Chapter 39: Soft and Hard Science Fiction
"Seriously, if you want to go the publishing route, I suggest you write the rest quickly, so that after the first issue of the magazine is published, you can negotiate with the publisher and use the serialization of the magazine to boost the sales of physical books. If you don't have a suitable publishing house, I can introduce one, Renmin University Press is very famous in the industry. ”
Li Wenyuan suggested that this novel is very attractive, and it can have epoch-making credit, and the three rules are very wise at first glance, and they can almost create a robot series alone.
The smile on Lin Han's face didn't stop, he shrugged his shoulders: "I'm currently in active contact, my writing speed is okay, and I should be able to write all the chapters by the end of December." ”
"So fast?" Li Wenyuan stood up and said in surprise, he felt that sometimes writing these things depends on inspiration, as soon as inspiration comes, he can write like a spring, and once the inspiration is gone, there is only one word to hold out.
Compared with other writers, Lin Han is simply cheating, he has the goods in his head, he just needs to write it, and modify all kinds of details to avoid bugs.
Looking at their watches, the two of them walked out of the café after checking out, and the bell rang on the campus of the National People's University at this time, and the students on the road became a lot more hurried, wanting to hurry to the classroom.
The young and energetic college students are full of vitality, and Lin Han feels that he is obviously not a few years older, but his mood is completely different.
Li Wenyuan led the way on the side, and he joked: "The quality of the students of the People's University is very good, I have done a signing here, at least no one took pirated books for me to sign for him, and the library here has a lot of books, and it is good to check the materials occasionally." To do our science fiction business, the necessary scientific knowledge is indispensable, and hard science fiction is more likely to be favored, so we must often recharge. ”
Indeed, writing science fiction is not another type, at least it must be supported by certain scientific theories, and you can't just think about it, which will lose the basis of reality.
"If I wasn't too far away from here, I would have wanted to come and see it for a long time, and after being with these young people for a long time, my mentality would definitely become younger."
Lin Han's place of residence is not along the way from here, and he still needs to transfer to take the subway, so it's okay to come over once in a while.
At this time, there is a small display shelf erected outside the Mingde Hall, on which is a middle-aged elegant man, and there are other words on the poster: "Descendants of the God of War" and "The Mirror of the Moon" The author Mr. Tong Yonglie came to the National People's Congress, and interested students can enter directly.
At this time, it was almost ten o'clock, and students came over one after another with books or shoulders on their backs.
"Oh, Zhuzhu, hurry up, it's ten o'clock soon, if there is no place, I will kill you!" A bespectacled girl in flat shoes ran briskly ahead, followed by a breathless girl.
"Don't worry, this is a science fiction lecture, can you understand an economics guy? You go over and help me take my place first, and I'll come back after a break. ”
There were also a few boys who were happily talking in a team, chatting as they walked, "If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten that Tong Da came to our school to give a lecture, and it was still in Mingde Hall, and I almost missed it." ”
"I like Tong Dada's "Meteor in the Constitution of Centauri" the most, but unfortunately I haven't seen his new book for a long time, and now science fiction is getting worse and worse."
"That is, except for a few who can get their hands on it, science fiction writers can't do it now, and Li Wenyuan and Dong Haobo's books can be read twice."
"Have you seen the "Country Teacher" that has been promoted in the Douban group recently? I took a look at it and thought it was very good, at least the author had a bit of a physical foundation, and he didn't break it up. ”
Lin Han and Li Wenyuan stood in front of the exhibition shelf and smiled, they actually heard their names from the mouths of these students, this feeling was quite amazing.
When the two of them walked into the Mingde Hall, they found that the black pressure on the head of the person looked terrifying. hasn't started yet, none of the positions in the front have fallen, and even the middle and back rows are only left with corners.
At this time, there was a steady stream of students coming in through several entrances, and there were already more than 800 spectators in the room that could accommodate a thousand people.
Lin Han casually chose a position on the side and sat down with Li Wenyuan, they looked at these young faces carefully, feeling very encouraged.
The audience of science fiction literature is very young, these people are the backbone of supporting science fiction literature in the future, it turns out that there are so many people who silently pay attention to and silently support science fiction literature, they are not alone!
When the time was almost up, Tong Yonglie walked on the stage alone, he looked a little gray, but his mental state was very good, he was very handsome in a straight suit, and there was a kind of calm atmosphere.
"Good morning, everyone, I was very worried about the venue just now, but when I came out, I found so many students. You can't be a childcare hired by the student union, right? ”
Tong Yonglie's personality seems to be very humorous, and he began to enliven the atmosphere as soon as he came up, making fun of himself casually.
The students below also actively cooperated and said in unison, "No! We are tap water! ”
"What does tap water mean?" Tong Yonglie smiled, "Today we are not talking about the question of tap water or boiled water, we are discussing the development of science fiction literature." Science fiction is also a kind of literature, although it started late in China, but the development is quite rapid, in recent days I read a novel written by a new author "Country Teacher", I heard that it is very popular among your students, have you read it? ”
The following students chattered and answered, some said they had seen it, some said no, and some quickly wrote down the name and went back to find it later, the lively atmosphere was very good, there was no boring and boring lectures, and everyone could participate.
"Before today's lecture, let's first figure out a concept, many people divide science fiction literature into hard science fiction and soft science fiction, can anyone share with us the difference between these two types of science fiction in your eyes?"
A pair of hands quickly raised, this topic can be said to be enduring, no matter where it is raised, it can quickly cover hundreds of floors of posts, and the popularity remains high.
Most of the students on the scene were boys, but the number of girls was actually a quarter, and this was at the National People's Congress, not Tsinghua University or other science and engineering schools. Although the National People's Congress is a comprehensive college, it is mainly biased towards literature and history, and there are so many science fiction readers here, Lin Han feels that he and others have underestimated the readership base of the younger generation.
Qi brushed his raised hands and had an answer to this question, Tong Yonglie couldn't see Li Wenyuan clearly in so many people, he just found a boy in blue striped clothes, and the staff quickly rushed up and handed him the microphone.
"Hello Mr. Tong, the most standard definition of hard science fiction in the encyclopedia is a science fiction work based on the laws of physics or engineering technology. Soft science fiction is a relatively large fantasy literature that is no longer on these technologies, but still remains within the scope of science, which can also be called social and humanities fantasy literature. ”
Good guy, worthy of being a liberal arts student, Lin Han admires this boy's memory and can memorize the encyclopedia's paraphrase intact.
The rest of the students basically nodded after hearing his explanation, and the respective characteristics of these two types of science fiction have already been discussed countless times.
However, Tong Yonglie was not satisfied, he took the microphone and walked to the front of the stage, "This is the explanation of the encyclopedia, what do you think of this classmate?" ”
"I think that the so-called soft and hard science fiction literature is mainly from the technology and science fiction concept. Hard science fiction is the use of natural sciences such as astronomy, physics, and biology as the core of theory and creativity, such as black holes, artificial intelligence, and genetic modification. Soft science fiction is less supported by technical details, and it is more abstract and conceived from a sociological point of view. ”
The people at the scene gave applause to this male classmate, no matter how he can recite the most standard answers, he can also give his own understanding, such a person is very rare.
Lin Han couldn't stop nodding after listening to it, in fact, hard science fiction and soft science fiction are not too clearly classified, sometimes it is not only the difference between the concept and the core, but also the specific expression of the novel or movie.
For example, when filming a movie about time travel on the earth, "Interstellar" is hard science fiction, which is based on various physical principles, which makes people feel that it is feasible. And "Horror Cruise" keeps returning to the same day, that is, it is too soft to be considered science fiction, and often does not consider whether it is scientifically tenable.
In reality, what readers love is hard science fiction novels and movies, which are more acceptable and straightforward, and even when reading hard science fiction books, they will think that these situations will indeed happen in the future.
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The author is not exaggerating at all, when Yu Dan came to our school to give a lecture, the thousand-person auditorium was full, not to mention, but also directly used the big screen to conduct a simultaneous live broadcast in several other auditoriums, which scared people to death!