星辰铁砧
Anvil of Stars
Greg Bear · 初版 1992 年
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为什么值得读
- 清晰易懂地具象化了速度提升与时间变慢
- 深入探讨外星造物灭绝智慧生命的设定
- 提供超越部分经典的一类接触叙事体验
一艘 Ship of the Law 在浩瀚无垠的太空中穿梭，载着 82 名年轻人：战士、战略家、科学家——即被称为 Children 的一代。他们使用需要全新思维方式才能理解的复杂非人类技术。他们与留守故土的人们彻底断绝了联系。在被剥夺信息的情况下，他们生活在一个既顺从又不受其控制的复杂系统内部。他们感到恐惧。而他们正在与那些技术先进、体量庞大到令其自惭形秽的实体作战，与某种其心理机制最终彻底异质且不可知的存在抗衡。
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如果你想找几本（在我看来）比《三体》更好的“第一次接触”类故事，可以试试这几部：- 彼得·沃茨的《盲视》（强烈推荐到不能再推）- 格雷格·贝尔的《上帝之锤》（The Forge of God）及其续集《星之砧》（Anvil of Stars）- 阿拉斯泰尔·雷诺兹的《致命推进》（Pushing Ice）- 阿卡迪和鲍里斯·斯特鲁加茨基兄弟的《路边野餐》。《三体》从非西方视角来切入这个最经久不衰的科幻套路，我很欣赏……
If you want some first contact stories that are better (IMO) than The Three Body Problem, try: - Blindsight by Peter Watts (cannot recommend this strongly enough) - The Forge of God and sequel Anvil of Stars by Greg Bear - Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds - Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky I appreciated getting a non-Western take on one of the most durable SF tropes in the Three Body Problem,…
有些概念因为尺度过于宏大而很难理解。格雷格·贝尔是第一个真正让我在《星之砧》里体会到“速度越快时间越慢”的人。此外，《上帝之锤》里地球毁灭的场景太有身临其境的震撼感了，以至于读完之后我整个人抑郁消沉了好几天。更别提他还是少数几位能极好地解释……的作者之一了。
Some concepts are hard to grasp because of their scale. Greg Bear was the first person who really made me understand time slowing down as speed increases in Anvil of Stars. Also the destruction of earth in “The Forge of God” was so visceral that I was depressed in a dark place for days after finishing it. Not to mention one of the few authors who very well explained the…
《星之砧》是我最喜欢的格雷格·贝尔作品。它是《上帝之锤》的续集，后者读起来也很棒：http://www.amazon.com/Anvil-of-Stars-ebook/dp/B003XRERB0
Anvil of Stars is my favorite Greg Bear book. It's the sequel to Forge of God which is also a great read: http://www.amazon.com/Anvil-of-Stars-ebook/dp/B003XRERB0
弗雷德·萨伯哈根早在几十年前就凭借他的《狂暴者》（Berserker）系列先拔头筹了。据我所知，所有关于“毁灭智慧生命的致命外星机器”的故事都源自这些作品。格雷格·贝尔在 80 年代末出版的《上帝之锤》/《星之砧》（在我看来都极其精彩）也遵循了类似的思路。
Fred Saberhagen got there decades earlier with his _Berserker_ novels. AFAIK every "alien machines that wipe out intelligent life" story is descended from them. Greg Bear's _The Forge of God_ / _Anvil of Stars_ (which are both excellent, IMO) followed similar lines in the late 80s.
格雷格·贝尔的小说《上帝之锤》（1987）和《星之砧》（1993）探讨的也是同一个构思。现在读起来可能会觉得有点年代感，但依我看尤其是第一本依然非常值得一读。
Greg Bear's novels Forge of God (1987) and Anvil of Stars (1993) explore the same idea. They feel a little dated now but the first one in particular is still well worth a read imo.
还有，格雷格·贝尔虽然也炮制过一些烂书，但《火星变奏》（Moving Mars）和《星之砧》（说实话《上帝之锤》有点流水线畅销书内味，但毕竟是前作嘛……）都是真正宏大格局的科幻；讲述了人类拿到超出自身掌控能力的玩具后会做什么，以及正在做什么。神作。
Also, Greg Bear has hacked out some dreadful stuff but "Moving Mars" and "The Anvil of Stars" (the Forge of God is a bit of a pot boiler tbh, but it is the prequel, so...). Both are really big picture sci-fi; about what humans will do with toys that are beyond them, and are doing. Amazing.