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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I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and it's a very limited time. I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk, I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I don't go running or hard hiking.

我把孩子送到学校,然后跑回家,时间非常有限。我只能认真写作几个小时。然后我总是去散步,走一到两个小时;我不跑步也不远足。

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

希腊人在他们的悲剧中庄严地说:“没有人在死前被称为幸福的;”对此,我还要补充一句:“没有人在死前被称为不幸福的。”

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

当然,任何试图用确定性方法生成随机数的人都是生活在罪恶的状态中。

I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step.

我喜欢所有关于所有怪物的神话和规则,但我喜欢走额外的一步。

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。

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.

现在看来很悲惨的事情,几年后甚至都不会成为问题。