极度恐慌
Needful Things
Stephen King · 初版 1991 年
3位读者提及
3次提及
Needful Things 是美国作家 Stephen King 于 1991 年出版的恐怖小说。这是 King 在戒除毒瘾和酒瘾后写下的第一部小说。该书于 1993 年被 Fraser C. Heston 执导改编为同名电影。故事围绕一家出售收藏品和古董的商店展开，店主是刚来到缅因州 Castle Rock 镇的 Leland Gaunt——该镇是许多 King 故事的发生地。Gaunt 经常要求顾客通过实施恶作剧或神秘举动，来换取他们心仪的物品。随着时间的推移，这些举动和恶作剧引发了越来越强烈的敌意
Hacker News 上怎么说
正在加载完整评论……
……在顾客离开你的店之后强买强卖，通常会被认为是一种“邪恶”行径，也是很多寓言和小说的主题，其中最出名的莫过于斯蒂芬·金写的一部绝对吓死人的R级神作《必需品专卖店》（Needful Things）。如果某家店玩这套把戏，大家在Yelp上留的差评绝对会是你见过最狠的，不仅是因为觉得自己被占便宜了，更主要是因为……
…buying once they've left your store, that's generally considered a variation of 'evil' and is the subject of fables and fiction, not the least of which being an absolutely terrifying rated-R book called 'Needful Things' by Stephen King. People will leave some of the angriest Yelp reviews you've ever seen for a business that uses this tactic, not just because they feel taken advantage of themselves, but specifically…
我觉得抛开ai不谈，斯蒂芬·金在《必需品专卖店》里就探讨过这种情形。我敢说文学史上这种题材多得是，归根结底其实就是探讨自由意志 vs 宿命论。
I'd say abstracting it away from ai, Stephen King explored this type of scenario in 'Needful Things'. I bet there is a rich history in literature of exactly this type of thing as it basically boils down to exploration of will vs determinism.
斯蒂芬·金有他自己独特的文风，就算你平时挺爱读书，也完全可能吃不下他的风格。我读过《失眠症》（Insomnia）、几篇短篇，还有《必需品专卖店》的大概100页。《必需品专卖店》在我那份极短的、极其讨厌以至于弃坑的虚构类书单里高居前五。他人其实很好，给缅因州（我长大的地方）当地社区回馈了特别多……
Steven King has his own style of writing and it's quite possible to dislike it while enjoying reading in general. I read Insomnia, some short stories and about 100 pages of Needful Things. Needful things is on the very short list of about 5 fictional books I disliked so much that that I gave up on them. He's a great guy that gives a lot back to the community in Maine (where I grew up),…