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前言
写这篇文章是因为我基本上把刘慈欣已经装订成书本的长/短篇小说都看了一遍，就想着发表一下自己的看法
Tips:有部分赏析来自互联网（我文笔太差了，见谅）
1. 短篇小说
1.1. 时间移民
内容提要：未来的某个时期，由于地球资源无法承载庞大的人口，人类决定将8000万人进行冷藏保存，使其“运送”至120年后以减缓当代资源压力。移民大使分别于四个年代被唤醒了四次。
先后停留于经历过多次核战的“黑色时代”、科技发展超前至断层式发展的“平台时代”、人类意识逐渐统一成虚拟整体的“无形时代”和人类文明消亡之后地球开始重启的新时代。
大使考察了前三个时代的生存环境和人文科技特征，由于客观条件恶劣或者被未来世界拒绝，他选择了继续“穿越”，最终带领人类到达了最终的重启新生时代。
故事站在移民大使的角度，在不同时代的停驻中进行观察并引发哲学思考，犹豫和选择之间推进着故事线。
其间对于不同时代的哲学思考暗示了人类文明的发展进程。
大刘的书很多都有连贯性，比如时间移民的频繁冬眠，冬眠技术在大刘的书中出场率是真的高捏(￣▽￣)*
但是有一点，这些人来自以前的时代，却经历了一万两千年的迁移，这虽然在最后看来是延续了人类的文明，但是在先遣队苏醒的过程中，他们带上了“未来科技–记忆芯片”
虽然书中到最后也没提及记忆芯片，但如果这些“人”真的用了这个芯片，他们还是“人”吗？
冲破了时空，留与一万两千年后的自然，已经没有人类任何生存痕迹的纯自然中，人还是“人”吗？
没有任何生产资料，却又有所有生产资料，跨过了断层的发展
1.2. 带上她的眼睛
这篇小说中，用到了一个人类科学证实但无法实现的技术–中微子通信
内容提要：讲述了“我”去旅行的时候带上了“她”的眼睛，而“她”是失事的“落日六号”地层飞船上的领航员，被永远困在地心里。
这篇小说给我的感觉就是大刘的写作推翻了原本的第三人称的写作手法，转而代之的是以第一人称“我”的视角去描绘整个故事
但是大刘的文本核心没变，依旧是在科学范围内以极致的科幻来关注人类的命运
《带上她的眼睛》改编后被收入部编版语文教材七年级上册第六单元第23课，并获得1999年年度中国科幻小说银河奖。
对于这种科幻程度来说，很难想象刘慈欣是在两千年附近做出的这本书
这种程度的科幻，放在当今社会也可以引起人们许多思考
1.3. 地球大炮
这篇短篇小说给我的印象比较深刻，因为他与 《带上她的眼睛》 梦幻联动，具体后面再说
故事围绕主人公 沈渊 展开
在急剧恶化的自然环境面前，人类的理智最终占据了上风，各大国纷纷销毁核武器，但是在销毁核武器的过程中，科学家们趁机启动了一项实验
在超高压下，造出了一种新的物质形态–新固态
正是这种物质，造就了一条贯穿地心的通道，在“南极庭院：工程开始前，就提到了《带上她的眼睛》中被困在地心的领航员–沈静（沈渊的女儿）
在这里，我们终于知道了落日六号的目的，同时也知道了被困在地心的人是谁，这何尝不是一次梦幻联动呢？
故事从新固态来到地球隧道，最后成为地球大炮，它的技术铺垫非常的巧妙。
在沈华北身上，体现出了一种史诗般的人物魅力。我们似乎看到了一个忧国忧民的斗士，一个沉迷于技术的暴徒，一个行尸走肉般蜉蝣世界的蛀虫，一个挽救地球文明的预言师，他身上的种种矛盾，让人不能爱，不能恨，不能忘记。
对于沈华北来讲，他的人生充满了不幸，可以说，他不是一个幸福的人。似乎他的存在就是为了能够建设地球隧道，即后来的地球大炮。这是他个人的悲剧，他间接造成了儿子的死亡和孙女的终身囚禁地心。
2. 长篇小说
2.1 三体
三体在中国乃至全世界的不可撼动地位，不必多说
这本巨著主要讲述了地球人和三体人互相进行文明交流，以及生死较量，最后两个文明相继走向灭亡的故事
这部书你可能没读过，但是你一定听过关于它的梗，如：
- 宇宙级免责声明：指在三体中提到，将太阳系的光速限制在第二宇宙速度内，以向宇宙其他文明表明我们没攻击性
- 黑暗森林法则：在宇宙中，如同一片黑暗森林，猎人们总是小心翼翼，如果你一不小心点燃了“篝火”，就会变猎物
- 降维打击：歌者文明向太阳系投掷二向箔，使空间向二维化坍缩，最终实现消灭一个文明的目的
2.2球状闪电
还没读完嘻嘻，读完再写
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Preface
I wrote this article because I’ve read almost all of Liu Cixin’s published long and short stories and wanted to share my thoughts.
Tips: Some of the analysis comes from the internet (my writing isn’t great, sorry about that).
1. Short Stories
1.1. The Time Migration
Synopsis: In the future, due to Earth’s dwindling resources being unable to support its massive population, humanity decides to cryogenically preserve 80 million people and “transport” them 120 years into the future to alleviate resource pressures. The migration ambassador is awakened four times across different eras.
The stops include the “Black Era” ravaged by nuclear war, the “Platform Era” with its staggering technological advancements, the “Formless Era” where human consciousness merges into a unified virtual entity, and finally, a new era where human civilization has perished and Earth begins anew.
The ambassador examines the living conditions and technological features of the first three eras but, due to harsh environments or rejection by the future societies, chooses to continue the journey, eventually leading humanity to the reborn world.
The story unfolds from the ambassador’s perspective, observing each era and sparking philosophical reflections, with the plot advancing through his hesitations and choices.
The philosophical musings on each era hint at the progression of human civilization.
Many of Liu Cixin’s works are interconnected. For example, the frequent use of hibernation in The Time Migration—hibernation tech appears in so many of his stories(￣▽￣)*
But here’s something to ponder: these people come from an earlier time yet endure a 12,000-year migration. While it ultimately preserves human civilization, during the awakening process, they bring along “future tech—memory chips.”
Though the story never explicitly mentions these memory chips, if these “humans” truly use them, are they still “human”?
Breaking through time and space, arriving in a pristine natural world untouched by humanity after 12,000 years—with no traces of human existence—does “human” still mean the same?
No means of production, yet all means of production, leaping across developmental chasms…
1.2. Taking Her Eyes
This story employs a scientifically plausible but currently unattainable technology—neutrino communication.
Synopsis: It follows “me” on a journey while carrying “her” eyes. “She” is the navigator of the crashed Sunset Six subterranean spacecraft, permanently trapped in the Earth’s core.
This story stands out to me because Liu Cixin abandons the traditional third-person narrative in favor of a first-person perspective (“I”) to unfold the tale.
Yet, the core of Liu’s writing remains unchanged—using extreme sci-fi grounded in science to reflect on humanity’s fate.
Taking Her Eyes was adapted and included in the seventh-grade Chinese textbook (Volume 1, Unit 6, Lesson 23) and won the 1999 Galaxy Award for Chinese Science Fiction.
For a story of this sci-fi caliber, it’s hard to imagine Liu Cixin wrote it around the year 2000.
Even today, this level of sci-fi can provoke deep contemplation.
1.3. The Cannon of the Earth
This short story left a strong impression on me because of its crossover with Taking Her Eyes—more on that later.
The story revolves around the protagonist, Shen Yuan.
Faced with rapidly deteriorating natural conditions, human reason ultimately prevails, and major nations begin dismantling their nuclear arsenals. However, during this process, scientists seize the opportunity to launch an experiment.
Under extreme pressure, they create a new state of matter—Neo-Solid.
This very substance forms a tunnel piercing through the Earth’s core. Before the “Antarctic Courtyard” project begins, there’s a reference to Taking Her Eyes—the navigator trapped in the Earth’s core, Shen Jing (Shen Yuan’s daughter).
Here, we finally learn the purpose of Sunset Six and the identity of the person trapped underground. What a brilliant crossover!
The story transitions smoothly from Neo-Solid to the Earth Tunnel and eventually the Cannon of the Earth, with its technical groundwork laid out masterfully.
In Shen Huabei, we see an epic, almost mythical character. He embodies the contradictions of a patriot, a techno-obsessed radical, a hollowed-out parasite, and a prophet of Earth’s salvation. His contradictions make him impossible to simply love or hate—unforgettable.
For Shen Huabei, life has been cruel. He is not a happy man. His existence seems solely for the construction of the Earth Tunnel (later the Cannon of the Earth). This is his personal tragedy—he indirectly causes his son’s death and his granddaughter’s eternal imprisonment in the Earth’s core.
2. Novels
2.1 The Three-Body Problem
The unshakable status of The Three-Body Problem in China and globally needs no elaboration.
This monumental work tells the story of the interaction and life-and-death struggle between Earthlings and Trisolarans, culminating in the eventual demise of both civilizations.
You might not have read it, but you’ve definitely heard its memes, such as:
- Universal Disclaimer: In The Three-Body Problem, reducing the solar system’s light speed below the second cosmic velocity signals to other civilizations that we’re non-threatening.
- Dark Forest Theory: The universe is like a dark forest—hunters tread carefully. If you recklessly light a “bonfire,” you become prey.
- Dimensional Strike: The Singer Civilization hurls a dual-vector foil at the solar system, collapsing space into two dimensions to annihilate a civilization.
2.2 Ball Lightning
Haven’t finished reading yet, hehe. Will write about it after I’m done.
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This content is translated from Chinese by a machine and may contain unrealistic information
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