同理，我推荐 Alexander Frater 的《Beyond the Blue Horizon》[1]，他重走了帝国航空（Imperial Airways）当年从伦敦到布里斯班的原航线。因为这本书写于 80 年代，现在看其实是一书合两史：首先是帝国航空的故事……
In a similar vein I can recommend Alexander Frater's "Beyond the Blue Horizon" [1] as he retraces the original flight path of Imperial Airways from London to Brisbane. Because it was written in the 80s, it's actually now two histories in one, first the story of Imperial airways…
Frederik Pohl 早在 1970 年代的《希奇传奇》（Heechee Saga）系列小说里就写过数字助手（digital assistants，不过主要是在《Beyond the Blue Horizon》及之后的书里）。不仅如此，它们还会根据需要模拟不同的人格，比如跟爱因斯坦一起头脑风暴闲聊。不过 Pohl 很少大段做背景交代（expositional）；在他的小说里，这项技术就是自然而然存在的……
Frederik Pohl had digital assistants in his 1970s Heechee Saga books (but mainly in Beyond the Blue Horizon and after). Not only that but they would emulate different personalities depending on the need, eg spitballing with Einstein. However Pohl was a lot less expositional; in his novels the technology existed…
同理，我推荐 Alexander Frater 的《Beyond the Blue Horizon》[1]，他重走了帝国航空（Imperial Airways）当年从伦敦到布里斯班的原航线。因为这本书写于 80 年代，现在看其实是一书合两史：首先是帝国航空的故事……
In a similar vein I can recommend Alexander Frater's "Beyond the Blue Horizon" [1] as he retraces the original flight path of Imperial Airways from London to Brisbane. Because it was written in the 80s, it's actually now two histories in one, first the story of Imperial airways…
Frederik Pohl 早在 1970 年代的《希奇传奇》（Heechee Saga）系列小说里就写过数字助手（digital assistants，不过主要是在《Beyond the Blue Horizon》及之后的书里）。不仅如此，它们还会根据需要模拟不同的人格，比如跟爱因斯坦一起头脑风暴闲聊。不过 Pohl 很少大段做背景交代（expositional）；在他的小说里，这项技术就是自然而然存在的……
Frederik Pohl had digital assistants in his 1970s Heechee Saga books (but mainly in Beyond the Blue Horizon and after). Not only that but they would emulate different personalities depending on the need, eg spitballing with Einstein. However Pohl was a lot less expositional; in his novels the technology existed…