来自地球的信
Letters from the Earth
Mark Twain · 初版 1962 年
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这部同名作品 Letters from the Earth 由 Satan 写给大天使 Gabriel 和 Michael 的十一封信件组成，记录了他的所见所闻。Satan 认为人类对自身的认知简直近乎荒谬，指出他们所设想的天堂竟然排除了人类在尘世中认为最愉悦的一切体验（尤其是性爱）。他还审视了上帝的虚伪之处：尽管人类被要求宽恕冒犯者，上帝却不肯原谅 Adam 和 Eve；明令禁止嫉妒，转头却自称是忌邪的神；在挪亚洪水中杀死了所有大型动物，即便它们毫无过错，也不曾有任何
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……也同样引人入胜。Kurt Vonnegut 的《猫的摇篮》。我喜欢冯内古特的每一部作品，但《猫的摇篮》是一部如魔法般完美的小说。我不知道大家是否都认同这是科幻，但马克·吐温的《来自地球的信》在我小时候真是让我大开眼界（我小学时曾迷上了马克·吐温……从没人告诉过我他的书并不全是童书，所以能弄到的我都读了……
…also fascinating. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. I enjoy all of Vonnegut's work, but Cat's Cradle is a magical perfect novel. I don't know if everyone would agree that it's sci-fi, but Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth was an eye opener for me when I was a kid (I went on a Mark Twain kick when I was in elementary school...no one ever told me that all of his books weren't kids books, so I read everything I could get…
话虽如此，马克·吐温的《来自地球的信》是《地狱来鸿》（Screwtape Letters）极佳的对照读物，它站在了截然相反的立场（而且是从一个地位更高的恶魔的视角出发的）。
That said,"Letters From the Earth" by Mark Twain is an excellent companion volume to the Screwtape Letters, taking an opposite position (and from the perspective of a somewhat more exalted demon).
……竞选过一次并落败；协助组建了平民党（Populist Party）；成功为大比尔·海伍德、莫耶和佩蒂伯恩辩护；出版了他的第一本书。吐温：写出了《傻瓜威尔逊》、《神秘陌生人》、《来自地球的信》、他的自传，以及对《皮袜子故事集》极其辛辣的文学批评，这篇批评比《皮袜子故事集》本身好看多了；进行了为期六年的环球巡回演讲；幸免于……
…once unsuccessfully; helped organize the Populist Party; successfully defended Big Bill Haywood, Moyer, and Pettibone; published his first book. Twain: wrote Pudd’nhead Wilson, The Mysterious Stranger, Letters from the Earth, his autobiography, and a vicious literary criticism of the Leatherstocking series that’s better reading than the Leatherstocking series itself; did a six-year around-the-world lecture tour; survived…
文章里几次提到了吐温及其多部作品，大意都是在讲“上帝显然是故意把一切搞成这样的：>在马克·吐温的《来自地球的信》（1939 年死后出版）中，撒旦从地球向大天使米迦勒和加百列发送了一系列报告。在第六封信中，撒旦罗列证据，称上帝为‘恶毒的疯子’：……>……
Twain was mentioned in the article a couple of times with various works more or less stating "God apparently made everything like this on purpose: >In Mark Twain’s Letters from the Earth (published posthumously in 1939), Satan sends a series of reports from Earth to the archangels Michael and Gabriel. In Letter VI, Satan marshals the evidence to call God a “malevolent lunatic”: ... >The…
我读过《来自地球的信》。表面上看，它是对当时主流基督教和道德观相当尖刻的嘲弄，但内涵远不止于此。一部令人不安且沉重难啃的作品。充满辛辣，深深浸透着双方的挫败感……
I read Letters From The Earth. On the surface it's a rather scathing mockery of mainstream Christianity and morality of the time, but there's more to it. A disturbing and difficult work. Bitter, seeped in frustration both of the…