那些不容错过的华人科幻小说

袁瑞

About the author： Ken Liu was born in Lanzhou， China but immigrated with his family to the United States at age 11. He is an author of speculative fiction. Ken&apos；s debut novel， The Grace of Kings， is the first volume in the fantasy series， The Dandelion Dynasty： a saga1） of tyranny2）， rebellion and rivalry set in a beautifully imagined world of airships and adventurers. In addition to his original fiction， Ken is also the translator of numerous literary and genre works from Chinese to English. His translation of The Three-Body Problem， by Liu Cixin， won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015， the first translated novel ever to receive that honor.

Plot： Wily3）， charming Kuni Garu， a bandit4）， and stern， fearless Mata Zyndu， the son of a deposed5） duke， seem like polar opposites. Yet， in the uprising against the emperor， the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast armies， airships and shape-shifting gods. Once the emperor has been overthrown， however， they each find themselves the leader of separate sides， each with very different ideas about how the world should be run and the meaning of justice.

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

作者簡介

刘宇昆出生在中国的兰州，但在11岁时和家人移居了美国。他是一位推理科幻作家，其长篇小说处女作《国王的恩典》是奇幻系列小说“蒲公英王朝”的第一部。这是一部关于暴政、叛乱和斗争的传奇故事，故事发生在一个想象中的美丽国度，那里有飞艇，也有探险家。除了原创小说，刘宇昆还是位译者，将许多文学作品和通俗小说从中文译成了英文。他的译作《三体》（作者刘慈欣）获得了2015年度雨果奖最佳长篇小说奖——这可是首部获此殊荣的译作。

故事梗概

库尼·加鲁是一个诡计多端而又魅力十足的强盗，而马塔·赞杜则是一个被废黜的公爵的儿子，作风强硬而又无所畏惧。他们两个看起来就像是对立的两极。然而，在一场反对君王的起义中，两人经过一系列的冒险，与千军万马、各式飞艇以及会变形的诸神作战后，很快成了挚友。可是，君王一被推翻，他们彼此就发现自己各领一派，对该如何管理这个世界以及对正义的理解也都秉持截然不同的观点。

About the author： Chinese author， engineer and multiple Yinhe Award winner Wang Jinkang， who spent over 20 years writing science fiction， is another heavyweight in Chinese SF. His stories are deeply rooted in the tradition of realism and usually with a focus on biology.

Plot： On the surface， the life of young scientist Mei Yin seems perfect. She runs her own research institute in China， she&apos；s getting married， and she founded an orphanage that helps hundreds of girls. But Mei Yin has a dark secret—three small bottles of "Satan&apos；s gift"， a deadly smallpox6） virus left over from Russian scientific research conducted during the Cold War. She&apos；s determined to find a vaccine7）， even if that means endangering those she holds dear. Zia Baj， a terrorist educated in the West， has also obtained Satan&apos；s gift. But he&apos；s not looking for a cure—instead， he plans to take revenge and start a war. So he releases the virus in an American classroom. At the same time， thousands of miles away， the children of Mei Yin&apos；s orphanage fall ill. Soon authorities realize that this is no ordinary outbreak： It&apos；s the start of an epidemic.endprint

About the author： Lao She was one of the most significant figures of 20th-century Chinese literature， and best known for his novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse. Cat Country， Lao She&apos；s only work of science fiction， is a dark， dystopian tale of one man&apos；s close encounter with the feline8） kind.

Plot： When a traveler from China lands on Mars， he finds himself in a country inhabited entirely by Cat People. Befriended by a local cat-man， he comes to know all aspects of cat-life. He learns to speak Felinese， masters cat-poetry， and so on. But curiosity turns to despair when he ventures further into the heart of the country and the culture， and realizes that he is witnessing the decline of a civilization.

Pathological by Wang Jinkang 王晉康的《四级恐慌》

Cat Country by Lao She 老舍的《猫城记》

作者简介

王晋康，中国作家、工程师，多次荣获银河奖。20多年来，他一直致力于科幻小说的创作，是中国科幻小说界又一重量级人物。他写的故事深植于现实传统之中，并常聚焦于生物学领域。

故事梗概

从表面上来看，年轻科学家梅茵的生活似乎非常完美，她在中国开了自己的研究所，结了婚，还建了一所孤儿院，帮助了上百名女童。但梅茵有个不为人知的秘密——她有三小瓶“撒旦的礼物”，这是冷战期间俄罗斯人进行科学研究后遗留下的一种致命天花病毒。她执意要找到疫苗，哪怕这意味着会危及那些她最亲的人。齐亚·巴伊是一个在西方受过教育的恐怖分子，也拥有“撒旦的礼物”。然而，他没有去寻找对抗病毒的方法，反而计划着复仇和发动一场战争。于是，他在美国的一间教室里释放了病毒。与此同时，远在千里之外的那些被梅茵收养的孤儿们都生了病。很快，当局就意识到这不是普通的疾病暴发，而是一场瘟疫的开端。

作者简介

老舍是20世纪中国文坛上最重要的人物之一，其最为人称道的要数他的小说《骆驼祥子》和戏剧《茶馆》。《猫城记》是老舍唯一的科幻类小说，讲述了一个关于人类与猫人相处的反乌托邦题材的黑暗故事。

故事梗概

一个中国旅行者降落到了火星，发现自己身处在一个全都是猫人的国家。当地的一个猫人和他交了朋友，于是，他逐渐了解到了猫人生活的方方面面。他学着说猫人的语言，掌握了猫人的诗歌，这样的经历不一而足。但当他冒险进一步深入猫人国腹地，深入了解其文化内核，并意识到自己正见证一场文明的衰败时，他的好奇逐渐变成了一种绝望。endprint