野种
Wild seed
Octavia E. Butler · 初版 1980 年
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Doro 是一个能如换衣般随意变换躯体的存在，他会出于本能或蓄意杀死宿主。他无所畏惧——直到他遇见了 Anyanwu。Anyanwu 也曾死过无数次。她能吸收子弹，能用亲吻制成良药，能孕育繁衍部族，能抚育和疗愈生命，更能将任何威胁到她所爱之人的人撕成碎片。她无所畏惧——直到她遇见了 Doro。从非洲丛林到美洲殖民地，Doro 与 Anyanwu 共同织就了一幅连不死之躯都无法想象的命运图景。
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…Search for Meaning - Victor Frankl. Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hanh. Cosmos - Carl Sagan. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin. The One who Walks Away from Omelas - U.K. LeGuin. Wild Seed - Octavia Butler. The Heike Monogatari - (tr. Helen Craig McCullough) “The sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth…
……和写非虚构（传达信息）是两码事。要说优秀的虚构小说开篇第一句：“当多罗去看自己一个‘种子村’的遗迹时，偶然发现了那个女人。”——奥克塔维娅·巴特勒《野种》(Wild Seed)。一句话就引出了主角，并交代了他们的关系以及他们在全书情节中的相对重要性。
…is different from writing nonfiction (for information). For excellent fiction first-sentences: "Doro discovered the woman by accident when he went to see what was left of one of his seed villages." --Wild Seed, Octavia Butler. It introduces the main characters, and shows you their relationship and their relative importance to the plot of the novel.
奥克塔维娅·巴特勒写的《野种》(Wild Seed)，也是这十年里我读过的最好的书之一。大概也是我很多年来看过最牛的科幻小说了。
Wild Seed, also by Octavia Butler, is one of the best books I have read this decade. It is probably the best science fiction book I have read in many years.
……Moorcock - 《英国刺客》(The English Assassin, 1972)；M. John Harrison - 《粉彩之城》(The Pastel City, 1971)；墨比斯的《气密车库》(The Airtight Garage, 1976–1979)；奥克塔维娅·E·巴特勒 - 《血亲》(Kindred, 1979)；奥克塔维娅·E·巴特勒 - 《野种》(Wild Seed, 1980)；菲利普·K·迪克 - 《死亡迷宫》(A Maze of Death, 1970)；菲利普·K·迪克 - 《盲区行者》(A Scanner Darkly, 1977)；菲利普·K·迪克 - 《仿生人会梦见电子羊吗？》(1968)；菲利普·K·迪克 - 《流吧！我的眼泪……
…Moorcock - The English Assassin (1972) M. John Harrison - The Pastel City (1971) Moebius-s Le Garage Hermétique (The Airtight Garage, 1976–1979) Octavia E. Butler-s Kindred (1979) Octavia E. Butler - Wild Seed (1980) Philip K. Dick - A Maze of Death (1970) Philip K. Dick - A Scanner Darkly (1977) Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) Philip K. Dick - Flow My Tears, the Policeman…
……《异种生殖》(Xenogenesis)，DNA 贩子拯救人类残余；《模式师》(Patternist)，以人性为代价强化我们自身的精神念力大战与疾病；《血亲》(Kindred)，奴隶制时代与现代震撼人心的交汇；《野种》(Wild Seed)，一个能变形且活了数千年的人的生活；《雏形》(Fledgling)，一个莫名性感的白化病吸血鬼颠覆了吸血鬼的阶级体系；还有那么多让你直呼“卧槽”的短篇。简直……
…Xenogenesis, DNA traders save the remnants of humanity; Patternist: psychic battles and diseases that improve us at the cost of our humanity; Kindred, the shocking intersection between slave times and now; Wild Seed, life as someone that can shape shift and lives thousands of years; Flesgling, a weirdly sexy albino vampire overturns the vampire hierarchies; and so many short stories that leave you going “whoa.” So…
比起当年的《魔戒》，我其实更期待《野种》(Wild Seed)。不过也带着类似的忐忑，生怕它不能忠实于原作者的本意。我会去看《血亲》(Kindred)，但估计会很难看下去，连那本图像小说我都还没啃完。
I am looking forward to Wild Seed more than I looked forward to LOTR. Altho with similar trepidation about being true to author intent. I will watch Kindred but it will be hard to watch, even the graphic novel I haven’t finished.