苍穹一粟
Pebble in the Sky
Isaac Asimov · 初版 1950 年
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Pebble in the Sky 是 Asimov 的第一部长篇小说。故事始于一位生活在20世纪中叶的退休裁缝，他意外被抛向了未来时空。彼时的地球已饱受核辐射污染，沦为庞大 Galactic Empire 中地位低微的边缘世界。书中既有谜团又有权力斗争，伴随着大量的辩论与人性抉择。这部科幻作品的独创之处在于，它选择了一位极其平凡的普通人作为故事的主角，而非典型的太空歌剧式英雄。
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从这里往前再迈出一小步（实际意义上），就到了《苍穹微石》（A Pebble in the Sky）里的“六十之律”了：https://archive.org/details/pebbleinsky00asim/ https://archive.org/details/podcast_dimension-x_dimension-x-... 对于没听过或没读过的人来说，“六十”是未来地球上的一项法律，规定……
And from here, it is a very small step (practically speaking) to The sixty of A Pebble in the Sky https://archive.org/details/pebbleinsky00asim/ https://archive.org/details/podcast_dimension-x_dimension-x-... For those who haven't heard or read it, the 60 is a law on the Earth of the future that…
……这么有对抗性。Isaac Asimov 完全算不上我最喜欢的作家，但我讲这个给大家图一乐。在他的自传《I, Asimov》里，他谈到了自己平铺直叙的文风：>在《苍穹微石》（Pebble in the Sky）出版之前，Walter Bradbury 让我再写一本小说。我照办了并寄过去两章样章。问题在于，当时由于我已经是出版作家了，我就开始附庸风雅，想写得很有文学感，就像在那个注定无法……
…be so confrontational. Isaac Asimov is nowhere close to being my favorite writer but I offer this for your amusement. In his autobiography "I, Asimov" he talks about his simple writing style: >Before Pebble in the Sky was published, Walter Bradbury asked me to do another novel. I did and sent in two sample chapters. The trouble was that now that I was a published writer, I tried to be literary, as I had in that never-to-be-…
你读过《Travel by Wire!》吗？那是 Arthur C. Clarke 发表的第一篇小说。文笔……相当稚嫩。或者《苍穹微石》（Pebble in the Sky）呢？> Boucher 和 McComas 对这部小说感到失望，表示尽管 Asimov 的点子不错，“他笨重的处理方式和老套的情节令人失望。去搞一本 Neal Stephenson 的《The Big U》来看看吧。……
Have you ever read "Travel by Wire!"? It was the first story that Arthur C. Clarke published. It's... youthful in its writing. Or how about Pebble in the Sky? > Boucher and McComas were disappointed by the novel, saying that despite Asimov's good ideas, "his heavy treatment and routine plot are disappointing. Try to find a copy of The Big U by Neal Stephenson.…
在 Asimov 的《苍穹微石》（Pebble in the Sky）里也能找到。
Also found in Asimov's Pebble in the Sky.
……序言里说得好像他才 35 岁，大家却跟他说还以为他早就去世了，因为连他们的祖父母都读过他的小说。这让人感觉他依然与我们同在。题外话：《基地》（Foundation）比《苍穹微石》（Pebble in the Sky）和他的短篇小说更好看吗？我喜欢他的哲学观点，但他书里的科学设想在我看来实在太落伍了。
…the preface like he's 35 and people tell him they thought he was long dead, because even their grandparents read his novels. Which gives the feeling he's still with us. OT: Is foundation better than pebble in the sky and his short stories? I like his philosphical views, but his science ideas feel real outdated to me.
……“盖娅”（Gaia）的概念写了几十次，远早于这成为一种风潮之前。另一方面，他的经典“机器人”系列故事我一直觉得平平无奇。无论如何，“基地后传”系列的文笔并不比《苍穹微石》（Pebble in the Sky）差——而那可是他在写了无数短篇小说之后出版的第一部长篇小说。
…Gaia idea dozens of times, way before it became a fad. His classic "robot" stories, on the other hand, I always found ho-hum. In any case, the second foundation series is no worse in writing than the "Pebble in the Sky" -- and that was his very first novel, after tons of short stories.