武器之用
Use of Weapons
Iain Banks · 初版 1990 年
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为什么值得读
- 黑暗复杂的人物与乌托邦设定完美融合
- 情节冲击力极强，给读者带来持久震撼
- 叙事水准出色，展现独特的科幻构思深度
名为 Cheradenine Zakalwe 的男子曾是 Special Circumstances 最卓越的特工之一，擅长通过权谋、阴招和军事行动改写行星的命运以迎合 Culture。名为 Diziet Sma 的女子一手将他从默默无闻中提拔出来，推向如今显赫的地位，但尽管过从甚密，她却并未真正了解他。名为 Skaffen-Amtiskaw 的无人机与这两人皆有交集，它曾以极其血腥的手段歼灭袭击者并救过这名女子的性命，并认定那名男子已心灰意冷、万念俱灰。然而，哪怕是它的机器心智……
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……看了几章就弃了。我平时极少弃书，但最近弃得频繁了些——年纪渐长确实会在某些事情上变得没耐心。我不确定自己重读《武器演变史》（Use of Weapons）和《捕蜂器》（The Wasp Factory）会是什么感觉，第一次读这两本时我都觉得既震撼又深刻。所以我想说的是，你对某件事物的看法可能会变，又或者讲故事本身就像是……
…abandoned it after several chapters. I hardly ever abandon books but have done so more often recently - encroaching age does lead to impatience in some things. I'm not sure how I would feel returning to Use of Weapons and The Wasp Factory, both of which I found shocking and profound the first time around. So the point of this is, your opinion of something might change, or maybe it's just that storytelling is like…
……班克斯（Banks）：我觉得还行。有点像一部中等偏上的科幻动作片。我读得很开心，也留下了印象，但谈不上惊艳。不过，我还是坚持读班克斯，等读到《武器演变史》时……那本书真的把我彻底震慑住了。我觉得班克斯真的很绝。甚至可以说是给人启迪。即便他的水准有时参差不齐，但我至今还没读过谁能跟他一样。也许……
…Banks: I found it ok. Something like an above-average sci-fi action movie. I enjoyed reading it, and it left an impression, but not a spectacular one. However, I stuck with Banks, and by the time I got to Use of Weapons ... that was a book that really did floor me. I think Banks is really something special. Enlightening, maybe. Even if he can be uneven at times, I still haven't read anyone else quite like him. Perhaps…
我最喜欢的科幻作家，当初被《事态》（Matter）吸引入坑，随后一口气把“文明”系列（Culture）全看完了。《武器演变史》是我的最爱，它把阴暗的角色塑造与文明系列的乌托邦太空歌剧完美融合在了一起。
My favorite science fiction author, got sucked in by Matter, then quickly proceeded to read all Culture books. Use of Weapons is my favorite, has the perfect mix between the dark character and the utopian Culture space opera.
这意味着你正处于还没读过《武器演变史》的幸运状态——我好嫉妒啊。那本书真的太太太棒了！
That means you are in the lucky situation of not having read Use of Weapons yet - I'm jealous. It really is very very good!
伊恩·M·班克斯的《武器演变史》。编辑补充：刚才漏看了“有趣”和“轻松”的要求。那我把答案改成同一作者的《Excession》（超限）。
"Use of Weapons" by Iain M. Banks. Edit: Overlooked the "fun" and "lighthearted" part. Let me change my answer to "Excession", same author.
……它有一种报告式的、‘比虚构更离奇’的质感，我觉得放在这部小说里效果非常好，就像一份共产主义时代的解密档案。它毫不松懈，也从来不跟你心照不宣地眨眼示意。反观伊恩·班克斯的《武器演变史》——我正好在读《死神永生》之前看了这本。这是本好书，被盛赞为“文明”系列最优秀的小说之一。读它的时候你可以惬意地靠在椅背上想：哦，这个隐喻真妙，我喜欢这种寓言……
…It has a report-like 'stranger than fiction' quality that works very well for the novel I think, as if it is a declassified communist era file. It never lets up, never once winks at you. Contrast say "Use of Weapons" by Ian Banks - I just read this before "Death's End". This is a good book, lauded as one of the best Culture novels. Reading it you can sit back and think oh that's a nice metaphor, and I like how allegory…