Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.

  • -- Susan Sontag 苏珊·桑塔格

科幻电影与科学无关。它们是关于灾难的,这是最古老的艺术主题之一。

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I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there.

我想那一定是纯粹的科幻小说。但当我检查它的时候,我发现很多杂志文章实际上支持这本书背后的理论,这是不可思议的。就在那时,我决定获得这本书的版权,一切都从那时开始。

That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.

随着我们的科学变得越来越抽象,这门学科对经济学家失去了一度的吸引力,但随着科学社会学提出的问题变得更加突出,我的兴趣甚至变得更加浓厚。

I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.

当我写小说时,我有了更多的自由,但我的回忆录对我的读者产生了更大的影响。不知何故,“信息”,即使我甚至不知道有一个,以这种形式更好地传达。

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

没有什么比读一本有关礼仪的书更能使人迅速地倾向于进修道院了。有那么多琐碎的方式可以让我们犯下一些社会罪行。

If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.

如果我们用一本书对读者的影响来衡量它的重要性,那么伟大的儿童书籍就会突然出现在排行榜的前列。

That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things.

这也是女性结婚的部分原因——为了保持处于事物中心的假象。

It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.

很容易看到光芒,但很难意识到寂静的觉醒。

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.

书的功能是提供一种阅读体验。