倒置的世界
The inverted world
Christopher Priest · 初版 1974 年
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- 设定疑似基于双曲几何世界观
- 展现二十世纪七十年代特有的奇诡风貌
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……Patrick Rothfuss——4/5，超棒的奇幻故事。大部头一本，细节特别多，但文笔极佳。《异乡异客》（Stranger in a Strange Land）——Robert A. Heinlein——3/5，概念超赞，但节奏奇慢。《倒转的世界》（The Inverted World）——Christopher Priest——4/5，非常棒的小薄书
…Patrick Rothfuss - 4/5 A great fantasy story. It's a big book, there is a lot of details, but very well written. "Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert A. Heinlein - 3/5 Awesome concept, but very slow "The Inverted World" - Christopher Priest - 4/5 Great short book
……细节根本不够让我搞懂那个设定。我现在打算回头再看看。如果有谁觉得这个有意思，不妨去看看 Christopher Priest 的《倒转的世界》（Inverted World），它的基本设定隐约有点相似。（虽然和“现实世界”结合得更紧密，而且数学上远没有那么严谨。）
…there wasn't nearly enough detail for me to wrap my head around the premise. Gonna take another look at it now. For anyone who finds this interesting, you might want to check out Christopher Priest's Inverted World, which is based on a vaguely similar premise. (Although much more closely tied to the "real world", and not nearly as mathematically rigorous.)
Priest 和 Aldiss 一样，都是我最喜欢的作家。我十几岁的时候读《倒转的世界》（Inverted World）看得格外过瘾。
Priest, like Aldiss, is a favourite writer of mine. I especially enjoyed reading Inverted World as a teenager.
补充一本顺着这个思路走的科幻小说：Christopher Priest 的《倒转的世界》（Inverted World）。嗯，差不多的概念，但透着一股 70 年代特有的怪诞风格。
To add to the vein of sci-fi novels using this idea: Inverted World by Christopher Priest. Well, similar concept but weirdified in the 1970’s fashion.
Christopher Priest 的《倒转的世界》（The Inverted World）里描绘的世界，我记得好像是建立在双曲几何（hyperbolic geometry）基础之上的。
“The Inverted World” by Christopher Priest involves a world that appears to be based on hyperbolic geometry I believe.
……小说数学味很浓。我记得有些故事讲的是环形宇宙（toric universe），或者在相对论球场（带伪黎曼几何）上踢足球……这份书单里遗漏的一个大头就是 Christopher Priest 的《倒转的世界》（Inverted world），讲的是生活在一个非欧几里得世界里的故事。我还有其他几本侧重数学的科幻书，从《The Stochastic Man》到《Ninefox Gambit》，但要么读起来没啥乐趣，要么里面的数学设定荒谬得……
…novels are very mathematical. I remember stories about a toric universe, or playing football on a relativistic field (with a pseudo-Riemannian geometry)… A big miss in this list is Christopher Priest's "Inverted world", about living in a non-Euclidean world. I've other SF books with a of focus on math, from the "The stochastic man" to "Ninefox gambit", but they were either not enjoyable or with ridiculous mathematical…