星际代理人
Agent to the Stars
John Scalzi · 初版 2005 年
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“航行于太空的 Yherajk 来到地球与我们会面，并开启人类的第一次星际友谊。只是有一个问题：他们奇丑无比，而且闻起来像腐烂的鱼。因此，赢得人类的信任成了一项挑战。Yherajk 需要有人帮他们达成协议。Thomas Stein 登场了，他在促成交易方面颇有一套。他是好莱坞最炙手可热的年轻经纪人之一。但尽管 Stein 可能刚刚完成了职业生涯中最重大的一笔交易，代表整个外星种族进行谈判却完全是另一回事。为了这次能拿到提成，他将需要倾尽所有的
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…通俗易懂，让人联想到巅峰时期的海因莱因，只是没有那些奇怪的乱伦癖好。《Redshirts》（红衫）作为一部《星际迷航》戏仿之作，足以媲美《Galaxy Quest》（银河访客），逊色也纯粹是因为《Galaxy Quest》实在太他妈神了。《Agent to the Stars》（星际代理人）知名度没那么高，但在我看来是他最出色的小说，通过严肃认真的态度、对后果的探讨以及对角色的共情与尊重，远远超越了其看似滑稽荒诞的设定。而且…
…accessible, and reminiscent of Heinlein at his prime, minus the weird incest fetish. Redshirts, a Star Trek parody, rivals Galaxy Quest and only falls short because Galaxy Quest is so goddamn brilliant. Agent to the Stars is less appreciated, but in my opinion his finest novel, rising way above its goofy premise by taking it seriously, exploring the consequences and treating the characters with empathy and respect. Also…
…连一次都没膈应到我。斯卡尔齐后来把那本书扩展成了一个系列，全都非常值得一读（除了《Sagan's Diary》——跳过那本吧）。在读完他的《Old Man's War》（垂暮之战）系列后，我读了《Redshirts》（一般般）、《Agent to the Stars》（读起来很爽），现在正在读《Fuzzy Nation》，目前感觉渐入佳境。在《Agent to the Stars》的后记里，斯卡尔齐其实还推荐了其他科幻小说，根据他的推荐我去读了《Stranger…
…didn't bother me even once. Scalzi then turned that book into a series, all very well worth reading (except Sagan's Diary - give that a miss). After his Old Man's War series I read Redshirts (so and so), Agent to the Stars (good read) and now I'm reading Fuzzy Nation, which is shaping up nicely. In the afterword to Agent to the Stars Scalzi actually recommends other scifi books, and per his recommendation I tried out Stranger…
Scalzi 的书我强烈推荐。《Old Man's War》（老人的战争）三部曲非常棒，但如果你想看点更轻松幽默的，那《The Android's Dream》或《Agent to the Stars》也很不错。
I'd highly recommend any Scalzi book. The Old Man's War trilogy is great, but if you're after something more light-hearted then The Android's Dream or Agent to the Stars are also great.
在小说正式出版之前，他写了好些年的博客。没记错的话，他的第一部小说（《Agent to the Stars》）就是在自己博客上发表的。他确实是个很棒的作家，没错。:)
He was blogging for years before getting his fiction in print. IIRC, his first novel (Agent to the Stars) was published on his blog. He's a great writer, yeah. :)
…满篇都是原地打转和注水。你可以随便挑一本像《Starter Villain》这样的书，一个下午就能读完而且看得极其过瘾。其他值得一看的小说还包括《Androids Dream》、《Agent to the Stars》、《Redshirts》和《Kaiju Preservation Society》。
…absolutely chock full of wheel spinning and padding. You can pick up something like Starter Villain and read it in an afternoon and thoroughly enjoy it. Other novels to check out include Androids Dream, Agent to the Stars, Redshirts, and Kaiju Preservation Society.
> 我读过好几本最初在亚马逊上自费出版的作家的书。比如安迪·威尔（Andy Weir）、休·豪伊（Hugh Howey）、恩斯特·克莱恩（Ernest Cline）、约翰·斯卡尔齐（John Scalzi），当然还有罗伯特·杜格尼（Robert Dugoni）。斯卡尔齐的第一部小说是《Agent to the Stars》（1997年），确实是自费出版的，但他是发在自己的个人网站上，而不是亚马逊。他的成名作是《Old Man's War》（2005年），由 Tor 出版社走传统渠道出版。
> I've read several books by authors that started out by self publishing on Amazon. People like Andy Weir, Hugh Howey, Ernest Cline, John Scalzi, and indeed Robert Dugoni. Scalzi's first novel was Agent to the Stars (1997), which was indeed self-published but via his own website, not Amazon. His breakout novel was Old Man's War (2005) which was published traditionally by Tor.