谷雨书苑第二十七期读书分享会（分享题目《科幻文学历史及其流派》）by Qiongying Hu

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Hamlet

To be, or not to be- that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep-
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die- to sleep.
To sleep- perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub!
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death-
The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns- puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.- Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia!- Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins rememb'red.

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10月4号，周日晚上5:00pm - 8:00pm @3375 Scott Blvd, Suite 306 Santa Clara, CA 95054

分享人：Qiongying Hu 胡琼颖

中科大本科，之后在美求学、工作多年。酷爱阅读，尤其德语文学，诗歌，人物传记及科幻。

分享内容：科幻文学历史及其流派

科幻小说是以科幻为题材的小说。虽然从科幻史的角度来看，暂时还没有一个能被所有研究者所公认的定义标准。一些可供参考的例子有：“科幻小说是描述科学或想象中的科学对人类影响的作品”；“科幻小说是描绘对象处于未知范畴中的作品”。以上定义虽然角度不同，但科幻小说的定义中总是反复出现一些词语，例如：“幻想”、“未来”、“科技”、“人类”、“变化”等。从这些关键词中可以看到，科幻小说所涉及的范畴总是与人类的好奇心、求知欲紧密相连。

科幻小说诞生于19世纪，是欧洲工业文明崛起后特殊的文化现象之一。人类在19世纪，全面进入以科学发明和技术革命为主导的时代后，一切关注人类未来命运的文艺题材，都不可避免地要表现未来的科学技术。而这种表现，在工业革命之前是不可能的。

科幻文学虽始于工业革命时期的欧洲，却在美国壮大成熟。尤其是黄金时期 (20世纪40-50年代)，不仅名作众多，社会影响深远。嬉皮士们把科幻小说奉为当时的圣经。美国20世纪的文学基本没法忽略科幻这个类型 (genre)。

回顾科幻文学发展，曾有过极其清晰的脉络，从太空歌剧，硬科幻，新浪潮、赛博朋克，到如今的百花齐放。这次分享主要是多年深度阅读科幻的一些心得，介绍科幻文学的流派，探讨其独特的故事架构和世界观。

值得一提的是，中国近来最为优秀的硬科幻小说《三体》，刚刚获得了科幻小说的最高荣誉雨果奖。

兴许这次分享后，大家能有不同的角度，去看待时下的科幻文学及相关衍生产业。

参考文献：

以下书目仅供参考。更多是个人的读书归纳，也参阅了许多网络资料，不一一赘述。

Alternate Worlds, by James Gunn
How to write Science Fiction & Fantasy, by Orson Scott Card