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The State of the Art

Iain Banks · 初版 1989 年

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包含百页长篇幅的精彩同名中篇小说
展现文明系列出色的科幻世界观设定

作为Iain Banks的首部短篇小说集，本书收录了备受赞誉的中篇小说The State of the Art。这是对不断扩展的Culture传说体系的引人注目的补充，并通过以1977年的地球作为对比，为以往的作品赋予了更清晰的定义和更宏大的格局。集子中的其他故事涵盖了从科幻到恐怖、暗黑奇幻到寓言故事等丰富类型。

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brerlapn · 2014 年
Prabath Siriwardena 写的《Advanced API Security》：刚开始读，但到目前为止对用于 API 安全的 OAuth、OpenID Connect、UMA 和 JSON 的讨论都很透彻。Iain Banks 的《The State of the Art》：我一直在强迫自己省着点看“文明”（Culture）系列，免得太快刷完。真是个神作系列。Mark Epstein 写的《The Trauma of Everyday Life》：这是我读他的第四本……
Advanced API Security by Prabath Siriwardena Just started it, but so far it's a well-written discussion of OAuth, OpenID Connect, UMA, and JSON for API security. The State of the Art by Iain Banks I have been forcing myself to ration out the Culture books so I don't run through them too quickly. Such a great series. The Trauma of Everyday Life by Mark Epstein The fourth book I've…
YeGoblynQueenne · 2020 年
有意思的观点 :) 你应该读读（如果你还没读过的话）Iain M. Banks 的《The State of the Art》，特别是里面的同名中篇。维基百科页面的梗概如下：“《The State of the Art》：长达 100 页的同名中篇小说构成了全书的主体。该中篇记录了……
Interesting take :) You should read (if you haven't) The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks, particularly the eponymous novella. Summary from the wikipedia page: "The State of the Art" At 100 pages long, the title novella makes up the bulk of the book. The novella chronicles…
mirimir · 2018 年
……通常对待他们的人类宠物很好，也充满尊重。对于人们可以成为什么、做什么或拥有什么，实际上没有任何限制。除了意义本身，而这也是一个核心主题。不过有一部中篇叫《State of the Art》，讲述了“文明”与 20 世纪 80 年代地球的接触。那篇就非常反乌托邦。他对“文明”操纵的其他各个文明的描写也是如此。Edit：改了下语病另外，许多……
…generally treat their human pets well, and with respect. There are effectively no limitations on what people can be, do or have. Except perhaps meaning, and that's a major theme. But there is a novella, State of the Art, which features contact between the Culture and 1980s Earth. And that is very dystopian. As are his treatments of various other civilizations that the Culture manipulates. Edit: grammar Also, many of…
andyjohnson0 · 2017 年
Iain M Banks 的《The State of the Art》
State of the Art by Iain M Banks
mirimir · 2018 年
……人类大脑的记录，并拿它们做实验。其他 Minds（心智）对此强烈反对。但话说回来，“文明”整体上也会拿它遇到的其他文明做实验。另外，直到我看了《State of the Art》，我才意识到“文明”并不是地球人类的未来。我琢磨着他是假定了类人生物的胚种论（panspermia）和/或趋同进化。
…recordings of human minds, and experiments with them. Other Minds strongly disapprove. But then, the Culture overall experiments with other civilizations that it encounters. Also, it wasn't until I read State of the Art that I realized that the Culture is not part of Earth human future. I gather than he assumes humanoid panspermia and/or convergent evolution.
p_l · 2021 年
……他想加入阿弗隆特（Affront）文明，而将某人永久植入另一个落后得多的文明绝非儿戏——但确实发生过（《The State of the Art》里也有类似操作）。“文明”中很多“老死”的人似乎都是死于厌倦——那些能找到活下去的兴趣的人，轻轻松松就能长寿。而社会压力取决于是否接受这点——个人拙见，后期的书相当……
…that he wants to join the Affront civilisation, and injecting someone permanently into another civilisation that is much less developed is not taken lightly - but happens (Similar deal is done in The State of the Art). A lot of the people who die "of old age" in Culture seem to die through ennui - those who find interest to live on, easily do so. And social pressure depends on accepting it - IMHO later books quite…

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