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林新惠／我們並非我們本身──姜峯楠《呼吸》中的「蓋婭假說」

文／林新惠2020年07月02日
「命定論」和「自由意志」之間的辯證，是姜峯楠小說的顯題。在他的第一本小說集《妳一生的預言》，當中的同名小說，就以費馬定律和非線性語言，解釋了因果論和目的論，兩者雖然看似相反，但也可以是看待同一世界的不同觀點。也如同姜在一份訪談提到，自由意志和命定論應該是能夠相容的。這份辯證延續 more

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　　《妳一生的預言：電影「異星入境」原著小說》作者姜峯楠全新科幻短篇故事集

　　姜峯楠再次推出令人驚艷科幻短篇小說集，集結科幻小說的精華：科技的發展與AI失控，當然還有必不可少的外星生物，以及穿越時空題材。

　　本書充滿啟發性的點子與對人物深深的同情，收錄作者的經典作品及未曾曝光的全新創作。在〈商人與煉金術師的門〉中，穿越時空的入口，迫使一位紡織商人回到古老的巴格達，去彌補過去的錯誤；在〈呼吸〉中，外星科學家，發現一個驚人的事實，不僅危害自己的種族，更可能危及所有真實的生存；〈軟件的生生世世〉裡，一名女子辛勤的照顧人工智能超過二十年，讓這智能可以幻化成栩栩如生的活體投影。

　　在這些科幻題材的背後，作者提出最古老的質問：宇宙的本質是什麼？到底是什麼成就人性與造物？一舉把科幻小說推向深具省思與絕美的境界，探索科技與知識的結合的果實，潛意識與自由意志，還有人性慾望。九個故事提供新的世界觀，讓讀者一同徜徉於物理與科技的謬思，及文學的風趣當中。(文/博客來編譯)

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Ted Chiang

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