今年我挺喜欢的几本书：China Mieville 的《This Census Taker》（人口普查员）、Connie Willis 的《To Say Nothing of the Dog》（说狗的事就免了）、Houellebecq 的《The Possibility of an Island》（可能性的岛屿）。如果你喜欢科幻，很可能你一本都不会喜欢，甚至不会把它们归类为科幻（不过我会）——所以一定要去查查看……
Three books I enjoyed this year: this census taker, China Mieville To Say Nothing Of The Dog, Connie Willis The Possibility of an Island, Houellebecq If you enjoy science-fiction, it is quite possible that you wouldn't enjoy any of the books above or even classify them as science-fiction (I would though) -- so definitely look them up…
Michel Houellebecq 真是个预言家。从他的小说《Atomised》（基本粒子）到《The Possibility of an Island》（对社交媒体的隐喻）再到《Soumission》（屈服），从90年代开始他就已经在时代精神和社会气候方面领先了好多年。
Michel Houellebecq is a true prophet. From his novel Atomised to The Possibility of an Island (metaphor for social media) to Soumission, he's been years ahead re zeitgeist and social climate since the 90s.
……文章解释了这就是他的一贯作风——我尤其喜欢他描述自己稍微改动了原始条目以符合自己风格的那段，这多少呼应了他的那本《The Possibility of an Island》。
…article explains it's just the way he does things - I especially like the part where he describes that he altered the original entry just a little bit to suit his own style, somewhat echoing his book The Possibility of an Island.
法国作家/哲学家 Michel Houellebecq 写了一本相当（且没必要地）冗长的科幻小说《The Possibility of an Island》https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possibility_of_an_Island 专门讨论这个话题，书中提出的宏大观点是：在人生的所有岁月中，人类主要享受的其实只有极小的一部分——那就是年轻的时候，因为……
French author/philosopher Michel Houellebecq dedicated a rather [unnecessarily] lengthy science fiction novel "The Possibility of an Island" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possibility_of_an_Island to this subject, with the grand idea being presented that out of all years humans mainly enjoy a tiny segment of it - when they're young, as…
……从他的另一个自我的视角，对性旅游的空虚感进行了深入剖析，而这显然源于他在印尼的亲身经历。我认为这是他最缺乏连贯性的作品，供参考。《The Possibility of an Island》可以说是接续了《Atomised》的时间线，通过同一个人的三个克隆人在享乐主义的当下、极权主义的未来以及狩猎采集……中的叙事，探讨了爱的本质。
…in-depth analysis of the discontentment of sex tourism from the perspective of his alter ego, which is clearly formed by his own lived experience in Indonesia. I think it's his least coherent work FWIW. The Possibility of an Island arguably follows the timeline of Atomised and describes the nature of love through the narrative of three clones of the same person from the hedonistic present, totalitarian future and hunter-gatherer…
今年我挺喜欢的几本书：China Mieville 的《This Census Taker》（人口普查员）、Connie Willis 的《To Say Nothing of the Dog》（说狗的事就免了）、Houellebecq 的《The Possibility of an Island》（可能性的岛屿）。如果你喜欢科幻，很可能你一本都不会喜欢，甚至不会把它们归类为科幻（不过我会）——所以一定要去查查看……
Three books I enjoyed this year: this census taker, China Mieville To Say Nothing Of The Dog, Connie Willis The Possibility of an Island, Houellebecq If you enjoy science-fiction, it is quite possible that you wouldn't enjoy any of the books above or even classify them as science-fiction (I would though) -- so definitely look them up…
Michel Houellebecq 真是个预言家。从他的小说《Atomised》（基本粒子）到《The Possibility of an Island》（对社交媒体的隐喻）再到《Soumission》（屈服），从90年代开始他就已经在时代精神和社会气候方面领先了好多年。
Michel Houellebecq is a true prophet. From his novel Atomised to The Possibility of an Island (metaphor for social media) to Soumission, he's been years ahead re zeitgeist and social climate since the 90s.
祝你读《基本粒子》（Elementary Particles）好运。对我来说那书太让人致郁了。不过《The Possibility of an Island》要好一些，带有一种不错的科幻底色。
Good luck with Elementary Particles. It's was too depressing for me. "The Possibility of an Island" gets better though, with a nice sci-fi underline.
……文章解释了这就是他的一贯作风——我尤其喜欢他描述自己稍微改动了原始条目以符合自己风格的那段，这多少呼应了他的那本《The Possibility of an Island》。
…article explains it's just the way he does things - I especially like the part where he describes that he altered the original entry just a little bit to suit his own style, somewhat echoing his book The Possibility of an Island.
法国作家/哲学家 Michel Houellebecq 写了一本相当（且没必要地）冗长的科幻小说《The Possibility of an Island》https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possibility_of_an_Island 专门讨论这个话题，书中提出的宏大观点是：在人生的所有岁月中，人类主要享受的其实只有极小的一部分——那就是年轻的时候，因为……
French author/philosopher Michel Houellebecq dedicated a rather [unnecessarily] lengthy science fiction novel "The Possibility of an Island" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Possibility_of_an_Island to this subject, with the grand idea being presented that out of all years humans mainly enjoy a tiny segment of it - when they're young, as…
……从他的另一个自我的视角，对性旅游的空虚感进行了深入剖析，而这显然源于他在印尼的亲身经历。我认为这是他最缺乏连贯性的作品，供参考。《The Possibility of an Island》可以说是接续了《Atomised》的时间线，通过同一个人的三个克隆人在享乐主义的当下、极权主义的未来以及狩猎采集……中的叙事，探讨了爱的本质。
…in-depth analysis of the discontentment of sex tourism from the perspective of his alter ego, which is clearly formed by his own lived experience in Indonesia. I think it's his least coherent work FWIW. The Possibility of an Island arguably follows the timeline of Atomised and describes the nature of love through the narrative of three clones of the same person from the hedonistic present, totalitarian future and hunter-gatherer…