Science fiction is the seed of imagination buried in everyone’s childhood.
Without the illusion of wisdom, the human spiritual world will be like a pool of stagnant water.
It is precisely because of the yearning and pursuit of science fiction that mankind has created scientific miracles one after another.
Keywords in this issue’s book list: [Short Science Fiction Book List] , which predicts infinite possibilities for the future.
1 "Asimov: The Complete Collection of Short Stories about Robots"
Asimov's works are timeless science fiction classics. Regardless of imagination, connotation, status, and influence, if this book dares to be ranked second, few will dare to claim it. Recognize number one.
In Asimov's novels, there are countless technological concepts that he accurately predicted or created, such as robots and artificial intelligence, such as nanotechnology, such as genetic engineering, such as the Internet...
Everyone in this One item is almost always a hot topic at the moment.
You may not think he is very powerful, but you have to know that when Asimov wrote these ideas, humans had not even invented robots.
Asimov is the true "Prophecy Emperor".
His science fiction works have always been considered to be the limit of human imagination, a grand epic of the entire galaxy tens of thousands of years, especially the robot society he wrote seems to be becoming a reality sooner.
, especially the "laws of robotics" he proposed, are known as classic laws of science fiction works.
Law 0: Robots must protect the overall interests of human beings from harm;
Law 1: Robots must not harm human individuals, or witness human individuals being endangered and do nothing;
Law 2: Robots must obey people to give it An order, except when the order conflicts with the first law;
third law; robots must protect their own survival as much as possible without violating the first and second laws.
In the book, this group of robots fell into chaos due to contradictions and paradoxes. Some of them malfunctioned or even self-destructed, some began to lie to humans, and some refused to execute orders...
However, these highly intelligent robots There is still one thing that has not been given up, which is to carry out activities according to the requirements preset by humans.
It is at this point that Asimov showed us that free thought and a spirit of doubt are the core values that distinguish humans from robots.
2 "The Wandering Earth"
Liu Cixin's novels always make people think deeply.
If we stand in the future and look at our individual circumstances, we may find that the things we usually struggle with, hesitate and worry about are really insignificant and not worth mentioning.
The book " The Wandering Earth " is actually a collection of short stories and short stories by Liu Cixin.
The book also contains the original work of the movie "The Wandering Earth".
In the story "The Wandering Earth", scientists discover that the sun will expand into a red giant , and
everything on the surface of the earth will be destroyed!
And humans actually tried to take the earth with them and escape from the solar system.
In fact, Liu Cixin’s novels are most indispensable for hard-core settings and creativity. Each idea alone is enough to expand into a small universe.
But these ideas are all compressed into short stories one after another, so the impact is particularly strong.
3 "Breath"
"Breath" author Ted Jiang, although he is very unfamiliar to ordinary people, he is a well-known figure in the science fiction world.
Although he has only published 17 short stories since his debut, he has won four Hugo Awards, three Locus Awards and many other awards. The book
is a collection of short stories from his award-winning works.
has 9 science fiction stories in the book, describing 9 subversive prophecies about the future of mankind.
Ted Jiang presupposed the future society of mankind with his endless imagination and creativity.
also provided us with a unique perspective from which to rethink the future destiny of mankind.
4 "The Nine Billion Names of God"
Liu Cixin, the author of "三级" once said: "All my works are a parody of Arthur Clark."
Arthur Clark, was Known as the "great space prophet", he has successfully predicted the Internet, search engines, and human landings on the moon...
Even the geostationary orbit was named "Clarke Orbit" because of him.
Arthur Clark is the eternal god in the hearts of countless science fiction fans!
In "Nine Billion Names of God", Clark takes humor and irony to the extreme, and various flashes of whimsy emerge in endlessly.
For example, two aliens learned English by listening to radio broadcasts from Earth.
When they came to the earth, they thought they could talk to humans freely, but they were imprisoned because of various misunderstandings.
Reading Clark's novels, we often reflect on ourselves. It is precisely because of our lack of knowledge that we limit our imagination.
Clark, with his high degree of imagination and foresight about the universe, shows us the infinite possibilities of the universe and the future.
5 "We will not meet each other in life"
We will not meet each other in life, just like participating in business.
Today and tomorrow, we share the light of this lamp.
"We Will Not Meet in Life" is a collection of short science fiction stories by He Xi, most of which are award-winning works.
The Galaxy Award is the highest honor in the Chinese science fiction community, and He Xi has won the Galaxy Award 13 times.
If you want to feel the shocking imagination, profound truth, and twists and turns of the story in the same science fiction at the same time, you can only read He Xi.
The short story of the same name "We Will Not Meet in Life" mainly uses interstellar immigration as the theme to explore the good and evil of human nature.
The story tells that in the future, people will have to accept genetic modification for interstellar immigration. Due to limitations in technological level, some genetic modifications are prone to problems.
In the end, due to the human nature of being cliquey and opposed to dissidents, conflicts broke out between ordinary humans and genetically modified people.
A tragic tragedy unfolded.
, written by He Xi, uses science fiction as the framework, and the interrogation and conflict of human nature will definitely bring us unexpected shocks.
6 "The Wind Rises the City"
"The Wind Rises the City" is a collection of Zhang Ran's short and medium science fiction works, including nine novels in total.
"The Wind Rises", "Ether", "Three Feet of Snow in Jinyang", " The Year of the Great Famine " are all award-winning domestic science fiction works such as the Galaxy Award, Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award and so on.
"Aether", "Windy City" and "Eternal Risen" in the "Gray City" series tell stories about information blockade, giant robots and the resurrection of the dead.
"The Year of the Great Famine" tells the story of fungi destroying human civilization.
"When the Sun Falls" tells the story of the fight for a solar-powered space station.
"Three Feet of Snow in Jinyang" tells the story of how the Later Han Dynasty resisted the attack of the Northern Song Dynasty after time traveling.
Zhang Ran’s science fiction novels always have a strong literary style.
I am used to seeing those magnificent space operas . It is also interesting to read Zhang Ran's short science fiction.
