The conference held by the World Science Fiction Association was held as scheduled, located in the conference center near the hotel.
Yang Xiao, Yao Haijun and others each brought a briefcase with the remaining brochures and Chinese science fiction short stories.
This morning is just a regular opening ceremony and reception. This is the last time for the team to compete for the site selection of the World Science Fiction Conference. Voting for the countries that are applying for the application will begin in the afternoon. Before that, we will also Leave about 10 minutes of speech time for each team.
The sky was gloomy and it was drizzling.
Walkan walked into one of the conference halls in the conference center with an umbrella and followed the crowd.
Soon, Heinlein and Asimov were found in the crowd, but Liu Cixin regretted that Clark missed this science fiction event due to illness and had no chance to see him and introduce himself into science fiction. This guide in the path of literary creation.
"These two are editors of the Chinese Science Fiction Literature Magazine. Those two are also first-class Chinese science fiction writers, just like me."
The dialect introduces each other to each other, and consciously raises them by the way. The status of Yang Xiao, Liu Cixin and others.
Asimov laughed: "I'm very happy to know you here."
Liu Cixin temporarily put the regrets in his heart behind him, just like Yao Haijun, Ye Yonglie and others, and his mood was like Yao Haijun and Ye Yonglie. Extremely excited.
After all, this is the first time they have met the two giants of science fiction literature in the world so close.
"This time they came with me to choose the site for the World Science Fiction Conference in 1987 and 1988." Fang Yan pretended to be helpless: "This time The competition is really too fierce. If possible, I hope you can help you."
The tone is a bit earnest. Whether it is 1987 or 1988, it doesn't matter, what is important is that it can Settlement in Chengdu.
Heinlein and Asimov agreed happily, and then asked the candidates who would go on stage to give a speech in the afternoon to canvass vote.
"It's me!"
Yang Xiao raised his hand high under Fang Yan's encouraging gaze.
In fact, if you really want to talk about it, Fangyan is a more suitable candidate. Although Yang Xiao and the others have successfully become familiar with some members of the science fiction association, they are compared with Fangyan's popularity and popularity It is still a very different situation, but the organizing committee also considers this situation.
If famous science fiction writers from all over the world call for votes, it would be too unfair to other countries and regions.
Therefore, the organizing committee allowed Fangdian and Asimov to vote privately, but hoped that at least on the surface, they could avoid suspicion.
Yang Xiao is the most suitable one among the rest. She is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Science Fiction World" and the chairman and chairman of the country's first science fiction literature committee. At this moment, she does not stand up with her identity. If so, who else can make it happen?
Hinlein smiled and asked Yang Xiao to come with him. He was going to recommend it to the members of the organizing committee who had a good relationship.
The dialect asked Li Translator to follow Yang Xiao, watching the backs of the three of them sink into the crowd, and explain to Liu Cixin and others: "The voting rights for the site selection of the World Science Fiction Conference are not just members. Yes, there are also members of the organizing committee, and they have greater decision-making power. "
"So that's the case."
Ye Yonglie, Yao Haijun and others' eyes lit up instantly. "I'm really troubled you." Fang Yan thanked Asimov.
"No, no, I didn't help much. If you want to thank Robert, please thank him. When he comes back, you can thank him in person."
Asimov told them not to worry. Heinlein would take good care of Yang Xiao, and then set his sights on Liu Cixin and the others.
Fang Yan first introduced Ye Yonglie, then patted Liu Cixin on the shoulder, and said in a tone: "After me, he must be the Chinese writer who can become a top-notch science fiction writer in the world."
"Oh!"
Asimov heard this, he had to look at Liu Cixin with a different look, "Since you said that, I must recognize his talent very much."
Over the whole time I kept going He looked down and asked Liu Cixin about science fiction literature curiously, and then he heard him tell him emotionally.
The dialect added a sentence, if you are interested, you can hand him a copy of the novel he translated after the reception is over.
Asimov nodded and said that if the quality of the article is good, you can do a little favor.
Liu Cixin's heart was pounding when he heard that he wanted to recommend his novel to "Asimov Science Fiction Magazine".
"Xiao Liu, thank you Isaac if you don't hurry."
The dialect was also happy, two mainstream science fiction literature magazines, "Asimov Science Fiction Magazine" and "Similar Style", However, it has long monopolized the awards of Best Novella, Best Short Novella, and Best Short Story in the Nebula Awards.
Liu Cixin's "The Collapse of the Universe" can be published in "Asimov Science Fiction Magazine". Even if it is impossible to get a Nebula Award at once, it is also nominated for a short story or a short and medium-stories in international science fiction literature. It has become famous in the world.
"Don't be so polite."
Asimov said that last time, the dialect helped him improve his robotics laws, and the revised "Law of Zero" and "Eight Laws" were in As soon as the Asimov Science Fiction Magazine was published, it caused widespread discussion, and his "robot" series became popular again.
Fang Yan smiled. His "Base" series and "Robot" series of novels are the first choices for "Science Fiction World" this time, but considering that the free copyright may affect each other. The friendship between them was so straightforward that he could agree to the reprint.
"Well..."
A hint of shrewdness appeared in Asimov's honest smile, "Of course it's okay, but I have a condition." Fang Yan asked, "What?"
Asimov hoped to be able to Make an exchange, your own "base" series and "robot" series can be reproduced in "Science Fiction World" magazine. Correspondingly, the novel with the "Law of Dark Forest" mentioned in the dialect should be in "Asimo Published by Fu Science Fiction Magazine.
"This is OK. In fact, I'm going to tell you that the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" has been serialized in "Science Fiction World"."
Fang Yan only talked about the first part The situation is not disclosed, and the second part has also entered the translation stage.
"That's really great!" Asimovton was surprised and curious about how this book "The Three-Body Problem" explains the Fermi paradox.
Fang Yan tells the plot of the first part of "The Three-Body Problem", and Liu Cixin and Ye Yonglie occasionally interject a few words.
Asimov, from Zhizi locking the earth's technology to the three-body fleet invading the earth, became more and more frightened and more interested in listening to it. He especially wanted to know what incredible and imaginative methods should be used in dialects. Only by reversing from such a severe to desperate situation and saving the earth.
Although I know that it must be related to the "Law of Dark Forest", I still can't figure it out.
"What Zhizi locked down is the basic scientific development of the earth, but it did not lock down the fields of applied science, such as nanotechnology."
Ye Yonglie touched his chin and said the most classic and common routine in science fiction literature. , it means that the Earth fleet rushed out of the Earth to defend itself.
The dialect reveals the plot of the second part, that is, a mere drop of the Three-Body Civilization can completely destroy the entire Earth fleet.
As soon as this was said, it was beyond the expectations of Asimov, Liu Cixin and others. He never expected that he would be so cruel, and he was like a cannon hitting a mosquito.
Asimov murmured to himself: "This is like the story of David in the Bible, killing the giant Goliath with a stone."
Fang Yan smiled. The description of the destruction of the Earth's fleet in "Three-Body Problem" is very tricky and uses an invincible thing to smash the seemingly huge and invincible opponent, without fictionalizing any strange power system or complex and powerful future. Weapons, then create an invincible battleship, instead using a primitive gravel pattern, solves all scientific puzzles and logical traps.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
Imagine if you really describe the battle between the Star Fleet and explain the technical details of a series of battles between the two sides, it will not only be boring, but also full of loopholes and thanklessness. The ultimate disaster of fleet destruction will be presented. Maybe far less brilliant than "The Three-Body Problem".
Just the difference between the novel version of "The Wandering Earth" and the movie version, there are actually many scientific mistakes in the movie.
For example, MOSS is wrong when calculating the limit of Loch, and Jupiter's gravitational acceleration...
Good science fiction generally requires finding a good balance between scientific facts and fantasy. If it is seriously detached from scientific facts, it is a magic novel. If it is just a cold scientific fact, without artistic imagination and processing, it will be boring.
The setting of "The Three-Body Problem" is so complicated, but it doesn't make people feel unreasonable at all, and it's even very "scientific". It is precisely because Liu Cixin has this hidden weakness everywhere in the novels of the trilogy. The tricks of taking tricks avoid many contradictions in scientific common sense, reduce details, and go straight to the ending.
"Does that use the laws of the dark forest?"
Asimov speculated: "When the hunter of the Three-Body Civilization discovers you, the hunter who sends a signal, you can take the three more questions. The information of the system civilization was sent to other alien civilizations. As a result, when the Three-Body Civilization shot the earth, the third alien civilization took the lead in firing the gun to solve the Three-Body Civilization? "
"Although your answer is not No, but it's already very close, at least the idea is right."
The dialect does not agree with it. The narrative technique of savior from heaven is too cliché. If this is the case in "The Three-Body Problem", it will not be enough to be a god.
The so-called "savior from the sky" can be called "mechanical saviors". For example, when the protagonist is trapped in a dilemma that is beyond his ability, or even in a desperate situation, a "savior" of a high latitude suddenly appears when a high latitude appears when the protagonist falls into a dilemma that is beyond his ability, or even in a desperate situation. , resolves the story conflict in a devastating way.
Like the "Sweeping Monk" in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", it is this kind of "mechanical scattering gods" that takes action to resolve the grudge between Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan.
The main line that runs through Qiao Feng and others from beginning to end has been put an end to it. Without the Sweeping Monk, this story is not easy to complete.
"Fang, how should we use the 'Dark Forest Law' to be correct?"
Asimov is very interested.
Liu Cixin and Ye Yonglie also pricked their ears and heard a meaningful sentence in the dialect: "Isaac, you must know about nuclear deterrence and nuclear blackmail."
< br>"Of course."
Asimov was stunned at first. Nowadays, most of the doomsday science fiction literature themes in the world are basically the earth after the outbreak of the nuclear war, such as "Leboviz's Praise" 》, "The Girl Through the Clouds", "Planet of the Apes"...
Fang Yan stretched out five fingers, "Combining this, the 'Law of Dark Forest' can lead to five assumptions. The first is that the civilizations in the universe have only the lowest degree of goodwill, and the second is that the competition between civilizations is cruel and the dark battle. Very, thirdly, it is difficult to communicate between different intelligent species, fourthly, communication will definitely expose the position of civilization... Then, adhere to the principle of 'discovery is eliminated'..."
When Asimov Hearing him unlocked the many levels set in the first part in a strange and clever way, he could not find scientific logical problems for a while. He felt reasonable and maintained the tension of the story, and used an unprecedented level. It can be done in a way.
"Hiss~"
Liu Cixin took a deep breath and looked at Fang Yan again with admiration and respect. Can this question be solved like this?
But when you think about it carefully, you feel more and more familiar, "Teacher Fang, do you seem to be involved in modern Chinese history?"
"You are right, and it's mainly the history of modern revolution." Fang Yan smiled. Whether it is "Huaxia 2185", "Full-band Blocking Interference" or "Three-Body Problem" series, there are all The very strong red gene, like Zhang Beihai’s so-called “escape plan”, is actually the interstellar version of the long and long battle that retains the spark.
Like Luo Ji, the "sword-holding man", has more or less the will or shadow of that person.
The invasion of the three-body civilization on earth is simply a replica of industrial civilization dimensionality reduction and attacking agricultural civilization. The Ottoman Empire, which once spans Asia, Africa and Europe, became a lamb to be slaughtered in the face of modern industrial civilization. The land collapsed.
"Fang, your ideas are really great!"
Asimov was very glad to have made this deal with Fangdian and agreed to let such works with the potential of Nebula and Hugo Awards be serialized in Asimov Science Fiction Magazine, just based on the three-body plan that is beyond imagination. Once the world is published, it will surely shine.
Just as the two were discussing the details of the exchange, Heinlein took Yang Xiao and translated into Li.
Asimov couldn't wait to share the story of "The Three-Body Problem" with Heinlein, while Fang Yan glanced at Yang Xiao with a sad face.
Yang Xiao lowered his voice and revealed that the competition at the World Science Fiction Conference is extremely fierce.
Although many members of the organizing committee and association members support Huaxia Rongcheng Science Fiction Literature Committee, some European countries have raised objections, hoping to choose two of them in the next two years, including Daili, Poland and France. Come to hold it at home.
"It depends on you next."
Dialect refers to the afternoon speech session, which is the last opportunity to canvass vote. "Teacher Fang, I will do my best!" Yang Xiao nodded solemnly. No matter what, at least everyone present can feel the development and passion of Chinese science fiction literature. (This chapter ends)