Teresa Kobayashi is a powerful Japanese science fiction writerNew generation writersone of.It was not until 1995 that he published his first work《Toy repairer》, so they are generally classified as the new generation writers.Kobayashi's works can be divided intoHorror novelAnd science fiction. Most of his science fiction works have distinctive“Hard science fiction”Color.
At 5:56 a.m. on November 23, 2020, Teresa KobayashiOsaka PrefectureHe died in the hospital at the age of 58[1]。
Kobayashi Taisan hasOsaka UniversityBasic industryI have been working in the research department of Sanyo Electric since graduationmobile communicationSo cutting-edge scientific and technological theory and rigorouslogic analysisAlmost became the distinctive feature of his works;On the other hand, Teresa Kobayashi is extremely good at portraying and exaggerating the frightening atmosphere of terror. The combination of cutting-edge technology and the horrible atmosphere has become the unique symbol of Teresa Kobayashi's works, so that people simply call the world described by Teresa Kobayashi "the world of Teresa Kobayashi".
Kobayashi's works can be divided intoHorror novelAnd science fiction.Most of his science fiction works have a distinctive "hard science fiction" color, which should also have a lot to do with his major.
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The article Toy Repairer itself was the entry of the sixth Japanese horror novel contest and won the short story prize that year. However, according to Teresa Kobayashi himself, it was not he but his wife who wanted to take part in the contest at the beginning. But when the deadline of the contest was coming, his wife's article had not even a decent beginning,He couldn't stand it, so he kindly spent three days writing an article - the award-winning "Toy Repairer" was born, and Kobayashi himself started in JapanFantasy literatureThe field bloomed with his unique brilliance.
As for the so-called "Kobayashi's world", there is a very vivid introduction in the 150 Guide to the Latest Japanese Science Fiction Books: Kobayashi likes to show his friends the scars on his knees, and deliberately grimace while exposing them, and also match them with richEffect sound, until the skin is raw, thenMuscle fibreOne after another, he pulled out to show his friends the analysis, then sighed with satisfaction and danced happily with blood all over his body - the award-winning work Toy Repairer is undoubtedly the standard work to show the world.
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People Watching the Sea
People Watching the Sea
Teresa Kobayashi's first published work in mainland China.
In 2002, Teresa Kobayashi's collection of short stories《Sea Watcher》Come out.This collection of novels includes many articles published by him in SF Magazine since 1998, which can be said to be excellent works, especially the work of the same name, People Watching the Sea.This article was first published on SF Magazine in February 1999, and won the Reader's Award of the year, and won the 30thJapan Nebula AwardWas nominated for the SF Award.
The short story of the same name "The Man Who Watches the Sea" describes the love between a young man living on the mountain and a girl living on the sea, but there is a relentless physical barrier in front of them: because in this world, the closer to the sea,time lapseThe slower;The farther away from the sea, the faster time passes.So for the teenagers on the mountain, girls are always young and lovely;But for the girls at the seaside, the lovers will grow old almost in an instant... This setting can't help but remind peopleMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyProfessor of PhysicsAlan Lightman Pen《Einstein's Dreams 》However, compared with that more prosaic essay, the story of Teresa Kobayashi obviously has his own unique style.
Toy Repairer
《Toy repairer》It tells a thrilling story of repairing a dead child.ForVivisectionThe detailed description of the process fully shows Kobayashi's style. However, if we think that the author's interest lies only in this, we may misunderstand the author's painstaking efforts.Although phrases such as "Yogussot Hauteff" and "TuwawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawaPhilip K Dick The question of type: people who ask "what is human" and whether they are human?
Human Animal Craftsman
Continuing and deepening the same style and theme《Toy repairer》Shortly after that, another horror novel written by Teresa Kobayashi - this time a full-length novel - Human Animal Craftsman.Xixia, the hero of the novel, has to accept more because of her congenital diseaseorgan transplantHowever, the organs she transplanted came from pigs that had been modified with her own genes, so the question came one after another: Can Xixia who accepted these organs count as human?The body hasHuman geneCan our pigs be humanIf Toy Repairer inevitably has a certain distance from reality due to its emphasis on fantasy, thenAsk questionsstaygenetic engineeringToday, the great rejuvenation of its Tao has more practical significance.
Drunken Man
However, although Teresa Kobayashi came to the stage as a writer with a horror novel, in essence, he should be regarded as a quite excellent science fiction writer.Japan's Science Fiction Magazine listed Kobayashi as Japan's "hard science fiction newgosanke ”One (the other two are Lin Rangzhi and Nojiri Baojie, whose initials are just spelledNHK——Japan Broadcasting Association）。Another article in the same book with Toy Repairer《Drunken man》It shows Kobayashi's skill in the field of pure science fiction.The novel ingeniously borrows from《Ten thousand leaf set》The ancient Japanese legend ofDrunkenLater, the man who did not know where he was and was wandering in the infinite space and time, while trying to set off the strange atmosphere, fully demonstrated the author'sQuantum TheoryTime, consciousness andcausal relationshipAnd other concepts.Interestingly, this novel is similar to last year's popular film Butterfly Effect in many aspects, but it is similar to the film'sDirected EditionCompared with the hero who can choose his own death in the ending, the characters in Kobayashi's works are undoubtedly more unfortunate: neither Haematoma nor Takeda has the right to choose his own death... This novel was nominated for the 28th Japanese nebula award short story award in the second year of its publication, which shows that the critics have affirmed Kobayashi's science fiction creation.
《AΩ》
Feedback from readers is also positive.In 2001, Teresa Kobayashi published his science fiction novel "A Ω".This noveldescribeA strangeLife formsCompletely differentplasmaLife forms.In the story, "Jia", a member of this kind of life, came to the earth in pursuit of the hostile "shadow", but the appearance of "Jia" unintentionally affected the normal flight of an airliner, causing the plane crash and the passengers on board died.In this case, "Jia" parasitized on Zhu Xingfalen, one of the passengers on the plane, and the strange adventure began... This novel won the 22ndJapan Science Fiction AwardWas nominated by SF Magazine readers, and was selected as the first prize of the best science fiction novel in 2001, which shows that readers are interested in "Teresa Kobayashi's world"Science fictionIdentification of the story.
The Man Watching the Sea is a science fiction novel published by Nova Press in February 2015. The author is Teresa Kobayashi and the translator is Tintinbug.This book mainly includes seven romantic science fiction novels.
"Drunken Man" is the work of Japanese science fiction writer Teresa Kobayashi. This novel skillfully borrows the ancient Japanese legend from "Ten Thousand Leaves Collection". It describes a man who is lost in infinite space and time after being drunk. While trying to set off the weird atmosphere, it fully demonstrates the author's understanding of timeDeep understanding of concepts such as consciousness and causality.Interestingly, this novel is in many ways the same as last year's popular
