刘慈欣的科幻“愚言”——《2018年4月1日》赏析

On Liu Cixin's Science Fiction Prediction:An Appreciation of 2018 April Fool's Day

创作日臻圆满的刘慈欣通过自己的作品已经构架起一个奇异的科幻世界,《2018年4月1日》就像其中的一块探索作者内心宇宙的"拼图"。小说中的情节与其说是个愚人节玩笑,更像是科幻作家关于人类的一个预言,小说中隐于基延技术、IT共和国等科幻元素之后的是与当下无太大差异的社会现实背景,在个体精神慢慢消融的现实中人们只能将希望交给未来和另一个虚幻的网络世界。

Thanks to the fact that the creation of Liu Cixin's science fiction has been becoming better and approaching perfection day by day,a fantastic science fiction world has been constructed through his works. 2018 April Fool's Day just like a piece of 'jigsaw puzzle' tries to explore Liu Cixin's inner universe. The plot in the novel is more like a writer's prediction of human being than an April Fool's joke. Hidden behind the GMPLT(Gene Modification Prolong Life Technique)s,IT Republic and other science fiction elements is the social reality background,which is not largely different from the present world. In the reality where the individual spirit is slowly melting,one has no choice but to pin their hopes on the future and another virtual internet world.