时间之子
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky · 初版 2015 年
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为什么值得读
- 脑洞大开地构想分布式智能的演化机制
- 深入描摹蜘蛛智慧文明与人类的生存危机
- 时间线跨度极长且充满扎实的生物学细节
人类最后的残存者离开了垂死的地球，不顾一切地寻找新的家园。循着祖先的星图，他们发现了上一个时代最伟大的宝藏——一个经过 terraformed 并已适宜人类居住的世界。但这个新伊甸园并非一切安好。这颗星球并未以未经触碰、杳无人迹的状态等待着他们。新的怪物已将它从避难所变成了人类最可怕的噩梦。如今，两个文明正处于正面冲突的轨道上，必须为生存而战。在人类命运悬于一线之际，谁才是这颗新地球的真正继承者？
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说到跳蛛（Portias），我推荐 Adrian Tchaikovsky 写的《时间之子》（Children of Time），讲的是蜘蛛被智慧化（uplifting）的过程以及人类如何重新与它们建立联系。另一本写聪明“蜘蛛”的神作是弗诺·文奇（Vernor Vinge）的《天渊》（A Deepness in the Sky），……
Talking about Portias, I recommend reading "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky, it's about the process of uplifting spiders and how humans re-establish contacts with them. Another great book about smart "spiders" is "A Deepness in the Sky" by Vernor Vinge,…
我在 Adrian Tchaikovsky 的科幻小说《时间之子》里学到的蜘蛛知识，比我想象的要多得多！基本设定就是蜘蛛在一个新星球上的进化速度被超级加速，最终成了这个星球上的主导智慧物种。这……
I learned way more about spiders in the sci-fi book "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky than I thought I would! The basic premise is that the evolution of spiders on a new planet is hyper-increased, and they become the dominate intelligent species on the planet. The…
……伊恩·M·班克斯（Iain M. Banks）的《氢鸣》（Hydrogen Sonata）。这绝对不是我在《文明》（Culture）系列里最喜欢的一本，但仍然值得一读。如果你还没读过该系列的其他作品，我不建议直接从这本开坑。还有 Adrian Tchaikovsky 的《时间之子》。我花了一点时间才看进去，但一旦读进去了，真的非常过瘾。如果你喜欢超长时间跨度和人类存在主义危机题材，这本书非你莫属。至于七月份嘛，……
…Hydrogen Sonata" By Iain M. Banks. It certainly wasn't my favorite culture entry, but it's worth a read none the less. If you haven't read the others in the series I wouldn't suggest starting with it. "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It took me a bit to get into this book, but once I did, I really enjoyed it. If you're into long timelines and human existential crisis this is your book. As far as July goes,…
文章里提到的那本书，Adrien Tchaikovsky 写的《时间之子》太棒了。Adrien 在设想一个物种随着进化如何发展出分布式智能（distributed intelligence）这方面，做得极其出色。
The book mentioned in the article, Children of Time by Adrien Tchaikovsky is fantastic. Adrien does an excellent job of trying to imagine how distributed intelligence would work for a species as it evolves.
想看科幻角度的探讨，可以看 Adrian Tchaikovsky 的《Children of Time》和《Children of Ruin》
For a sci-fi take on this, Children of Time and Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky
要是看科幻，《沙丘》（Dune）是必读的，而《时间之子》可能是我读完《沙丘》之后看过的最震撼、脑洞最大的科幻了。两部作品构建的虚构世界都如此详实、真实可信，以至于能让你换个全新的视角来看待我们的现实世界。
For science fiction, Dune is a must, and Children of Time is probably the most mind-bending sci-fi I've read since. Both create imaginary worlds that are so detailed and plausible that they make you see our world in a new light.