In fact, the development of Japanese science fiction literature in this era is better than that of China, and even Osamu Iwagami is well aware of this.

Speaking of which, compared to the beginning of Chinese science fiction literature, which was developed independently by itself, Japanese science fiction literature has directly absorbed and continued the Western science fiction system.

After World War II, a Japanese man was cleaning up the garbage at a U.S. military base when he saw science fiction discarded by American GIs, and he was fascinated by the colorful covers and content of these novels. Then this little Japan, called Tetsunari Yano, who once participated in the war of aggression against China, translated a lot of Western science fiction classics.

It was the science fiction works translated by Toru Yano that made the Japanese people begin to like science fiction, and a large number of local Japanese science fiction enthusiasts and science fiction writers emerged.

And after decades of development, by 1984, Japanese science fiction had started a new chapter of their own based on American science fiction. Their writer Shinichi Hoshi is a well-known writer in the world science fiction industry, and the name of the protagonist of the later anime "Detective Conan" is named after Kudo Shinichi; There is also Komatsu Sakyo, who is called "the bulldozer of Japanese science fiction" by the Japanese, and his "Japan Sinks" caused a sensation throughout Japan, with a circulation of as many as four million copies, and even China introduced this novel during the Cultural Revolution.

The reason why Iwakami believes that the key to the development of oriental science fiction literature is that he sees that except for a few science fiction writers in Japan, such as Hoshi Shinichi and Komatsu Sakyo, the works of other Japanese science fiction writers are really miserable. Moreover, due to the geographical influence of Japan, Japanese science fiction works consciously or unconsciously attach too much importance to national traditions and existential crises. A work like "Japan Sinks" cannot be recognized and praised by the world science fiction community, which is too geographically limited.

However, China has a vast land and a large population, and not only the development path of science fiction is independent of the Western world. Even the prosperity of science fiction literature is really extraordinary.

In fact, as early as the fifties and sixties, Chinese science fiction literature had exploded with great energy, and works such as "Death on Coral Island" and "PHS Roaming the Future" were actually completed in the early sixties.

If it weren't for the stagnation of that decade, I'm afraid that Chinese science fiction would not only be as prosperous as it is now, but would have exploded with tremendous energy like American science fiction.

This is the real reason why Osamu Iwagami founded the Chinese Science Fiction Literature Research Association.

As the president of the Chinese Science Fiction Literature Research Association, Osamu Iwakami naturally maintains close ties with people in the Japanese science fiction community.

No, when he was pleasantly surprised to discover Gowen's "The Country Teacher". I immediately couldn't wait to come to the editorial office of "Cosmic Dust" in Kyoto.

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"Iwakami-kun, thank you for giving us this novel Cosmic Dust, thank you so much! Mine said, this "Village Teacher" is really great! This novel has perfectly told the sacred profession of teaching! Such an article should be read by our people as soon as possible! ”

"Shibano-kun. Bothered! This Chinese science fiction novel is indeed excellent, and it has definitely reached the level of Xing Xinyi's predecessors! Although the profession of rural teacher praised in this novel is not available in China, there are teachers in Japan as well! Whether or not Japan can become strong or not depends on the students. It is inseparable from teachers who impart knowledge and culture to students! ”

Osamu Iwakami expressed his feelings. "I was also amazed when I translated this novel, such an article was simply created for our Japanese readers, without a bit of strangeness and estrangement, which is a feeling I have never felt in so many Chinese science fiction novels. It's very smooth and very charming! ”

Hearing Osamu Iwakami's exclamation, Takumi Shibano, the editor-in-chief of "Cosmic Dust", nodded, "Not bad." After all, our Asian cultures are very close, and there is a sense of substitution compared to those Western science fiction clubs......"

As she spoke, Takumi Shibano bent down towards Osamu Iwagami and bowed, "This time, thanks to Iwakami-kun for bringing this novel." I immediately arranged for the editor to insert this novel into this issue of "Cosmic Dust", and the day after tomorrow readers across the country can enjoy this excellent work! Thank you so much! ”

"Where, where, it should be me who troubles Shibano Jun!"

"Hi Babble~"

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Founded in 1957, Cosmic Dust Magazine is a science fiction fanzine, and among all the science fiction magazines and newspapers in Japan today, Cosmic Dust Magazine, which is published on the 15th of each month, is the oldest in qualifications, and more than half of the science fiction careers of those well-known science fiction writers in Japan began with publishing their science fiction novels in Cosmic Dust.

In Japan in the 80s, the two largest science fiction periodicals, in addition to "SF Magazine", were "Cosmic Dust", and most science fiction rookies first published their debut novels in "Cosmic Dust", and after being recognized by the public, they were promoted to "SF Magazine" to publish their works. And even SF Magazine did not have as many circulation as Cosmic Dust.

On January 15, 1984, the latest issue of Cosmic Dust appeared in major bookstores and newsstands.

Different from the previously released "Cosmic Dust", this issue of "Cosmic Dust" uses extremely exaggerated logos on the cover to write "China's best science fiction work", "Rural Teacher" and "Knowledge Controls Destiny" in Japanese.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

Shibuya, Tokyo.

A stop to wait for the bus on the side of the road.

There is an endless stream of office workers, either sitting in their seats or standing nearby, waiting for the bus to pass by.

A young man with a briefcase waited left and right, still not waiting for his bus.

The young man looked around boredly, and then he saw a newsstand near the station.

The young man's eyes lit up, then he walked to the newsstand, glanced at the colorful magazines spread outside, smiled and asked the owner of the newsstand, "Is there any 'Cosmic Dust' published today?" ”

The newsstand owner was wiping the dust on the cover of the magazine with a dry cloth, and when he heard someone want to buy the magazine, he immediately stopped what he was doing, looked up and said with a smile: "Yes." Some. ”

The young man paid the newsstand owner and took the magazine.

Then he was attracted to the cover of the magazine "Cosmic Dust" -

China's finest sci-fi work? Rural teachers?

Chinese science fiction? It's weird!

The young man, who was going to return to the stop sign, muttered in a low voice, and then turned to the page with Gowen's "The Country Teacher"-

These ideas were born hundreds of years ago by brilliant minds that had been reduced to dust in Europe. The children's voices of the Northwest dialect echoed in the most remote mountain villages of twentieth-century China, and in this sound, the candle sprouts were extinguished.

The students cried around the teacher's lifeless body.

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When the young man saw this, he was already moved by the village teacher in the novel.

Very special science fiction! It's sensational!

The young man raised his head and narrowed his eyes, precipitating his mood for a moment, and then then looked down again-

"Captain, are you an idiot?!" The fleet commander was furious. "You're trying to tell us that there is no memory heredity, and that they use sound waves to communicate with each other. And a species that communicates at an incredible rate of 1 to 10 bits per second, can create a 5B-class civilization?! And this civilization evolved on its own without any external high-level civilization cultivation?! ”

"But, Your Excellency, it does."

"But in this state. It is simply not possible for this species to accumulate and pass on knowledge between generations. And this is necessary for the evolution of civilization! ”

"They have a type of individual, a certain number of them, distributed in all corners of the population, and this type of individual acts as a medium for the transfer of knowledge between two generations of life."

"Sounds like a myth."

"No," said the senator, "it was true that there was such a concept in the primeval era of galactic civilization, but even then it was extremely rare, except for us professional researchers in the evolutionary history of galactic civilizations. Few people know. ”

"You mean the kind of individual who transfers knowledge between two generations of life?"

"They call teachers."

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As his gaze moved over the words, the young man felt a very excited and shocking emotion emerge from the deepest part of his heart.

It was the best science fiction novel he had ever read. The story in that novel seems to take place in Japan, in some remote village in Japan.

Except for "Japan Sinks", there is no science fiction novel that can bring him such a touch and shock.

Although those American science fiction novels are magnificent and magnificent, they do not have the sensationalism and poignancy of this "Country Teacher"; Although those Japanese science fiction novels give him a stronger sense of substitution, they do not have the shock and strong contrast of this "Country Teacher".

That's great! This novel is so good!

Although it was daytime, the young man still couldn't help but look up at the blue sky, he wanted to see the stars in the sky, he wanted to see the vast universe.

And then—

"Bastard, how can you not honk your horn when you enter the station?! I'm going to be late for work...... Hey, wait for me, I'm going to get in the car...... I want to complain ......"

The young man hurriedly stuffed the "Cosmic Dust" in his hand into his briefcase, and shouted loudly at the bus that had already left.

It's not just this young man in Shibuya who is deeply attracted to "The Village Teacher".

In fact, because of the advertising effect of the cover of "Cosmic Dust", every reader who bought the magazine read Govine's "Country Teacher" for the first time. The fanfare of a Chinese science fiction novel is always curious.

Then, they were deeply moved by this "Country Teacher"!

Unprecedented shock, unprecedented touch!

A different style of science fiction!

Not Western, not Japanese, but Chinese!

What's the author's name?

Gowyn!

On January 15, 1984, the 59th year of the Showa era, almost all the sci-fi fans of the Japanese archipelago were talking about a man and a novel!

"The Village Teacher" is like a shot in the arm for the Japanese science fiction world, bringing a fresh and unique enjoyment to the Japanese science fiction world, and thus reinvigorating the respect and love of Japanese teachers for teachers.

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I never thought that China would have such excellent science fiction works!

I never thought that a science fiction writer could write such a heartfelt story, but the Chinese science fiction writer named Govin did. He used his simple and sensational tone to create a classic image of a teacher for us, he looks ordinary, but this ordinariness is the greatest ordinariness of our human beings! This novel is like a sharp long sword, piercing deep into the deepest softness of my heart! I was deeply moved!

Edogawa Ranbu, a columnist for Japan's most widely circulated newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, a well-known mystery writer and critic, and known as the "father of detective mystery novels" in Japan, wrote in a commentary to the Yomiuri Shimbun the next day after accidentally reading "The Village Teacher" on this day.

At the same time, a big discussion about knowledge changing destiny and knowledge changing life has begun to slowly ripple. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )