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Although Li Wenyuan guessed that Lin Han must have had it in stock for a long time, he was still a little surprised when he heard the book title with time, "Why is it called 2001? Does this time have any special meaning?"
Previously, in order to repay the last favor of "Science Fiction World", Lin Han sent his short story "Chao Wen Dao" to it, and the remaining friendship was exhausted.
Li Wenyuan said proudly: "Who am I? I am very well-informed! It seems that this matter is true. The space center really wants you to write a new book within two weeks??"
There is a section on the relationship between the emergence of language and human civilization. Lin Han found it very enlightening when he read it.
Lin Han himself felt extremely entangled. If he really wanted the first book carried on the space station to be with a foreign background, not to mention the Space Center and the Central Propaganda Department, I am afraid that domestic readers and netizens would also be outraged. Pot up.
"This thing can't be touched easily."
If it is exploited by someone with ulterior motives again, it is very likely to cause a public opinion incident. Even if the mass base is as strong as that of Stephen Chow, it will still be turned into a so-called "unfavorable incident" by some celebrities in the Hong Kong entertainment industry and public opinion!
Looking at these similar book titles, he always thought they were fake books imitated through movies and had no interest in them. However, one day he couldn't help but borrow them all and read them. Only then did he realize that he had almost missed a classic!
In fact, the story is very simple. The mysterious black slate enlightened human civilization on earth in prehistoric times. Three million years later, humans discovered the same stone slab on the moon. The stone slab immediately emitted electromagnetic signals in the direction of Saturn the moment it was unearthed.
The benefits of adding the two are obvious and will surely explode the book market!
In 1977, the U.S. Voyager probe applied the technology envisioned in this book, and in 2013, on behalf of all mankind, it officially flew out of the solar system and headed towards a new future!
Lin Han tapped his temple and sighed in a low voice.
Water can carry a boat and capsize it. In the past, readers could accept their own novels with foreign backgrounds, but they may not be able to accept such works being placed on Tiangong-2 and enjoying the high-standard treatment!
However, in the movie, they are just a group of apes who are stupid at first and then crazy. People who have not read the original work will have a hard time understanding what they are doing.
Many novels are like this, using specious writing techniques so that readers can't tell whether it is a fictional story or a true story, and thus become more immersed in the story!
"Then have you probably decided what to write?" Li Wenyuan asked with concern, "The time is so tight and the quality requirements are quite high. Those officials must have other instructions!"
It is estimated that people all over the country will be curious about what kind of book can be sent into space.
"Yes, I think this opportunity is quite good. It is very memorable for a science fiction novel to become the first domestic book sent to space. It is quite good for me personally and for the entire environment. .”
But Lin Han is really afraid of some people's over-interpretation. He obviously doesn't mean it, but it seems like he is doing reading comprehension. A serious color can give you various different attitudes!
This is a very, very pretentious thing to do, and very indecisive!
"I have a better idea. Instead of you writing a separate manuscript for us, how about you hand over the novel for the space center to Age of Fantasy?"
So most of the time Lin Han writes about foreign countries, at least tossing about foreigners so that he won't be associated with his own people.
It is actually normal to choose to write "2001: A Space Odyssey". This book describes the story of earth civilization from the African apes millions of years ago to the journey to space.
It is obvious that a big tree attracts the wind. Many people are waiting to find fault with Lin Han and want to watch him fall from the altar. They would be even happier if they could step on him a few times.
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The leaders of the space center definitely hope that Lin Han’s new book will be based on domestic background, rather than foreign background. If it were placed in the past, it would definitely be labeled as politically incorrect.
Clark, the author of the "Space Odyssey" tetralogy, is a famous British science fiction novelist. He was evaluated by the Los Angeles Times as the poet laureate of the space age and one of the three major science fiction novelists of the 20th century!
Li Wenyuan is also a little careful. If Lin Han's new book is sent to the Tiangong-2 space station along with the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft, it will definitely attract a lot of attention!
Comparing movies with novels, Lin Han still prefers novels. This does not mean that the movies are not good, but that movies and novels are two different languages. A lot of information contained in words cannot be presented in images. of!
In fact, there are already signs of this. When netizens are speculating which book by Lin Han can be taken into space, the books with the most mentions and the highest support rates are all works with domestic backgrounds.
Now that a book can accomplish two tasks, what else does Lin Han have to be dissatisfied with
Lin Han laughed into the phone, "I have gained some rights for myself. In terms of freedom of creation, as long as I don't write any reactionary content, it should be fine. Anyway, I have already planned it and am meeting the deadline. Submit it and don’t give them time to revise it.”
Only David Bowman escaped by chance. The surviving Bowman arrived at Saturn alone and found another larger black stone slab...
Now it is impossible for Lin Han to make a movie for the time being, so it would be nice to just have a novel version!
Since this is the first time that a literary work has been brought into space in China, Lin Han feels that the theme and content of Space Odyssey are very suitable, but there is also a big problem!
He quickly agreed, "What's the problem with this? After the news is announced over there, you can let Fantasy Times announce it. I will communicate with the publisher myself, and when you get to the middle of the serialization, the whole book will be officially released. !”
Lin Han was confused, "How did you know I was going to write a manuscript for the space center?"
"2001: A Space Odyssey" is a work co-created by Clark and film director Stanley. It can be said that this novel was created for the script of the film. Later, the novel independently became a classic in the history of science fiction movies.
It was only when he arrived at university that he changed his mind, because he saw several books with similar titles in the library, ranging from 2001 and 2010 to 2061 and 3001.
I believe that with official publicity, this "Space Odyssey" series will have a wider readership in China than the previous one!
"I won't spoil it for now. You will know after you read my novel. There are sequels to this series, called "2010: A Space Odyssey", "2061: A Space Odyssey", and "3001: A Space Odyssey". They are the same time. series."
Before the Voyager spacecraft flew out of the solar system, it sent back the first batch of pictures of Iapetus, which were almost exactly the same as described in the novel. Many scientists were shocked by Clark's prediction!
"You are really treacherous!" Li Wenyuan also laughed, "You haven't told me yet whether you agree with my previous proposal to serialize your new book in "The Age of Fantasy"?"
But if it comes to Lin Han, if he writes these things, the outside world will definitely not say that this is a prediction of success, but will feel that it is just linked to history and facts, and is more authentic and immersive.
So in the spring of 1968, the film was born a few months before the novel. Many readers felt that the novel explained too much and destroyed the mystery of the film. However, Clark felt that the printed text should have shown more than the film. Details to come.
However, starting from the later "2010: A Space Odyssey", the plot of the novel differed from the previous novel and was instead linked to the plot of the movie.
Both the novel and the movie are great, and there are also many places that are praised as prophetic, which largely reflects the awesomeness of "A Space Odyssey".
"Seriously, have you decided what to write?" This is what Li Wenyuan is most concerned about. He has been thinking about his new book for a long time but couldn't write it. Now Lin Han only has two weeks, which is really not good.
The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh, and Lin Han didn't want to favor the magazine or publishing house, so he came up with such a compromise.
The space shuttle at the beginning of the movie did not exist at that time, let alone a space station.
"Okay, okay, after the space center confirms it, I will give you a physical book. Maybe it will be a sibling of the book that went to space."
These words completely aroused Li Wenyuan's curiosity. As a science fiction writer, he could tell Lin Han's intention from the title of the book, so now he couldn't help but urge: "Then I won't disturb you anymore." , write it quickly, and be sure to show it to me after you finish it, I am counting on it to last through the summer!"
Not long after Lin Han came into contact with science fiction novels, his physics teacher was one of the earliest science fiction enthusiasts. During class, he recommended this unsurpassed pinnacle of science fiction to his students. It is said to have written the ultimate story of mankind in one stroke. Homecoming, the original novel of the classic Hollywood movie!
The sales volume of the May issue of "Science Fiction World" surged due to this article, which seriously affected the magazine in which Lin Han was a shareholder. Therefore, after being dragged for a drink by Li Wenyuan and Tan Lin, he agreed to write a book specifically.
Except for the staff of the space center, the only person who told Yan Hong, I am afraid that Miao Hong of Galaxy Pictures may not know the news, after all, he has not had time to explain it.
This is almost exactly the same as the lines in the novel. I don’t know if it is purely a coincidence or because the astronauts were inadvertently imitating it.
This time the book content will be left to all netizens to choose!
This is probably because the movie is so famous, so the author just continued writing following the movie, but these are only partial details and do not affect the overall story!
Now there are two ways in front of Lin Han. He decided to do a small survey to see the reactions of netizens. After all, the content is already there. It doesn't take much time to change the background or not!
Many people joked that the movie version of "2001: A Space Odyssey" was just to promote the novel version. Many people didn't realize it after watching the movie version, and naturally bought a more detailed novel version to read.
Even voiceprint landing into the space station was not realized until now, decades later!
Both the movie and the novel were released and published in 1968, before humans landed on the moon. But just a few months later, Americans landed on the moon. The Apollo astronauts had all seen the movie, and "The Blue Danube" was played in the spacecraft!
The United States dispatched the spacecraft "Discovery" on an expedition to Saturn in an attempt to find out the truth of the matter. However, in space, the supercomputer Hal suddenly went crazy, killing three hibernating astronauts and turning Frank into a space drifter.
The whole story was reviewed in Lin Han's mind, but Lin Han did not write rashly. He began to hesitate, was his approach really good
After all, this is a movie from the 1960s and 1970s. The picture quality, sound effects, soundtrack, and even the actors' performances, special effects, and actors' accents are all a bit out of date. Moreover, some scenes appear repeatedly, making people unable to help but feel disgusted. !
It can be seen from the first novel that Clark probably had no intention of writing the next three. The plot of the novel is slightly different from the movie, but it does not affect the overall situation.
For example, in the early days of the original novel, the description of the ancient apes is very rich, including the simple and basic psychological activities of the ancient apes, the influence of the mysterious slate on the ancient apes, how the ancient apes took a small step towards human beings, and even how the ancient apes survived. Changed his position in the food chain!
After Lin Han watched the movie, he scorned the so-called original novel and did not dare to touch it.
But at that time, Lin Han was still an ordinary high school student. After downloading the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" to his computer over the weekend, he felt that it was particularly overrated. Critics said it was extremely great, but they couldn't tell at all earlier.
Although Li Wenyuan does not serve as a manager within Fantasy Times Magazine, he is the big boss who controls 80% of the shares. He always pays attention to this aspect.
Li Wenyuan didn't say anything more. After getting so much useful information, he hung up the phone. He wanted to give Lin Han more time to prepare a new book.
To answer this question, the best and most direct way is to buy a copy of "Age of Fantasy" and read it for yourself!
"Because of Space Odyssey, the meaning of looking up at the stars will never be the same again."
Lin Han already had a plan in mind, and he replied: "I have thought about it, I must write a novel related to space. The novel I want to write at the moment is the first part of the "Space Odyssey" series, "2001: A Space Odyssey"!"
In fact, Lin Han has wanted to write this book for a long time, but he has never found a suitable opportunity. Now he is taking advantage of the request from the space center to launch this series of novels.
While Stanley was working on the film of the same name, Clark was working on the final draft of the novel!
The most surprising thing was actually that in 1970, Apollo 13 encountered an accident. The first sentence reported to the mission center was "Houston, we have a problem!"