace of corruption, evil or injustice, the most prominent of these writings is Thomas Moore ’ s “Utopia ”, which depicts an ideal world critical of the political, religious and social conditions of his time.
The literature of dystopia comes in contrast to utopia, but they belong under the name of political fiction, which is a branch of science fiction literature, as each deals with political life by storytelling accompanied by fiction, and dystopia means the literature of the corrupt city or the world of bitter reality that depicts a society full of corruption and highlights the phenomena of destruction, murder and destruction and transformation of human beings. A feuding.
The author mentions a number of Western and Arabic writings that have emerged in the field of dystopia, including George Orwell ’ s 1984, Aldous Huxley ’ s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury ’ s Fahrenheit 451.
At the level of Arabic writings, a number of works can be observed such as the novel "The Front" by Izz al-Din Issa, the novel "The Tale of the Last Arab" by Wassini al-Araj, "Frankenstein in Baghdad" by Ahmed Saadawi, "The Second War of the Dog" by Ibrahim Nasrallah, "Mercury" by Mohammed Rabie, "The Line" by Basma Abdul Aziz, and "Novelist of the First City" by Omar Hazek. And "Orwell in the Southern Suburbs" by Fawzi Thebian.
Literary Studies
In his book, the Syrian critic offers critical readings in a number of works under the banner of science fiction literature, including the novel "Hala al-Nour" by Mohammed al-Ashri, seeking to stand on the aesthetic trend, especially with the departure of literary criticism from the study of the aesthetic aspects of science fiction literature, observing the methods of the novelist mixing the facts of science with the world mythical heritage.
The book provides another analysis of the collection “Behind the Dark Walls ” by the Syrian writer Taleb Omran, which falls within the literature of dystopia, because the stories depict worlds in which savagery, destruction, murder and destruction prevail, and on the other hand it monitors the Syrian storyteller ’ s interest in the method of scientific storytelling and its reliance on astronomical knowledge and geographical information.
The writer also analyzes the elements and features of fantasy in some of the works of Ahmed Khaled Tawfik as one of the most prominent writers in this field, explaining that science fiction is different from fantasy or wonder in the contemporary novel in that it starts from the modern scientific output, and depends on scientific knowledge specialized, while fantasy completely degenerates from logic and depends on the imagination and does not find a trace of laws we know in reality and depends on mythological and form It is in harmony not with the outside world but with its own world according to which it takes place.

- In which he talks about the problem of food that people will suffer from in the future, and his play "The Prayer of Angels", which deals with the impact of science on the happiness of humanity and the provision of its needs.

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Content: Monday 27 December 2021
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
“Studies in Scientific Literature. ”
A book that explores the features of science fiction in Arabic works
Science fiction literature has witnessed a wide presence in Arab creative writings despite its emergence and prosperity in the Western world, and despite its creative popularity, it has not received sufficient critical attention. Based on this idea, the Syrian writer and critic Ahmed Ali Mohammed observes the features and features of science fiction in Arabic literature, both ancient and modern, in his book "Studies in Science Literature", recently published in the series of studies by the Arab Writers Union.
The Syrian researcher believes that the Arab criticism has overlooked the literature of science fiction, citing a number of arguments such as the immaturity of this type of writing in the Arab world, and the disregard of his writers for the features of literary writing, as well as the lack of scientific knowledge, which the writer considers weak, especially with the presence of remarkable writings in this field succeeded in setting a firm foot and overcome many shortcomings.
Leadership in scientific literature
Ali points out that the philosophical messages of Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl can be considered as the beginning of the link in ancient Arabic literature between literature and science, as the Arab heritage includes philosophical messages written in successive times that represented the basis of literary thinking based on science fiction, the most prominent of these messages: "The message of Hayy bin Yaqzan" by Avicenna.
Shahabuddeen al-Sahrawardi ’ s “Strange Alienation ” message is inspired by the story of the neighborhood of Ben Yaqzan, and Ibn al-Nafees ’ s“ Perfect Letter ” in which he followed the example of his predecessors.
The author says of the relevance of these letters to science fiction: "These letters draw a narrative basis based on the facts of science, elaborate on the imagination based on thought and knowledge, and depict part of the knowledge of their owners.
The most prominent aspect of these letters is the narrative imager related to the facts of science and the perceptions of philosophy, which confirms the existence of seeds of scientific literature in the Arabs. ”
Science Fiction Poetry
The writer points out that science fiction literature has been associated with narrative forms, was raised with the French writer Jules Verne, who published the first story in science fiction literature in 1863 entitled "Five Weeks in a Balloon" and then wrote another story entitled "Journey to the Hollow of the Earth" and then continued productions, including the novel "Time Machine" by George Wells and others.
Science fiction poetry is rare, including the poem "The Asteroid" by Russian poet Nikolai Glazkov, translated by Al-Azhar University professor Ahmed Shafiq al-Khatib, a poem based on the achievements of science fiction literature in terms of prediction, foresight and time travel.
Criticism of scientific literature
Some of the works of Tawfiq al-Hakim include The Year of One Million (1953), which is dominated by philosophical consideration of life, nature and the universe, and his play Journey to Tomorrow (1958), which involves a forward-looking view of the future related to man ’ s struggle with time, as well as his play “Food for Every Mouth ”." In which he talks about the problem of food that people will suffer from in the future, and his play "The Prayer of Angels", which deals with the impact of science on the happiness of humanity and the provision of its needs.
Political fiction literature
The writer monitors the branches of science fiction literature that not only addressed the problems of the environment, pollution, space and planets, but touched the problems of politics, society and economy through the literature of political fiction, which includes under its banner the literature of utopia and dystopia.
There are a number of writings concerned with depicting Utopia, which means a utopia without trace of corruption, evil or injustice, the most prominent of these writings is Thomas Moore ’ s “Utopia ”, which depicts an ideal world critical of the political, religious and social conditions of his time.
The literature of dystopia comes in contrast to utopia, but they belong under the name of political fiction, which is a branch of science fiction literature, as each deals with political life by storytelling accompanied by fiction, and dystopia means the literature of the corrupt city or the world of bitter reality that depicts a society full of corruption and highlights the phenomena of destruction, murder and destruction and transformation of human beings. A feuding.
The author mentions a number of Western and Arabic writings that have emerged in the field of dystopia, including George Orwell ’ s 1984, Aldous Huxley ’ s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury ’ s Fahrenheit 451.
At the level of Arabic writings, a number of works can be observed such as the novel "The Front" by Izz al-Din Issa, the novel "The Tale of the Last Arab" by Wassini al-Araj, "Frankenstein in Baghdad" by Ahmed Saadawi, "The Second War of the Dog" by Ibrahim Nasrallah, "Mercury" by Mohammed Rabie, "The Line" by Basma Abdul Aziz, and "Novelist of the First City" by Omar Hazek. And "Orwell in the Southern Suburbs" by Fawzi Thebian.
Literary Studies
In his book, the Syrian critic offers critical readings in a number of works under the banner of science fiction literature, including the novel "Hala al-Nour" by Mohammed al-Ashri, seeking to stand on the aesthetic trend, especially with the departure of literary criticism from the study of the aesthetic aspects of science fiction literature, observing the methods of the novelist mixing the facts of science with the world mythical heritage.
The book provides another analysis of the collection “Behind the Dark Walls ” by the Syrian writer Taleb Omran, which falls within the literature of dystopia, because the stories depict worlds in which savagery, destruction, murder and destruction prevail, and on the other hand it monitors the Syrian storyteller ’ s interest in the method of scientific storytelling and its reliance on astronomical knowledge and geographical information.
The writer also analyzes the elements and features of fantasy in some of the works of Ahmed Khaled Tawfik as one of the most prominent writers in this field, explaining that science fiction is different from fantasy or wonder in the contemporary novel in that it starts from the modern scientific output, and depends on scientific knowledge specialized, while fantasy completely degenerates from logic and depends on the imagination and does not find a trace of laws we know in reality and depends on mythological and form It is in harmony not with the outside world but with its own world according to which it takes place.

Yusuf Azza al-Din Eissa's writes about humanity with what perspective?

**These sentences highlight:**
- The classical roots of science fiction (HG Wells, Jules Verne).

- The evolution into exploring complex scientific concepts (quantum mechanics, string theory).

- The genre's expansion beyond Western perspectives, showcasing Arabic authors and themes.

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Content: Monday 27 December 2021
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
“Studies in Scientific Literature. ”
A book that explores the features of science fiction in Arabic works
Science fiction literature has witnessed a wide presence in Arab creative writings despite its emergence and prosperity in the Western world, and despite its creative popularity, it has not received sufficient critical attention. Based on this idea, the Syrian writer and critic Ahmed Ali Mohammed observes the features and features of science fiction in Arabic literature, both ancient and modern, in his book "Studies in Science Literature", recently published in the series of studies by the Arab Writers Union.
The Syrian researcher believes that the Arab criticism has overlooked the literature of science fiction, citing a number of arguments such as the immaturity of this type of writing in the Arab world, and the disregard of his writers for the features of literary writing, as well as the lack of scientific knowledge, which the writer considers weak, especially with the presence of remarkable writings in this field succeeded in setting a firm foot and overcome many shortcomings.
Leadership in scientific literature
Ali points out that the philosophical messages of Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl can be considered as the beginning of the link in ancient Arabic literature between literature and science, as the Arab heritage includes philosophical messages written in successive times that represented the basis of literary thinking based on science fiction, the most prominent of these messages: "The message of Hayy bin Yaqzan" by Avicenna.
Shahabuddeen al-Sahrawardi ’ s “Strange Alienation ” message is inspired by the story of the neighborhood of Ben Yaqzan, and Ibn al-Nafees ’ s“ Perfect Letter ” in which he followed the example of his predecessors.
The author says of the relevance of these letters to science fiction: "These letters draw a narrative basis based on the facts of science, elaborate on the imagination based on thought and knowledge, and depict part of the knowledge of their owners.
The most prominent aspect of these letters is the narrative imager related to the facts of science and the perceptions of philosophy, which confirms the existence of seeds of scientific literature in the Arabs. ”
Science Fiction Poetry
The writer points out that science fiction literature has been associated with narrative forms, was raised with the French writer Jules Verne, who published the first story in science fiction literature in 1863 entitled "Five Weeks in a Balloon" and then wrote another story entitled "Journey to the Hollow of the Earth" and then continued productions, including the novel "Time Machine" by George Wells and others.
Science fiction poetry is rare, including the poem "The Asteroid" by Russian poet Nikolai Glazkov, translated by Al-Azhar University professor Ahmed Shafiq al-Khatib, a poem based on the achievements of science fiction literature in terms of prediction, foresight and time travel.
Criticism of scientific literature
Some of the works of Tawfiq al-Hakim include The Year of One Million (1953), which is dominated by philosophical consideration of life, nature and the universe, and his play Journey to Tomorrow (1958), which involves a forward-looking view of the future related to man ’ s struggle with time, as well as his play “Food for Every Mouth ”." In which he talks about the problem of food that people will suffer from in the future, and his play "The Prayer of Angels", which deals with the impact of science on the happiness of humanity and the provision of its needs.
Political fiction literature
The writer monitors the branches of science fiction literature that not only addressed the problems of the environment, pollution, space and planets, but touched the problems of politics, society and economy through the literature of political fiction, which includes under its banner the literature of utopia and dystopia.
There are a number of writings concerned with depicting Utopia, which means a utopia without trace of corruption, evil or injustice, the most prominent of these writings is Thomas Moore ’ s “Utopia ”, which depicts an ideal world critical of the political, religious and social conditions of his time.
The literature of dystopia comes in contrast to utopia, but they belong under the name of political fiction, which is a branch of science fiction literature, as each deals with political life by storytelling accompanied by fiction, and dystopia means the literature of the corrupt city or the world of bitter reality that depicts a society full of corruption and highlights the phenomena of destruction, murder and destruction and transformation of human beings. A feuding.
The author mentions a number of Western and Arabic writings that have emerged in the field of dystopia, including George Orwell ’ s 1984, Aldous Huxley ’ s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury ’ s Fahrenheit 451.
At the level of Arabic writings, a number of works can be observed such as the novel "The Front" by Izz al-Din Issa, the novel "The Tale of the Last Arab" by Wassini al-Araj, "Frankenstein in Baghdad" by Ahmed Saadawi, "The Second War of the Dog" by Ibrahim Nasrallah, "Mercury" by Mohammed Rabie, "The Line" by Basma Abdul Aziz, and "Novelist of the First City" by Omar Hazek. And "Orwell in the Southern Suburbs" by Fawzi Thebian.
Literary Studies
In his book, the Syrian critic offers critical readings in a number of works under the banner of science fiction literature, including the novel "Hala al-Nour" by Mohammed al-Ashri, seeking to stand on the aesthetic trend, especially with the departure of literary criticism from the study of the aesthetic aspects of science fiction literature, observing the methods of the novelist mixing the facts of science with the world mythical heritage.
The book provides another analysis of the collection “Behind the Dark Walls ” by the Syrian writer Taleb Omran, which falls within the literature of dystopia, because the stories depict worlds in which savagery, destruction, murder and destruction prevail, and on the other hand it monitors the Syrian storyteller ’ s interest in the method of scientific storytelling and its reliance on astronomical knowledge and geographical information.
The writer also analyzes the elements and features of fantasy in some of the works of Ahmed Khaled Tawfik as one of the most prominent writers in this field, explaining that science fiction is different from fantasy or wonder in the contemporary novel in that it starts from the modern scientific output, and depends on scientific knowledge specialized, while fantasy completely degenerates from logic and depends on the imagination and does not find a trace of laws we know in reality and depends on mythological and form It is in harmony not with the outside world but with its own world according to which it takes place.

- The interplay of science fiction with social, emotional, and philosophical issues.

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“Studies in Scientific Literature. ”
A book that explores the features of science fiction in Arabic works
Science fiction literature has witnessed a wide presence in Arab creative writings despite its emergence and prosperity in the Western world, and despite its creative popularity, it has not received sufficient critical attention. Based on this idea, the Syrian writer and critic Ahmed Ali Mohammed observes the features and features of science fiction in Arabic literature, both ancient and modern, in his book "Studies in Science Literature", recently published in the series of studies by the Arab Writers Union.
The Syrian researcher believes that the Arab criticism has overlooked the literature of science fiction, citing a number of arguments such as the immaturity of this type of writing in the Arab world, and the disregard of his writers for the features of literary writing, as well as the lack of scientific knowledge, which the writer considers weak, especially with the presence of remarkable writings in this field succeeded in setting a firm foot and overcome many shortcomings.
Leadership in scientific literature
Ali points out that the philosophical messages of Avicenna and Ibn Tufayl can be considered as the beginning of the link in ancient Arabic literature between literature and science, as the Arab heritage includes philosophical messages written in successive times that represented the basis of literary thinking based on science fiction, the most prominent of these messages: "The message of Hayy bin Yaqzan" by Avicenna.
Shahabuddeen al-Sahrawardi ’ s “Strange Alienation ” message is inspired by the story of the neighborhood of Ben Yaqzan, and Ibn al-Nafees ’ s“ Perfect Letter ” in which he followed the example of his predecessors.
The author says of the relevance of these letters to science fiction: "These letters draw a narrative basis based on the facts of science, elaborate on the imagination based on thought and knowledge, and depict part of the knowledge of their owners.
The most prominent aspect of these letters is the narrative imager related to the facts of science and the perceptions of philosophy, which confirms the existence of seeds of scientific literature in the Arabs. ”
Science Fiction Poetry
The writer points out that science fiction literature has been associated with narrative forms, was raised with the French writer Jules Verne, who published the first story in science fiction literature in 1863 entitled "Five Weeks in a Balloon" and then wrote another story entitled "Journey to the Hollow of the Earth" and then continued productions, including the novel "Time Machine" by George Wells and others.
Science fiction poetry is rare, including the poem "The Asteroid" by Russian poet Nikolai Glazkov, translated by Al-Azhar University professor Ahmed Shafiq al-Khatib, a poem based on the achievements of science fiction literature in terms of prediction, foresight and time travel.
Criticism of scientific literature
Some of the works of Tawfiq al-Hakim include The Year of One Million (1953), which is dominated by philosophical consideration of life, nature and the universe, and his play Journey to Tomorrow (1958), which involves a forward-looking view of the future related to man ’ s struggle with time, as well as his play “Food for Every Mouth ”." In which he talks about the problem of food that people will suffer from in the future, and his play "The Prayer of Angels", which deals with the impact of science on the happiness of humanity and the provision of its needs.
Political fiction literature
The writer monitors the branches of science fiction literature that not only addressed the problems of the environment, pollution, space and planets, but touched the problems of politics, society and economy through the literature of political fiction, which includes under its banner the literature of utopia and dystopia.
There are a number of writings concerned with depicting Utopia, which means a utopia without trace of corruption, evil or injustice, the most prominent of these writings is Thomas Moore ’ s “Utopia ”, which depicts an ideal world critical of the political, religious and social conditions of his time.
The literature of dystopia comes in contrast to utopia, but they belong under the name of political fiction, which is a branch of science fiction literature, as each deals with political life by storytelling accompanied by fiction, and dystopia means the literature of the corrupt city or the world of bitter reality that depicts a society full of corruption and highlights the phenomena of destruction, murder and destruction and transformation of human beings. A feuding.
The author mentions a number of Western and Arabic writings that have emerged in the field of dystopia, including George Orwell ’ s 1984, Aldous Huxley ’ s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury ’ s Fahrenheit 451.
At the level of Arabic writings, a number of works can be observed such as the novel "The Front" by Izz al-Din Issa, the novel "The Tale of the Last Arab" by Wassini al-Araj, "Frankenstein in Baghdad" by Ahmed Saadawi, "The Second War of the Dog" by Ibrahim Nasrallah, "Mercury" by Mohammed Rabie, "The Line" by Basma Abdul Aziz, and "Novelist of the First City" by Omar Hazek. And "Orwell in the Southern Suburbs" by Fawzi Thebian.
Literary Studies
In his book, the Syrian critic offers critical readings in a number of works under the banner of science fiction literature, including the novel "Hala al-Nour" by Mohammed al-Ashri, seeking to stand on the aesthetic trend, especially with the departure of literary criticism from the study of the aesthetic aspects of science fiction literature, observing the methods of the novelist mixing the facts of science with the world mythical heritage.
The book provides another analysis of the collection “Behind the Dark Walls ” by the Syrian writer Taleb Omran, which falls within the literature of dystopia, because the stories depict worlds in which savagery, destruction, murder and destruction prevail, and on the other hand it monitors the Syrian storyteller ’ s interest in the method of scientific storytelling and its reliance on astronomical knowledge and geographical information.
The writer also analyzes the elements and features of fantasy in some of the works of Ahmed Khaled Tawfik as one of the most prominent writers in this field, explaining that science fiction is different from fantasy or wonder in the contemporary novel in that it starts from the modern scientific output, and depends on scientific knowledge specialized, while fantasy completely degenerates from logic and depends on the imagination and does not find a trace of laws we know in reality and depends on mythological and form It is in harmony not with the outside world but with its own world according to which it takes place.

What did Frank Herbert's "Dune" manage to achieve?

- The increasing inclusion of underrepresented voices and perspectives in contemporary science fiction.

What is considered a major breakthrough in science fiction publication?

More female authors
More Non-binary authors

These points should help guide your book club in choosing both canonical works and new, diverse voices in science fiction’s ongoing evolution.

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Content: Discover New Worlds: Top 10 Science Fiction Books for Young People
If you ’ re looking for a novel, thrilling events, elaborate details and a mystery, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik ’ s novel In the Rat Corridor is your best choice, published in 2016 and one of the best Arabic science fiction novels.
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Reading is the food of the mind and a window to learn about new worlds you may not know anything about, giving you a different pleasure through which you can overcome boredom and depression and spend your free time reading your favorite book, but the most important question remains: Why read science fiction books?
Especially since there are thousands of books specialized in history and different civilizations throughout the ages that require reading and learning about them?
The answer is simply that sometimes we need to let go of the past, the present and even think about the future and let our imagination take a fun journey with science fiction books, which makes us fly into a parallel world where we can make our own laws and build our own world as we want.
10 Best Science Fiction Books Worth Reading
1.
In the Rat Corridor by Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
If you ’ re looking for a novel, thrilling events, elaborate details and a mystery, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik ’ s novel In the Rat Corridor is your best choice, published in 2016 and one of the best Arabic science fiction novels.
The story is about a huge meteor collision with the planet, blocking the sun ’ s rays from the earth, and thus the lack of all sources of energy and the creation of a system of “Commander ”, which criminalizes the generation of any source of energy or even the ignition of fire.
After the emergence of a group of rebels calling themselves the "Illuminati", the story ends with a tragic and unexpected end.
2.
Call for Carl Sagan.
Contact is the masterpiece of writer Karal Sagan, the novel talks about the realization of the dream of humans to discover another life somewhere else in the universe, but contrary to expectations people do not care about this discovery due to their preoccupation with their human world full of various political conflicts.
The adventure begins with a message explaining how to get to this place with a specially made machine for this journey, called a trip to the edge of the universe, where man sees what he has never seen before, where the huge stars and amazing scenes from a new world beyond our comprehension, and during this journey one can experience an adventure like never before.
3.
Traveler Zero by Ahmed Abdel Fattah Saleh
Traveler Zero, one of the most beautiful Arabic science fiction books, revolves around the character of a man named Sharif who wakes up one day to find himself in a world other than his own, and a life he knows nothing about, and that the last thing he remembers is his sleep as a college student and waking up as a married man with children and a different and new life. The truth about himself and the reason why he suddenly fell into this situation.
This novel is characterized by its attractive style of narration, as the writer relied on images, symbols and fictional situations that added to the novel a lot of elements of suspense and pleasure, and in which you can not stop reading if you have already begun.
4.
Dr. Morrow Island by Herbert George Wells.
This novel is the simplest example of an intellectual revolution, where it revolves around an Englishman descended from a class of nobility named Edward Brendick, all things change Edward when he goes on a trip to an island in the Pacific Ocean and his ship crashes and is rescued by a man named Montgomery, who takes him on a boat to the island inhabited by this man, in addition to a mad animal anatomist named Moro, and a number of half-humans. Created by this scientist with surgical methods and other interventions in animal life, Edward's adventure begins.
5.
The Ferry Man by Justin Cronin
This novel is about a group of survivors who are on a hidden utopia, but the truth is not what it seems.
Set in the Prospera archipelago, founded by the mysterious genius known as the designer far from the horrors of the deteriorating outside world, this island paradise has a long and satisfying life until the screens installed in their arms, aimed at measuring their physical health and well-being, drop to less than 10% and retire, and set off on a ferry trip to the island known as the nursery, where their bodies are renewed. Their memories are erased and they are ready to be brought back to life.
The story centers on Proctor Bennett of the Department of Social Contracts who finds himself questioning everything he once believed in, involved in a much larger cause than he was connected to and in a desperate mission to uncover the truth, after mounting unrest and rumors of a resistance group known as the “Expatriates ”, which may incite a revolution.
6.
The Time Machine of Herbert George Wells.
This book is considered one of the best and most important science fiction books, written by Herbert George Wells, one of the founders of science fiction and thriller.
The story revolves around a physicist who has developed a device through which he can see the future, and the extent of the major conflicts between two species of humans in the future, one of them is the Elroy luxuriant who is stupid behind the graces and lives on the surface of the earth, and the other is the Morlock, the species that lives underground and never sees the sun. Louie. "
7.
The Storm of Swords by George Martin.
This novel is the third part of the epic "Ice and Fire", one of the most famous books by George Martin, and revolves around the story of the Storm of Swords about the Five Kings, especially the young King Jeffrey, who seeks to secure his rule, and at this stage many battles and wars between the family and other kings, in an atmosphere full of excitement, suspense and science fiction.
8.
A Land Without Shadow by Mohamed Abdel Aal Al Khatib
This novel delves into the sea of science fiction and takes place in the future, where the debris of a planet flies in the sky, and each period the debris of this planet comes closer and closer to the inhabitants of the Earth, who live in a state of unprecedented fear and horror, and the population begins to search for another planet to escape to it by researchers and thinkers.
9.
The truth about Dan Brown.
One of the works of the American novelist Dan Brown is one of the most famous science fiction novels, and it is difficult to start without finishing it immediately; it revolves around the conspiracy theory and the involvement of NASA with a large research agency to convince the world of the existence of a meteor coming, and thus the public is preoccupied with many social problems and economic situation experienced by the country. There are a lot of corruption cases in the United States.
10.
Earth to the Moon by Jules Verle.
At the end of the list is one of the best science fiction novels worth reading, one of the oldest works that predicted human travel to the moon, by French writer John Ferrell, published in 1865.
A group of scientists from a club called Cannon developed a cannon shot designed to take them to the moon, and this book predicts the fact that humans arrived on the moon almost 100 years before it actually happened.
In this article, we have presented to you 10 books and novels that are considered one of the most famous and best science fiction books for leading writers, which many have enjoyed reading and enjoying.

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- Because The Frankenstein of 1818 is the way to write a “framing novel ” — it uses a story with a narrator in it, and then tells you that the narrator has the next story.

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British author Janet Winterson pays homage to science fiction classic Frankenstein 200 years ago with Science Lovers. (Courtesy of New Classic Culture)
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British author Jeanette Winterson pays tribute to the science fiction classic "Frankenstein" 200 years ago with "Science Lovers".
The new classic culture invites two domestic science fiction writers Gao Yifeng (author of "2069") and Lin Xinhui (author of "Flawed Man") to talk, and the Central News Agency is authorized to publish the wonderful content of the talk, and share with you the common desire behind the strange man and his lover.
Gao Yifeng:
The year before last, I opened a science fiction reading and commentary course at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Literature at Beijing Arts University. The first book was “Frankenstein ” in 1818.
Before I was ready to read Science Lovers, all I had in mind was Mary Shelley ’ s Frankenstein, and the discussions I had with my fellow students at the Institute at that time.
As far as I ’ m concerned, Science Lovers started with the name.
When you look at the cover, you can see that the kiss in the middle is changed from the ken in the middle of Frankenstein to the kiss, and FranKISSstein becomes the new novel name.
Janet Winterson, a modern, powerful female thinker, uses this kiss to deconstruct Mary Shelley ’ s Frankenstein 200 years ago.
Frankenstein is not the name of the monster, but the name of the scientist who invented the weirdo.
The first time I read this novel, I found it very challenging - if you haven't read Frankenstein, you may not know why the author wrote an 1816 story first, and then through the story of Mary, to create a near-future science fiction story.
In this near-future story, frame another story where Mary Shelley meets her own character.
It has 3 very deep levels, which started with Frankenstein.
Because The Frankenstein of 1818 is the way to write a “framing novel ” — it uses a story with a narrator in it, and then tells you that the narrator has the next story.
In "Frankenstein" there is a nautical adventurer, in the snow and ice to see the scientist chasing the weirdo, rescued him, and began to tell the whole story.
"Science Lovers" has been paying tribute to Mary Shelley from the frame structure!
Science fiction writer Gao Yifeng said that "Science Lovers" changed the ken in Frankenstein to kiss, and used the kiss to deconstruct "Frankenstein" 200 years ago. (New Classic Culture provided)
The 19th century is a very patriarchal era, Mary this important writer experienced a complicated and hard life, eloped with Shelley, miscarried several times, but she and Shelley two people have always loved, very close to the theme of this: to build a person who loves me.
Why do we want to create a strange person out? It is actually as a human lust.
Why create a weirdo ’ s lover after creating a weirdo? It ’ s because the weirdo has an selfish desire.
The author is debating this.
As a woman, Janet Winterson pays homage to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as she contemplates the Old Testament descending from the Bible.
What was Adam ’ s function in the Garden of Eden in Genesis?
The first work of “he ” is to name creatures and even take out a rib to create women. Why do men create women?
The whole novel starts with the name, and she ’ s making fun of it all — I think it ’ s a very beautiful gesture.
There are many naming attempts in the novel: First, the scientist / creator Victor Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein) becomes Victor Stein (Victor Stein), and he and a transgender man named Ry Shelley (Ry Shelley) have developed a love that seems desegregated.
The author also uses a lot of naming skills for many people around him, such as Ron Lord (Ron Lord) is the reverse of the name Lord Byron.
Lord is the Lord of the Christian faith. This self-proclaimed character of the same name is the maker of sex robots in the near-future world.
This new creator, Longen, has created a female sex robot that can meet men - it is really possible to build a person who only loves me? Such a modern, sci-fi scientific lover, in the novel the author pushed farther - Longen Lord even thought: Is there a way for me to build sex robots for priests and priests?
This can also solve the problem of pedophilia in all priests.
In "Mythical Tales", Prometheus molded the clay man in the form of a god, and Athena injected the soul (wisdom) into man.
The male Creator created the human form, but the female God gave it to the inside.
This is in contrast to the “story of faith, ” in which Jehovah created Adam, who, as the Creator, split up another man, Eve.
This is the story of an "artificial man" and a "human being".
There are subtle differences and reflections between the two.
This process of creation has become something that the author has to resist and confront as a female thinker.
So when I read it, there will always be a strange, as a heterosexual, male perspective, the back will suddenly cool, not sure if she is accusing me?
Lin Xinhui:
I found that creating science fiction and gender attention, the two things seem inseparable.
When I started writing science fiction, I wrote a short story, "Hotel California," which, as everyone knows, refers to the Eagles' classic song.
I appropriated the lyrics to create, in the story reverse write "Eve was born from a rib of Adam" myth: the heroine in the novel is unknown, do not know whether she is human or biotic, she uses the length of the ribs to measure the human male protagonist, the male protagonist is instead deconstructed as a component of the rib.
The woman turned and used the rib to disassemble the man around her.
This is what I wanted to do when I first wrote science fiction.
Intentionally or not, I felt from the beginning that science fiction should be gender, it must be related to gender, why do I have this inexplicable intuition?
Many science fiction works, both ancient and modern, put women in non-human roles.
For example, Rachel in "Blade Runner" is a biotic, and the operating system for falling in love with the human male protagonist in "Cloud Lover" is also set to be female.
The robot, Sophia, who is considered a citizen in the real world, is also a girl.
Non-human beings are always assigned a female position, and in these stories, the protagonists are always men, and they are all humans.
Why isn ’ t there a sci-fi story to break this structure? Sci-fi is preset to be a male story from the start?
But in retrospect, today ’ s Science Lovers pays homage to Mary Shelley ’ s Frankenstein, which is considered the first science fiction novel ever written by a woman.
Echoing the deconstruction that Teacher Yifeng just talked about, the role of transgender doctor Rui brought out a lot of gender thinking, and a lot of female thinking is concentrated in the story line of Mary Shelley's history in 1816, the women's movement has just begun to flourish, not to mention Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of the first wave of feminism advocates.
Is “knowledge ” male or female?
There is a dialogue that women seem to bring disaster to the world, which Byron said: women are red face evil water.
If Pandora hadn ’ t opened that box, many of our things would have been less painful.
And Mary Shelley replied to him that if we didn ’ t hurt, it wouldn ’ t be human, because machines don ’ t hurt.
She said, “Does knowledge cause pain? ”
Or is the knowledge that women bring to make us human?
In this near-future storyline, Janet Winterson uses the role of Rui to bring out a problem of mind-matter dualism that we are still debating.
Our understanding of transgender may be that his body and his soul want to reach another state of harmony, not that he was not reconciled, but that he wanted to change.
For example, she was originally a biological woman and wanted to become a so-called "complete male".
The transgender doctor in the book, he did not become a so-called complete boy, his upper half is male, the lower half is female, but he likes the state: a soul lives in two bodies, he is both male and female, and then he is very comfortable in this state.
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Rui ’ s relationship with Vito thus has an undefinable ambiguity, which challenges the state of men and women in the era of 1816.
The love story of Ray and Victor is difficult to define as gay or heterosexual, which can be said to be a state of desegregation.
And the state of sexualization also echoes the world that Vito wants to create — the human consciousness is uploaded to the cloud, without the bondage of the body.
Without the body, there is no label: there is no label for skin color, and there is no label for gender.
In fact, Victor also wants to create a new human, just as Frankenstein in Frankenstein wants to create a creature.
There is a scene in the novel that is super scary: Ray opens the door and sees a lot of hands crawling around on the ground, which is very creepy.
This section reflects that Victor wants to create a new human body, and this human body can have its own will and drive itself? This part corresponds to "Frankenstein", whether the creature can drive its own will and body.
"Creation" is "life", and the back of "life" is actually talking about "death".
You want to bring the dead body back to life, you want to use technology to create eternal life, you want to upload consciousness to the brain, anyway, as long as you are conscious, you will live forever.
Vito said that at this stage, we are very comfortable with all kinds of life technology, such as when we are only pregnant, the mother's body will be subjected to various invasive tests: to see if your fetal position is correct, the sex of the fetus, whether it is so-called "normal health", and to preserve embryos, frozen eggs and other technologies... And...
In contrast, we have been vocal about technology ’ s desire to end death, perpetuate death, or immortality as a major moral issue.
Why are we optimistic about "life" and so afraid of "death"? Don't want to talk about it, don't want to imagine technology intervening in its world.
Gao Yifeng:
In the novel, page 174, a very simple sentence is mentioned: "So, Vidor, non-living forms of life, because their forms are purer, closer to the essence of love than we are?"
The story of the transgender doctor Rui, his body is neither a man nor a woman, such a body is more aware of love?
Absolutely fully tested Janet, with a classical, Gothic romance, to talk about the love story of Mary and Shelley. Mary's love is completely gender-neutral, she really loves Shelley the poet.
She loved that no matter how many children she had and how many times she lost, even if I was crazy, even if I did not know whether I could still have the next life in the future, whether the function of a woman given to me by the Bible or mythology could be achieved, I was willing to love you.
In "Science Lovers", Janet constantly probed this point through many characters, constantly asking: Is it possible in the world to create a person who loves me that way through a way like "Frankenstein"?
Want to create a person like this, even if it is not a living body, even if it does not have any gender to test, even if it is a kind of sex robot we can not predict, can it really have love?
Claire is a very old-fashioned sex robot.
Does such love exist?
At the heart of the book is its subtitle: a love story.
Beyond the gender we have to face, or the various discussions of organic and inorganic life, Janet Winterson is asking the same question she wanted to ask two hundred years ago under such complicated and highly literary writing.
I love Frankenstein so much that when someone challenges me, I think, "Okay, I see what you can write."
"Science Lovers" actually carried "Frankenstein".
Not only did he write about the monsters created by Frankenstein, but he also wrote about the love of Mary Shelley.
I think this is a great place.
Lin Xinhui:
When it comes to “love ”, I think a lot of discussion is about what“ reality ” is.
We all know that love is between two people, and the most basic consensus is "what is the reality we all recognize."
When both parties have a common understanding of "where the reality is going", there is the beginning of the "relationship".
Science fiction writer Lin Xinhui (middle) says that every chapter of Science Lovers begins with "What is reality?" (courtesy of New Classic Culture)
Every chapter of Science Lovers begins with “what is reality ” — reality is soluble in water, reality is the present, reality cannot withstand excessive human beings.
These inquiries about reality, on the one hand, are similar in the form of the novel and the "trans" of the transgender, which constantly appears in different chapters, a bit like the role of the past and the soul, or the reunion of the afterlife, or the feeling of the same soul into different bodies.
On the other hand, it is rooted in its sub-label: the love story.
But in the end, Rui and Victor are not together in Science Lovers.
Why can't they be together? Because their perception of "reality" is different - Rui's perception is "reality is the body", our love is based on the body; but Victor told him that sex does not have to be achieved by the body, he said that the perception of receptors in the brain everywhere, even a "brain in a vat" (brain in a vat), can still have sexual love. Feeling.
Even Victor would say that reality is an emergent: it is because your brain thinks that it exists, and there is no direct causal relationship between this reality and your nervous system (such as what structure creates what reality).
So that reality cannot be proved as a reality.
This inference, even Vito said, has entered a state of Buddhism.
All in all, Vito and Ri think differently about reality, so although they love each other very much, they can ’ t be together in the end.
This also leaves a lot of suspense, because we don ’ t know what happened to Vito.
There are no quotation marks in this book – many foreign readers are scolding it.
But the fact that there are no quotes is still functional in the end, because it will make the reader uncertain whether the person who is speaking now is Mary Shelley or Ray? The last person they call together is Victor or Frankenstein? Because Mary Shelley and Frankenstein later meet in a fictional way.
Rui calls his beloved Vito until the end, but we no longer know if he is alive or dead.
In a way, the old Vito is still alive, and the Vito at this point in time seems to be missing.
Their last common call was, “Vidor, is that you? ” and it ended.
This is the end of a beautiful love story. (Editors: Huang Shufang, Wang Jingyi) 1110122
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Title: Science Lovers: A Story of Love
Author: Janet Winterson
Translated by: Chen Jialin
Publisher: New Classical Culture
Publication Date: 2021 / 12 / 01
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What is considered the first true science fiction novel of the modern era, which foreshadowed genetic tinkering?

- "Creation" is "life", and the back of "life" is actually talking about "death".

- Not only did he write about the monsters created by Frankenstein, but he also wrote about the love of Mary Shelley.

- In a way, the old Vito is still alive, and the Vito at this point in time seems to be missing.

- In contrast, the whole book of Journey to the West is saturated with Buddhism, and the Dream of the Red Chamber is saturated with psychology.

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[15] Intersection of Literature.
One, two new types of inspiration
The topic I ’ m talking about today is a topic I thought about 30 years ago.
At that time, reading Lu Xun's essays, I felt that there was no such thing as "essays" in the history of literature.
This new literary category is the creation of Lu Xun, which is the result of his "grafting" of literature (prose) with political theory, contemporary theory, and contemporary criticism, and can also be said to be the intersection of prose and political theory, contemporary theory, and contemporary criticism.
Convergence, grafting and the production of another "quality", this is a large phenomenon of literature, you can do special research, you can write a paper, you can also write an academic monograph.
After the emergence of essays, some people do not admit that this is "literature", but Lu Xun said that it does not matter, one day, the literary hall will accept this new genre.
At a time when essays were gradually flourishing, another new genre of essays was emerging, called "reportage." Tsou Tiufeng, Fan Changjiang, Liu Binyan, etc., were all masters of reportage, and they became famous all over the world.
In the face of reportage, I also think of the phenomenon of "intersection" and "grafting", and feel that reportage is the result of the intersection of literature and journalism.
But it is not news, but literature, because the news can not have feelings, and the report literature is full of life and passion, the text is full of the author's thoughts and feelings.
Because of the report of literature, I entered the "literary intersection point" of reflection, and later because of the change in the environment, I did not write the paper to go abroad.
Today to pick up this topic, is completely forced by the classroom, but I do not intend to make a large article, but to put their own thoughts on literary intersection, grafting phenomenon to the students to express, I hope that the people here will be able to write the monograph of birth movement in the future.
Second, the phenomenon of "convergence" has existed in the past.
The phenomenon of literary convergence, that is, the "intersection of literature", refers to the intersection of literature with other disciplines or other forms of spiritual value creation, such as literature with history, philosophy, science, psychology, and even Buddhism.
This phenomenon has existed in China for a long time.
The great book that we all know, the History of Sima Qian, is the graft of literature and history.
"Historians", the focus is on history, that is, first of all, a great historical work, but no one can deny its huge literary nature, especially the characters in it and the characters listed.
Take "Xiang Yu Benji" as an example, the cornerstone of this era, that is, the basic material is history, but the protagonist (Xiang Yu) described is lifelike, flesh-and-blood, and can be read as a composition.
Xiang Yu ’ s story, which was later compiled into famous plays such as “Farewell to the Overlord ” and“ Hongmen Banquet ”, is the basis of this story.
Especially surprising to future generations is that many of Xiang Yu's life details must be Sima Qian's complement and imagination, such as Xiang Yu's last defeat and ran to the bank of the Wujiang River in a section description, can be said to be "not literature, more like literature."
We might as well read the text of this section:
So the king wanted to cross the river eastward, and the long boat of Ujiangting waited, saying, "Though Jiangdong is small, the land is thousands of miles, and the number of thousands is sufficient for the king."
I want the king to hurry.
The king laughed and said, "If I die in heaven, how will I do it?"
And by crossing the river with the children of Jiangdong, there is no one to return, even though Jiangdong father and brother have mercy and king me, what face do I see? Even if they do not speak, their independence is worthy of my heart? ”
When I was five years old on this horse, I was invincible, and tried to travel thousands of miles a day, and could not bear to kill it, so as to bless the Lord. "
Hundreds of soldiers were killed alone.
The king said, "If it were not for me," and the king said, "This is the king," and the king said, "I have heard that the king has bought my head a thousand gold, and I have a thousand households, and I have died for Jude."
And the king of Israel, and the king of Israel, and the king of Israel, and the king of Israel, and the king of Israel, and the king of Israel, and
Then came the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the horse, and the
Five of them together, all of them.
5: 5); and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts.
If Sima Chien had made the Book of History a pure historical book, it would have taken only a few words to write about Xiang Yu ’ s “end of the road ”:“ Xiang Yu stayed on the bank of the Wujiang River for a moment and felt that he had no face to see his father again, so he drew his sword and killed himself. ” In the book of Revelation, the Lord of the Rings tells us that He is the Lord of the Rings; that He is the Lord of the Rings; that He is the Lord of the Rings; that He is the Lord of the Rings; that He is the Lord of the Rings; that He is the Lord of the Rings, and that He is the Lord of the Rings.
In just four or five hundred words, he wrote a heroic ending and a heroic sad song, which is both sad and sad, and has both heroic spirit and heroic friendship, not only historical facts.
This section of text, both historical material value, can also be composition learning text read.
The History provides us with a successful example of the grafting of literature and history.
Literature can be grafted with both history and philosophy.
It can be said that Kafka and his later mainstream of modern literature, the so-called "absurd literature", are the result of the grafting of literature and philosophy.
Beckett, Yunescu, Pinter, Gao Xingjian, etc., all benefited from the intersection of literature and philosophy.
Professor Hu Yao-heng, an expert in drama studies at National Taiwan University, says that “Gao Xingjian ’ s plays are philosophical plays ” and is entirely correct.
Gao Xingjian ’ s plays, from “The Station ” and“ Beyond the Shore ” to “Dialogue and Conversation ” to“ The Night God ” and “Questioning Death ”, are the intersection of philosophy and literature.
Before Gao Xingjian, Beckett ’ s “Waiting for Godot ” and Yunesku ’ s“ Rhino ” were also philosophical and literary juxtapositions.
Its tone is no longer "lyrical", nor is it "verbal".
In the whole drama, only the author's profound understanding of the absurd world, which is both imaginary and philosophical.
The focus is on thoughts, not emotions.
From Kafka and Beckett to Pinter and Gao Xingjian, we can see the power of the intersection of literature and philosophy – it can change the tone of the literary world and create a new world of literature.
Third, the miracle of "grafting" in Chinese literary classics
If it is said that "History" is the intersection of history and literature, then "Journey to the West" is the marriage of literature and Buddhism, and "Dream of the Red Chamber" is the marriage of literature and psychology.
Without the Eastern Biography of Buddhism, there would be no Journey to the West.
The Book of Revelation is the book of Revelation and the book of Revelation, which is written in the Book of Revelation, and the Book of Revelation, which is written in the Book of Revelation and the Book of Revelation, which is written in the Book of Revelation, and is written in the Book of Revelation.
Sun Wukong accompanied Master Tang Monk to the West Heaven to take the Sutra, from the beginning to the end of the Sutra, it is all the logic of "Buddhism".
The Buddha of Rulai in Journey to the West is the most powerful, but not the absolute "savior".
The representative of the Buddhist world, Guanyin Bodhisattva, specifically helped guide the Tang monk and the Monkey King Master to overcome all kinds of difficulties and win the victory of the scriptures. She is God (Buddhism), but full of human feelings (literature).
The Lord is strong and powerful, and has the power of the devil, but the truth is perfect, and has the heart of the Buddha and the heart of the child; he is also a man, with the naughty and ideal of man.
There is no magic, no magic, no magic, no magic, no magic.
The Lord of hosts is the Lord of hosts, and the Lord of hosts is the Lord of hosts and the Lord of hosts.
"Dream of the Red Chamber" is like "Journey to the West", the whole book is full of Buddha light, children's heart pound.
"Journey to the West" is based on the Eastern tradition of Buddhism, and "Dream of the Red Chamber" is also based on the Eastern tradition of Buddhism.
But in contrast, the whole book of Journey to the West is saturated with Buddhism, and the Dream of the Red Chamber is saturated with psychology.
Therefore, I say, "Dream of the Red Chamber" is the greatest work of psychology after the "Ecclesiastes" (Wang Yangming), and the difference is only that the former is intellectual psychology, and the latter is imaginary psychology.
Jia Baoyu, the protagonist of "Dream of the Red Chamber", is not so much a "person" as a "heart" - the purest heart that has never been seen in the history of world literature, like the dustless heart that was born on the first morning of Genesis.
If we regard Jia Baoyu as a "person", we will define him as a noble son, a playboy, and will feel that he likes poetry voice is "not doing good work", so that he feels that his "problems" are many and insufficient for training.
And if you think of him as a "heart", you will find that this heart is not stained with mud, and the thoughts and thoughts in the heart are completely different from those of the secular people.
This heart has no hatred function, no jealousy function, no vengeance function, no calculation function.
This heart is a boundless universe that can accommodate all things in heaven and earth, can accommodate all people, can understand and forgive all people.
Because he is a "heart", so it does not have the secular that some of the concept of distinction, I do not know that there are expensive and inferior points, high and low points, master and slave points.
Therefore, he regarded the "underlings" and "masters" as equals, and was willing to act as the "divine waiter" of these slaves and maidens (not only as the divine waiter of aristocratic girls such as Lin Daiyu). Jia Baoyu's life was only in childhood, adolescence and youth, and there was no middle age or old age.
So the Jia Baoyu mind we see, only the breath of youth and the breath of the universe.
The heart is filled with nothing but love.
New achievements in the intersection of literature and science
We talked about the difference between literature and science.
It is not difficult to distinguish this difference.
But this lesson is about how literature and science can also be intertwined and grafted.
In Lu Xun ’ s time, Lu Xun introduced the French “father of science fiction ” Verne ’ s“ Journey to the Moon ” and “Journey Under the Earth ”.
The intersection of literature and science, the most important result is the production of science fiction.
If we adhere to literary dogmatism, we may reject science fiction because it is not written about the “real world ” (and certainly not about reflecting real life), but the future world.
The characters in the book are not "real people" with flesh and blood, but "scientific people" in the author's imagination.
This kind of activity space for technological people is beyond the survival situation of traditional novels, and beyond the "rivers and lakes" environment of the martial arts novels.
Its heroes are not real heroes or heroes, but science and technology heroes.
If you stick to the definition of "literature is anthropology", then science fiction is difficult to be classified as literature.
However, if we use what I call the three elements of “mind, imagination, and aesthetic form ” to examine without demanding literature in ready-made literary definitions, then we cannot but admit that science fiction has all these three elements, especially imagination, and will happily accept science fiction.
It is worth noting that science fiction has made great strides in recent years, both in China and in the West.
Among them, the United States has even ushered in the golden age of science fiction, and Lu Xu, who was listening to the class, recently published an article in the "Bookhouse" about Ray Bradbury (United States) "Fahrenheit 451" and Liu Cixin (China) "The Three Body", entitled "The Humanities in Dystopia", which tells the two representative science fiction writers of the United States and China, half. In the 21st century, through creation, we hope that science and technology and humanistic spirit can meet and understand each other.
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 develops a "science fiction utopia" into a "science fiction utopia" that warns against the anti-intellectual (anti-humanistic) tendencies of human society.
And the recent emergence of Chinese writer Liu Cixin, published in 2006 science fiction novel "The Three Bodies", not only accepted by Chinese readers, but also won the United States Hugo Award (Best Novel Award), which brilliantly realized the intersection and grafting of science, culture and literature.
He consciously fought against the spiritual split between science and culture and humanistic culture, and put more humanistic feelings into it.
Roth said of the three:
A triple star system is a star system closer to Earth that interacts with three sun-like stars, resulting in chaotic orbits and poor survival conditions.
After establishing a connection with the Earth, the Three Kingdoms decide to launch a cosmic migration, and human society is facing a crisis of extinction.
The first part of the novel uncovers this reality, and the second and third parts depict the various efforts and struggles that humans have made to cope with the great crisis. For example, launching gravitational waves into the entire universe, exposing the coordinates of the Three Body World, so that the entire solar system, including the Earth, will become the target of the cosmic "dark forest".
In order to save itself, the earth even made a low-intelligence statement (using drugs and brain science technology to reduce human intelligence), and implemented technical self-harm, that is, to save the earth by limiting human development through technology.
This idea is to leave the final salvation to the humanistic spirit, and the literary pursuit of the "ultimate good."
From the examples of Ray Bradbury and Liu Cixin, it can be seen that the intellectual challenge caused by the intersection of literature and science is the highest intellectual thinking in the human world today, and it is also a new topic facing literature.
The emergence of outstanding science fiction, such as The Three Bodies, is challenging many traditional literary theories and definitions.
Looking at the history of literature, especially the history of modern literature, we will find that many new literary categories and literary patterns are the result of the intersection and grafting of literature with other disciplines, and over the past 100 years, we have also seen that the intersection of literature and psychology has produced the giant flow of consciousness novels such as Proust's "Remembering the Year of the Passing Water" and Joyce's "Ulysses.
Since then, we have seen Orwell ’ s Animal Farm, a new type of novel that has hit the world, which is actually the intersection of literature and politics.
We do not support literature as a tool of politics (including the idea that literature serves politics), but we do not deny that political life is also a part of real life, and political activities can also become a part of literature.
Orwell is familiar with literature, but also familiar with politics, he did not put politics above literature, but turned politics into the material and tool of literature, the art of politics refining and upgrading, so that politics is fully literalized.
The whole novel is written about politics, but it is also full of literary and artistic politics.
There are two camps in the novel: the “animal farm ” is a socialist state, the“ human farm ” is a capitalist state; the “animal ” is the oppressed and exploited party, and the“ human ” is the party that practices oppression and exploitation.
The struggle between “animals ” and“ humans ” is a metaphor for the resistance of oppressed people and oppressed peoples.
It can be said that these are well-known and commonplace political stories and political common sense.
However, Orwell designed the contemporary political struggle as a struggle between animals and people.
The characters of animal farms are pigs, dogs, horses, cows, sheep, goats, donkeys, old cats, pigeons, crows, chickens, ducks, geese, sparrows, mice, turtles, foxes, etc. Point wait.
These pigs, dogs, all anthropomorphic, and most importantly, full of comedy.
Liu Zaifu ’ s “Forty Lectures on Literature ”: Literature is moving toward“ Huineng ”, not toward “Nietzsche ”, which is my own unique expression.
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Let go of obscure hypotheses and ask for infinite truth.
Candles shine on the heart, bid farewell to ignorance, the shortest shortcut to enter literature
The world is so rich and complex, life is so vast and boundless, human nature is so colorful, literature face all this, naturally can also show their own charm.
There is absolutely no need to incorporate the narrow framework of a certain political ideology, whether it comes from the left or from the right.
Freedom can also be completely in their own hands, only when there is an awareness of freedom, can there be true freedom, and there is no need to wait for the objective conditions of freedom to mature before creating.
— — Liu Zaifu
In 2013 and 2016, Liu Zaifu accepted the appointment of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Institute for Advanced Study as a visiting professor.
According to the course, the book is divided into two parts.
The upper part of the "What is literature: literature common sense 22 lectures" from Chinese and Western literature common sense, from the definition of literature to the state of literature, and ultimately to pursue the "literary mind" in real life; the lower part of the "how to read literature: literary understanding 18 points", then carefully read the literature works need to think about the main points, in order to understand the mysteries of literature.
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Sunday Literature: Tu Chien's Years, Huang Hua and Long Memories: A Review of Books by Tu Chien
He died, and there was a great book about him, and a great book about him.
Born in Hong Kong on February 19, 1935 (also known as February 19, 1934), Du Chin studied at Lingnan Primary School and St. Stephen's College in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Sun Yat-sen University.
Du has been engaged in the editorial and translation work of newspapers and periodicals for 30 years. He has edited the monthly book “Open Volume ” and“ Readers ’ Friends ”. He is the author of “New Trends in Asian, African and Latin Literature ” (1976),“ Contemporary Foreign Writers and Works ” (1980), “The Night Voyage of the Book Sea ” (2 volumes, 1980, 1984),“ World Science Fiction ” (1992). He also translated several science fiction novels, including The Story of a Detective (1994), The Story of a Detective (2019), The Story of Three Generations (2014), Long Memories: The Eyes of a Teacher and Friends (2015), and translated several science fiction novels.
Du moved to Canada in his later years and died on July 23, 2022.
From Afro-Asian to Contemporary Foreign Literature
I have "Asian, African and Latin Literature New Trend", published by Hong Kong Wanyuan Book Company, this book from the left side, introduced the Asian, African and Latin literature, and it is rare to write a relatively mild, not too much ideological discourse.
From the illustrations in the book, Du Chen should have seen a number of foreign books before writing this book, including book reviews such as "Achebe's Novel Creation" and "Du Bois's Will", which discuss the more famous black writers, and scroll down a "text prison of a novel - this novel exposes the corruption of the police", from 1974 Nelson Marra The award-winning novel “The Bodyguard, ” and its associated spate of arrests, describes the repression of freedom of speech and the press by the Uruguayan police, as well as the repression of the literary and artistic world.
The incident has faded from the memory of ordinary literary readers, but Du Jian recorded it with a book review and became a page of literary history.
Towards the end of the 1970s, the tendency of the dogmatic left gradually faded, and Du Jian ’ s reading range became wider. Contemporary Foreign Writers and Works was published by the Hong Kong Ocean Arts and Culture Society, and its chapters were published in the magazine Ocean Arts and Culture.
Du introduced Graham Greene, John Cheever, Colette, Bertolt Brecht, Isak Dinesen, Nadine Gordimer, Ryuichiro Tanizaki and Ryuosuke Okawa, eight 20th-century writers who not only came out of the confines of Afro-Asian literature. As soon as the book is in hand, readers can enjoy the work from the two texts of the commentary and the translation. In “Contemporary Foreign Writers and Works, ” Du Jian chose to translate Ryuichiro Tanizaki ’ s“ tattoo ” and Ryuosuke Okawa ’ s “bamboo forest ”, both of which are popular and popular.
The South African female writer Gaudimet, introduced by Du Jian in the late 1970s, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991.
Book Sea Night Flight
"Book Sea Night Voyage" two episodes published by Beijing Sanlian, when there were many prints in mainland China, naturally has a certain influence, these two books seem to have opened a window for long-closed mainland readers.
Some of the book ’ s reviews have been found in The New Trend of Asian, African and Latin Literature and Contemporary Foreign Writers and Works. The book is mainly a collection of book reviews written by Du Jian in his spare time between 1974 and 1978.
As for "Book Sea Night Voyage II", the content is equally extensive, there is no less than, the second set of the epilogue, Du gradually explained his own ten years as a day of three paragraphs on the reading method:
"I read there is no shortcut, and will not" speed reading ", using a stupid way, the old man actually read the book, there is no other way.
I divide the time into three sections every day, to work a section, do work concentrate on other, the other section is translation and writing, people engaged in writing in Hong Kong, every day have to be a "reptile", write thousands of words, earn some manuscript money to earn a living, is the so-called book is only for the straw.
Only in the evening, I have my own time, from eight o'clock to two o'clock at night, I use to read the books I like to read, write what I like to write, these five or six hours are my most precious, but also I can control a period of reading and writing time. 」
In the second part of the book, Du Jian pointed out that the title of the book was Yan Qingshu (pen name Tang, author of "Jinling Spring Dream") in the illness, Du Jian wrote this book to commemorate the death of his friend Yan Qingshu.
Tang Tao wrote the preface to The Book of the Sea and Night Voyage II. At a glance, when he saw that the book was written by Zhang Dai (Zi Zongzi) and Ah Ying's The Book of the Night Voyage, Tang Tao, a veteran scholar of books, wrote:
"The Book of the Sea of Night Voyage, the Night Voyage Collection, and the Night Voyage Ship have a common meaning, suggesting that the author began his life of reading and writing at a time of silence and complete silence."
The first three books deal with this.
However, Zhang Zongzi has his own experience and opinions, which deserve our attention.
He said that the world is the most difficult to deal with, except for the night boat.
Yu Yao custom, the children of later generations, all do not read, after 20 years of learning as a handicraft, so the hundred works of acrobatics, occasionally have questions, such as "Yingzhou 18 bachelor, Yuntai 28 generals", one by one registration, the answer is like a "two-legged bookcase".
This kind of question and answer is often carried out in the night sailing ship. "Tang Tao also mentioned the funny story of a monk and a man in Chang Dai's" The Night Voyage Ship ", so let's not record it, and if you are interested, it is not difficult to find it.
Science fiction and detective fiction
In the 1990s, two volumes of The World Science Fiction Literary Landscape, published by the Modern Education Research Society and published by the Hong Kong Triumvirate of Detective Reasoning Novels, were the first books Du Jian wrote for young students to read.
According to Li Weicai in the book preface, the article in the "World Science Fiction Literary World" came from 1987 to 1988, and Du Jian was the "Strange Book Talk" column of the "Commercial Daily".
Watching H.G. Wells ’ s “The War of the Worlds ” and“ The Invisible Man, ” as well as Jules Verne ’ s works, Du recalls, was captivated by science fiction.
"World Science Fiction Literary Grand View" divides science fiction into four eras of creation, development, gold and innovation. The originator is "Frankenstein" author Mary Shelley (Mary Shelley), followed by Verne and Wales, and the development era has Huxley (Aldous Huxley) and George Orwell. Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein and Frank Herbert, author of Dune, the era of innovation is even more grand, including Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and Ballard. J. G. Ballard is one of ten.
Ni Kuang's novels are highly readable because of their dramatic plot arrangements and vivid writing.
"World Science Fiction Literary Grand View" does not have esoteric nomenclature and academic discourse, but takes characters as a special chapter, and introduces the contents of representative works, which are all-encompassing, and is both a brief history of science fiction and a good primer for teenagers.
"Detective Reasoning Novel Talk" has an additional edition of "Detective Story", according to the reprint preface, Du Jian pursues "reading no forbidden area", since childhood likes adventure novels and detective novels, he also pointed out that Qian Zhongshu, Yang, Qian Yuan's family of three are fans of reasoning fiction.
"Detective Reasoning Novel Talk" from the beginning of the conversation between Allan Poe and Holmes, also mentioned Charlie Chan, Fu Manchu, James Bond three novel characters; Japanese reasoning fiction also accounted for a considerable amount of space, the additional edition of "Detective Story" added "Little Roosevelt's" First Lady Detective Case "," The Cat Detective Case "female writer Lilian Brown", style change New materials were added to the four articles of Keigo Higashino and the New Trend of Reasoning Novels and the Past and Present of Chinese Detective Reasoning Novels.
Aged yellow flowers
In his later years, Du left behind two books, one is a memoir, "Years of Yellow Flowers: The Search of Three Generations", and the other is a collection of essays, "Long Face Memories: The Eyes of Teachers and Friends."
From the childhood of the beacon fire (1935 – 1946), experienced the ideal pursuit of studying in mainland China, the anti-rightist struggle, and the storm of the Cultural Revolution. After 20 years in mainland China, he returned to Hong Kong and lived in Hong Kong for another 20 years.
Due to the serious illness of his mother, Tu Chin returned to Hong Kong with the President of the Xinhua News Agency, Mr Leung Wai-lin, and then came to Hong Kong with a one-way permit to accompany his father, Dr Li Song, to work in a pharmacy.
In the past 20 years in mainland China, many books can not be seen, so once in Hong Kong, they constantly buy books to read.
Du Jian bought a collection of poems by Kahlil Gibran and translated some of the novels, but he wanted to kill time and practice writing. Moreover, "In the past few years, the pollution caused by the language of the Cultural Revolution in China, when I opened the newspaper, I saw all the big stories and false stories and official words, and it was best to clean the scum of my own language and words. I was able to learn his writing skills and practice my own Chinese writing, so I started translating Gibberlain ’ s novels. ”
He does not want to hide in the willow.
Du Jian went to the "New Evening News" to see the work, Rover asked Du Jian to translate a draft to see, Du Jian reluctantly to his own translation of the novel and the introduction of Ji Boren's short article to Rover.
The next day, Du Jian opened the "New Evening News" and found that his article introducing Gilbert was published in the newspaper.
As a result, Du turned to work at the newspaper office, because the newspaper was short of people, so he worked in the supplement of the newspaper.
He changed his name to Dujuan, meaning Dujuan Dujuan, to "Dujuan Dujuan".
My handwritten collection of Kiberon's novels, a small book by Daguang Publishing House in 1975, is a collection of translations from Du Jian's that year.
Du Jian said in "The Golden Flower of Time" that Zhang Huai, editor of Daguang Publishing House, is his acquaintance and has published several books for him, including "Life and Death", "People at the bottom", "New District Governor", "Golden City of Blood", etc. These books are not easy to find nowadays.
Teacher 's Eyes
In the preface to the book "I Know Du Zhen", the subtitle of "The Yellow Flower of Time", Lan Zhen points out that "The Yellow Flower of Time" "tells the story of the three generations of his family (grandfather Pan Ta Wei, father Li Song and Li Wenjian) who followed the truth and participated in the democratic revolution." His father was a little older, and his father was a little older, and his father was a little older, and he was a little older, and he was a little older.
It is divided into two parts: the first part is "Teacher's Letters", which, as the name suggests, are reminiscent of teachers and friends, including Lun, Chen Ti, Wu Chi-min, Lu Fu, Yen Ching-shu, Fan Yong, An Tzu Chieh, Kang Chun-fang, Li Liang-min, Xiao Qian Qian, Xu Xu, Lin Nien-tong, Huang Kuo-chih, Ma Kuo-chuan, and Qian. In the second half of the book, "Looking Back on History," Du Chien writes about the old stories of Liao An-hsiang, Pan Chu, Huang Leng-kuan, Pan Ta-wei, and Chen Lu-kui.
There are a number of overlaps between the "Love of the Teacher" and the "Yellow Flower of the Year". "From scratch" is a macroscopic view, and "Love of the Teacher" is even a micro-close-up. Du Jian writes old prose with the pen of a novelist. It is better to be lively and friendly, and everyone is alive. — Remembering my grandfather, Pan Ta-wei ” is a particularly detailed and wonderful article. Pan Ta-wei was influenced by Sun Yat-sen ’ s ideas and joined the Xingzhong Society. Later, Pan Ta-wei became the organizer of the Southern Section of the League.
The most famous story of Pan Ta-wei is the collection of the remains of the 72 martyrs of Huang Hua-gang. This passage is told by Du Chien through the words of his mother-in-law, Chen Wei-chang. When Chen Wei-chang died, Du Chien was very young. It was impossible to record his mother-in-law ’ s words. In other words, Du Chien used a small pen. The story of his father is told in the book of Revelation, and the story of his father is told in the book of Revelation.
Author: Wu Chi-min, editor of Readers ’ Liangyou Monthly (1984-1988, 45 issues), Science and Science Fiction Series (1990, 4 volumes) and Readers ’ Liangyou Library (10 volumes), Zhao Jiabi, Liang Yusheng, Hsu Ting-ming, Dong Ding-shan, Hsiao Chien, Ku Tsang-wu, Huang Ji-shih, Chen Hui-yang and Du Chien-chun.
Combining "The Yellow Flower of the Year" and "The Memory of the Long Face", now imagining Du Jian's career of writing books, translating books, and compiling books is bound to feel wonderful.
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The “City Reading Festival 2024 ” sponsored by the New Newspaper Media Chinese Media Group ended on June 2.
The 10-day event invited many well-known overseas writers and scholars to share and discuss.
"Lianhe Zaobao" also recorded three of them for online viewing by readers who were unable to attend.
Song Mingwei: The success of "Three Body" does not mean that science fiction literature has become mainstream
Dr. Song Mingwei, professor and chair of the Department of East Asia at American Wesleyan College, uses the success of the Chinese science fiction novel "Three Body" as an entry point to talk about the rise of the subject in China.
After the English translation of “Three Body ” became the first Asian author to win the award in 2015, the film of Liu Cixin ’ s other sci-fi book“ Wandering Earth ” was also released in 2019, which successfully set off a sci-fi boom.
This has led many readers to believe that Chinese science fiction has flourished.
In fact, the success of "Three Body" depends on the good work itself, excellent translation and market operation also helped the novel open up overseas markets and make it popular internationally.
And the eyes of translators and publishers.
However, Professor Song Mingwei believes that the success of "Three Body" only makes science fiction from the original humble position, to the center of the stage of literature, but does not mean that science fiction literature has become the mainstream.
He also revealed that there are still very few active Chinese science fiction writers, and there are only a handful of science fiction works that can be published every year.
The public who want to understand the role of Professor Song Mingwei in "Three Body" is regarded as "unmarketable" and almost impossible to publish, so far it has become internationally famous science fiction, can click on the link to watch the full video of the sharing session.
Wang Jinkang: Inspiration comes from the breadth of knowledge and contact with things
Wang Jinkang, author of one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Chinese science fiction novels, once choked when he talked about the challenges faced by Chinese science fiction writers in their early years.
But because "three bodies" into the international, but also let Chinese science fiction attracted attention, so that he and other science fiction writers have a feeling of bitterness.
He believes that science fiction and mainstream literature are not the same, in addition to paying attention to scientific knowledge, in the use of words must also be very accurate, can not just pay attention to the beautiful text.
Wang Jinkang, who was originally an engineer at the oil drilling rig, began writing novels in middle age, saying that in the early years, most of the people who wrote science fiction around studied engineering, but now there are many science fiction writers who are liberal arts students.
Want to know where the inspiration for science fiction writers comes from? Is science fiction based on science or imagination?
Interested readers can click on the link to watch the full video.
You know how to get lost in exchange for something unexpected. ”
When many people travel, they will generally do their homework or go online or apply to find Raiders, find card spots and food.
Xu Zhiyuan, a Chinese writer and host of the program, believes that "actively getting lost" in tourism is a good choice, and in the strange and uncertain environment of travel and life, the understanding of the world has been expanded.
He was once the chief writer of the Economic Observer, and only began to travel because of a sentence from the editor-in-chief.
The harvest of Xu Zhiyuan's travels is often unexpected because he is "lost".
In particular, he mentioned that he is easily interested in "neglected historical figures."
At the same time, he also believes that although travel is full of unknowns and makes him feel upset, it is tourism that can expand people's understanding of the world.
He describes everyone as a moving spiritual world.
Xu Zhiyuan's humor also made the whole lecture very relaxed, as if following his footsteps, from the Aihui - Tengchong line across China, and then to Calcutta, India, Cairo, Egypt and other places.
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The “City Reading Festival 2024 ” sponsored by the New Newspaper Media Chinese Media Group ended on June 2.
The 10-day event invited many well-known overseas writers and scholars to share and discuss.
"Lianhe Zaobao" also recorded three of them for online viewing by readers who were unable to attend.
Song Mingwei: The success of "Three Body" does not mean that science fiction literature has become mainstream
Dr. Song Mingwei, professor and chair of the Department of East Asia at American Wesleyan College, uses the success of the Chinese science fiction novel "Three Body" as an entry point to talk about the rise of the subject in China.
After the English translation of “Three Body ” became the first Asian author to win the award in 2015, the film of Liu Cixin ’ s other sci-fi book“ Wandering Earth ” was also released in 2019, which successfully set off a sci-fi boom.
This has led many readers to believe that Chinese science fiction has flourished.
In fact, the success of "Three Body" depends on the good work itself, excellent translation and market operation also helped the novel open up overseas markets and make it popular internationally.
And the eyes of translators and publishers.
However, Professor Song Mingwei believes that the success of "Three Body" only makes science fiction from the original humble position, to the center of the stage of literature, but does not mean that science fiction literature has become the mainstream.
He also revealed that there are still very few active Chinese science fiction writers, and there are only a handful of science fiction works that can be published every year.
The public who want to understand the role of Professor Song Mingwei in "Three Body" is regarded as "unmarketable" and almost impossible to publish, so far it has become internationally famous science fiction, can click on the link to watch the full video of the sharing session.
Wang Jinkang: Inspiration comes from the breadth of knowledge and contact with things
Wang Jinkang, author of one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Chinese science fiction novels, once choked when he talked about the challenges faced by Chinese science fiction writers in their early years.
But because "three bodies" into the international, but also let Chinese science fiction attracted attention, so that he and other science fiction writers have a feeling of bitterness.
He believes that science fiction and mainstream literature are not the same, in addition to paying attention to scientific knowledge, in the use of words must also be very accurate, can not just pay attention to the beautiful text.
Wang Jinkang, who was originally an engineer at the oil drilling rig, began writing novels in middle age, saying that in the early years, most of the people who wrote science fiction around studied engineering, but now there are many science fiction writers who are liberal arts students.
Want to know where the inspiration for science fiction writers comes from? Is science fiction based on science or imagination?
Interested readers can click on the link to watch the full video.
You know how to get lost in exchange for something unexpected. ”
When many people travel, they will generally do their homework or go online or apply to find Raiders, find card spots and food.
Xu Zhiyuan, a Chinese writer and host of the program, believes that "actively getting lost" in tourism is a good choice, and in the strange and uncertain environment of travel and life, the understanding of the world has been expanded.
He was once the chief writer of the Economic Observer, and only began to travel because of a sentence from the editor-in-chief.
The harvest of Xu Zhiyuan's travels is often unexpected because he is "lost".
In particular, he mentioned that he is easily interested in "neglected historical figures."
At the same time, he also believes that although travel is full of unknowns and makes him feel upset, it is tourism that can expand people's understanding of the world.
He describes everyone as a moving spiritual world.
Xu Zhiyuan's humor also made the whole lecture very relaxed, as if following his footsteps, from the Aihui - Tengchong line across China, and then to Calcutta, India, Cairo, Egypt and other places.
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Liu Yukun is the first writer to win the Nebula Award, Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award at the same time. He is also an important promoter of Chinese science fiction. He translated the Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin's "Three Bodies", Hao Jingfang's "Beijing Folding" and Chen Fan's "Wild Tide" into English.
After the popular collection "Folding Zoo", Liu Yukun published his second collection of short stories, "Hidden Niang", and completed the epic "Dandelion Dynasty". What is his next plan? How does he think about the relationship between the author and the reader?
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Q: You mentioned in the preface that choosing an article for "Hidden Girl" is easier than the debut film "Folding Zoo", and there is no longer the pressure to "present".
Does this mean you ’ ve found an author position that makes you comfortable, or are you more confident about your relationship with your readers?
A: As you get older, you don ’ t care about people who don ’ t like you.
That ’ s pretty much what I wanted to say.
My collection of novels makes sense to readers who like my work, and vice versa.
It ’ s like inviting a friend to your house — they love the space that presents your normal life, and they know you ’ re not going to go to great lengths to change the house just because you have guests. After all, they ’ re here for your soul.
People who don ’ t like your family don ’ t come.
Most likely to be interpreted when it is least communicative.
Q: Do you think that you have the best results in writing that you do not write for the purpose of communication? Can you further explain the relationship between the two? You talk about your intention to bring Eastern American culture and Eastern history into your work, and consciously make Eastern American culture and Eastern history a part of American culture and American history?
A: For a long time, I have been unable to understand those who insist on dividing the culture into the East and the West, as if the barriers between the cultures are clear, and they never change, as if there are no things suitable for contract in different cultural contexts, or there is no culture at all.
Either way, it ’ s useless.
For me, since I ’ m an American, whatever cultural work I create is American culture, that ’ s it.
If Plato ’ s ideas can be considered part of American philosophy, so can Moko ’ s ideas.
If Caesar ’ s exploits can be compared to American history, then the deeds of Liu Pang and Xiang Yu will also work.
If anyone is against it, it ’ s their problem, not mine.
Liu Yukun has published his second collection of short stories, The Hidden Niang, and completed the epic Dandelion Dynasty. (Photo taken from instagram.com / kenliu.author)
Returning to "when I was the last to communicate, the result was the most likely interpretation," I mentioned in the Preface that the novel was completed by the author and the reader in collaboration.
The author creates a world with words. The reader must interpret these words according to his own experience and beliefs, and different interpretations reveal different ways of looking at the world.
Finally, the story in which the reader lives is already different from the story I created at the beginning, and this new story is created by the reader and me.
The literary novels with the artistic experience of co-creation as the core are different from the functional writing (papers, legal briefs, philosophical discourses, operating manuals, etc.).
Functional writing aims to reduce the possibility of interpretation by the reader, forcing the reader to take the most straightforward route and move in the direction the author wants.
If you deviate from this path, it will be regarded as a “mistake ” and a“ misunderstanding ”.
But the literary novel is very different: the more open the space of interpretation, the better; the reader has more stages to add their own flavor to the story and enjoy the aesthetic experience.
Here, the reader has no established route to follow, but there are enough signposts and negative space that can summon emotion to let them go out of their own way.
Predicting the future is a loser ’ s game / Thinking that you can predict the future is just cheating yourself
Q: Most science fiction is about looking forward and imagining the future. For example, when we are enjoying new technology services such as artificial intelligence, algorithms, personalized recommendations, etc., science fiction writers will imagine it being applied in places that are out of control and even beyond the imagination of the inventor.
While your work captures the future of these technologies, there is a lot of looking back. What is Liu Yukun ’ s Science Fiction?
A: In addition to being a novelist, I am also a futurist.
For the future, the most important message I want to convey is that predicting the future is a loser ’ s game.
Save your energy.
Liu Yukun said, “My story is always about the time and space in which we live, and I am more concerned about whether we can reveal our ancient humanity. ” (Photo taken from facebook.com / authorkenliu)
I have worked in the technology industry for many years and have an in-depth knowledge of the history of innovation and invention, and I can say that the common practice of predicting the future by constantly extrapolating current trends is ineffective.
We deceive ourselves over and over again that the future is predictable and that we can predict the future based on the present situation.
We are the victims of narrative fallacies, believing that the current state of the world is as simple as the story in the history books, that we can find a clear causal relationship, that we can ignore the black swans and the wheel of fate, and that we can escape the danger trap if we understand it in its entirety.
The best way to prepare for an unpredictable future is to stay flexible, open, grounded, and on the ground.
Don ’ t believe in centralization; don ’ t rely on authorities that are out of reach; rely on arguments that have been examined over a long period of time; prioritize basic common sense that can resist fragility and practicality, rather than choosing fragile, abstract, professional arguments.
I ’ ve never written science fiction that predicts the future, and I don ’ t think any science fiction that tries to predict the future is worth reading.
Science fiction, as a genre of fiction, is particularly adept at distorting current realities to reveal details that have long been lost in the hustle and bustle of the world.
At the end of the day, my story is always about the time and space of our lives, and I am more concerned about whether it can reveal the ancient and unchanged human nature.
Q: What was the first time you started writing?
What is the biggest difference between the author Liu Yukun, who has been writing for 20 years, and the author Liu Yukun, who published “Carthage Rose ”? After switching to full-time writing, does writing become more challenging or more comfortable for you?
Liu Yukun has changed his story over the past 20 years, and he was surprised to find that he has so many aspects. (Courtesy of Liu Yukun / Photography by Lisa Tang Liu)
A: Writers change over time.
Now I can ’ t write the stories I wrote 20 years ago, and I can ’ t write the stories I wrote 20 years ago.
This change over time is often seen as valuable — as if a writer ’ s work at a mature age is definitely “more weighty ” than a story written in his youth (conversely, stories written in his early years are definitely“ more dynamic ” than today ’ s creations).
I object to this kind of talk.
Just as people will not compare the love of youth to the love of twilight, I was a writer 20 years ago, and I am different 20 years later - of course, my writing will not be the same in 20 years.
It ’ s fun to look back at the changes I ’ ve made and the differences in the stories I ’ ve written, and I ’ m surprised to find that I have so many aspects.
Full-time writing is great.
I was lucky enough to do what I loved most – build stories – and earn money.
I also love the work of futurists, advising governments, think tanks, scientists, engineers, corporations, universities, and others on what it means to tell the future, and telling the story of future life is both a blessing and a curse.
I especially like to give advice on new writers ’ writing skills and career choices – this is the best time to be a storyteller; humans have never been more hungry for good stories in the process. Virtual reality, video games, television, film production, social media … The type of media that tells stories and reaches more audiences than ever before.
It is wonderful to witness the golden age of the story.
The Impact of COVID-19: Political Reorganization and Conspiracy in the World
Q: More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been forced to change.
What is the biggest impact on your life and creation? Novelists always reflect reality, and how will you respond to the changes brought about by this pandemic?
A: I miss literary festivals and workshops where I can meet people face to face.
The sooner you can get back to the old days, the better.
As for the long-term effects of COVID-19, I think it is too early to conclude.
This kind of major event that affects the world, usually the most direct changes will not be maintained forever, but in the long run, the more subtle details are more important.
I don ’ t think the many debates over masks and vaccinations will last long, but the world ’ s political reorganisation and conspiracy theories are rife … I think they will change what the future looks like.
It has taken us decades to get a glimpse of how 9 / 11 fundamentally changed the world order, and in some ways these changes are continuing.
I think it will be decades before we really understand how this pandemic is changing the world.
But at the same time, we must continue to tell the story of the world in which we live, until history wipes out the chaos and tames the unpredictability with its ingenious stories.
Liu Yukun ’ s novels have been adapted into movies and TV works, and the “Hunting Shunli ” in the Netflix animated“ Love X Dead X Robot ” is one of them, telling the story of the fox and the demon-hunting teenager. (Photo taken from Love X Dead X Robot Facebook.com)
Q: Your career as a writer has been very successful, you have won a great prize, you have sold a lot of sales, you have gained the support of many international readers, you have spent 10 years writing an epic, what is the next challenge you give yourself?
A: Thank you very much!
Next I ’ m looking forward to doing something interesting in the field of game creation or virtual reality, the most innovative and fun storytelling medium available today.
At present, I have several TV and film related projects in progress, I can not disclose too much, but it can be said that AMC's new series Pantheon (Pantheon) is based on the novel "Invisible Woman" as the blueprint.
I am happy to see my work take its own life on the screen.
In the end, I always thought that my next story would be my best work.
I hope that readers who like my work can continue to follow me, grow old together, face changes together, and form a new self for the unpredictable future.
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Title: The Hidden Mother
Author: Ken Liu
And the light comes back.
Publisher: New Classical Culture
Publication Date: 2022 / 04 / 08
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Content: Sunday Literature ‧ 2021 The Most Awakening Book List (Literature)
Post Date: December 26, 2021
【 Ming Pao Newsletter 】 Fiction
by Sunfai
A variety of Hong Kong in three novels
In the past, I actually read less and less Hong Kong literature, and this year I wanted to distance myself from some words that were too timely to respond to society, and also found that I was getting farther and farther away from the younger generation, so I specially found some young writers' novels to look at, and taste the multiple Hong Kong in different eras and frames.
1) The Love Method of the Overcrowded City
Author: Huang Yi
Publisher: United Literature (September 2021)
Before the winter solstice, I finished Huang Yi ’ s “The Love Method of the Overcrowded City ”.
Each short story is put together with a painting, and the words are light and light because of the power of the picture, so that the reader has the possibility of multiple reading.
Whether it is heterosexual love, homosexual love, complex entanglement of love, the author wrote so naturally, but as a reader of my psychological reaction turned out to be so twisted.
The novel was written in the past two or three years, the dark shadow of the era is like a shadow, but it does not reduce the warmth of the heart, love, the breath of youth so that people still have a little space in the oppression.
2) Single Bed
Author: Jiajun
Publisher: Mishan Bookstore (2021)
Because of the promotion of "Sunday Literature", I read the first book by Mishan Bookstore, "Single Bed", and was surprised at the resilience of the younger generation.
In the book, Jiajun writes about Beijing, Xinjiang, Mongolia, South America and other places, but Hong Kong is always a lingering theme.
Central white-collar life is certainly not easy, but occasionally open anal, bladder jokes, the meaning of life still has to rely on their own to find.
As in the case of the righteous, there is a life of lawlessness, a life of lawlessness.
3) Nan Hui Truck: A Collection of Short Stories from New Territories West
Author: Wang Zen-heng
Publisher: Postscript Studio (January 2021)
But the most profound, or after the vernal equinox read "Nan Hui truck: New Territories West short story collection".
The workers in the northwest New Territories under Wang Zen-heng ’ s pen, the crane workers, the massage girls, the unmarried women from the Mainland who came to Hong Kong, the border youths, and the low-level agents of the anti-triad unit, are not the groups I have come into frequent contact with in my life, but I know that they are the background of this society.
The black sand beach of Lung Kwu Tan, the disorderly walk on Castle Peak Road, the village entrance of Siu Lam Tsuen, and the unquenchable smoke head of the ground of the rear hill breaking down the primary school are obviously not the schizophrenic construction of "Illusion Love", but in fact, they are the cruel reality of the nightmare that impels Yuen Tin and even our city.
I am 30 years old and 40 years old, I am particularly taught by the post-90s generation this year, whether it is music, YouTube Channel, or the creators of novels.
This year has not been easy, and the road ahead is even more difficult. I just hope that you will continue to work hard and unleash more power than you can imagine.
Science fiction
Man TANG Ching-kin
The Crossing between Science Fiction and Pure Literature
If science fiction is still regarded as genre literature today, it would be too light on science fiction.
Now pure literature writers are happy to take science fiction as the topic, and actively explore the pursuit of literature with science fiction; on the other hand, many authors who are regarded as science fiction writers have gradually pushed "science fiction" to a new position beyond traditional types of literature.
If possible, I would prefer to use "Watsuki" to understand the relationship between science fiction and pure literature.
1) Clara and the Sun
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Translator: Lin Hongtao
Publisher: Shang Zhou (March 2021)
Nobel Prize winner Ishiguro Ishiguro has written many works with science fiction elements, but the literary laurels make him incompatible with the label of "science fiction writer".
But as soon as you start reading his words, you will immediately understand what I mean by "Watanabe".
Klara and the Sun is a bittersweet grown-up novel about Clara ’ s feelings and introspection as she grows up — the only thing special is that Clara is a robot made to be a companion to human children.
The novel uses a robot as a first-person narrative, so the novel not only responds to the growing fiction tradition in the history of literature, but also transcends it: how did the robot human spirit grow? How did Clara's knowledge of self and love get excavated under the pen of the novelist?
Ishiguro Ishiguro is one of the few writers to write gently and deeply about science fiction, and this new work after the Nobel Prize has not disappointed.
2) Zero Separation
Author: Imah
Publisher: Maitian (May 2021)
However, this kind of "crossing" is not limited to the topic of the novel.
In Taiwan, for example, a group of Mesozoic novelists even regarded it as a basic narrative skill, and science fiction has become a common material for them to practice narrative skills.
This year, I was particularly interested in the new book Zero Separation.
Since "The Dreamer", Yi has explained to the Chinese speaking world that he has the ability to lead Chinese novels to a new territory of "science fiction - (pure) literature".
The complexity of the narrative of the novel lies in the fact that he takes on the universe of The Dreamer and at the same time inserts various fictional "subtexts" such as preface, postscript, and dialogue to contain a future world written by a future author.
3) "Transit: 15 Trans Dimensional Travels by Le Guin"
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Translator: Yan Yun
Publisher: Trojan Horse Culture (August 2021)
Finally, I have to recommend a science fiction writer in the strict sense.
Her "six songs of earth and sea" has long been a science fiction type of classic.
This year, Taiwan translated her short story series, “Changing Planes, ” a series of stories about moving through different dimensions.
Under Le Guin ’ s pen, science fiction stories are written as ethnography, spreading the magnificent and mixed heterogeneous universe.
Literary readers with a clear heart can also read a kind of intertextuality: the novel refers to many literary names, such as Bochs, Calvino, and Dostoyevsky.
As I read, I twirled between the “sci-fi universe ” and the“ literary dimension. ”
This is the experience of reading contemporary "science fiction - (pure) literature".
prose
Mann Chan Yen-kai
1) Copy the "Unfathomable": "Drifting Clouds"
Author: Li Rikang
Publisher: Postscript Studio (January 2021)
Those frightened, harsh eyes were staring at me.
He is forcibly taken away by a dog squad with a dog pen, or has become a dish on someone else ’ s table.
It was the black dog that accompanied me through my childhood.
It turns out that "a lot" is also the case, which may be the fate of rural dogs.
Li Ri Kang ’ s “Leaving the Clouds ” also revealed the scars of my childhood.
The author says this book is about misinformation.
While studying in Kyoto, he enjoyed Japanese aesthetics, but also encountered natural disasters.
In the summer of 2018, I was editing a collection of student essays, and I soon received an article entitled “A Journey to Kyoto ” from Li Rikang.
The article explains the various aspects of visiting students, and carefully explains the experience of copying ancient books in college.
A year later, someone is determined to open the Pandora box, and the result is “unexpected ”.
Later, people experienced "grief, sigh, destruction, mystery, fear, determination, and dreams."
There is also a "mishap" to be written.
Man Hsu Ti-chung
Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People
Written by Rick Gekoski
Publisher: Constable (August 2021)
When Gekoski was a student, he sold a set of Shakespeare and made his first pot of gold, which led him to start his gold business by trading old books.
His original occupation was a professor of English at Warwick University, and he probably taught Tao Jie. Obviously, being a rare bookseller is much more fun than teaching.
The subtitle of this book, "The Best Book and the Best People", can also be used in the previous similar work, Tolkien's Gown (American version of Nabokov's Butterfly), both to write books, and more importantly to write people, these people, mostly famous writers, Gekoski help them sell books, or Their book heritage, written about their great personalities and behaviors.
So the bookseller can not be offended, otherwise he will explode your dark side - rest assured, after you pass.
3) "Geng Zi Hai Wu Xu"
Author: Yeh Han-liang
Publisher: OUP (April 2021)
Yeh Han-liang is now widely known as a martial artist. When he knew his name, he was a musician and a broadcaster.
When I bought this book, I wanted to see if he was teaching people how to spend years and fortune telling.
If so, you might end up putting the book down.
There is only a small amount of talk in the book, and because of the circumstances, it is not selling cucumbers.
And Ye Han-liang is the same generation, he talks about the old life, I can most of the experience, feel the same.
The words in the book are quite beautiful - a little higher than fluency, Li is the meaning of sprinkling.
He studied foreign languages at university, but has long paid attention to "national history", and academic numbers, had to understand Chinese classics, the pen quotes the ancients, pure and natural, will not give people the feeling of dropping a book bag. Geng Zi, that is, 2020, 2019, 2018, is the eventful autumn of Hong Kong, the article is more lyrical than emotional (in fact, it is absolutely not), it is not only political, it is more everyday.
4) 《 Love Bookstore 》
Author: Yosuke Ikouchi
Publisher: Small Bookstore Small Case Publishing (July 2021)
The coronavirus epidemic has dealt a heavy and even fatal blow to various industries, and the book industry naturally bears the brunt of it, with fewer people taking to the streets. But according to the author of the book, some booksellers have turned to selling books online, and their business has been ahead of the curve.
Another interesting phenomenon is the addition of a number of independent bookstores and independent publishing houses in that year alone (2020).
I found that this is also the case in Hong Kong, in addition to bookstores and publishing houses, as well as magazines, it is because of curiosity that we have to see what is happening in the Japanese book industry.
The author visited 10 independent bookstores in Japan and their founders, and his list is said to be as long as 40.
These bookstores have their own characteristics, but they generally have one thing in common, which is that they often host lectures and events, and even publish.
In Hong Kong, some bookstores offer paid lectures, classes, and even become a major source of income.
The author is Japanese, understands Chinese, and the book is written in Chinese, so there is no translator.
Man Lee King-heng
I ’ m not a fan of new books, but I ’ ve recently read a couple of memorable books that happened to be published in 2021.
5 ） 《 Shop Life 》
Author: Huang Guoxuan, Zheng Junhan
Publisher: Extraordinary (March 2021)
I rarely read the prose, but this collection of essays calls me unrelenting.
The article in the book depicts the daily life of the bookstore, but in the clever arrangement, the whole book structure is complete and unified, the content is comprehensive, and thought-provoking.
The story begins with two people entering the bookstore and ends with a review of everyone ’ s departure.
The author briefly and warmly outlines the daily work of the bookstore — ordering, unpacking, putting on shelves, stocking, packing, book fairs, and even dealing with rat plague floods, as well as the fate and interests of bosses, colleagues, guests, publishers, authors, book club owners, and even porters.
The book permeates the author's ideal mission and realistic management of books, reading, bookstores, and even social life care and reflection.
Reading this book about books and bookstores made me feel the texture and temperature of the book.
6) Running to the Night: A Collection of YOASOBI Novels
Author: Hoshino Dance Night, Ishigaki Aota, Ishigaki no, Underwater Wave
Translator: Chen Fanfan
Publisher: Cutting-Edge (May 2021)
I like books and I also like music.
This “musical novel ” project, which combines music and literature, is very special: the record company first released the draft under the premise that the winning works will be adapted into songs, and the Japanese duo YOASOBI wrote and interpreted the lyrics based on the winning works. YOASOBI is good at subtly composing melodies of melancholy and melancholy, and subtly composing melodies through the contrast of form and content. It is a simple but complex rhyme.
This book contains four original novels adapted by YOASOBI as songs on the album THE BOOK, including young people ’ s feelings and reflections on death, fate, love, and the end.
Hoshino Dance Night ’ s “The Temptation of Sonatos / Dissolve in the Night Sky ” is a story about death in an ingenious and one-of-a-kind way, and the song“ Run to the Night ” has been downloaded over 100 million times.
But I prefer - whether it is a song or a novel - "Maybe", like it to capture the sadness and helplessness left by a couple after their love fades with a precise but understated brush stroke.
7) Becoming Simonova
Author: Kate Kirkpatrick
Translator: Zhang Wei
Publisher: Acropolis (June 2021)
Simompova is a legendary woman: an open relationship with Saudi Arabia; an existentialist following Saudi Arabia; a world-renowned feminist. It is absolutely amazing to read this more than 500 pages of Being Simompova with these impressions.
Based on the letters and diaries published after Bova ’ s death, the author presents one of the most three-dimensional complex Simone Bova has ever seen.
Rather than being the perfect embodiment of ideal love, Bova and Saudi Arabia are more like partners on the intellectual road.
In fact, she is much more passionate about other heterosexual and same-sex relationships, and has been deeply hurt by Saudi Arabia ’ s popularity and coldness.
Academically, Bova ’ s ability to argue is higher than Saudi Arabia ’ s, forming ideas about existence and nothingness earlier, and even developing a set of existential ethics on her own.
She was dissatisfied with the feminists of the time, and wrote "Second Sex" originally only to organize their own growth experience, but unexpectedly became the most influential feminist.
Finally, I have to mention that the foreword of this book is very wonderful, and even if she is not a Bova fan, she will certainly feel endless fun.
WEN YARAN
(8) The Complete Seventies.
Author: 7th Grade
Publisher: Imprint (December 2020)
A full set of 13 books, with novels, poems and essays, published in December 2020, should not be excessive if it is included in the 2021 awakening book list.
I have not read the seventh grade before, it is after his death in 2020, the printing and publishing of this set of complete began to read.
The words of the seventh class are really powerful, like one of his masterpieces, the short story "I Love Black Eyes", is pouring rain, pedestrians scramble to climb the ladder to the roof of the house to avoid flooding, he wrote: "He has never hated human beings as much as at this moment. The goal of the project."
The words of the seventh class, I would say, have a unique dark atmosphere, and when asked where this atmosphere came from, the prologue in the second book of the Complete Collection provides an answer: that is, "the characteristics of the rhythm of the text."
In the words of the seventh class, the rhythm is different from other, there is "the breath of life, the beating of the blood."
You will understand when you read.
9) The past is not as good as smoking.
Author: Zhang and
Publisher: OUP (September 2021)
When you see the author ’ s name, you know it ’ s a must read book.
The six characters in the book, like the first book published in 2004, are the stories of the upper echelons of Chinese society and the last aristocrats, all of whom have been talking to the author's father, Zhang Bojun, for many years.
In China before and after World War II, as well as resisting foreign enemies, the elites of these countries wandered between the two parties, and in their lives, there were questions about where the country should go and what role they should play and what role they should play.
There are dramatists like Hong Shen, who was once a member of the Kuomintang, and later hoped to be recognized as a communist after his death; there are also political figures like Zuo Shunsheng, who was once the secretary general of the NLD, an important figure of the third force outside the KMT, and was the object of Mao Zedong's active recruitment.
It was only after 1949 that he did not go to Beijing and did not go to Taiwan, choosing to settle in Hong Kong and continue to discuss politics as a scholar.
Under the political storm, there are at least six examples of what people can choose and how they should choose.
"The Anatomy of Melancholy"
Author by: Robert Burton
Publisher: Penguin Classics (July 2021)
The Chinese translation "Anatomy of Depression", first published in 1621, and finally revised after the author's death in 1651. In 2021, the Penguin Classic reprinted this monumental work in hardcover.
This year, there is such a book on the pillow, there will be a calming effect. More than 1,300 pages, talking about what depression is, was written by Robert Burton in Oxford.
The book is very thick, but in addition to the opening preface, there is actually no need to read from scratch, find the chapter that interests you, that is, a specific depression that troubles you, or what kind of curiosity you are about depression, like the root of love depression, or why we are angry or afraid, the author as early as the 17th century, has the answer.
Wen Yi-jen
11) The Mayfly of the Great Age
Author: Shao Songxiong
Publisher: Mishan Bookstore (December 2021)
Shao Chung-hsiung studied in the 1980s, and has a wide range of knowledge and interests in the humanities. In the past, Oxford published only three collections of essays on music: Black and White, The Joy of Music, and The Twilight of the Gods.
"The Mayfly of the Great Age" just compiled his column articles written in the last years of the Apple Daily, from memoirs of the pioneers he encountered during his school years, to talk about Hong Kong popular culture such as movies or TV dramas, from family education to learning boxing and cooking, etc., and chatter and talk, and let the reader savor the image of the last student.
The book is divided into six parts by content: floating life, religious views, teaching, world style, humanities and film arts.
Shao Songxiong ’ s words do not have beautiful words, on the contrary, he sincerely shares his experience and insights with readers in a solid text, which is a long example of scholarly prose in the classical humanistic tradition.
"The Soul of the Old."
Author: Guo Ting
Publisher: Maitian (July 2021)
What are old things? Why are old things important? Guo Ting, who grew up with the elderly in Shanghai, seems to have a firm belief in old things.
From the old things, she saw people who had lived and died in a single line of time and did not return, leaving behind a chance to reconnect with the lost time.
While studying in the UK, she found that the society has been relatively stable for hundreds of years, and its charity shop has left a large number of intact old things, from fashion to porcelain, from books to vinyl records, and even home furnishings. Guo Ting will be her rich knowledge and passion for charity shops, second-hand shops, and old bookstores, focusing on the soul of old things. It is written in a very detailed manner, and it is written in a poetic manner.
How did the sad days pass?
Author: Huang Shu-han
Painting: LAI En-tsi
Photographer: Ruan Chi Him
Publisher: Shi Ching Culture (November 2021)
After two turbulent years, many Hong Kong people re-examine the past life and find the shadow of the past life. Huang Han-sook's "How to Live the Sad Days" recorded some of her own experiences and thoughts in the past few years: as a person in the education system, a witness of my city's aging, a patient, how should she view the city people's evasion of negative things?
In search of the whole, she listens to other people ’ s stories; in search of answers, she reads classic literary novels.
The book contains not only her simple words, but also the paintings of theater director Ryan Enci and the street scenes photographed by Ruan Zhiqian, which show a more three-dimensional look of sadness.
Poetry collections
Mann Chan Tzu-him
1) Save me with her little tongue.
Author: Cao Shuying
Publisher: Black Eyes Culture (June 2021)
Cao Shuying is good at short poetry and rapid segmentation, full of improvised fun, you can never guess where it will turn, how to stop.
This book is published in Taiwan, but it is full of memories of Hong Kong. At least four and a half of the seven chapters refer to this place: Hong Kong, Tai Yu Shan, Night Kowloon, Heart Lake City, Green Island.
Some poems seem to have no local memory, and the author still does not forget the point at the end of the poem, which shows deep feelings.
On the other hand, poetry does not always flow into reality, but can also plunge into the mind.
Also written in Taikoo, Cao Shuying ’ s “In Taikoo ” does not outline the landscape and concentrate history like the“ Taikoo ” of Ru Ming, but says that those “women like robots ” and“ men like silk ”, “should not walk in King ’ s Road, Jusco, Percy ’ s Restaurant, / They should walk in Rome, Prague, Brooklyn. ” A mysterious rope is drawn.
How far can poetry go from life?
2) "Simboska. Collage of Life"
Author: Alice Milani
Translator: Lin Wei-yun
Publisher: BIG CULTURE (July 2021)
Simboska is very popular in the Chinese world, and there are many translations of poetry, but no biographies in Chinese have been seen so far.
Based on biographies, interviews and other materials, the graphic novel "Simboska. Collage of Life" is a virtual reality, which not only presents the poet's life turning point, changes in literature and political beliefs, but also infuses imagination with fun.
Poets love to collage images, and so does this book, which uses crisp splicing to connect different time and space.
When it quotes poetry, it often does not restore the writing background like a biography, but deliberately mismatches the poetry to another time and space, and uses it to interpret the poet's psychology and arouse the reader's imagination.
Simboska is known for his humor, and the book is just as humorous, and even the dullest thank-you note makes me laugh: “Finally, I want to thank my unparalleled manager, Alexandra Sparta. ”
He has my love and 70% of my income. "
The Rose Is Open for No Reason: 40 Paths Approaching Modern Poetry
Author: Liao Wei-tang
Publisher: New Classical Culture (May 2021)
Roses bloom, there is no need for reasons, but when the city people can not feel the poetry, who will give them the reason to read poetry, or temptation? "Roses are open for no reason - approaching the 40 paths of modern poetry" does not intend to generalize all poetry issues, prefer to give the right medicine, and respond to the public's questions: Is modern poetry and classical poetry incompatible?
Is there no musicality without rhyming? Why branch?
Therefore, this book does not look like a hard textbook, but a dialogue with a living person.
There are 40 chapters in the book, each with two or three poems carefully read to explore a poetry topic. It is obvious that Liao Wai-tong does not first have concepts and then find examples, but first draws inspiration from poetry reading and then distills concepts.
Therefore, the discussion of the topic in the book may not be complete, but the appreciation is always written brilliantly, as tempting as poetry.
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- The origins of science fiction with Mary Shelley’s *Frankenstein*, including its structural innovation and philosophical engagement with creation and life/death.

What are the four eras of science fiction according to Du Jian's book?

What is considered the first true science fiction novel of the modern era, which foreshadowed genetic tinkering?

- The intersection of literature and broader cultural/philosophical concerns (as shown with references to Animal Farm, Journey to the West, and Dream of the Red Chamber).

- The contribution of newer authors (like Liu Yukun) and the internationalization of the genre (e.g.

the reference to *Three-Body* and Chinese SF).

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The 10-day event invited many well-known overseas writers and scholars to share and discuss.
"Lianhe Zaobao" also recorded three of them for online viewing by readers who were unable to attend.
Song Mingwei: The success of "Three Body" does not mean that science fiction literature has become mainstream
Dr. Song Mingwei, professor and chair of the Department of East Asia at American Wesleyan College, uses the success of the Chinese science fiction novel "Three Body" as an entry point to talk about the rise of the subject in China.
After the English translation of “Three Body ” became the first Asian author to win the award in 2015, the film of Liu Cixin ’ s other sci-fi book“ Wandering Earth ” was also released in 2019, which successfully set off a sci-fi boom.
This has led many readers to believe that Chinese science fiction has flourished.
In fact, the success of "Three Body" depends on the good work itself, excellent translation and market operation also helped the novel open up overseas markets and make it popular internationally.
And the eyes of translators and publishers.
However, Professor Song Mingwei believes that the success of "Three Body" only makes science fiction from the original humble position, to the center of the stage of literature, but does not mean that science fiction literature has become the mainstream.
He also revealed that there are still very few active Chinese science fiction writers, and there are only a handful of science fiction works that can be published every year.
The public who want to understand the role of Professor Song Mingwei in "Three Body" is regarded as "unmarketable" and almost impossible to publish, so far it has become internationally famous science fiction, can click on the link to watch the full video of the sharing session.
Wang Jinkang: Inspiration comes from the breadth of knowledge and contact with things
Wang Jinkang, author of one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Chinese science fiction novels, once choked when he talked about the challenges faced by Chinese science fiction writers in their early years.
But because "three bodies" into the international, but also let Chinese science fiction attracted attention, so that he and other science fiction writers have a feeling of bitterness.
He believes that science fiction and mainstream literature are not the same, in addition to paying attention to scientific knowledge, in the use of words must also be very accurate, can not just pay attention to the beautiful text.
Wang Jinkang, who was originally an engineer at the oil drilling rig, began writing novels in middle age, saying that in the early years, most of the people who wrote science fiction around studied engineering, but now there are many science fiction writers who are liberal arts students.
Want to know where the inspiration for science fiction writers comes from? Is science fiction based on science or imagination?
Interested readers can click on the link to watch the full video.
You know how to get lost in exchange for something unexpected. ”
When many people travel, they will generally do their homework or go online or apply to find Raiders, find card spots and food.
Xu Zhiyuan, a Chinese writer and host of the program, believes that "actively getting lost" in tourism is a good choice, and in the strange and uncertain environment of travel and life, the understanding of the world has been expanded.
He was once the chief writer of the Economic Observer, and only began to travel because of a sentence from the editor-in-chief.
The harvest of Xu Zhiyuan's travels is often unexpected because he is "lost".
In particular, he mentioned that he is easily interested in "neglected historical figures."
At the same time, he also believes that although travel is full of unknowns and makes him feel upset, it is tourism that can expand people's understanding of the world.
He describes everyone as a moving spiritual world.
Xu Zhiyuan's humor also made the whole lecture very relaxed, as if following his footsteps, from the Aihui - Tengchong line across China, and then to Calcutta, India, Cairo, Egypt and other places.
The public who missed the wonderful sharing of Xu Zhiyuan can click on the link to watch the full video recording.
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- The continued evolution of science fiction from the early canon (Shelley, Orwell) to authors exploring new perspectives and social, technological, and personal themes.

What is considered the first true science fiction novel of the modern era, which foreshadowed genetic tinkering?

- An implication that non-Western and underrepresented voices are emerging, even as the genre is not yet entirely mainstream in all regions.

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Content: Watch the video “City Reading Festival 2024 ”
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The “City Reading Festival 2024 ” sponsored by the New Newspaper Media Chinese Media Group ended on June 2.
The 10-day event invited many well-known overseas writers and scholars to share and discuss.
"Lianhe Zaobao" also recorded three of them for online viewing by readers who were unable to attend.
Song Mingwei: The success of "Three Body" does not mean that science fiction literature has become mainstream
Dr. Song Mingwei, professor and chair of the Department of East Asia at American Wesleyan College, uses the success of the Chinese science fiction novel "Three Body" as an entry point to talk about the rise of the subject in China.
After the English translation of “Three Body ” became the first Asian author to win the award in 2015, the film of Liu Cixin ’ s other sci-fi book“ Wandering Earth ” was also released in 2019, which successfully set off a sci-fi boom.
This has led many readers to believe that Chinese science fiction has flourished.
In fact, the success of "Three Body" depends on the good work itself, excellent translation and market operation also helped the novel open up overseas markets and make it popular internationally.
And the eyes of translators and publishers.
However, Professor Song Mingwei believes that the success of "Three Body" only makes science fiction from the original humble position, to the center of the stage of literature, but does not mean that science fiction literature has become the mainstream.
He also revealed that there are still very few active Chinese science fiction writers, and there are only a handful of science fiction works that can be published every year.
The public who want to understand the role of Professor Song Mingwei in "Three Body" is regarded as "unmarketable" and almost impossible to publish, so far it has become internationally famous science fiction, can click on the link to watch the full video of the sharing session.
Wang Jinkang: Inspiration comes from the breadth of knowledge and contact with things
Wang Jinkang, author of one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Chinese science fiction novels, once choked when he talked about the challenges faced by Chinese science fiction writers in their early years.
But because "three bodies" into the international, but also let Chinese science fiction attracted attention, so that he and other science fiction writers have a feeling of bitterness.
He believes that science fiction and mainstream literature are not the same, in addition to paying attention to scientific knowledge, in the use of words must also be very accurate, can not just pay attention to the beautiful text.
Wang Jinkang, who was originally an engineer at the oil drilling rig, began writing novels in middle age, saying that in the early years, most of the people who wrote science fiction around studied engineering, but now there are many science fiction writers who are liberal arts students.
Want to know where the inspiration for science fiction writers comes from? Is science fiction based on science or imagination?
Interested readers can click on the link to watch the full video.
You know how to get lost in exchange for something unexpected. ”
When many people travel, they will generally do their homework or go online or apply to find Raiders, find card spots and food.
Xu Zhiyuan, a Chinese writer and host of the program, believes that "actively getting lost" in tourism is a good choice, and in the strange and uncertain environment of travel and life, the understanding of the world has been expanded.
He was once the chief writer of the Economic Observer, and only began to travel because of a sentence from the editor-in-chief.
The harvest of Xu Zhiyuan's travels is often unexpected because he is "lost".
In particular, he mentioned that he is easily interested in "neglected historical figures."
At the same time, he also believes that although travel is full of unknowns and makes him feel upset, it is tourism that can expand people's understanding of the world.
He describes everyone as a moving spiritual world.
Xu Zhiyuan's humor also made the whole lecture very relaxed, as if following his footsteps, from the Aihui - Tengchong line across China, and then to Calcutta, India, Cairo, Egypt and other places.
The public who missed the wonderful sharing of Xu Zhiyuan can click on the link to watch the full video recording.
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- The genre’s attention to not just future technology, but also to human nature and the past.

What concepts does Ishiguro's literary science fiction novel bring up?

What did Frank Herbert's "Dune" manage to achieve?

Yusuf Azza al-Din Eissa's writes about humanity with what perspective?