If my poor Flatland friend retained the vigour of mind which he enjoyed when he began to compose these Memoirs, I should not now need to represent him in this preface, in which he desires, firstly, to return his thanks to his readers and critics in Spaceland, whose appreciation has, with unexpected celerity, required a second edition of his work; secondly, to apologize forcertain errors and misprints (for which, however, he is not entirely responsible); and, thirdly, to explain one or two misconceptions. But he is not the Square he once was. Years of imprisonment, and the still heavier burden of general incredulity and mockery, have combined with the natural decay of old age to erase from his mind many of the thoughts and notions, and much also of the terminology, which he acquired during his short stay in Spaceland. He has, therefore, requested me to reply in his behalf to two special objections, one of an intellectual, the other of a moral nature.
不知道是外国人想象力太丰富,还是我们想象力太贫乏,怎么人家就能写得出这种小说来,我们就一辈子循规蹈矩地思考呢?
评分 评分 评分通过假想构建一个世界,并且通过细节勾画使之可信,这点可追美《1984》。这部小说也勾起我对许多年前的哲学思考的一些回忆,当时还和同学讨论另一种存在形式的可能性,也许是能量式、波式或概念式或我们完全不知道的一种存在。作者通过空间形式的转变,创造出这样一种存在,十...
评分1、英国人的幽默感总是与众不同,埃德温·A·艾伯特1884年的《平面国》今天看起来仍然充满现实的讽喻,前半本整个就是个数学版本的《1984》,而且更加精干和一针见血。看到圆形教士镇压不规则形领导煽动等腰三角形起义,要求获得平等,觉得如此熟悉。 2、而后半本则提出了更宏...
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