……科幻其实不需要大量的特效。有数不胜数的科幻故事，拍成电视剧或电影的成本绝不会超过任何一部普通剧情片。比如克利福德·西马克（Clifford Simak）的《中继站》（Way Station），雷·布拉德伯里（Ray Bradbury）的大多数故事，J·G·巴拉德（J. G. Ballard）的作品，以及成百上千的其他作品。哪怕是像克拉克和巴克斯特的《往日之光》这样构思宏大、格局辽阔的故事，也根本不需要多少……
…science fiction doesn't need a lot of special effects. There are almost uncountably many stories that could be transferred to television or film at no more cost than any other drama. Take Clifford Simak's Way Station for instance, most of Ray Bradbury's stories, J. G. Ballard, and dozens or hundreds more. Even stories with a grand idea and scope like Clarke and Baxter's Light of Other Days hardly need much in the…
……雨果奖小说，并推荐罗杰·泽拉兹尼的《光明王》（This Immortal，注：应为《不朽》），这本书非常优秀，在1965年与《沙丘》共享了雨果奖。《光明王》（Lord of Light）也非常棒，斩获了1968年的雨果奖。克利福德·西马克的《中继站》、菲利普·K·迪克的《高堡奇人》以及小沃尔特·米勒的《莱博维茨的赞歌》，都是60年代初的优秀雨果奖小说，只不过往往被同时代名气更大的作家掩盖了光芒……
…Hugo Award Novels and recommend Roger Zelazny's This Immortal which is good enough to have shared the award with Dune in 1965. Lord of Light is also a great read and won a Hugo in 1968. Clifford Simak's Way Station, Phillip K. Dick's Man in the High Castle, and Walter Miller's Canticle for Leibowitz are other great Hugo novels from the early 1960's that tend to be overshadowed by more famous authors from that period…
我挑不出最喜欢的一本，所以就列出几本我很喜欢、但在这里可能没那么出名的小说：* 奥拉夫·斯塔普尔顿的《最后与最初的人》 * 克利福德·D·西马克的《中继站》 * 斯蒂芬·唐纳森的《裂隙》（The Gap）系列 * 雷·布拉德伯里的《盲目之花》（The Golden Apples of the Sun，太阳的黄金苹果） * 保罗·安德森的《零度之舟》（Tau Zero）
I can't pick a favourite so I'll just list some books I love that might not be as well known as some others here. * Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon * Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak * The Gap (series), by Stephen Donaldson * The Golden Apples of the Sun, by Ray Bradbury * Tau Zero, by Poul Anderson
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, it always makes me smile. The Gap series by Stephen Donaldson. It's grimly compelling, very dark characters. Way Station by Clifford Simak, an odd one maybe but I always liked it.
……科幻其实不需要大量的特效。有数不胜数的科幻故事，拍成电视剧或电影的成本绝不会超过任何一部普通剧情片。比如克利福德·西马克（Clifford Simak）的《中继站》（Way Station），雷·布拉德伯里（Ray Bradbury）的大多数故事，J·G·巴拉德（J. G. Ballard）的作品，以及成百上千的其他作品。哪怕是像克拉克和巴克斯特的《往日之光》这样构思宏大、格局辽阔的故事，也根本不需要多少……
…science fiction doesn't need a lot of special effects. There are almost uncountably many stories that could be transferred to television or film at no more cost than any other drama. Take Clifford Simak's Way Station for instance, most of Ray Bradbury's stories, J. G. Ballard, and dozens or hundreds more. Even stories with a grand idea and scope like Clarke and Baxter's Light of Other Days hardly need much in the…
你一定要读读克利福德·西马克的《中继站》（The Way Station）。
You need to read Clifford Simak's "The Way Station"
……雨果奖小说，并推荐罗杰·泽拉兹尼的《光明王》（This Immortal，注：应为《不朽》），这本书非常优秀，在1965年与《沙丘》共享了雨果奖。《光明王》（Lord of Light）也非常棒，斩获了1968年的雨果奖。克利福德·西马克的《中继站》、菲利普·K·迪克的《高堡奇人》以及小沃尔特·米勒的《莱博维茨的赞歌》，都是60年代初的优秀雨果奖小说，只不过往往被同时代名气更大的作家掩盖了光芒……
…Hugo Award Novels and recommend Roger Zelazny's This Immortal which is good enough to have shared the award with Dune in 1965. Lord of Light is also a great read and won a Hugo in 1968. Clifford Simak's Way Station, Phillip K. Dick's Man in the High Castle, and Walter Miller's Canticle for Leibowitz are other great Hugo novels from the early 1960's that tend to be overshadowed by more famous authors from that period…
我挑不出最喜欢的一本，所以就列出几本我很喜欢、但在这里可能没那么出名的小说：* 奥拉夫·斯塔普尔顿的《最后与最初的人》 * 克利福德·D·西马克的《中继站》 * 斯蒂芬·唐纳森的《裂隙》（The Gap）系列 * 雷·布拉德伯里的《盲目之花》（The Golden Apples of the Sun，太阳的黄金苹果） * 保罗·安德森的《零度之舟》（Tau Zero）
I can't pick a favourite so I'll just list some books I love that might not be as well known as some others here. * Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon * Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak * The Gap (series), by Stephen Donaldson * The Golden Apples of the Sun, by Ray Bradbury * Tau Zero, by Poul Anderson
《银河系漫游指南》，每次读都让我会心一笑。斯蒂芬·唐纳森的《裂隙》系列，非常吸引人，基调阴暗，人物也十分黑暗。克利福德·西马克的《中继站》，或许有点冷门/奇特，但我一直都很喜欢它。
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, it always makes me smile. The Gap series by Stephen Donaldson. It's grimly compelling, very dark characters. Way Station by Clifford Simak, an odd one maybe but I always liked it.