心灵之子
Children of the Mind
Orson Scott Card · 初版 1996 年
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为什么值得读
- 呈现奇特宏大的哲学设定与意识探讨
- 完结了安德四部曲宏伟的科幻史诗世界
Lusitania 星球是三个智慧物种的家园：Pequeninos、一个庞大的人类殖民地，以及由 Ender 带到那里的 Hive Queen。然而，人类再次陷入了恐惧；Starways Congress 集结了一支舰队企图摧毁 Lusitania。进化出自我意识的计算机智能 Jane 能够拯救 Lusitania 上的三个智慧种族。她已经学会了如何将飞船移出宇宙，再瞬间送回另一个世界，从而打破了光速的限制。但这需要耗尽她所有的计算能力，而 Starways Congress 正在逐个星球关闭 Net，世界
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最初的四部曲堪称史诗，《Xenocide》和《Children of the Mind》稍微有点脱缰，但我依然非常喜欢。就连“影子”（Shadow）系列的前几本也还可以，但随后质量就跳水了。现在这个宇宙里已经有几十本书了。
The original quartet is epic, Xenocide and Children of the Mind get a little bit off the cuff, but I really like them. Even the first few in the "Shadow" series were ok, but then quality dropped off. Now there are dozens of books set in the universe.
我很久以前读过《Ender's Game》，但最近有人把后三部借给了我，同样精彩绝伦。不过我说不好最喜欢哪一本；大概不会是《Children of the Mind》，因为里面的 aiùa（爱幽）那些玩意儿太神叨了。
I'd read Ender's Game some time before, but recently someone lent me the next three and they're similarly brilliant. Can't decide which is my favourite though; probably not Children of the Mind because the aiùa stuff is weird.
……《头号玩家》（Ready Player One）、《快照》（Snapshot，出自我的本命作家 Brandon Sanderson 的一部短篇，遥遥领先的那种），还有，管他呢，既然说到这儿了，那就是整个“安德宇宙”（Enderverse），虽然我最喜欢的还是《Speaker for the Dead》、《Xenocide》和《Children of the Mind》）。有人说过，科幻和奇幻的区别就在于宇宙飞船对战大树。如果你想找好看的奇幻，我推荐 Brandon Sanderson 的几乎所有作品。他有他自己的……
…Player One, Snapshot (a short by Brandon Sanderson, my favorite author by a wide margin), and, heck, while we are at it, the whole of the Enderverse, though I preferred Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind the most). It has been said that the difference between sci-fi and fantasy is spaceships vs trees. If you are looking for fun fantasy, I suggest just about anything from Brandon Sanderson. He has his…
……有时候处理得略显笨拙和肤浅，但光是看到有人尝试写这种深度就让人耳目一新了。在我的记忆里，《Ender's》对后果的反思远没有《Speaker for the Dead》、《Xenocide》和《Children of the Mind》那么多。它更像是“我的天哪，这太可怕了”，而不是“我们犯下了滔天大罪，那现在该怎么办？下次面临同样的选择时，这又会如何影响我们的反应？”顺便说一句：……
…are ham-fisted and shallow sometimes, it's still refreshing to even read something attempting it. By my memory, Ender's didn't mull over consequences nearly as much as Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, & Children of the Mind. It was more "Oh my god, this was horrible" and less "We did a horrible thing, so what do we do now? And how does that inform our reactions the next time we're presented with the same choice?" Side note:…
这个系列确实有点符合边际效益递减规律。《Speaker For The Dead》感觉更成熟、更有文学味，但读起来没那么有意思了。反观《Xenocide》和《Children of the Mind》，简直不值得硬着头皮啃完，结尾给你的交代也根本不值得你强行说服自己去相信，甚至根本不值当费那个劲。
The series does tend to follow the law of diminishing returns. Speaker For The Dead feels more mature and literary, but was less fun to read. Xenocide and Children of the Mind, in turn, are scarcely worth getting through, and the payoff at the end isn't worth the suspension of disbelief or, indeed, the trouble.
是啊，让 Siri 或者类似的语音助手在通话时旁听确实挺有意思的。这让我想起了《Children of the Mind》里的简（Jane）。不过，这可能会引发严重的隐私问题。
Yeah, having Siri or your equivalent voice assistant listen in during calls could be interesting. Reminds me of Jane from Children of the Mind. There could potentially be major privacy issues, though.