兰花窃贼
The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean · 初版 1998 年
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在苏珊·奥尔良（Susan Orlean）关于美与痴迷的真实故事中，“兰花贼”名叫约翰·拉罗什（John Laroche），他是一个离经叛道的植物贩子，长相颇为英俊，尽管他缺了门牙，站姿还像没煮透的意大利面一样松垮。1994年，拉罗什和三名塞米诺尔印第安人因从南佛罗里达一片生长着世上最非凡植物和树木的原生态沼泽中盗窃珍稀兰花而被捕。拉罗什原计划克隆这些兰花，然后以高价卖给狂热的收藏家们。人赃并获后，拉罗什踏上了……
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虽然我觉得它从科学角度没解释出什么名堂，但凭借“痴迷与狂热”这个主题，苏珊·奥尔良（Susan Orlean）写的《兰花窃贼》（The Orchid Thief）我是真心喜欢：https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orchid_Thief 还有那句很有名的书摘：> “世界如此之大，人们总是在其中迷失方向。有太多的想法，而且……
I don’t think it explains much in a scientific sense, but with the theme of passion and obsession, I really enjoyed The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orchid_Thief And this famous quote from that book: > “The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and…
……解出了里面的每一道题。确实搞定了。遗憾的是，二十年过去了，我的代数水平又变差了。但那个沉浸在代数世界里的夏天，真是一次极其空灵的心灵体验，留下了深刻的印记。3. 《兰花窃贼》（The Orchid Thief）/ 苏珊·奥尔良。二十出头的时候我就清楚自己更喜欢非虚构而非小说。但我喜欢它是为了那种智力层面的体验，它绝不会像小说那样能让我整个人大受震撼……
…solve every single problem in it. Which I did. Sadly, twenty years on, my algebra game is poor. But that summer, of abiding in algebra, was a really spiritual experience. And it's left a mark. 3. The Orchid Thief/Susan Orlean. By my early twenties it was clear to me I enjoy non-fiction more than fiction. But I enjoyed it for the intellectual experience, it would never leave me rattled the way fiction can leave…
查理·考夫曼（Charlie Kaufman）的《改编剧本》（Adaptation）也探讨了将艺术搬上不同载体、面对不同需求时所经历的挣扎与异变。这部电影以一种自反的方式，讲述了将原著《兰花窃贼》（The Orchid Thief）改编成一部截然不同——或者说不得不截然不同？——的电影的过程。
Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation also addresses the strains and mutations involved in porting art to a different medium with different demands. The movie self-referentially concerns adapting the book The Orchid Thief into a very-different – but perhaps necessarily-different? – film.