刑吏的阴影
The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe · 初版 1980 年
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为什么值得读
- 塑造了性格复杂且让人难忘的深刻主角形象
- 由曾任工程师的作者打造的宏大科幻世界
- 重读多次后能发现大量精妙的互文与铺垫
The Shadow of the Torturer 是四卷本系列 The Book of the New Sun 的第一卷。它讲述了年轻的 Severian 的故事：他是名为 Urth 的世界上拷问者公会的学徒，因犯下本职业不可饶恕的罪过——对受害者心生怜悯——而遭到流放，故事随之记录了他离开故乡城市 Nessus 后的旅程。
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所谓的一本书其实可能是差不多同一时期读的三本书：Philip K Dick 的《仿生人会梦见电子羊吗？》（Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep）、John Crowley 的《大，小》（Little, Big）以及 Gene Wolfe 的《拷问者之影》（Shadow of the Torturer）。这些书改变了我的阅读习惯，并最终促使我进入了出版行业工作。
The one book is probably actually three books that were read more or less at the same time: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick, Little, Big by John Crowley, and Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe. These books led to a change of reading habits in way that led eventually to working in publishing.
……得承认，在第一部分他们采访弗莱克之后，我有点看懵了。我把那部分又读了一遍，然后一切就都通顺了。可能也多亏了我读过（好多次）沃尔夫的《拷打者之影》，《飞越修道院》（Anathem）开篇关于“修道”生活的章节有点像是对它的仿写。斯蒂芬森后来越来越不好读了。我多次尝试去啃那套书里的至少两本……
…admit I was a bit confused after the first section in which they interview Flec. I read that section again, and then everything made sense. It may have helped that I have read (numerous times) Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer, of which the initial chapters of "mathic" life in Anathem are a sort of pastiche. Stephenson gets plenty less approachable. I have tried multiple times to read at least two of the three books in The…
我是来推荐吉恩·沃尔夫的系列的，从《拷打者之影》（Shadow of the Torturer）开始。这本我没法解释，直接去看就完事了。沃尔夫以前是个工程师，参与过品客薯片制造机器的研发。附赠推荐：鲁迪·拉克（Rudy Rucker）的《软件四部曲》（Ware Tetralogy），极其搞笑又发人深省的赛博朋克……
I’ve come to recommend Gene Wolfe’s series, starting with Shadow of the Torturer. Can’t explain this one, just read it. Wolfe was an engineer, he helped to create the machine for manufacturing pringles. Bonus: Rudy Rucker’s Ware Tetralogy. A hilarious and thought-provoking cyberpunk…
过去几个月里我很喜欢的几部：- 《杀人机器日记》（The Murderbot Diaries，玛莎·威尔斯）- 《沙丘》（弗兰克·赫伯特）- 《拷打者之影》（吉恩·沃尔夫）- 《垂暮之战》系列（Old Man's War，约翰·斯卡尔齐）- 《波波宇宙》系列（Bobiverse，丹尼斯·E·泰勒）
A few I really enjoyed in the last few months: - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) - Dune (Frank Herbert) - The Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe) - Old Man's War series (John Scalzi) - Bobiverse Series (Dennis E. Taylor)
以《拷打者之影》开篇的《新日之书》是他的代表作，但一开始可能会觉得很难啃。叙述者/主角是个极棒的角色，但我个人觉得跟他呆在一起会很痛苦。《地狱犬的第五个首级》（The Fifth Head of Cerberus）也是个极好的切入点……
“Book of the New Sun”, beginning with Shadow of the Torturer, is his major work but can be unapproachable at first. The narrator/protagonist is a terrific character, but a IMO difficult one to spend time with. The Fifth Head of Cerberus is also a great entry point.…
你可能会喜欢吉恩·沃尔夫的《拷打者之影》（The shadow of the torturer）。对我来说，读这本书绝对有好几个“卧槽”的瞬间。
You might like "The shadow of the torturer" by Gene Wolfe. Definitely had a few "whoa" moments in it for me.