If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

  • -- Ursula K. Le Guin 娥苏拉·勒瑰恩

如果说科幻小说是现代科技的神话,那么它的神话就是悲剧。

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Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could say that it helped me figure out the anatomy and physiology of mythology and its relevance in a society more incisively. How is it that no society can, or does, exist without them?

医学训练教会我如何将错综复杂的故事、符号和仪式分解成清晰的体系。可以说,它帮助我更深刻地理解了神话的解剖学和生理学,以及它在社会中的相关性。没有他们,社会怎么可能存在?

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.

那么什么是悲剧呢?在伊丽莎白时代,人们认为以死亡结尾的戏剧是一场悲剧,但近年来,我们开始明白,活着有时比死亡更悲惨。

It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.

它将把人类从剩余的枷锁中解放出来,这些枷锁仍然把人类和这个星球联系在一起。

Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.

神话是一种主观的真理。每种文化都以某种方式想象生活。

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

一个人应该寻找的是现在,而不是他认为应该是什么。

Being dull and boring is far more tragic than being tacky.

枯燥乏味比俗气可悲得多。