Just show " roam about the earth " film booking office has exceeded " the Red Sea acts " ascend China a list of names posted up of shadow history booking office the 2nd, become shadow history new second place, also became champion of booking office of North America of film of nearly 5 years of China, what the person of this film enrages it serves to show is tall. No matter work itself level how, the fact that booking office sells greatly has let " roam about the earth " open up of film of Chinese science fiction epochal. Plus this before " 3 body " the success of series, make Liu Cixin and its work won more and more attention and debate, have the hard nucleus fan that pays close attention to Chinese science fiction and world science fiction all the year round already among them, also have had looked only " 3 body " series or the vermicelli made from bean starch that are Liu Cixin work, also there is no lack of not to have the average viewer of too much understanding to Liu Cixin and science fiction. Reader and audience mother to Liu the evaluates quite bipolar become divided situation of glad work, and the difference that the one part cause that creates this kind of current situation is intellectual setting and aesthetic orientaton.
The film " roam about the earth "
"Amazed feeling "
Respecting science fiction, a lot of people can think of war of future, robot, aerospace, artificial intelligence waits a keyword a moment, but actually they are not the requirement that makes science fiction. The core element that lets science fiction become science fiction has only, that is Sense Of Wonder, namely " amazed feeling " , and this kind of amazed feeling also is Liu Cixin aesthetic pleasure is experienced in the unreal literature with the greatest work.
Basis " dictionary of Oxford science fiction " definition, alleged " amazed feeling " it is namely " when a person reads science fiction work, the glamour of the thing that realizes likelihood happening and the most important evaluation level. True understanding " amazed feeling " , ability from what read the family range that with Liu Cixin work heads broad, or be those who experience space and time is capacious bring confront each other, a kind when arise thereby amazed or it is awe-stricken feeling " . This slightly the attractive part that the description that some circle a mouth showed accurately science fiction work is unique.
And here chooses among a lot of work that creates from Liu Cixin " great skill " series is exemple, explain " amazed feeling " the significant position in its work. Publish at present " great skill " series work includes 3 novelette, " Shi Yun " , " the sea of the dream " and " happy eulogy " .
Be in " Shi Yun " in, super civilization " god " all sorts of work of art are collected in the universe, generated strong interest to tellurian poetry, the energy recital that expends one whole solar system saves the Chinese poetry of a possible presence, innovation goes grandiose like nebula " Shi Yun " marvellous spectacle. " the sea of the dream " biology of the star outside was being depicted " microtherm artist " come to the earth, spent tellurian ocean is made piece surround earthly ice crystal brings this one work of art. " happy eulogy " the star outside was being depicted is civilized " mirror " come to the earth, use the sun and near neighbour star to perform the setting of cosmic music.
These 3 novels appear a little special in Liu Cixin's work: Astral civilization does not have the conflict that produces what give tit for tat with the mankind already outside, also be without place to beg to the mankind, they just visit the earth to produce work of art, after finishing work of art lightly and go, because difference of science and technology is too big,be human society to bring trouble and even disaster also is only, and be not intended and for. Novel key was depicted outside the process that astral civilization is created and reveals work of art, and external the reaction of the origin of astral civilization and human society does not have too much Chinese ink, can saying almost is to have set only, without gut. Such setting, can the goal that ground of come straight to the point achieves an author: Depict a marvellous spectacle of flowery cosmic class science fiction, namely preamble place narrates bring for the reader " amazed feeling " .
As these 3 work same, there is exquisite gut in work of the short story in Liu Cixin's great majority or the 100 character feeling that turn 1000 times, more is to be swung directly give each the set of baronial shock, rely on set itself to bring aesthetic pleasure for the reader. And in its full length masterpiece " bulbiform lightning " and " 3 body " in, the set of baronial shock emerges in endlessly, no matter was head and shoulders above work of other science fiction on amount or quality. Accumulate through writing of a few years, the style of writing that does not calculate strong point of Liu kind glad originally and gut also eventually can better land serves for the set of baronial shock, bring consecutively for the reader distinctive " amazed feeling " experience.
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"A mad technical creed person "
"Great skill " the special place of series still depends on, the content itself of these 3 novels also explained Liu Cixin is right secondhand the view that the gender concerns between science and art: Art is admittedly divine and good, but enough and powerful technology can challenge art, innovation gives the work of art that Yuan Chao's mankind imagines. And the work with respect to him himself, scientific unreal most propbably should transcend literary gender surely.
Liu Cixin professes is " a mad technical creed person " , and " be certain the technology can solve all problems " . His him openness " like literary element the science fiction work with more element of less, science fiction, think all the time, clairvoyant reality and the task that analysing human nature is not sci-fi, the advantage that is not it more " , had had even " come off science fiction from literature come out " radical idea. In the process of writing, liu Cixin realizes he needs to maintain gradually " the balance of the balance of the balance of scientific sex and literary sex, ideological content and readability, science fiction that serves as literature and the science fiction that serve as commodity " , and his work later " the result that is these balances " , however " the science fiction concept that betrayed oneself more or less " . Accordingly, he was not in and so on of human nature, love costs too much idea on the mother problem of major literature work. In his work, hero and he person the one fraction that affection coupling is the cosmic rule that can be explained by scientific place nevertheless, with human destiny, universe Hong Huang is compared, not worth to be carried at all.
"Science fiction style of writing "
Liu Cixin is right the actor bad of style of writing also is not to do not have consciousness. He evaluates Aximofu's style of writing, "Attune of flat, monochromatic, steel is hard, inflexible... almost all the negative statement on this kind of literature can use the style of writing that describes him " , however the topic of conversation turns, express " this kind of style does not suit literature anyhow, but suit science fiction very much however, also make his novel fashionable world " . The description of the Aximofu that Liu Cixin reveres to him, also apply to his own style of writing apparently.
Realise this, we can understand why his portraiture is shown slightly to the depict of woman role especially inflexible, fiction style of writing does not give prize, partial sociology set also via removing deliberate. These element are in major literature work is admittedly special and important, but in science fiction literature, can be only " amazed feeling " concessional. Science fiction literature has its advantage and inferior position, have the content that it should keep and the content that need not keep, if capture weak sports to undertake controversy and criticism closely, abandoned be being obtained from inside science fiction literature namely apparently read acquisition opportunity.
Of course, from another angle for, the set place that goes after baronial shock merely brings " amazed feeling " , go after the element of scientific illusion, as literary work eventually can be short of regret somewhat. Fortunately " 3 body " in the trend universal time had favour to meet an outstanding translator, on certain level complemental the inferior position of work. " 3 body " when be being offspringed to translate Cheng Yingwen by Liu Yu of writer of science fiction of beautiful Ji Huayi, those who consider western reader read habit and political tendency, a lot of insufficient " politics is correct " depict got cutout is decreased. In the meantime, liu Yu Kun's beautiful translation also covered a few flaws in Chinese style of writing of Liu Cixin. These altering help strength " 3 body " got international society approbate.
Though " amazed feeling " the main component that imagining an element with science is Liu Cixin work, but he is right bring " amazed feeling " subject matter is having strong individual preference, what he says " be certain the technology can solve all problems " in indicate " technology " also somewhat confine. This kind of preference is distinguish he and coetaneous other writer one of characteristics that come, and such preference comes from again read be fond of and period setting at his.
Liu Cixin is a writer that affects by sci-fi golden age. What sci-fi golden age points to is the United States take the place of to 1950 at the beginning of 1940, during this, western sci-fi develops flourishingly, yinlaiyin, carat overcomes Aximofu, sea wait for a Great Master all active at this one period, they also are the authors that Liu Cixin likes most. According to historian Adam? Luo Baici's summary, the characteristic of the science fiction work of golden age is " good science fiction, linear and narrative, crisis of problem, antagonism is resolved in the setting that the hero develops in aerospace opera or height of science and technology " , and this one description and be identical of major work feature.
1950 generation comes to took the place of 1970, the space race of period of war of beautiful Su Leng brought the flying progress of space technology, with Apollo finished human first time 11 numbers to ascend lunar task to be peak 1969. Suffer this effect, combat also appears to let the mankind surmount the depict of bottleneck of technology of the limit, breakthrough repeatedly in Liu Cixin's novel, arrive greatly with " 3 body " the cosmic war that is a delegate, small arrive with " glory and dream " the sports match that is a delegate. Accordingly, the theme that Liu Cixin dotes on most is civilized forever between the combat of life-and-death, and the progress of science and technology that combat place brings and space exploration.
However, no matter be sci-fi golden age, still be the space race of cold war period, china was not participated in among them, liu Cixin also is such. Because he manages this special country personally and at the back of the trend trend that falls in world science fiction, the new wave that did not appear to be after this and gram of the friend that surpass gain show too large interest, because this is commendable,the ground is saved and acceded however the bequest of golden age.
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"The computer is false god of the poor "
On the other hand, liuci Xin Duiyu time the infatuation of this one subject matter, also let him be mixed to the flying development of the Internet in real world the backwater that aerospace explores under photograph comparing not before showed intense dissatisfaction and anxiety. Be in early 2002, big Liu is in his short story work " angel times " in the mouth that borrows a hero claims, "The holiday that the computer is a poor is sacred " . And in the speech that 2018 carat overcomes imagination to serve social award, did he convey pair of Arthur above all? What carat overcomes the great master that aerospace of this same infatuation explores is awe-stricken, what explained with a catchword he develops to instantly science and technology again is helpless: "The stars sea of come to an agreement or understanding, you gave me Facebook only however " .
" 3 body " reach " 3 body " in the work before, more of Liu kind glad is aerospace exploration regards as the human science and technology of a kind of of course develops a tendency, need not any specifications and explanation. However, the short story that was published 2016 in him " the festival that cannot coexist " with the short story 2017 " gold open country " in, this kind of of course has disappeared disappeared. " the festival that cannot coexist " behaved the mankind to be done not have because of excessive development Internet walk out of the earth this cradle, fail to be in truly as civilization the universe " be born " the crisis. And " gold open country " the old practice that described a pair of father daughter to rely on a massive fraud to drive the mankind to develop science and technology to undertake aerospace is explored forcibly. Two novels not result nevertheless, say with its they are real literary work however, however more breathe out like the disease of raise one's arm that is carry secretly contraband. Liu Cixin begins to send intense ground to realize more, according to current life boundary line, what come true more likely is not stars sea, surpass Bo Zhihai however. the science fiction writer that is loving the universe greatly to, see such reality, with bitter hatred cans be imagined. And he can do, the creative work that also carries oneself only will appeal.
No less than " gold open country " the caption of this one work and conception place appear in that way, the carat gram that Liu Cixin adores from him, sea has received kindling material in hand of Yinlaiyin, A Ximo's husband, the bequest of will old and good science fiction golden age is guarded up to now, longing is in aerospace explores gold in open country of this one length and breadth of land, the war between cosmic civilization and a few distress seek in searching poetics picture idea to science. From the point of worldwide science and technology and science fiction development, such aesthetic interest can say is meditate on the past, yi Ke says for outdated. However, the Oriental color that never gets the world pays close attention to before the Liu Cixin grandiose imagination to stars sea and this, let a kind of such meditate on the past or it is outdated face about changes, made pair of gold time revive. New reassign gives the bequest of his gold time him collect carefully western world, among them accumulate those who contain is kind let him win pluvial fruit award first on behalf of the Chinese with novelty this one special honour.
Such a kind of constrained since Liu Cixin to subject matter's most powerful weapons, make the soft costal region that he creates likely also. 2010 " 3 body " after series be over, big Liu Zhifa expressed a few short story that did not cause too much billows to be made newly, what spend a lot of painstaking effort allegedly is new full length also die young because of some kind of reason, such current situation can'ts help letting partial vermicelli made from bean starch be anxious a little slightly. But no matter how future develops, no matter how the masses commends differ, " 3 body " series and " roam about the earth " the work that the influence of the film has let Liu Cixin became world science fiction beyond questionly the one part of literary history.
