The words suddenly uttered by this American writer not only surprised Cao Weiye, Wu Dingbai and others, but even Govine was obviously stunned, and then he shook his head and said: "I also have a lot of readers in China!" ”

"But I've seen a lot of criticism of your novels in the newspapers! And that Qian Xuesen, I know him in the United States - a great scientist who can top ten mechanics alone...... I just didn't expect him to be disgusted with science fiction......" The freckled girl interjected, a little unconvinced.

"This situation is only temporary, and I believe that Chinese science fiction will have a bright future, and it won't take long!" Govyn's words were a bit categorical, and even more unforgiving.

"Hehe, I hope your wish will come true. However, a writer does not have a long writing life, and if you really like science fiction, you can consider publishing your work in the United States, and I think I can help you. Robert stopped the persuasion of the freckled girl and several others, and said to Govin with a smile.

"Thank you." Govyn's tense face softened.

Then he looked at Robert and the others and said seriously: "Science is developing, nature and society will continue to change, and people must face a changed future." Science fiction, as the best form of exploring the possibilities of the future, can not only enable people to prepare their minds for the future, but also enable people to better create the future. Therefore, the development of science fiction must be bright, and this is no exception in China. ”

"China's present is different from the past, and we do not only pay attention to economic construction. We pay more attention to science and technology, so as science becomes more popular and deeper, more and more readers will love science fiction! Until then. The center of gravity of the world science fiction will slowly shift to the East, to our country with a population of 1.2 billion. Robert, maybe you American science fiction writers will come to China to publish your own works...... Haha......"

Govine's mind remembered the "Science Fiction World" in China, which later accounted for the world's largest circulation, and then he couldn't help but joke with Robert.

"I'm looking forward to that day." Robert replied with a smile.

"Hmph...... "This is the freckled girl's disdain."

No matter how unconvinced the freckled girl is, it will not affect the next communication between Govwin and Robert, American science fiction writers.

Beyond this sensitive topic, a group of people revolved around the development of science fiction and launched a high-level discussion about the creation of science fiction that was enlightening for both parties.

Finally, a group of Chinese and foreign science fiction writers reached a consensus on the understanding that "science fiction is a global literature" and "science fiction will inevitably become more prosperous with scientific inventions and technological revolutions". Robert formally invited Govine to join the World Science Fiction Society, and Govin readily agreed.

As a result, the World Science Fiction Association finally appeared with a face from China, and Govin became the only science fiction writer in China who has been recognized by the Western science fiction community.

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After seeing off Robert and his party. Govyn's heart was not emotionally agitated by this, and in his opinion, even the approval of American science fiction writers such as Robert could not solve the dilemma faced by the Chinese science fiction community.

In the final analysis, it is still necessary to use works to speak, or to use truly excellent works to conquer the majority of readers. Conquer those discerning critics. Only in this way can we truly change the face of Chinese science fiction being attacked and oppressed.

So when Gewen, who returned to the house, heard that Gan Xin wanted to contribute to the second issue of "Reading", Govin immediately agreed. He still intends to follow up with some science fiction novels. And "Reading" can provide him with an external platform.

Now Govin can see that for the average reader, they don't like hard science fiction works like "2012", even if the social and cultural value of such works is not inferior to other science fiction works, and for the average reader, they prefer works like "The Country Teacher" that can touch their hearts and souls.

So what if "2012" is praised by Robert and other top American science fiction writers? This is still not improving the situation of China's science fiction community.

Americans can enjoy reading 2012 and be inspired and imagined by the depiction of futuristic technology. It can even give their scientists the motivation to research and explore. This can be seen from the exchange with Robert just now.

Robert graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and worked as an engineer at the Naval Aviation Laboratory during World War II. It can be said that he is a science fiction writer with close ties in the scientific community. It was he who asked Govin if he could translate the novel into English and show it to some of his friends in the scientific community. The reason why he made such a request was only because he felt that "2012" would bring some touch and inspiration to his friends in the scientific community.

And what about Chinese readers? What about China's scientific community?

Ge Wen has read a lot of comments in today's newspaper, Jiang Lang is exhausted, and Ye Yonglie's leftovers are fried...... Criticism of all kinds, and even criticism, occupies almost all the comments.

That's the gap!

Therefore, Govine can only write science fiction novels of the same genre as "The Country Teacher" in the future, first catering to the interests of readers, and then changing their tastes little by little!

This is Govyn's idea.

Then "Sunspots", "Chaowen Dao", "The Sadder", "The Chinese Sun", "Earth Fire", "Heavenly Fire" and other works that can arouse the interest of Chinese readers were written by Govin one by one in the next few days.

Maybe there is borrowing or maybe there is plagiarism, these are no longer important to Govine, what matters is what he wants to achieve.

At the same time, the controversy between the science fiction community and the critics, the science community, and the science popularization community is also heating up more and more.

And the only thing that comforted Govyn was. Qian Xuesen did not publish his voice in the newspaper again after seeing his opinion piece published in the "Liberation Daily" and "2012" on the 15th.

Come to think of it, for a big scientist like Qian Xuesen. How could he devote too much energy to these fields that have nothing to do with scientific research?

This is exactly what Govine wants to see, otherwise this big Buddha will be pressed down, and I am afraid that the struggle of China's science fiction community will be even more decadent and powerless.

It's a pity that the wish is beautiful, but the reality is quite cruel.

On January 19, 1984, Qian Xuesen again published an opinion piece in the Liberation Daily against science fiction.

And because of the appearance of Qian Xuesen, the strength of the two sides that were originally arguing about the rivals in chess has fallen again. China's science fiction community is in danger!

In Qian Xuesen's article titled "The Current Situation and Future of Science Literature", Qian Xuesen responded positively to the article posted by Ge Wen on the 15th, "Discussing the cognition of science fiction literature and popular science works with Qian Xuesen's predecessors and calling on science fiction authors to break through".

Qian Xuesen still insists that "science fiction is actually a bad thing", and he commented that Govine's "Country Teacher" and "2012" are "not qualified popular science works". He also believes that "science fiction belongs to popular science works, and popular science works have nothing to do with literature, they are two different systems".

In the end, Qian Xuesen clearly explained that the "science, literature and art" he proposed is actually science fiction.

Qian Xuesen wrote in the article-

Science fiction is not science fiction, science fiction is left to the imagination of writers. And science fiction has to be based on science. Science fiction is a good form of popular science because it takes a scientific question through characters and stories and makes it easy for people to understand and enjoy reading.

Therefore, science fiction focuses on the literary reflection of real science, and it is based on the needs of the theme, reflecting the relevant scientific knowledge, including the future of science that scientists are studying, which not only deepens the theme, but also disseminates scientific and cultural knowledge......

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In this article. Qian Xuesen criticized Govine's "2012".

He criticized that the sci-fi flavor of "2012" is too strong. Let this science novel bring the element of fantasy, it is not rigorous at all, and many descriptions of science are not rigorously argued but based on imagination alone, which is not a qualified popular science novel.

But at the same time, Qian Xuesen did not deny the success of "2012", as China's top scientist, Qian Xuesen can naturally see the value of this article, he feels the same as Robert and others in the United States, and is equally surprised by Govwin's imagination and depiction of future scientific and technological development.

So he also praised and evaluated the merits of "2012" without hesitation.

Qian Xuesen believes that the future development of genetically modified technology, especially the specific scientific and technological development of 10,000 catties per mu, in the article "2012" is a deepening, reasonable and tense on the basis of realistic scientific and technological research, which deserves the attention of readers and the scientific community.

It's just that such praise is really negligible in an article that is meant to be critical.

At the end of this article, Qian Xuesen criticized the science fiction writers in the newspaper who spoke out for science fiction novels, saying: "A responsible scientific and technological worker should regard popular science as a part of his career, rather than writing science fiction in order to satisfy his own fantasies. ”

As soon as Qian Xuesen's article answering Govin came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

Qian Xuesen expressed his views on science fiction in the "Liberation Daily", and then Gowen, who did not agree with Qian Xuesen's views, also counterattacked in the "Liberation Daily" two days later, defending the science fiction novel -- this matter is known to anyone who cares, but no one would think that Qian Xuesen would devote time and energy to continue to discuss this matter.

You must know that Qian Xuesen is the father of China's "two bombs and one satellite", China's most outstanding scientist, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology.

But that's what happened.

Mr. Qian Xuesen did such a thing that surprised everyone.

It was after reading Govyn's article that he picked up a pen again to answer Govine in between work, and once again expressed his criticism of science fiction in the article. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )