Chapter 73: The Last Earthling
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On the side of Random House, Qin Jun was a little sulking, he was not rejected too much, especially by a rookie author.
So at this time, he began to look for Chinese science fiction novels, wanting to find a replacement that could surpass Lin Han, and proved that choosing Random House was the right choice.
"Don't think about these things yet, concentrate on writing novels, writers have to use their works to speak." Chen Jiaxuan patted Lin Han on the shoulder, and she turned around and walked out.
It is not so simple to publish English novels, in the past, Chinese literary publishing has been stuck in the dilemma of translation and subject matter, and it is difficult to replicate the prosperity of selling well and selling well in China overseas, and most foreign publishing houses have always had a cautious and conservative attitude towards Chinese literary works.
"I, Robot" is a novel that, if published, will become a long-lasting gold mine that can continue to make money forever, after all, classics never go out of style, such as García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is still in the top 10 of the sales charts.
Lin Han stayed alone in the study, to be honest, he was a little resentful, and felt that he was underestimated. This is a work that has experienced various word-of-mouth and box office tests on the earth, and you actually give me this price, isn't it insulting?!
In addition to the money for the publication of the novel, the main role of "I, Robot" is to help Lin Han lay the foundation of a science fiction master, so that he can be recorded in the history of science fiction development.
After calming down, he turned on the computer, ready to watch the news to relax his brain, Weibo was very lively, and the news of a certain male star publicly tearing up the actress was boiling.
Lin Han's fans, as always, are constantly urging changes, and even the power of the party is getting bigger and bigger, and they are about to occupy his Weibo.
"Big, it's almost the New Year, and there is no entertainment, otherwise you can send out the newly written part first, and I am willing to subscribe for how much money."
"Biubiu shot the author, how long has it been since the last exposure of the new book plan, and if you don't work hard to write a book, you will be hung up and beaten by readers."
"Little author, don't be more literate, pick up two ears, cut the arteries and veins, and it's so cute to be motionless! …… Little author, hurry up and change the article, otherwise we will do it! ”
"Alas, I didn't expect that there were also blades here, but I think Lin Han's skin is too thick, and the blades can't be cut."
"Daily reminder card, drip!"
"Rational urging, reasonable chasing books, saying that I want to know how to live on Mars, if you don't write it out, you will be preempted by others!"
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Seeing these comments, Lin Han always felt very satisfied, writers who have readers urging them to change are really popular, but the chapter of "The Martian" has only been written to the fifth chapter, and it can only be printed after it is written, and it will not be exposed in advance.
But so many people are waiting for their work, and it is a good idea to find something for them to do, to divert their attention, or to publish a short story.
There is a lot of stock of short science fiction novels in Lin Han's mind, whether it is Da Liu's "Chaowen Dao" or "Bring Her Eyes", "The Wandering Earth", or Liu Wenyang's "One Day Prisoner", He Xi's "The Sadder".
Lin Han is a lazy person in his bones, he was already writing a novel, and he had to open a pit to write a short story, wouldn't it be more troublesome?
So he began to search his memory for shorter novels, but at the thought of it, he suddenly laughed, what could be shorter than this novel.
The full text is only a 25-word Chinese, but it is a complete and suspenseful science fiction novel, "The last man on earth was sitting alone in his room, when suddenly there was a knock on the door......"
It is said that at this time, the famous American science fiction writer Vladdick Brown wrote a world-famous micro-novel, about the author does not even know the specific year of birth and death or the rest of the masterpieces, the author's honor or past history is a mystery.
But many people have tirelessly started to write this novel, because the topic is so interesting, like an ultimate puzzle, that people rush to it, and many interesting and talented sequels have been born.
Although it is only one sentence, it also has the characteristics of a novel. As far as the three elements of the novel are concerned, there is a character (a person), a plot (a person sits alone and hears a knock on the door), and an environment (only one person in a room).
Science fiction focuses on science fantasy, and its most significant feature is that it is good at exaggeration, creating suspense, and setting up a free and broad space for readers to associate and imagine thinking.
There are so many questions that these 25 words can prompt readers to ask and explore, how can there be only one person left on the earth? Where have everyone else gone? Did the immigrants move to the rest of the planet, or are they all dead?
Since there is only one person left on earth, who is knocking on the door outside? Is it human, robotic, or alien?
Finally, how did the earthling react when he heard the knock on the door? Will he choose to open the door?
If he opened the door, what would he see, and how would the story play out in the end?
A series of questions will yes every reader will have rich and wide associations, and with a thousand readers, there will be a thousand Hamlets, and there will be a thousand stories about "the last man on earth".
Even Lin Han has begun to fantasize about what it would be like if one day, there was really only one person on earth, and when he was reading this shortest science fiction work of mankind at home, there was a knock on the door. Did the man slowly raise his head and turn his neck, or was he stunned and froze?
The continuation of this novel has endured for a long time, and even appears on many exam questions.
In just two lines, one paradox after another. No matter how you think about it, I think it's a contradiction between unreasonable and reasonable. After turning around, this last earthling could only be the author, and he opened the door to greet the reader.
The author is full of ideas, the reader gives countless answers, and all the conjectures are correct.
He quickly typed the story into Weibo, then clicked publish, and then closed Weibo, leaving readers to guess the answer for themselves, believing that no one would urge it to change in the next few days.