Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

  • -- Rick Moody 自里克·穆迪

体裁是书店的问题,而不是文学的问题。

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So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world.

很多文学科幻小说都是关于创造丰富、详细、在社会层面上有意义的世界。我们将为人们创造一个世界,然后在这个世界里呈现一个故事。

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.

我喜欢给人们我认为他们会喜欢的小说,在没有特定的场合——只是当我们一起在书店的时候。我喜欢在生日那天收到参考书。

I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks.

我可以走进一家书店,交出我的信用卡,他们却不知道我到底是谁。也许这能说明书店职员的一些问题。

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

并不是说他们看不到解决方案。而是他们看不到问题所在。

The problem, like most problems in life, probably had to do with his footwork.

和生活中的大多数问题一样,这个问题可能与他的步法有关。

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

每一位文学评论家都相信他将战胜历史,并拥有最后的发言权。