我对描写有趣外星人的优秀科幻小说完全欲罢不能，倒不是因为我阅读量有多大，而是因为这类书实在太稀缺了。如果要给书单加个推荐，我想推 James White 的《Sector General》系列。风格有点像美剧《豪斯医生》，只是里面的病人全是外星人。(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_General)
I can't get enough of good SF with interesting aliens, not because I'm such a voracious reader, but because there is so little of it. My suggestion for the list would be the Sector General series by James White. It's a bit like the TV series House but with alien patients. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_General)
这让我想起了 James White 的《Sector General》系列，在第一本书里他就写到了连着远程电脑、充当实时翻译器的无线耳塞，但角色们通话时却还得走去墙边用（可视）电话……
I'm reminded of the Sector General series by James White, where in the first book he had wireless earbuds connected to a remote computer acting as real-time translators, but characters still had to go to a (video)phone on the wall to talk…
Another example that's strangely funny in retrospect because of how far it is off the mark despite simultaneously predicting actual advances: the Sector General series (started in 1962, last book published 1999) starts out with universal translator earbuds that are remotely driven by a central computer system, but the characters have to go to a wall phone to…
Though, I think it's worth noting when writers do move with the times. One example is the Sector General series, which was written over several decades real time starting in the 60s. If you read them in sequence, you can see where the author started with the assumption of 1960s social standards but then…
我对描写有趣外星人的优秀科幻小说完全欲罢不能，倒不是因为我阅读量有多大，而是因为这类书实在太稀缺了。如果要给书单加个推荐，我想推 James White 的《Sector General》系列。风格有点像美剧《豪斯医生》，只是里面的病人全是外星人。(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_General)
I can't get enough of good SF with interesting aliens, not because I'm such a voracious reader, but because there is so little of it. My suggestion for the list would be the Sector General series by James White. It's a bit like the TV series House but with alien patients. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_General)
这让我想起了 James White 的《Sector General》系列，在第一本书里他就写到了连着远程电脑、充当实时翻译器的无线耳塞，但角色们通话时却还得走去墙边用（可视）电话……
I'm reminded of the Sector General series by James White, where in the first book he had wireless earbuds connected to a remote computer acting as real-time translators, but characters still had to go to a (video)phone on the wall to talk…
另一个现在回想起来非常滑稽的例子，在于它一边精准预言了实际的科技进步，另一边却又偏得离谱：《Sector General》系列（始于 1962 年，最后一本出版于 1999 年）一开篇就出现了由中央电脑系统远程驱动的通用翻译耳塞，但角色们却得跑到墙边电话那里去……
Another example that's strangely funny in retrospect because of how far it is off the mark despite simultaneously predicting actual advances: the Sector General series (started in 1962, last book published 1999) starts out with universal translator earbuds that are remotely driven by a central computer system, but the characters have to go to a wall phone to…
不过，我觉得作家与时俱进的时候也是很值得关注的。一个例子就是《Sector General》系列，它在现实中跨越了几十年创作，始于 60 年代。如果你按顺序读下来，就能看出作者一开始带着 1960 年代的社会标准预设，但后来……
Though, I think it's worth noting when writers do move with the times. One example is the Sector General series, which was written over several decades real time starting in the 60s. If you read them in sequence, you can see where the author started with the assumption of 1960s social standards but then…