I once bought Science Fiction World magazine for a period of time in junior high school, not because I was interested in science fiction, but just because I liked all kinds of text publications. I really didn't understand it later. I bought many issues and gave up without reading them.
Obviously, I am definitely not a science fiction fan personally. Due to lack of scientific knowledge, I have always been indifferent to such subjects. However, even people like me who have no basic knowledge of reading science fiction can still feel the greatness of this work.
Understanding of science may vary from person to person, but there is always something in common.
The reason why I am looking for this work is entirely because of the introduction of four consecutive issues of Xiao Shuo. I am glad that I bought a collector's edition. It is definitely a novel worth collecting. In the future, when my child grows up, I hope he can read, open his eyes and understand: "weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, but arrogance."
I heard Xiao Shuo introduce the three-body before, and I especially want to buy it. At that time, I thought, what kind of people can be admired by people like Gao?
After reading it, I went to listen to the fourth phase of the three-body introduction.
I still don't want to ruin the story, but Gao's speech was really interesting. Let's focus on those interesting places that resonate.
At first, I spoke loudly. I watched "Three-body" three times and didn't stop to watch it. Stop every time you see thirty or forty pages, because the text inside is not good enough.
When chatting with friends, everyone said how good the three-body is.
Gao said, why can't I watch it? People scold him: boy, Sao Rou, you haven't opened your mind yet. ...
Looking at the whole book, Gao said: The world and humanity described in "Three-body" are greater, and the world he created far exceeds the limit of writing. Under such a grand theme, the beauty of words and plots, especially those of men and women, are all P (haha)
Gao said that although he studied science, in the face of such a literary work, he talked about the details of science and technology, ignoring the grand poetry and being ashamed of such a great work.
In the description of human nature, Gao said: Liu expressed his despair many times. When survival becomes a problem, human beings will never think of their own beliefs: you believe in Christ and I believe in Buddhism, that is, survival first, killing each other, competing for resources and maximizing the possibility of survival.
Humans will always have these characteristics. One is to praise the scars and forget the pain, the other is to be ungrateful, and the other is to tell us that the only lesson that history has taught us is that human beings never learn ... for a while, they kneel to others like saints, and for a while, they kneel to themselves, that's all. ...
Also, many scenes in it are familiar, and they have happened in human history: one civilization invaded another civilization, not because of hatred, but for better survival. Just like the three-body doesn't hate the earth people.
Eating people is nothing new. For example, there is such a plot in the book:
After all 4.2 billion people were deported to Australia, Naoko, the representative of the trio, said the following:
.......... "Survival is a kind of luck. It used to be like this on the earth, but now it is everywhere in this cold universe. But I don't know when it started, and human beings have an illusion that survival has become something within reach, which is the root cause of your failure. The flag of evolution will rise again in this world, and you will fight for survival. I hope everyone here is one of the last 50 million people. I hope you can eat food instead of being eaten by food. "
Gao said that Lu Xun said that when we opened the history of mankind, we wrote the word "cannibalism", which is nothing new. Why, now everyone is used to living a comfortable life and begins to talk about democracy and human rights, but they forget that survival is a luxury and take it for granted.
When talking about the destruction of the Madonna to human beings, Gao said: The destruction of the Madonna to human beings can alert people. If Satan and Judas destroy mankind, it is not surprising; But if Jesus and Buddha destroy mankind, they can achieve a shocking effect, like a blow. ...
When it comes to contact with alien civilizations, Gao mentioned that Hawking once said not to try to contact with alien civilizations. I'm not going to watch the lovely aliens take TA home for a while. (haha x2)
Don't try to find it, just avoid it. Hawking may be the representative of our time. As a wall, we don't know what he is thinking. He is also his own broken wall.
When it comes to the brain holes in the whole work, Gao feels that any brain hole in Three-body can write a wonderful work, while Liu has integrated so many brain holes into one novel. I hope that after he becomes famous, even under the passive impetus, he will not become a chicken thief and write his own brain holes separately, just as musicians divide good songs into several albums and continue to write greater works. ...
Because what Gao Songxiao said in Xiao Shuo was so funny, I couldn't help but want to record it. In fact, his own speech is more complete and interesting, because he doesn't want to spoil it, so he excerpts so much for the time being. You can come and listen if you are interested.
In addition, there are several points that need to be added:
1. About Cheng Xin.
To be honest, it's a bit strange to see the abuse of this person on the Internet. Because, as Gao said, the idea of this work is too grand.
Then, from such a grand perspective, it is not the case whether the author likes a role or hates a role. Although everyone blames Mrs. Cheng Xin, two choices have ruined the future of mankind.
But in the end, Guan Yifan said this to Cheng Xin: "... one person can't destroy a world. If the world is destroyed, it is the result of the joint efforts of all people, including the living and the dead. "
Moreover, a writer at this stage should not regard the world as simple as black and white, good and evil.
In other words, the universe is zero, what does the author's likes and dislikes matter? What's the relationship between our readers' likes and dislikes?
I remember there was a passage in "Seven Parnassus", which was the period when Jia Ling was a goddess.
At that time, the topic was like this: Jia Ling was in one boat and everyone else was in another.
There is a button on the other boat. Press it, Jia Ling's boat will explode, and the people on the other boat will be saved; If you don't press it, it won't be long before the two ships explode at the same time and everyone dies together. Can you press this button?
In fact, the situation is similar to Cheng Xin's first choice, but not exactly the same. Because Cheng Xin is faced with pressing the button and destroying two planetary civilizations at the same time; If you don't do this, you will destroy your own planet.
She chose not to press it. At that time, Gao and two mentors also chose not to press.
What impressed me deeply was what Cai Kangyong said when he defected and changed his position: people should keep the bottom line of inaction.
Perhaps this has nothing to do with hypocrisy or the virgin Mary, but people's inner insistence on right and wrong.
So when Cheng Xin is faced with a second choice, from the public's point of view, she must have done something wrong again, because that is her inner view of right and wrong.
Sometimes people seem to have many ways to choose from, but they don't. There is only one, which is the one you think is the most right. This is a person's fate.
It's just that Cheng Xin was put in such a situation, so her fate has become the fate of all mankind.
I didn't pretend to be the virgin on purpose. Who doesn't do things under the guidance of his own three views and feels that what he is doing is right?
2. Many problems are unsolvable.
There is such an episode in the book that impressed me deeply:
When people thought that light particles were going to attack the earth, they scrambled to leave the earth by space shuttle. In order to save time, some people don't want to line up at the launch pad and start launching directly in the crowd in the parking area. The temperature of the plasma ejected by the nuclear fusion engine instantly burns people around to coke.
But if we continue to wait, everyone's fate will only be destroyed together. When AA was going to take off directly, it was stopped by the hostess Cheng Xin. So, with the following dialogue:
AA stopped the operation and turned to face Cheng Xin. "In that case, it won't be long before we, the crowd and the earth will all become pieces together. Among these pieces, can you tell which ones are noble and which ones are despicable? "
(The original words of this sentence are from the TV series "Latency". When Xie Ruolin was asked by Yu Zecheng to sell information, he said, "Now there are two gold bars here. Tell me which is noble and which is nasty. " )
At this time, I believe no one can say that Cheng Xin's practice is wrong? But why did she make two choices with the same heart as the virgin Mary when human beings were alive, but was scolded by everyone?
In fact, she has never changed. She has always been an absolute virgin. What has changed is the concept of right and wrong in most people's minds, which changes with the changes of conditions:
Namely: what should I do when I destroy you and leave me; What should I do if I leave you and ruin me? What should I do when I leave you and destroy with you? What should I do when I destroy you and everyone is destroyed at the same time ... and so on.
So I believe that the author didn't write this book to play the role of a high-ranking savior and give an answer.
What I want to say more is that many things in the world are unsolvable in the face of the question of survival or destruction.
There are many similar plots in the book, which appear repeatedly.
3. You can hold the universe and look at the dust.
The three books of Three-body have their own merits.
The first book contributed to the background tone of the whole book; The second book contributed to the cold and dark survival law; The third book contributed to the ultimate thinking of existence.
Not only in science and technology, but also in history and humanity. They banded together to support the book.
Readers will be dragged to a higher and higher level by the author step by step, forcing them to think.
Cai Kangyong once said that people think they are destroying the earth. In fact, during the billions of years of the earth's existence, nothing was seen or destroyed. Humans have only existed for a few years, and all we are doing now is destroying ourselves.
"In the eyes of these mountains, what is the human world like? That may just be what they saw in a leisurely afternoon: some living little things appeared on the plain, and then these little things increased, and then they built buildings like ant nests, which were quickly connected into pieces, with light and some smoke inside; After a while, the light and smoke disappeared, and so did the living little thing. Then their building collapsed and was buried in the sand. That's all. Of all the countless things I've seen, this one is fleeting and not necessarily the most interesting. "
The book says, "weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, but arrogance."
When I read that humans have been busy for centuries, they think they have found a way to protect themselves and a shelter from attacks.
But for a little guy who is cleaning up in a high civilization, it's just a glimpse.
In other words, people say that there is a dead end at a glance, and if it is not clean, it is necessary to change the cleaning method.
That kind of shock is beyond description. The author forces readers to see and realize how small human beings are.
"... unlike the tragic hell, in the muddy sea, a little story is quietly brewing. At this time, organic molecules were born in lightning and cosmic rays, and they collided, fused and cracked. This is a long building block game, which lasted 500 million years. Finally, one molecular chain trembles and splits, copying another exactly the same molecular chain, and then they absorb small organic molecules around them and copy themselves again ... In this building block game, the probability of producing this self-replicating molecular chain is so small, just like a tornado rolling up a pile of metal garbage and assembling it into a Mercedes-Benz after falling. ……"
By the way, if there is only one thing in the novel that reveals the author's inner world, it should be the description of women in it, exposing what kind of girls science and engineering boys like.
Also, the punctuation marks in this collector's edition look awkward, as if all the corners of the document have not been adjusted properly.
The author's knowledge reserve is no longer like human beings.
The whole work includes but is not limited to: physics, mathematics, astronomy, electronic informatics, neurology, computers ... and all kinds of knowledge about history, society and philosophy, including the self-created world view.
Is it unreasonable for a person to master so much knowledge?
The key problem is that much of the scientific knowledge described by the author in the book is written in vain. Because there should be quite a few readers, like me, who don't understand at all, can only understand roughly, and sometimes feel boring and vague.
But the author can't just write it. How many years of continuous study and follow-up are needed for the most advanced progress, discoveries and breakthroughs of various disciplines in the scientific community involved, so that these can be reasonably integrated into the works. Because you have to have a foundation to open your brain.
The hardest work may be the most thankless. But you have to do this.
What a huge project these accumulations are. The author doesn't just think about how to cater to the market. This alone is very respectable.
Man should pay tribute to Liu.
This is the title of the postscript of the second book "Dark Forest" in this edition. This is how I feel after reading the second book.
The author changed people's view of the universe from a brand-new angle. By the way, I also summed up the laws of human history. Does the author know too much?
The author of the preface to the third book of this edition, Death Eternal Life, wrote this passage: "Sometimes I can't help thinking that if the trio really comes one day, mankind should invite Liu Chushan to participate in the work of the Earth Crisis Committee. Whether it is a deterrent game, a defensive counterattack, or a cosmic public relations, Liu is a master who is one step ahead. If this secret can't be revealed, Liu should be one of the most knowledgeable people in our world. If Sandy had a list to kill, he would be among the best. Be careful, Liu! "
The great idea may be that when others say, you think it's too simple, I know; But if people don't tell you, you can't even think of it.
For example, the law of the dark forest, or "give time to civilization, not to civilization."
Curious will think, such a person with a universe in his heart, will he still have all worldly troubles such as house, car, children, work and so on? Still can't avoid custom?
As Zhang Boyang said in the Talk Show Conference: ... Can you understand this contradiction? I am so small to the universe, but so important to the company. How important is it? If you don't go to work, you will deduct my money ... There are always two questions in my mind: 1. Why is the universe so big? 2. What to eat at noon today? ...
In such an era of entertainment economy, commercial literature works have sprung up like a blowout, and people all want to maximize their interests in the shortest time.
So we see that many works are divided into two steps: the first step is to write a bestseller according to public preferences; The second step is to make an idol drama/suspense drama/martial arts+love drama. ...
I don't mean to belittle, but each has its own value.
It's just that I dare not watch these plays many times. According to my experience in chasing plays when I was a child, this kind of play can't come out for a long time, which is too different from reality and more depressing after watching it.
But reading seems to have no such feeling, it will be moving and shocking, but there is no feeling that I can't get out.
Maybe reading words belongs to active input, active thinking, and deciding that you will have the advantage.
Therefore, idolization will be crazy when studying, but it will become quieter and quieter when studying.
Both Mo Yan and Liu used simple and honest faces without waves to cover up the free soul that can accommodate all mankind, the whole earth and even the whole universe.
Think about this era, there are people who are willing to quietly, noisily and silently open a world for you with words. I'm really touched.
After reading it, I see the world from a different angle. This is a kind of luck in life.
Thank you, Liu.
"I saw my love.
I flew to her side.
I handed her a present.
It was a small piece of solidification time.
There are beautiful stripes in time
It feels as soft as mud in shallow water.
She painted time all over her body.
Then drag me to the edge of existence
This is a spiritual escape.
The stars in our eyes are like ghosts.
We are like ghosts in the eyes of stars.
……"
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