科幻
Zima Blue and Other Stories Douban
author: Reynolds, Alastair publishing house: Diamond Comic Distributors 2007 - 5
The stories in Zima Blue represent a more optimistic take on humanity's future, a view that says there may be wars, there may be catastrophes and cosmic errors, but something human will still survive.
June 8, 2024 read
这本集子其实挺厚的,好在作品内容变化丰富,涉及的主题还是挺广泛的,外加作者的文风和手法都还比较engaging,读完之后也还是意犹未尽,特别著名的两篇Zima Blue和Beyond the Aquila Rift自不必说,有着动画改编版的悬疑和恢弘感,又有不少动画没有表现出来的细节和伏笔,尤其Aquila Rift的结尾,似乎比动画更多了思考和解读的空间……很喜欢的一篇是Signal to Noise,这种设置在近未来地球的故事自己不是作者的专长,但是平行宇宙+《献给阿尔吉农的花束》的质感很特别,感觉是整本集子里最情绪化的一篇,最后告别的桥段说起来很cliche,但是隐约让我看到了送别弥留之际的亲人的画面;Minla‘s Flowers是Merlin那个三部曲里我最喜欢的一篇,无论在故事节奏还是人物弧光上都把控得更好,最后的结局真有点出乎意料,相比之下最后一篇Merlin's Gun倒有点狗尾续貂的感觉;还有Angels of Ashes,我好爱!但是我觉得真的太短了!超新星爆炸、宗教圣战、量子可能性,这么宏大的设定怎么可以一个短篇就把我打发了,根本没看够好吗这要写成长篇不比《沙丘》燃吗(bushi
短篇 英国 科幻
A Clockwork Orange Douban
author: Burgess, Anthony publishing house: Penguin Classics 2013
March 8, 2024 read
时隔多年的重读,这次读了英文版,所以有机会体会到nadsat的神奇,以及作者对英语本身的掌控力,虽然是小混混的粗俗言辞,却有着强烈的语言节奏感和韵律感,以俄语为基础的nadsat也给语言增加了一种粗粝的质地,非常符合男主不良少年的人设……其实是这次重读才头一回知道结尾有两个版本,作者实际上的意图很难判断,但似乎是倾向于保留最后一章,至少我个人的判断也是更倾向于保留最后一章……当然我完全没有觉得Alex和他droogs的行径是可以饶恕或者接受的,只是Ludovico's Technique洗的是生理反应而非真正意义上的洗脑,Alex排斥恶行而表现出爱和尊重实属无可奈何,然而最后一章中是什么力量让Alex看似“自发”地放弃了这些恶行,选择进入一种安顿下来、生儿育女的范式,或者说从这本书讨论的核心话题来说,是真的“选择善”还是“被迫善”呢?我读完全篇只觉得汗毛倒竖,相比于打针和电影放映室,社会范式本身也许才是一种潜移默化且更为高效、彻底的洗脑机器。
反乌托邦 科幻 英国 文学
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Dune: Part Two
7.5 (915 ratings) director: 丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦 actor: 提莫西·查拉梅 / 赞达亚·科尔曼
other title: 沙丘2 / 沙丘:第二部(台)
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
March 9, 2024 watched
相比于第一部来说这部节奏快起来了,所以相比于“拖沓”来说观感也许好一些,然而真的,是否想讲的内容太多了点,总觉得大多数剧情都过得急匆匆的,来不及铺垫就一笔带过的感觉,以至于Paul的弧光整个很松散破碎……then again,妈妈的弧光就挺完整的,一方面是妈妈的动机比较单纯和连贯,另一方面……大概是因为甜茶是真的不会演吧……保罗从抵触和否认Lisan al-Gaib的“人设”到最后称帝的心路历程让我这个看过原著的人都有点云里雾里,更大的问题可能是Timothee Chalamet这个人吧……没有魅力,没有威慑力,没有领导力,每次需要爆发的时候字面意思上全靠吼是真的不太行……also哈维尔巴登这个毒唯粉人设实在过于好笑
美国 科幻
Doctor Who: Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories Douban Goodreads
author: Naomi Alderman publishing house: Penguin Group UK 2019 - 3
Twelve wonderful tales of adventure, science, magic, monsters and time travel - featuring all twelve Doctors - are waiting for you in this very special Doctor Who book.
And now they're joined by a very exciting, and very exclusive, new tale written by Naomi Alderman that will star the Thirteenth Doctor, as she battles to save the universe with her three close and trusted friends.
Other authors featured are: Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott, Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, Patrick Ness, Richelle Mead, Malorie Blackman, Alex Scarrow, Charlie Higson, Derek Landy, Neil Gaiman, and Holly Black.
April 19, 2021 read
这个有声书的narrator好优秀,读得非常抓人,尤其是13th那个的,简直太绝了!听到的一瞬间赶紧倒回去听credit这不会是 JodieWhittaker本人读的吧!文本的精彩程度有点层次不齐
科幻 有声书
The Fall of Hyperion Douban Goodreads Skybridge
The Fall of Hyperion
7.3 (9 ratings) author: Dan Simmons publishing house: Spectra 1991 - 3
In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in "Hyperion,"Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. Onthe world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secretsthey contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the universe--will ever bethe same.
Sept. 27, 2020 read
整本书字里行间都写满了宿命感,并没有第一本那么震撼,但是读的时候那种被牢牢握住无法挣脱的感觉很强烈,悦石那段我真的失语,仔细想想她不就是Ozymandias
科幻 美国
Hyperion
Hyperion
8.7 (18 ratings) author: Dan Simmons publishing house: Spectra 1990 - 3
The winner of a 1990 Hugo Award follows seven pilgrims on a voyage to the world of Hyperion--dominated by the all-powerful creature, the Shrike--where they hope to learn the secret that will save humanity. Reissue.
Sept. 16, 2020 read
信条上头于是听了个海伯利安的电子书(不要问我联系在哪里)还是和第一遍看的时候一样震撼,杜雷那个故事我是一直念念不忘,看完四本已经再回来看这个故事更觉扼腕……Rachel和Moneta的故事也是如此
科幻 美国
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Douban Goodreads Skybridge
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
8.6 (8 ratings) author: Ken Liu publishing house: Saga Press 2015 - 11
Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots
Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.
With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. This mesmerizing collection features many of Ken’s award-winning and award-finalist stories, including: “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” (Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards), “Mono No Aware” (Hugo Award winner), “The Waves” (Nebula Award finalist), “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” (Nebula and Sturgeon Award finalists), “All the Flavors” (Nebula Award finalist), “The Litigation Master and the Monkey King” (Nebula Award finalist), and the most awarded story in the genre’s history, “The Paper Menagerie” (The only story to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards).
Insightful and stunning stories that plumb the struggle against history and betrayal of relationships in pivotal moments, this collection showcases one of our greatest and original voices.
Feb. 22, 2022 read
就实际上大多数故事细细一想都是很 chliche的情节,但是刘宇昆还蛮会写的,一旦混进了亚洲元素(中国、日本、亚裔、移民)就变得很有意思,zz隐喻很多,以及一些文字读起来脑子里忍不住冒中文……有几篇感觉写得不够利落
科幻 美国
Station Eleven Douban Goodreads
Station Eleven
7.2 (12 ratings) author: Emily St John Mandel publishing house: Knopf 2014 - 9
Set in the days of civilization's collapse,
tells the story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.
One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of
. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time—from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains—this suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people: the actor, the man who tried to save him, the actor's first wife, his oldest friend, and a young actress with the Traveling Symphony, caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet.
May 22, 2022 read
不知道是不是因为 covid 之后这种 post apocalypse scenario小说有点烂大街..感觉有点审美疲劳,甚至觉得按照这个pandemic的设定(super short incubation period andhigh lethality)能直接wipe out civilisation真的听起来就很不科学……时间线切得碎到没啥必要,人物和情节也没什么特别之处,就是加入了一些听起来比较文艺的元素吧但也没有很好利用起来,整体感觉很松散,有点失喂
科幻 美国
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
8.8 (26 ratings) author: 安迪·威尔 publishing house: Ballantine Books 2021 - 5 other title: Project Hail Mary A Novel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science--in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND KIRKUS REVIEWS - "An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi."--USA Today "If you loved The Martian, you'll go crazy for Weir's latest."--The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery--and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian--while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
Jan. 12, 2023 read
还是一些reread,啊这本真的是pure joy,虽然是硬科幻但是据说有不少可选原理瞎扯的地方but who cares,每次听到Rocky的声音都忍不住熬夜一口气听好多,怎么可以这么可爱呜呜呜 my face holes leak,从他们分别到重逢再到最后的结局真的是赚足眼泪,今天也是为 Grace和小 Rocky的友谊哭哭笑笑的一天
科幻 美国
A Memory Called Empire Douban Goodreads Skybridge
7.7 (14 ratings) author: Arkady Martine publishing house: Tor 2019 - 3
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court.
Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her Station from Teixcalaan's unceasing expansion—all while navigating an alien culture that is all too seductive, engaging in intrigues of her own, and hiding a deadly technological secret—one that might spell the end of her Station and her way of life—or rescue it from annihilation.
Feb. 8, 2023 read
大概给到三星半?总体来说情节推进有点吃力(尤其前一半,感觉略显松散,后一半紧张起来了),但是相对于很多传统的太空歌剧(by this lparticularly mean Dune)这个节奏算是挺紧凑了,人物塑造也更wholesome和light-hearted(3 seagrass妹子太可爱了点!)背景设定是遥远的未来,但与处于遥远过去的拜占庭帝国遥遥相望,帝国和蛮族的对比细节满满,也是别有深意..人物方面srds我好喜欢19 Adze啊这是可以说的吗?
太空歌剧 科幻 美国
The Kaiju Preservation Society Douban Goodreads Skybridge
7.0 (6 ratings) author: John Scalzi publishing house: Tor Books 2022 - 3
The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy.
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda and they're in trouble.
It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who have found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
April 22, 2023 read
3.5 看到这本书的第一个字(甚至不是正文的第一个字而是标题的第一个字)就感受到了nerd警告!然后它也真的很nerdy,加上WiWheaton的narration就有点爆表了…真的是很2020的一本书,也许如果我去年隔离期间开始听这本书会更喜欢一些,很轻松很愉快很intense但也很简单很套路,可以不用脑子就觉得很享受的那种科幻(但是真的,用暮光之城男女主明明怪兽到底是怎么想的啊!(also意外发现这里有一个主要角色是enby全程都用 they这个 pronoun,看来全世界觉得换个 pronoun都很困难的只有()
科幻 美国
献给阿尔吉侬的花束 Douban
7.4 (14 ratings) genre: Musical playwright: Daniel Keyes, Gérald Sibleyras / 李泫圭
director: Anne Kessler / 李泫圭 actor: Grégory Gadebois / 于晓璘 / 张博俊 / 赵禹钧 / 党韫葳



《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》的故事讲述了查理·高登由于先天低智而受到他人冷眼和大环境的不平等待遇。他最大的心愿是变得跟其他人一样“聪明”。
机缘巧合下他被选中参与了一场可以提高智力的实验,与真正的小白鼠阿尔吉侬进行了同样的脑部手术。手术后,查理·高登的智商逐渐变得与常人无异,甚至远超于常人。然而他却发现,智慧离间了他和他所有爱的人,生活也似乎正从“光明”步入“黑暗”……

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
7.8 (966 ratings) director: 鲁珀特·怀亚特 actor: 安迪·瑟金斯 / 詹姆斯·弗兰科
other title: 猩球崛起 / 猿人争霸战:猩凶革命(港)
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
Sept. 29, 2013 watched
秃董死蠢哈哈哈哈哈哈哈~
科幻 美国
Inception (2010)
Inception
other title: 盗梦空间 / 潜行凶间(港)
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Dec. 27, 2011 watched
You mustn‘t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling
科幻 美国
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
8.1 (842 ratings) director: 加思·詹宁斯 actor: 马丁·弗瑞曼 / 亚辛·贝
other title: 银河系漫游指南 / 星际大奇航
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
X: First Class (2011)
X-Men: First Class
8.0 (1141 ratings) director: 马修·沃恩 actor: 詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 / 迈克尔·法斯宾德
other title: X战警:第一战 / X-Men: First Class
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Aug. 31, 2013 watched
我居然才看完……被赞哭了QvQ
科幻 美国
Independence Day (1996)
Independence Day
7.5 (730 ratings) director: Roland Emmerich actor: Will Smith / Jeff Goldblum
other title: 独立日 / ID4星际终结者(台)
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Doctor Who Season 1 (2005)
Doctor Who Season 1 part of TV Series: Doctor Who
9.0 (290 ratings) director: Keith Boak / Joe Ahearne actor: 大卫·田纳特 / 比莉·派佩
The Eleventh Doctor is portrayed by Matt Smith. Steven Moffat took over as head writer and executive producer after Russell T Davies stepped down. Julie Gardner also stepped down as executive producer and was replaced by Piers Wenger and Beth Willis.
Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen
8.6 (926 ratings) director: 扎克·施奈德 actor: 帕特里克·威尔森 / 卡拉·古奇诺
other title: 守望者 / 保卫奇侠(港)
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Oct. 3, 2020 watched
这个终剪版太长了我终于鼓起勇气看完了……讲道理这个调调我可太喜欢了,镜头语言和剧情都好对路,以及垫乐真的配得特别绝,also,Matthew Goode在这里面好看到我看到他第一眼我就被剧透了
美国 科幻