Reborn I am the second generation of stars

Chapter 691 Science Fiction
"Write a work that can be called a classic!!!"

Xu Qian fell into his own thinking!

There are many works that can be called classics, such as Mo Yan's, but some of Mo Yan's works are not in line with this era!

You said that if you write "Life and Death Fatigue", "Frog" and other books will always make people feel a little embarrassed!

There are also Shen Congwen's, Qian Zhongshu's, and Ba Jin's. The writing style of these people's works is so good that Xu Qian was afraid that it would be out of date to write them all at once!
And some of their works are not in line with this era!
Similarly, there are some foreign works, such as "Wuthering Heights", "Jane Eyre" and so on!

These works are actually good, but these works are likely to be unacceptable, after all, they are foreign works!
Moreover, these works are written by foreigners, and our Chinese people will take a high look at them, but if the Chinese people write them themselves, they will make all kinds of criticisms, saying that they are all Chinese, there is no Western classical charm at all, the setting is not rigorous, and the character creation is not good. etc!
Suddenly Xu Qian saw a piece of news on the Internet: "Galaxy Prize Essay Call!"

The Galaxy Award (formerly China Science Fiction Galaxy Award) is the highest honor award in the field of Chinese fantasy novels (the main object is science fiction, and other related items will be added to the selection later), and it is also the only science fiction award in mainland China.

The award-winning works represent the highest level of science fiction creation in mainland China. As the highest honor in the Chinese fantasy novel industry, it has built a platform for Chinese science fiction writers, science fiction lovers, fantasy writers and fantasy lovers to display their works.

Originally established in 1986, two popular science publications, "Science and Literature" (now "Science Fiction World") and "Wisdom Tree" were jointly organized. After "Tree of Wisdom" ceased publication, the Galaxy Awards were exclusively organized by "Science Fiction World".

"Science fiction also has many classics!"

For example, Neil Stephenson of Codex.

This 1999 work by Neil Stephenson tells the intricate, interlocking story of a codebreaker during World War II and a geek in 1997.

And "Dune" - Frank Herbert.

This classic is set on a desert planet and tells the story of the power of the spice Melange.

And of course Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon.

This is a postmodernist classic, the background of the story is set at the end of World War II, and its events mainly revolve around the V2 rocket program of country d.

This is a book that many people pretend to have read, but in fact not many people have read it, because the beginning is too boring, but after the beginning, it will be sunny!
And "Foundation" - Isaac Asimov.

Cornell once boldly said: "In an age when chaos theory has wiped out psychohistory and novels are built on that big idea, Foundation has become one of those books that is far more discussed than read." classic work."

Although Asimov's robot story "may forever remain the must-read for any introduction to science fiction."

Still, Cadigan passionately reminds people to actually read Foundation and not just talk about it: people "should read it because it's Asimov, and that's one thing, and on the other hand, it's going to be A most ingenious example of mathematics applied to science fiction."

And of course The Great Wizard - Suzanne Clarke.

A heterogeneous history of long-gone magic returning to 19th-century England.

This is a work that everyone is talking about, but many people don't bother to read because it is "big and thick".

Science fiction is science fiction!

No matter from which point of view, Chinese literature has never lacked the tradition of fantasy.

As early as the pre-Qin period, myths and stories were already full of majestic imaginations. The well-known "Kuafu Chasing the Sun", "Houyi Shooting the Sun", "Jingwei Filling the Sea", and "Dayu Controlling the Water" in "Shan Hai Jing" , "Measuring the Earth in Shuhai", "Yihe Bathing the Sun" and so on, all show magnificent imagination when outlining the various possible relationships between man and nature.

After the ancient myths, philosophers' thinking about nature, whether it is the Confucian ideal pursuit of "Utopia" or the Taoist interpretation of the relationship between man and nature, are all immortal products of the imagination of Chinese children. Zhuang Zhou wrote in "Zhuangzi" Think about the relationship between man and nature, society and change through self-made myths, which is also the main theme of today's science fiction.

If the definition is not so strict, no matter what type of science fiction, we can find corresponding works in our traditional culture. "Yanshi" in "Liezi Tangwen" may be the earliest science fiction novel in China, and it may also be the earliest science fiction novel about robots in the world.

It tells the story of Yanshi dedicating an exquisite puppet to King Mu of Zhou. Contemporary Chinese science fiction writers have written countless wonderful science fiction works based on this story. Here we mainly recommend "Legend of Yanshi" by Dajiao Pan Haitian.

I have read Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring", and the scene outlined in it, "I don't know how to talk about Wei and Jin in Han Dynasty", will it remind us of the famous Thomas More's "Utopia", and as a utopian novel, " Peach Blossom Spring is 1200 years earlier than Utopia.

Li Ruzhen's "Flowers in the Mirror" is like "Gulliver's Travels" at the same time. It satirizes the social reality at that time by fabricating all kinds of heterogeneous cultures, which belongs to the category of social science fiction.

Xu Zhonglin's "Fengshen Yanyi" is also a fantasy novel based on a historical event, in which various gods fight with each other on the land of man, various weapons from different dimensions and various protagonists with super powers. Does the bloody fight remind you of the current popular "X-Men", "Star Wars" and other heroic epic sci-fi movies.

There are also many mechanical servants, immortality, and flying devices scattered in various myths, histories, and strange books, such as Zhang Jue's "Flying Wooden Kite" in "The Chaoye Qizai", Shen Kuo's "Mengxi" The "rejuvenating medicine" in Miscellaneous Tan, the "self-boiling clay vase", "mosquito repellent", "wonderful dye", "jaw transplantation" in Hong Mai's "Yi Jian Zhi", etc., are too numerous to list. lift.

However, if you want to define it strictly, all the above can only be regarded as fantasy novels, not real science fiction.

Huangjiang Diaosou's "Moon Colony Novel" is considered by Mr. Ye Yonglie to be the first science fiction novel in China. Although it was not completed, it was only serialized 1904 times in the magazine "Xiuxiang Novels" in 35, with about 13 words.

China's first complete science fiction novel also appeared in 1904, and it was "Mr. Xin Faluo Tan" written by "Donghai Juewo" Xu Nianci.

Gu Junzheng's "Dream of Peace" is a collection of short stories "Under the North Pole", published in 1939, which is the first science fiction collection in the history of Chinese science fiction.

And the glorious era of science fiction in our country was created by a magazine, yes, that magazine is "Science Fiction World"!
Through the cultivation and influence of "Science Fiction World", the talents of contemporary Chinese science fiction writers have multiplied. The writing styles and concerns of these writers are very different, and the language characteristics are also very obvious. Their works take into account both science and literature, and are also rich. The genre of Chinese science fiction.

He Xi's "Six Paths", "The Heartbreaker", Wang Jinkang's "Seven Layers of Shells", "Ant Life", "Cross", Han Song's "Subway", "High-speed Rail", and of course the famous ones that are now thunderous. The famous Liu Cixin, "Rural Teacher", "The Wandering Earth", "Full-Band Jamming", "Earth Cannon", "Supporting God", "Supporting Humanity", "Supernova Era", "Spherical Lightning", etc. There is the "Three-Body" trilogy.

The above mentioned are the four most famous writers in the history of contemporary Chinese science fiction and their classic works.

In addition, there are many good science fiction authors. Among them, I especially like Liu Gongzi Liu Wenyang. His "Prisoner for a Day" is also a classic. It is a pity that Liu Gongzi died young. I am really jealous of talents.

There is also Dajiao Pan Haitian. The "Legend of Yanshi" mentioned at the beginning is his masterpiece. Later, Dajiao wrote more fantasy. The famous "Kyushu" was created by him and six other authors. .

Xinghe, his "Duel on the Internet" can be said to be China's first influential "cyberpunk" science fiction novel.

Qian Lifang, her "God's Will" was a sensation, and the "New Song" by A Yue, who is very popular, must have been influenced by it.

Fei Deuterium, a very young sci-fi writer, studied in the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University, and his "Chinese Science Fiction Blockbuster", which was recently launched, is also very good.

Baoshu is famous for "Three-Body X", which is the continuation of "Three-Body Problem", and "The Ruins of Time", which has him more, is generally good, but unfortunately the ending is not to my liking.

Chen Qiufan, one of the new generation of sci-fi writers that I am most optimistic about and like, his "Desolate Tide" is very good-looking, and I highly recommend it.

And since Xu Qian decided to write a sci-fi classic, he just had to choose one from so many excellent works!

He has already made a decision, and this decision is "Three-Body Problem"!
(End of this chapter)