Gowen's thoughts were churning sharply in his mind, no matter why Qian Xuesen wrote this article, just his attitude towards comments and his current status as "vice chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology" have doomed his personal views to be no longer simple, and will definitely be expanded countless times, used by people with intentions, and have a strong lethality.

Sci-fi is in danger!

This was the first thought that popped into the mind of the recovered Govine.

Originally, Govin wanted to let the literary world know that science fiction is also pure literature by creating some highly literary and artistic science fiction novels by himself.

Govin just wants the literary world to know that science fiction can do everything that pure literature can do. Once that goal is achieved, Govin will write articles specifically to defend science fiction against the stubborn notions of scientists.

First of all, as long as it is recognized by the literary community, science fiction is already invincible, and then if it can be supported or even not opposed by the scientific community, then China's science fiction will definitely be able to truly prosper through this ideal era of reading by the whole people.

But Govin never imagined that although his "Country Teacher" had made some writers in the literary world begin to reflect on and accept science fiction, it would also lead to a big Buddha. He originally thought it was just some ordinary scientist with a dull mind.

I didn't expect Qian Xuesen to publicly publish an article in the newspaper against science fiction, and it was caused by his own "Country Teacher".

Govyn couldn't stop laughing, he wanted to be the savior of science fiction. Unexpectedly, his actions were likely to be just another big hole in this sci-fi boat that was originally going to be silent.

What to do?

Govyn's mind was hesitant.

Qian Xuesen is also an old man he admires, in addition to admiring Qian Xuesen's strong nationalist spirit and patriotic enthusiasm, he also feels extremely warm about Qian Xuesen's questioning of Chinese education.

In his previous life, Gowen was not a good student. And when he was in college, he was punished for often going out to participate in social activities (singing in bars), so he has always been a bit of a bad person about China's education system.

Then one day, he saw a question on the Internet about Qian Xuesen, and asked ***: "Why can't our school always cultivate outstanding talents?" At that moment, Govyn's heart resonated incomparably.

But I didn't expect Qian Xuesen to have such thinking? ! It is no wonder that Chinese science fiction has encountered such great difficulties, and even an outstanding scientist like Qian Xuesen thinks that the existence of science fiction is unreasonable, so others can imagine it.

"What? Hit on? Barkin on the side saw that Govin looked like a ball that had been beaten by frost, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

Because Govin has always regarded Ba Jin as his teacher, he will give Ba Jin advice and advice in the articles written by Gowen himself. On the one hand, he wanted to learn more about literary creation from Ba Jin, but on the other hand, Govin wanted Ba Jin to know his growth and hard work, just in exchange for Ba Jin's smile and comfort.

So the day after the manuscript of "Country Teacher" was brought back to the editorial office by Gan Xin. Barking has already read this science fiction novel.

Ba Jin has no prejudice against science fiction, because even his teacher, Lao She, has written science fiction novels.

However, after reading this "Village Teacher", Ba Jin also reacted like the average reader, and he was very surprised. He didn't expect that science fiction could be written like a literary work so literary and artistically appealing. Ba Jin suddenly discovered that the strange charm of science fiction may be unmatched by other literary forms.

At the beginning, Ba Jin had the idea of letting "Harvest" publish "Village Teacher", because as the chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, he also knew that because of the spiritual clean-up movement, science fiction unfortunately became an administrative victim and suffered a blow.

However, compared with ordinary people, Ba Jin knows the deeper inside story of this, and in the final analysis, this movement is not simply a movement against the ideological front. At a deeper level, there is a power struggle between the central authorities.

There is no science fiction in this spiritual clean-up campaign. However, because of many reports from the critics, science popularization circles, and scientific circles, the relevant leading departments directly issued a notice in the spirit of missing and not letting go, characterizing science fiction as "spiritual pollution". As a result, science fiction magazines were suspended for rectification, and literary magazines withdrew science fiction novels that were originally intended to be published...... In the last two months of 1983, not even a single science fiction work was published in newspapers and magazines, and the whole of China was white as if science fiction had never existed.

If it had not been for the central leadership headed by Comrade Yaobang and Comrade Ziyang who discovered that this sudden movement had caused panic in all quarters and stopped it, I am afraid that another turmoil similar to the catastrophe of the past ten years would have arisen.

These are things that the general public cannot know, and even Govin cannot know them.

The struggle between the top leaders may still continue, but now that the central government has defined spiritual pollution, it will no longer dwell on this issue. The tides that occur at the bottom of the ocean are something that the average person will never be able to understand.

Therefore, Comrade Qian Xuesen's criticism is only his personal opinion and viewpoint, and in this sense, Gowen's worries seem to be a bit of a fuss.

Hearing Ba Jin's concern, Govin hurriedly raised his head and gave him a smile, and then said: "No, I just didn't expect that "Country Teacher" could lead Mr. Qian Xuesen to write an article comment, this is really a little surprised." ”

"Oh......" Ba Jin asked with a smile, "then what do you think of Comrade Qian Xuesen's criticism?" ”

"Although I admire Qian Lao very much, I still don't think much of him!" Govin replied.

Then he explained: "Qian always treats science fiction as a classification of popular science, which is actually wrong. Although most of the authors of science fiction novels in China are popular science writers, most of the media that publish science fiction novels are popular science publications. However, science fiction is not a popular science work, it is a literary work, and it uses science and technology to write characters, plots, and stories. This can be seen from the term 'science fiction'. Science fiction is still fiction after all, and it belongs to the world of literature, not science! ……”

"Therefore, science fiction literature can be regarded as friends or even comrades-in-arms with popular science creation, but they are still not a family!"

Listening to Gowen's understanding of science fiction literature, Ba Jin nodded from time to time.

After Govin categorically stated the conclusion that science fiction belongs to literature, Ba Jin then asked: "But now most people think that science fiction is a popular science work, even if they classify science fiction as literature. They also think that science fiction is just children's literature......"

"Then I'll change their minds! I'll make it clear to them! ”

"How?"

"With better works, of course!"

……

After a conversation with Ba Jin, Govin finally forgot about Mr. Qian Xuesen's idol status in his mind, and forgot the pressure brought to him by Qian Xuesen's criticism.

In order to make China's science fiction develop and prosper. Even if the sky is pressing, I have to try to poke it open!

On the unfolded manuscript paper, Govin seriously wrote down the title - self-defense and self-breakthrough of science fiction.

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About what is popular science and what is science communication?

It's simple in my eyes. Popular science works are a popular discourse system with scientific hegemony as the main content. When there is a contradiction in the text, science is the ultimate ruler, and both the work and the writer are only the slaves of science.

Science fiction, on the other hand, is literature, and works and writers are not slaves of science, and science fiction works are dominated by literary laws, and scientific activities are only a part of the relevant content.

Literature and science are unified and independent of each other, but if there is a conflict between the two, it must be decided by the laws of literature!

……

Mr. Qian Xuesen believes that science fiction is anti-science and pseudo-science. It's a bad thing, and that's something I can't agree with. Science fiction is not tasked with disseminating scientific knowledge, though. But because it is the vividness and imagination of science fiction that has inspired countless readers to have a strong interest in science and technology, from this point of view, science fiction also provides a potential reserve of talents for science and technology.

In addition, the biggest feature of science fiction is that it gives "fantasy" a great possibility to be realized in the future by relying on technology. In the history of science fiction, many science fictions have indeed become scientific realities many years later. This is an undeniable fact.

The world's recognized "father of science fiction" Jules. Verne showed 19th-century readers the wonders of science fiction in his science fiction works, when no one thought it was real, but now?

Circumnavigating the globe in 80 days has been achieved, as has the landing of man on the moon, as have large submarines.

I'm not saying that science fiction has a predictive function, but I just want to make it clear that when science fiction is based on the existing technology of the time, and imagines from the existing technology, the technical assumptions described in science fiction can be realized.

For example, the science fiction novel "The Woman Who Spitted Smoke Rings," published in Science Literature and Art in 1981, described "making the large chimneys in the city exhaust like smoke rings, so that the smoke rings can rise high into the air and float far away, without polluting the city air." I believe that with the development of the times and the importance of human beings to environmental protection, this idea will inevitably become a reality.

In fact, science fiction depicts the consequences of technological development...... Explore the human and human values. It requires more work, more insight, and better work...... It is a tool for exploring feelings and psychology.

……

Science fiction works nested in the scope of popular science must go through a breakthrough, even if this breakthrough will attract all kinds of pressure, even if this breakthrough will attract all kinds of criticism!

So far, the main title of this review article is "Self-defense and Self-Breakthrough of Science Fiction", and the subtitle is "Discussing the Cognition of Science Fiction Literature and Popular Science Works with Qian Xuesen's Seniors and Calling on Science Fiction Authors to Break Through", which contains all of Gowen's knowledge and views on science fiction.

I just hope that this article can be affirmed by most people like the theoretical article in the People's Daily!

As he gently tore off the pages, Govin thought to himself.

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Note: The last apocryphal comment of Qian Lao is for the purpose of serving the plot of the novel, but this is not the case, please know the children's shoes!

In the materials collected by the rebel about the science fiction industry in the 80s, Qian Lao's understanding of science fiction is described as follows-

In 1980, Qian Xuesen spoke at a national conference of publishers, expressing his antipathy to science fiction. This was originally a personal opinion, but Qian Xuesen's status as "vice chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology" fully amplifies the lethality of this statement. ”

In the previous chapter, the rebel searched the Internet for two hours, but still could not find the transcript of Qian Lao's speech at the 1980 National Conference of Publishers, so the above view cannot be confirmed whether it is correct or not. This phrase is only borrowed in the novel, just to advance the plot, and it is not aimed at anyone or anything.

It is hereby clarified.

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Hopefully, this month's monthly pass and tipping can be improved over last month!

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