五十度灰
Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James · 初版 2011 年
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为什么值得读
- 极为庞大的读者群与广泛的社会讨论度
- 在情感层面上切中了大量女性受众的需求
当文学系学生 Anastasia Steele 前去采访年轻的企业家 Christian Grey 时，她邂逅了一个兼具英俊外貌、过人才智与强大气场的男人。不谙世事、天真单纯的 Ana 震惊地发现自己渴望拥有这个男人，尽管他深不可测且有所保留，她仍发现自己迫切想要靠近他。面对 Ana 恬静的美貌、机敏的谈吐与独立的性格，Grey 同样无法抗拒，坦承自己也想要她——但必须按他自己的规矩来。 Grey 独特的性癖好让 Ana 既震惊又战栗，她陷入了犹豫。面对所有成功的浮华外表——他的跨国企业、庞大财富以及关爱他的家庭……
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《五十度灰》（Fifty Shades of Grey）是有史以来最畅销的书之一。你这个年纪的女性几乎都读过或者看过改编电影。你也应该看看。
Fifty Shades of Grey is one of the best selling books of all time. Almost all the women your age have read it or seen the film. You should too.
臭名昭著的作家们为糟糕文学名作画的大纲：* 马丁·艾米斯为《伦敦场地》画的 UML 图 * E·L·詹姆斯为《五十度灰》画的 Balsamiq mockups * 丹·布朗为《达芬奇密码》做的 PowerPoint PPT 忍不住吐个槽 ;) 不过显然 Balsamiq mockups 是这里唯一的异类，毕竟它好歹还有用。
Infamous Authors' Outlines for Great Works of Bad Literature * Martin Amis' UML diagram for London Fields * EL James' Balsamiq mockups for Fifty Shades Of Grey * Dan Brown's PowerPoint decks for The Da Vinci Code Couldn't resist ;) Though clearly Balsamiq mockups are the odd one out since they are useful.
……哪些书卖不动，才能找出哪些能大卖。出版业里有种坊间说法——而且我认为财报里也体现得很明显——像《50 Shades of Gray》这种销量暴涨数百万册的爆款，基本上给兰登书屋那一两年的所有其他书都兜了底。比例有多惨淡取决于你的爆款业务模式，但在类型文学出版里，能收回成本的书通常不到一半……
…which won't sell to find the ones that will. It's anecdotally reported in the publishing industry---and I think it's evident in the financials as well---that breakout, millions-of-copies-sold success 50 Shades of Gray subsidized essentially all of Random House's other books for a year or two. It depends on your hits business how bad the ratio is, but in genre publishing figure that less than half of books earn out…
…如今写书这行当只要面向大众读者就很赚钱。比如 Tim Ferriss 靠写书赚了 300 多万美元。据报道 E·L·詹姆斯靠《五十度灰》赚了 1 亿美元。还有很多作家纯靠写书就挤进了百万富翁俱乐部。现在这种情况比以前更常见，原因就在于可以下载的廉价电子书…
…book writing is booming business these days as long as books are meant for general audience. Tim Ferriss, for example, has made more than $3M from his books. E L James reportedly made $100 million from Fifty Shades of Grey. There are many other authors in the millionair list purely from writing books. The reason this is happening now more than before is because of cheap electronic version of book that can be downloaded…
…那些自嗨书名以及毫无品质的成功。……真让我发笑，因为我们正在聊的这个行业，最近恰恰凭借《五十度灰》这套 IP 及其赚得盆满钵满的真金白银，成了“毫无品质的成功”的最大罪魁祸首。自助类书籍年年都是销量巨无霸。还有像《傲慢与偏见与僵尸》这种显而易见的衍生烂俗货，以及那种自我满足式的怀旧…
…of vanity titles and success without quality. ...just makes me laugh, because we're talking about an industry that most recently is probably the most guilty of "success without quality" by way of the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise and all the buckets and buckets of money it made. Self-help being a juggernaut of sales year after year. Obvious derivative slop like Pride and Prejudice & Zombies and the wish-fulfillment nostalgia…
……根本没有真正理解上下文。净抓着像“它有没有押韵格式和格律”这类东西。但这其实没多大用，因为有些诗就是不押韵，有些也不讲究格律。比如，《五十度灰》（50 Shades of Grey）算不算写得很烂？可能有人会说是……但你能否认它有多火吗？那些喜欢看那本书的人，难道就因为喜欢看而有错吗？试图用客观标准去衡量写作质量……
…without really understanding context. Things like "does it have a rhyming scheme and meter". And that's not that useful because some poetry doesn't rhyme, and some doesn't adhere to a meter. Like, is 50 Shades of Grey bad writing? some might say so... but can you deny the popularity of it? Are the people that enjoyed reading that book wrong for enjoying it? Trying to apply an objective measure to quality of writing…