……这个分类：玛丽·多利亚·拉塞尔的《雀鸟》（The Sparrow）是我一直以来的心头好之一，它以极为巧妙的方式将硬科幻（SF）与心理学、宗教融为一体。它有一部续集，不过没那么出色。我还很喜欢奥黛丽·尼芬格的《时间旅行者的妻子》（The Time Traveller's Wife），这部风格也偏软一些。我读了斯卡尔齐的《红衫》（Redshirts）而且很喜欢（尤其是如果你熟悉《星际迷航》宇宙的话），在某些方面感觉和《头号玩家》挺像的……
…category: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell is one of my all-time favorites, and mixes deep SF with psychology and religion in interesting ways. There's a sequel, but it's not as good. I also liked The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, which is also on the softer side. I read Scalzi's Redshirts and liked it (especially if you're familiar with the Star Trek universe), it feels similar to Ready Player One in some…
…you shouldn't read any further, because it's absolutely, certainly, not for you. Or, Jeebus, Harry-Freaking-Potter. There is a reason that an entire generation grew up reading those books. Or: "The Time Traveller's Wife", "The Poisonwood Bible", "The Road", "Interview with the Vampire", "A Room with a View", "Replay", "Of Mice and Men", "Brave New World". The list of books that are gripping from the start, should they…
SF is a writing style, not a set of technologies. Hence why Neal Stephenon's Baroque Cycle is SF despite including no SFnal technologies (except maybe an allusion to just one), and why The Time Traveller's Wife is mainstream, despite being about time travel, the most outlandishly SFnal concept there ever was.
Why do you consider literary fiction "navel-gazing" and why is SF that important? As a side note, one of the books they give as an example is The Time Traveller's Wife, which involves "a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably", which certainly sounds like an SF-y premise.
This had a bit of a K-Pax feeling, even though K-Pax is not about time travel. And there's The Time Traveller's Wife if you want a less nerdy time travel story...
…nazi in me must say that SF is a genre, not a writing style. The Baroque cycle crosses the historical fiction and SF genres into a lovely mutant child that could be called Historical Science Fiction. The Time Traveller's Wife also crosses genres, with a heavier focus on the Romance than the SF.
……这个分类：玛丽·多利亚·拉塞尔的《雀鸟》（The Sparrow）是我一直以来的心头好之一，它以极为巧妙的方式将硬科幻（SF）与心理学、宗教融为一体。它有一部续集，不过没那么出色。我还很喜欢奥黛丽·尼芬格的《时间旅行者的妻子》（The Time Traveller's Wife），这部风格也偏软一些。我读了斯卡尔齐的《红衫》（Redshirts）而且很喜欢（尤其是如果你熟悉《星际迷航》宇宙的话），在某些方面感觉和《头号玩家》挺像的……
…category: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell is one of my all-time favorites, and mixes deep SF with psychology and religion in interesting ways. There's a sequel, but it's not as good. I also liked The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, which is also on the softer side. I read Scalzi's Redshirts and liked it (especially if you're familiar with the Star Trek universe), it feels similar to Ready Player One in some…
……那你就不应该再读下去了，因为这绝对、肯定不适合你。或者，天哪，《哈利·波特》总该知道吧。整整一代人都是读着那些书长大的，这绝非偶然。又或者：《时间旅行者的妻子》、《高毒圣经》、《路》、《夜访吸血鬼》、《看得见风景的房间》、《重播》、《人鼠之间》、《美丽新世界》。那些从开头就引人入胜的书单，要是它们……
…you shouldn't read any further, because it's absolutely, certainly, not for you. Or, Jeebus, Harry-Freaking-Potter. There is a reason that an entire generation grew up reading those books. Or: "The Time Traveller's Wife", "The Poisonwood Bible", "The Road", "Interview with the Vampire", "A Room with a View", "Replay", "Of Mice and Men", "Brave New World". The list of books that are gripping from the start, should they…
科幻（SF）是一种写作风格，而不是一套技术设定。这就是为什么尼尔·斯蒂芬森的《巴洛克周期》尽管完全不包含任何科幻（SFnal）技术（除了可能暗指过那么一个），却依然是 SF；而《时间旅行者的妻子》尽管关于时间旅行这一有史以来最天马行空的科幻概念，却被归为严肃主流文学。
SF is a writing style, not a set of technologies. Hence why Neal Stephenon's Baroque Cycle is SF despite including no SFnal technologies (except maybe an allusion to just one), and why The Time Traveller's Wife is mainstream, despite being about time travel, the most outlandishly SFnal concept there ever was.
你为什么觉得纯文学（literary fiction）就是“孤芳自赏的自我沉溺”，而科幻（SF）又为什么那么重要？顺便提一句，他们给出的其中一个例子是《时间旅行者的妻子》，里面讲的是“一个患有基因紊乱导致其不可控地进行时间旅行的男人”，这听起来绝对是一副很科幻的设定啊。
Why do you consider literary fiction "navel-gazing" and why is SF that important? As a side note, one of the books they give as an example is The Time Traveller's Wife, which involves "a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably", which certainly sounds like an SF-y premise.
这个有点《K星异客》（K-Pax）的感觉，尽管《K-Pax》并不是关于时间旅行的。如果你想要一个没那么极客的时间旅行故事，还有《时间旅行者的妻子》呢……
This had a bit of a K-Pax feeling, even though K-Pax is not about time travel. And there's The Time Traveller's Wife if you want a less nerdy time travel story...
……我骨子里的挑刺狂（nazi）必须指出，科幻（SF）是一种流派，而不是一种写作风格。《巴洛克周期》将历史小说和科幻小说跨界融合，产生了一个美妙的混血结晶，堪称“历史科幻小说”。《时间旅行者的妻子》同样也是跨流派的，只不过它的侧重点在言情而不是科幻。
…nazi in me must say that SF is a genre, not a writing style. The Baroque cycle crosses the historical fiction and SF genres into a lovely mutant child that could be called Historical Science Fiction. The Time Traveller's Wife also crosses genres, with a heavier focus on the Romance than the SF.