| 词条 | Saturn's Children (novel) |
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| name = Saturn's Children | image = Saturn's Children(1stEd).jpg | caption = First edition cover | author = Charles Stross | audio_read_by = Bianca Amato | cover_artist = | country = United States United Kingdom | language = English | genre = Science fiction, Space opera | publisher = Ace (US) Orbit (UK) | release_date = July 1, 2008 (US) 3 July 2008 (UK) | media_type = Print (Hardcover) | pages = 336 (US) 384 (UK) | isbn = 0-441-01594-8 | isbn_note = (US) | dewey = 823/.92 22 | congress = PR6119.T79 S28 2008 | oclc = 202548412 | followed_by = Neptune's Brood }}Saturn's Children is a 2008 science fiction novel by British author Charles Stross. Stross called it "a space opera and late-period [Robert A.] Heinlein tribute",[1] specifically to Heinlein's 1982 novel Friday.[2][3][4] The novel was nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novel,[5] the 2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel,[6] and was a finalist for the 2009 Prometheus Award.[7] An audiobook version narrated by Bianca Amato was released in 2009.[4] PlotThe novel chronicles the travels and perils of Freya Nakamichi-47, a gynoid in a distant future in which humanity is extinct and a near-feudal android society has spread throughout the Solar System. Wealthy and self-indulgent "aristos" own and have enslaved most of the populace; the remaining "free" androids struggle to keep themselves independent and can rarely afford the exorbitant costs of interplanetary travel. Freya, a robotic courtesan designed to please humans but activated a century after their mysterious extinction, is considered obsolete and works menial jobs to survive. When she offends an aristo and needs to escape off-world, she accepts a job as a courier for the mysterious Jeeves Corporation and becomes embroiled in a complex and dangerous war among factions conspiring against each other for control of society. InfluencesSaturn's Children is an homage to the works of Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, in particular Heinlein's 1982 novel Friday.[1][2][3][4] The novel opens with an explanation of Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, and then establishes that humans are extinct.[4] Jesse Willis of SFFaudio.com commented: {{Quote|Stross has quite a lot of fun playing with the world he’s created here, naming a city Heinleingrad, naming a robot butler character after P. G. Wodehouse’s famous “gentleman’s personal gentleman." It all mostly works with Saturn’s Children seeming to take most of its inspiration though from Heinlein’s novel Friday. Both novels feature artificial female persons as secret couriers, both tell their own stories, both secrete their smuggled cargos in their abdomens. Later on in Saturn’s Children there is some playing with the ideas promulgated in Heinlein’s 1970 novel I Will Fear No Evil. And, identity, in a world where brain data, and brain states, are easily and quickly copyable, isn’t as simple as it is with us meatbags.[4]}}Critical receptionBookmarks magazine called the novel "a commentary on identity and free will in a post-human galaxy",[3] adding: {{Quote|The combination of sex and violence clashes a bit with some deep philosophizing on identity and purpose, though Stross’s sense of humor and Freya’s rollicking adventure transcend what SF Reviews deems "some bizarre cross-genre hybrid." Many SF readers will appreciate the novel, deemed as one of Stross’s more accessible, and revel in the author’s numerous nods toward his influences; others might want to give it a pass.[3]}}Booklist praised Saturn's Children as “one of the most stylishly imaginative robot tales ever penned", and The Times described it as "a smart and playful romp.”[8] The San Diego Union-Tribune called the novel “Good fun ... Heinlein himself would’ve liked this.”[8] Calling it an "erotic futuristic thriller", Publishers Weekly pointed out that the novel contains "a deep message of how android slavery recapitulates humanity's past mistakes", but also suggests that Stross "struggles to make it heard over the moans and gunshots".[9] Adrienne Martini of the Baltimore City Paper wrote that "Stross seems to be saying something about identity and class, but those larger ideas get buried in a labyrinthine plot that isn’t overly satisfying on its own," adding that "for a Heinlein fan, Saturn’s Children is an interesting game of spot the reference."[3] Jesse Willis of SFFaudio.com wrote: {{Quote|The idea of a post-human solar system is an interesting one, and Stross plays with it quite effectively ... This humanless solar system is ... quite vividly explored, with floating cities ... on Venus, waste heated bio-labs on the frozen dwarf planet of Eris, and a truly frightening description of what’s happened to poor old Earth ... The worst sin here is that the ending is rather weak.[4]}}Saturn's Children was nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novel,[5] the 2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel,[6] and was a finalist for the 2009 Prometheus Award.[7]==Sequels== {{anchor|Bit Rot}}Though Stross wrote Saturn's Children as a standalone novel, he published a short story sequel called "Bit Rot" in the 2010 anthology Engineering Infinity and later made it available online.[10] In the story, a descendant android of Freya's named Lilith Nakamichi-47 is on a long interstellar voyage as a catastrophic event wreaks havoc on the spaceship and its occupants.[10][11][12][13] Robert E. Waters of Tangent classified "Bit Rot" as "one of the hardest SF stories" in the anthology, and called it "one of the most clever zombie stories in recent memory."[13] Lois Tilton of Locus agreed, calling it "an exceedingly neat idea for a space horror story, twisting the classic, and Stross, of course, works it out thoroughly well."[11] Nigel Seel wrote for ScienceFiction.com: In 2013 Stross released Neptune's Brood, a novel set later in the same universe as Saturn's Children,[14] and called "Bit Rot" the "missing link" between the two novels.[10] References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.antipope.org/charlie/fiction/faq.html |title=The Charles Stross FAQ |publisher=Antipope.org |date=October 9, 2009 |accessdate=January 4, 2015}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/08/interview-1.html#comment-57213 |title=Interview - Charlie's Diary |publisher=Antipope.org |date=August 27, 2010 |accessdate=January 4, 2015}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url=http://www.bookmarksmagazine.com/book-review/saturns-children/charles-stross |title=Saturn's Children by Charles Stross |work=Bookmarks |date=November 2008 |issue=37 |accessdate=January 4, 2015}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url=http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=17772 |title=Review of Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross |website=SFFaudio.com |first=Jesse |last=Willis |date=April 26, 2010 |accessdate=January 6, 2015}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2009-hugo-awards/ |title=2009 Hugo Awards |publisher=TheHugoAwards.org |accessdate=January 4, 2015}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2009.html |title=2009 Locus Awards |work=Locus |date=June 27, 2009 |accessdate=January 6, 2015}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Prometheus2009.html |title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Prometheus Awards |work=Locus |accessdate=January 4, 2015}} 8. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.penguin.com/book/saturns-children-by-charles-stross/9780441017317 |title=Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross: Praise |publisher=Penguin Books |accessdate=January 6, 2015}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-441-01594-8 |title=Fiction Book Review: Saturn's Children by Charles Stross |work=Publishers Weekly |date=2008 |accessdate=January 4, 2015}} 10. ^1 2 {{cite web |last=Stross |first=Charles |title=Short Story: "Bit Rot" |url=http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/06/short-story-bit-rot.html |website= Antipope.org |date=June 16, 2013 |accessdate=December 24, 2014}} 11. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/Reviews/2010/12/lois-tilton-reviews-short-fiction-early-december/#enginfinity |title=Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December |work=Locus |first=Lois |last=Tilton |authorlink=Lois Tilton |date=December 7, 2010 |accessdate=January 6, 2015}} 12. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://sciencefiction.com/2011/04/11/book-review-engineering-infinity-ed-jonathan-strahan/ |title=Book Review: Engineering Infinity |first=Nigel |last=Seel |publisher=ScienceFiction.com |date=April 11, 2011 |accessdate=January 6, 2015}} 13. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.tangentonline.com/print--other-reviewsmenu-263/anthologies-reviewsmenu-107/1528-engineering-infinity-edited-by-jonathan-strahan |title=Engineering Infinity |first=Robert E. |last=Waters |website=Tangent |date=March 8, 2011 |accessdate=January 6, 2015}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-425-25677-0 |title=Fiction Book Review: Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross |work=Publishers Weekly |date=2013 |accessdate=January 5, 2015}} External links
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