
使馆小镇
Embassytown
China Miéville · 初版 2011 年
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为什么值得读
- 构建了用明喻乃至隐喻交流的奇特外星语言体系
- 世界观设定极具想象力且引人深思
- 围绕人类与外星使馆文明展开独特的黑暗科幻
Embassytown:一座位于宇宙边缘、充满矛盾的城市。Avice 是一名 immerser,即在日常生活之下的时空之海 immer 中穿梭的旅行者,如今她回到了自己的母星。在 Arieka 上,人类并非唯一的智慧生命,Avice 与神秘且无法说谎的土著居民 Hosts 之间建立了一种罕见的纽带。只有极少数独特的人类 Ambassadors 能够讲出 Language,并在两个群体之间建立联系。然而,一位不可思议的新来者降临到了 Embassytown。当这位 Ambassador 开口说话时,一切都改变了。灾难迫在眉睫。Avice 深知唯一的希……
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……阿瑟·C·克拉克。如果你想看点发人深省的东西,海因莱因的《异乡异客》。读起来不算最轻松,但你的排除条件基本上把《严厉的月亮》给枪毙了。柴纳·米耶维(China Mieville)的《使馆城》(Embassytown)。编辑补充:我忘了丹·西蒙斯的《海伯利安》。
…Arthur C. Clarke. If you're up for some thought-provoking stuff, "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Heinlein. Not the easiest read but your carve-out basically rules out "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". "Embassytown" by China Mieville. EDIT: I forgot "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons.
与其说是分享不如说是个提问,在科幻圈里大家对柴纳·米耶维熟吗?《帕迪多街车站》、《使馆城》和《城与城》都是经典,《帕迪多街车站》可能是我读过最牛逼的小说了。风格很暗黑
This is more a question, in terms of Sci-Fi are people familiar with China Miéville? Perdido Street Station, Embassytown, and The City and the City are classics, Perdido Street Station might be the best fiction I have ever read. Dark stuff
要是想找另一本探讨语言的科幻小说,我推荐柴纳·米耶维的《使馆城》。
For another sci-fi novel dealing with language, I'd recommend China Mieville's Embassytown.
大家聊到“双脑论”(Bicameral Mind)时通常会提起《雪崩》,这很有道理——它们探讨了人类和计算机中的双脑结构。通常不太被人提起的是柴纳·米耶维,他写了《使馆城》,书里有一种外星物种,字面意义上长着两个脑袋,两个脑袋各自独立用明喻说话,后来进化到了使用隐喻。
People generally mention Snowcrash when Bicameral Mind is mentioned, for a good reason - they explore bicameralism in humans and computers. Not usually mentioned is China Mieville who wrote Embassytown where an alien species with literally two heads that speak independently in similes evolve to use metaphor.
柴纳·米耶维的《使馆城》。世界观架构极佳,发人深省。人类在一个居住着长得像巨大螳螂的外星人的星球上建立了大使馆,这些外星人对语言有着独特的认知。他们的语言是与……绑定的。
Embassytown by China Mieville. Great world-building and thought provoking. Humanity has created an embassy on a planet of giant mantis-like aliens who have a unique perspective on language. Their language is tied…
……相对冷门但极为出色的《Pollen》。最近在一位老朋友的强烈推荐下读了伊恩·班克斯的一些作品,15年多前是我带他入坑科幻的,但我读下来觉得没那么引人入胜。柴纳·米耶维的《使馆城》是一部极好且精辟的关于交流本质的沉思之作,尽管篇幅比我觉得有必要的长度稍微冗长了点。
…relatively little-known but excellent Pollen. I read some Iain Banks recently at the behest of an old friend who I introduced to science fiction over 15 years ago, but didn't find it particularly engrossing. Embassytown by China Miéville was an excellent and pithy meditation on the nature of communication, albeit longer than I would have deemed necessary.