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Unsong
Scott Alexander · 初版 2017 年
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为什么值得读
- 设定阿波罗八号撞破穹顶导致世界运转逻辑崩塌
- 描绘企业用算力穷举寻找神圣之名的荒诞故事
- 兼具理性主义巧思与悲喜剧色彩的完成度高之作
Unsong是Scott Alexander创作的连载网络小说，融合了架空历史、犹太神秘主义、Kabbalah和推想小说。故事发生在一个架空的2017年，在一场被称为Metaphysical Plague的灾难性事件之后，宇宙的形而上学结构变得具象且肉眼可见。在这个现实中，上帝的神圣Names拥有切实的力量，人们可以通过发现和使用它们来施展改变现实的行为。小说围绕主角Aaron Smith-Teller展开，他是一位心怀不满的Kabbalah程序员，供职于一家魔法初创公司，
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Scott Alexander 写的《Unsong》。一部令人拍案叫绝、已经完结的连载小说，讲述了一个1968年以来的架空世界故事：阿波罗8号撞上了天空的水晶天穹，从根本上砸坏了运转机制……
Unsong by Scott Alexander A delightful, completed serial that tells an alternate story of the world since 1968, when Apollo 8 crashed into the crystal fabric of the sky and fundamentally broke the machinery…
……该流派中说教性质的亚型，理性主义小说（rationalist fiction）往往很难兼顾为自己设定的两个目标；迄今为止我发现唯一一部读起来很享受——而且是极度享受！我强烈推荐——的作品就是 Scott Alexander（也是 Slate Star Codex 的博主）写的《Unsong》。
…didactic subtype of the genre, rationalist fiction often struggles to succeed in both of the goals set for it; the only example I've as yet found enjoyable - and extremely so! I strongly recommend it - is Unsong by Scott Alexander, also of Slate Star Codex.
说来也巧，在读 Scott Alexander 的《Unsong》（unsongbook.com）时我一直在琢磨这件事。这是一个文笔优美、既有些喜剧色彩又有些悲剧色彩的故事，讲述了卡巴拉秘术转变为资本主义追寻上帝大能圣名（Names of God）的过程。我突然想到，……
I've been thinking about this a lot, by coincidence, as I read Unsong by Scott Alexander (unsongbook.com). It's a beautifully written somewhat comic and somewhat tragic story about the kabbalic-turned-capitalist search for the powerful Names of God. It occurred to me that,…
如果你想看精准处理这种设定的故事，不妨看看大神 Scott Alexander 写的《Unsong》[0]。那个世界基本上就是一个受圣经启发的计算机模拟，结果阿波罗8号撞上了天球导致系统崩溃损坏。还有什么拿母山羊的奶煮其……
If you want a story that handles this scenario pretty much exactly, you might want to check out “Unsong” [0] by the excellent Scott Alexander. That world is basically a biblically-inspired computer simulation which gets corrupted when Apollo 8 crashes into the celestial sphere. Also boiling a goat in its…
这个博客的作者 Scott Alexander 基于这个脑洞写了一本叫《Unsong》[1] 的网络小说。在书里的宇宙中，卡巴拉秘术是真实存在的，而且（在众多疯狂的设定中）大公司会自动化生成长串希伯来字符，来寻找能赋予各种……的上帝圣名。
The author of this blog, Scott Alexander, has an online novel called Unsong [1] based on this idea. In the book's universe, Kaballah is real and (among many other wild things) corporations automatically generate long lists of Hebrew characters to find names of God that give various…
……结束了。我几乎怀疑这是不是 Douglas Adams 和 Terry Pratchett 的转世。而且作者似乎也很年轻。如果我对人类还抱有希望，那就是因为这样的作品。现在正在读《Unsong》。
…over. I almost wonder if this is the next incarnation of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. And author seems young too. If I ever see hope for humanity, it is with works such as these. Going through 'Unsong' now.