本周末阅读推荐:《天光》与《若毁灭是吾辈之命运》

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本周末阅读推荐:《天光》与《若毁灭是吾辈之命运》

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周末阅读推荐:《星辉》与《若命运如此》

本周末推荐两部值得关注的新作——塞西尔·平的小说《星辉》以及Image漫画公司新系列《若命运如此》。

《星辉》:一部关于记忆与选择的沉思录

如果你偏爱带着忧伤基调的太空故事,那么《星辉》或许正合你意。这部短小精悍的小说围绕主人公奥利弗·伊内斯(昵称奥利)展开——一个自幼痴迷星空的男人,某天被选中执行一项前往木卫二“欧罗巴”的十年任务。作品在时间线上跳跃穿梭,通过奥利的回忆与任务日志的交叉叙述,勾勒出他的一生。

需要提醒的是,如果你期待的是太空冒险的紧张刺激,这本书可能并不适合。正如简介所言,它更像“一幅复杂男人的肖像画,一段关于记忆、个人选择与人际羁绊的沉思之旅”。

《若命运如此》:废土之上的黑色幽默

本月初刚推出第一期的《若命运如此》,开篇就让人嗅到“神作雏形”的气息。故事设定颇为荒诞:主角竟是一个亚伯拉罕·林肯机器人,其唯一功能似乎就是机械复述这位美国第16任总统的金句。在人类早已灭绝数十年后的世界里,他是无数仍在运转的机器人之一,却比其他同类更执着于寻找存在的意义——毕竟,“服务人类”这一原始指令已然作废。

转折发生在一趟公交车上——当这位名为“亚伯”的机器人朋友(实际上是一辆自动驾驶巴士)遭遇意外时,他的世界开始发生不可逆转的变化。本作由马克·伊莱贾与马修·罗森伯格联合编剧,安迪·麦克唐纳负责作画,画风与基调堪称惊艳:带着几分暗黑幽默,又不失严肃内核。首期表现亮眼,潜力十足。

中文翻译:

本周末读什么:《天光》与《若毁灭注定降临》
正在寻找新的阅读书目?本周,我们推荐塞西尔·潘的《天光》以及Image漫画系列新作《若毁灭注定降临》。

《天光》
又是一个以太空为背景、探讨爱与失去及人类野心代价的忧郁故事?哦,我可能偏爱这类题材。塞西尔·潘的《天光》是一部短小且引人深思的小说,主人公奥利弗·伊内斯(昵称奥利)从小向往星辰,某天被选中担任一项为期十年的任务——前往木星的卫星“欧罗巴”。小说在时间中跳跃,跟随奥利的生命记忆,并穿插着任务日志。尽管太空探索是故事的一部分,但如果你追求刺激与冒险,这本书并非首选。正如简介所言,《天光》是“一幅复杂人物的肖像,一段关于记忆、个人抉择与定义我们的人际关系的动人篇章”。

《若毁灭注定降临》
这个系列的第一期本月初问世,而它确实让人感受到一部伟大作品的开端。荒诞的是,主角竟是一个亚伯拉罕·林肯机器人,其功能似乎是复述这位美国第十六任总统的名言。在人类灭绝数十年后,他是仍运行着的无数机器人之一。与周围大多数机器人不同,既然人类赋予的原始使命已毫无意义,他对自己生命的意义倒是颇为纠结。当某天巴士之旅出现意外——那辆巴士正是他的自动驾驶朋友“布斯”——他的世界似乎突然扩展了,无论好坏。我钟爱其艺术风格与基调:带着黑色幽默,又不乏严肃。这部首期作品极具潜力。《若毁灭注定降临》由作家马克·以利亚与马修·罗森伯格共同创作,安迪·麦克唐纳负责绘制。

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What to read this weekend: Celestial Lights and If Destruction Be Our Lot
Need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend Cecile Pin's Celestial Lights and the new Image Comics series, If Destruction Be Our Lot.
Celestial Lights
Another melancholic narrative about love, loss and the consequences of human ambition, with space as the backdrop? Oops, I might have a type. Cecile Pin's Celestial Lights is a short and contemplative novel about Oliver Ines, or Ollie, a man who has always been drawn to the stars and is one day chosen to lead a 10-year mission to one of Jupiter's moons, Europa. It hops through time, following Ollie's memories across his life and weaving in logs from the mission.
While space exploration is part of it, this isn't a book to grab if you're looking for excitement and adventure. Celestial Lights is, as the blurb explains, "A portrait of a complicated man and a breathtaking tale of memory, personal choices, and the relationships that define us."
If Destruction Be Our Lot
The first issue of this series came out at the beginning of the month, and oh does it feel like the start of something really, really great. The main character is, absurdly, an Abraham Lincoln robot whose purpose appears to be regurgitating quotes said by the 16th president of the US. He's one of countless robots still running decades after humans have gone extinct. And, unlike most of the droids around him, he's pretty caught up on what the meaning of his life is now that his original, human-assigned purpose is moot.
When things go awry during a bus ride one day — the vehicle being Abe's autonomously driving friend, Bus — his world suddenly seems to expand, for better or worse. I loved the art style and tone, which is kind of darkly funny but also a bit serious. Super promising premiere issue. If Destruction Be Our Lot is by writers Mark Elijah and Matthew Rosenberg and artist Andy MacDonald.

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