These stories are all from Galaxy (except for the one
which was in 1[, which really is the same thing). The
birth and growth of Galaxy was the most important single
element in my science fiction career except, of course, for
my meeting in the late 30s with John Campbell.
Galaxy was Horace L. Gold s creation and for a time,
I think, his life. When word went out that he had a new
magazine, he was flooded, deluged, swamped, with manu-
scripts. He gave half of them to the late Groff Conklin
and half to me. Groff and I read them and wrote com-
ments, and then swapped our piles of paper. They then
went back to Horace, who read them all and did the final
selections. I don t know how he did it. I don t know how
he did anything in those days; he wasn t well, and he was
carrying burdens and undergoing stresses the like of which
have foundered many a well man. Yet in all the years he
ran Galaxy, he met his deadlines, he paid his writers, and
he consistently refused to buy inferior work from his
closest friends. What more could anyone want of an
editor?
(I hear a voice from the fog crying, "I damn well want
an editor who will keep his blue pencil the hell off my
story!" and it is true that from time to time he made
changes, and among these, there were alterations that
drove certain writers and a reader or two straight up the
wall. I learned, however, that if I had a certain turn of
phrase or a sequence that 1 didn t want him to mess with,
1 would write "stet" in the margin--a printer s term which
means "run it as it stands." And he never failed to respect
it.)
Horace was an editor-in-depth, by which I mean that
his concern went a good deal further than the black
marks on white paper. He eonaldered the source---con-
siderately. Just one example:
A writer, from time to time, trips up on the convolu-
tions of his own literary intestines and falls flat; can t
move, can t write. That happened to me because of the
machinations of a maverick senator. His hi-iinks struck
me in a special way. Think of Asimov s dictum that there
are three kinds of science fiction: What If--, If Only--,
and If This Goes On. My preoccupation has always been
the latter, and applied to what I saw was happening in the
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这本书的语言风格,坦白说,充满了后现代主义的迷宫感。大量使用极其晦涩难懂的术语和作者自创的词汇,初读时简直像在破译一份来自失落文明的密码本。我不得不频繁地停下来查阅背景资料,甚至怀疑是不是我自身的知识储备跟不上作者的想象力。这种对阅读门槛的刻意提高,无疑筛选掉了很大一部分的普通读者,但对于那些愿意沉浸其中、享受“破解”乐趣的人来说,这可能就是其魅力所在。我特别欣赏其中关于“记忆回溯”的描写,那几章的文字结构和句法完全被打乱重构,模仿了意识流的破碎感,读起来有一种强烈的眩晕和迷失感,非常震撼。然而,这种艺术上的探索也带来了实实在在的阅读障碍。有几处情节,即便是通过了语言的迷雾,其核心意义依然像海市蜃楼一样难以把握,总觉得作者在故弄玄虚,而非深思熟虑。我希望作者能在保持其独特性的同时,对叙事逻辑的清晰度上做一些权衡,让那些深刻的洞见能够更有效地传递给读者,而不是被华丽辞藻的迷雾所掩盖。
评分构建的世界观无疑是这部作品最引人注目的部分,它复杂、宏大,而且充满了令人不安的细节。作者似乎对社会学和生物工程学有着深入的涉猎,将未来社会的阶层固化、基因编辑的伦理困境,描绘得淋漓尽致。我尤其对那个被称为“静默区”的设定印象深刻,它不仅仅是一个地理概念,更是一种对个体自由意志的彻底剥夺的隐喻,其冷酷程度让人不寒而栗。然而,这种对世界构建的过度迷恋,似乎牺牲了部分角色本身的立体性。许多人物更像是服务于宏大叙事的工具人,他们的动机和情感变化往往是为推进某个理论或情节转折服务的,而非源于真实人性的驱动。例如,主要反派的转变过程,虽然在设定上是合理的,但在情感爆发点上却显得仓促和缺乏铺垫,像一个程序被执行完毕的指令。我期待在后续的故事中,能看到更多基于个体选择和情感纠葛的冲突,而不是仅仅围绕着系统性的压迫展开,这样故事的张力才会更加丰满和耐人寻味。
评分这本书的配乐(如果可以这么比喻的话)是极其不和谐的,但这或许正是其精妙之处。它没有传统意义上的“好人”或“坏人”,每一个阵营的行动逻辑都建立在一个无可指摘的“必要性”之上,让读者时刻处于道德的灰色地带。书中关于“牺牲”的探讨,尤其令人不安。作者毫不留情地展示了为了群体生存所必须付出的个人代价,那种冰冷的数据化处理,比任何血腥的暴力描写都更具冲击力。但是,这种对绝对理性的推崇,使得故事的“人味”变得稀薄。我感觉自己像一个冷眼旁观的科学家,观察着复杂的实验对象在预设的框架内运作。虽然我理解作者试图挑战既有的道德框架,但缺乏一个能够让读者寄托情感的“锚点”,使得在阅读体验的高潮部分,情感的共鸣度不如预期的强烈。它更像是一场智力上的挑战,而非一次心灵的触动。我希望,即便是最黑暗的未来,也能看到一丝人性微弱但坚韧的光芒,哪怕只是为了让读者在读完后,能带着更复杂的情绪走出来。
评分这本书的叙事节奏真是让人捉摸不透,时而像微风拂面,轻柔得几乎感觉不到情节的推进,而转瞬间,又能像突如其来的暴风雨,将你卷入一个高强度的情感漩涡。我花了相当长的时间才适应这种忽快忽慢的步调。作者在描绘那些宏大、几乎是宇宙尺度的场景时,笔触细腻得令人称奇,仿佛每一个星系都有其专属的呼吸和心跳。然而,当视角收回到人物的内心世界时,文字的处理又显得有些疏离,像隔着一层毛玻璃在观察他们的挣扎与欢愉。比如,主角在面对那个重大抉择时的内心独白,虽然逻辑清晰,但缺乏那种令人心碎的代入感。我常常在想,是不是作者有意为之,用这种克制的手法来反衬故事背景的荒谬与冰冷?整本书读下来,我仿佛经历了一场漫长的星际航行,既有令人屏息的壮丽,也有深入骨髓的寂寥。那些关于时间和存在的哲学探讨,在某些章节显得尤为深刻,直击灵魂,但又很快被新的动作场面打断,留给读者消化的时间太短,总让人意犹未尽,仿佛错过了什么关键的领悟。这使得我对整体的评价陷入一种矛盾的境地:它无疑是富有野心的文学作品,但在情感的连贯性上,我个人感觉有些欠缺打磨。
评分从排版和装帧设计上来看,这本书似乎也试图模仿一种古老的、被损毁的文献感,这在实体书中表现得非常出色。那些故意留白的页面、不规则的字体替换,甚至偶尔出现的“污渍”图案,都极大地增强了故事的沉浸感和真实性,仿佛我们真的在翻阅一份被时间侵蚀的禁忌档案。这种视觉上的投入感是无与伦比的。然而,这种对“形式感”的极致追求,有时会喧宾夺主,分散我对核心内容的注意力。比如,在一些关键的对话场景中,为了保持版式的奇特,文字的排列变得冗长和重复,这无疑是艺术上的尝试,但在阅读流畅性上造成了明显的障碍。这让我不得不反复阅读同一段落,以确保没有遗漏任何信息,这在快节奏的叙事段落中尤其令人沮丧。总而言之,它是一部在形式上勇于创新的作品,但这种创新带来的阅读阻力是显而易见的,需要读者付出超乎寻常的耐心和专注力才能完全领会其中奥妙。
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