之所以提到它，只是因为出版社把它和《The Sands of Mars》绑成了一本合辑，但我非常喜欢克拉克的《The City and the Stars》。它的前瞻性把我给震撼到了，尤其是考虑到它写于 40 年代末到 50 年代初。随便数数：沉浸式虚拟现实游戏作为主要的消遣和社交场所……
It's only mentioned because the publisher has teamed it up with "The Sands of Mars" in a double novel volume, but I've very much enjoyed Clarke's "The City and the Stars". I've been struck by its prescience, particularly given it was written in the late 40's / early 50's. Amongst other things: Immersive, virtual reality gaming as a major passtime and social venue.…
……贴上标签）。在这点上，我觉得阿特伍德和冯内古特差不多，甚至有过之无不及——就我读过的部分来看，她的科幻作品只能说一般，我更喜欢她的“严肃”小说。克拉克的《The City and the Stars》深深触动了我（虽然有相当长的一大段读起来有点受罪），但我读过的他的另外两部小说我宁可自己没读过。虽然有两三个让人印象深刻的脑洞，但没什么实质内容。它们……
…label on it). I'd class Atwood as similar to Vonnegut in this regard, but even more so—her sci-fi work is just OK, from what I've seen of it, and I prefer her "straight" fiction. If found Clarke's The City and the Stars deeply affecting (though, for long stretches, a bit of a chore), but the other couple novels of his I've read I wish I hadn't. A couple interesting ideas that stick, but not much substance. They were…
我觉得比起阿西莫夫，他的作品过时得没那么严重。哪怕是克拉克早期的作品依然很有可读性；《The City and the Stars》和《Rendezvous with Rama》依然非常精彩，但我向来对他的早期试水作情有独钟——《Dolphin Island》算是一部在大堡礁浮潜的半自传体回忆录，……
I think he's dated way less badly than Asimov has. Even early Clarke is still quite readable; _The City and the Stars_ and _Rendezvous with Rama_ are still quite wonderful, but I've always had a soft spot for his juvenilia --- _Dolphin Island_ is half a semiautographical memoir of snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef,…
克拉克的《The City and the Stars》：靠科技实现的永生（方式非常有趣）。海量的晶体数据存储。沉浸式游戏，包括它让人彻底沉沦的负面影响。作为反叛者的个体……
Clarke's "The City and the Stars" Technologically enabled immortality (in an interesting manner). Massive, crystalline data storage. Immersive gaming, including the negative, subsuming aspects of same. The individual as radical.…
（推测性）虚构类：阿瑟·C·克拉克的《The City and The Stars》。非虚构类：奇普·希思和丹·希思合著的《Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die》。关于如何沟通的最佳书籍。最棒的地方在于：这本书的写作方式本身就……
(Speculative) Fiction: "The City and The Stars" by Arthur C. Clarke Nonfiction: "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The best book on how to communicate. The best part: the book is written in a way that…
之所以提到它，只是因为出版社把它和《The Sands of Mars》绑成了一本合辑，但我非常喜欢克拉克的《The City and the Stars》。它的前瞻性把我给震撼到了，尤其是考虑到它写于 40 年代末到 50 年代初。随便数数：沉浸式虚拟现实游戏作为主要的消遣和社交场所……
It's only mentioned because the publisher has teamed it up with "The Sands of Mars" in a double novel volume, but I've very much enjoyed Clarke's "The City and the Stars". I've been struck by its prescience, particularly given it was written in the late 40's / early 50's. Amongst other things: Immersive, virtual reality gaming as a major passtime and social venue.…
……贴上标签）。在这点上，我觉得阿特伍德和冯内古特差不多，甚至有过之无不及——就我读过的部分来看，她的科幻作品只能说一般，我更喜欢她的“严肃”小说。克拉克的《The City and the Stars》深深触动了我（虽然有相当长的一大段读起来有点受罪），但我读过的他的另外两部小说我宁可自己没读过。虽然有两三个让人印象深刻的脑洞，但没什么实质内容。它们……
…label on it). I'd class Atwood as similar to Vonnegut in this regard, but even more so—her sci-fi work is just OK, from what I've seen of it, and I prefer her "straight" fiction. If found Clarke's The City and the Stars deeply affecting (though, for long stretches, a bit of a chore), but the other couple novels of his I've read I wish I hadn't. A couple interesting ideas that stick, but not much substance. They were…
我觉得比起阿西莫夫，他的作品过时得没那么严重。哪怕是克拉克早期的作品依然很有可读性；《The City and the Stars》和《Rendezvous with Rama》依然非常精彩，但我向来对他的早期试水作情有独钟——《Dolphin Island》算是一部在大堡礁浮潜的半自传体回忆录，……
I think he's dated way less badly than Asimov has. Even early Clarke is still quite readable; _The City and the Stars_ and _Rendezvous with Rama_ are still quite wonderful, but I've always had a soft spot for his juvenilia --- _Dolphin Island_ is half a semiautographical memoir of snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef,…
克拉克的《The City and the Stars》：靠科技实现的永生（方式非常有趣）。海量的晶体数据存储。沉浸式游戏，包括它让人彻底沉沦的负面影响。作为反叛者的个体……
Clarke's "The City and the Stars" Technologically enabled immortality (in an interesting manner). Massive, crystalline data storage. Immersive gaming, including the negative, subsuming aspects of same. The individual as radical.…
（推测性）虚构类：阿瑟·C·克拉克的《The City and The Stars》。非虚构类：奇普·希思和丹·希思合著的《Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die》。关于如何沟通的最佳书籍。最棒的地方在于：这本书的写作方式本身就……
(Speculative) Fiction: "The City and The Stars" by Arthur C. Clarke Nonfiction: "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The best book on how to communicate. The best part: the book is written in a way that…
让我想想：科利·多克托罗的《Unauthorized Bread》和《Walkaway》，阿瑟·C·克拉克的《The Nine Billion Names of God》和《The City and the Stars》。
Let's see: Cory Doctorow's Unauthorized Bread and Walkaway, Arthur C. Clarke's The Nine Billion Names of God and The City and the Stars.