Chapter 1286: Chapter 1072: The Wandering Earth

The flavor is different from last night.

Today, the readers have come up with something new again.

I don’t know who the wise guy was who started it, but there’s a new rhythm in the comments section:

“We’ve been fooled by the old rascal!”

“Although I admit ‘The Heartbroken’ is fantastic, the level of sci-fi elements in it can’t really be considered a science fiction novel, can it?”

“Exactly.”

“At most, it could be considered soft sci-fi.”

“What, soft sci-fi counts as sci-fi?”

“I don’t care, we want hard sci-fi!”

“What’s that, what is soft sci-fi and what is hard sci-fi?”

“Hard sci-fi is work based on sciences like physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, psychology, medicine, etc., while soft sci-fi, as opposed to hard sci-fi, is a sci-fi subgenre that focuses on themes and plots revolving around philosophy, psychology, political science or sociology.”

“This ‘The Heartbroken’ is essentially a novel with motherhood as its theme.”

“The sci-fi elements in this novel are merely embellishments, not the main branches!”

“Hey, old rascal!”

“If I call for hard sci-fi, do you dare to answer?”

“We want hardcore, full of imaginative science fiction, if it’s just soft sci-fi, what’s the difference from micro-stories like ‘Hey, Come Out’?”

“In the early years, the old rascal seemed to have written an ‘Artificial Beauty’.”

“Strictly speaking, these are all actually soft sci-fi, lacking any real scientific description.”

I must say.

Some readers really know their stuff.

The ‘Hey, Come Out’ that Lin Yuan wrote before is indeed a sci-fi theme, but it’s too short, truly lacking the hardcore stuff.

Including ‘Artificial Beauty’ as well.

These kinds of novels actually wear a sci-fi skin, telling a story that is not so sci-fi, which is why everyone forgot that Chu Kuang had already written stories with sci-fi elements.

Alright!

Hard sci-fi it is.

Lin Yuan is somewhat excited now.

Jin Mu just suggested that he write some short stories to help stabilize blog traffic, so why not take this opportunity to write a hard sci-fi piece.

Of course.

It’ll still be a short story.

Short stories are easier to write.

If it were a novel, it wouldn’t be suitable for posting on the blog, too much of a loss, and besides, considering the reading experience, long-form sci-fi is indeed more suitable for publication in book form to let readers buy and read at home at their leisure.

No more nonsense.

Keyboard, here we go again!

Lin Yuan opened the notebook on his desk, fingers began to tap on the keyboard, eyes sparkled with bright light.

Come forth, Big Liu!

Let’s play hard!

Lin Yuan wants to write Big Liu’s works!

Of course, not something like his grandiose ‘The Three-Body Problem’ series, that would be quite a dimensional reduction, knowing that besides ‘The Three-Body Problem’ series, Big Liu has many other widely acclaimed short and medium-length sci-fi stories, such as one called ‘The Wandering Earth’.

That’s right.

It’s ‘The Wandering Earth’.

This novel, adapted into a film, gained fame globally, lavishly praised by countless people, showing the world the rise of Celestial Dynasty’s sci-fi cinema!

In fact.

The brilliance of Big Liu’s original novels is by no means inferior to that of their film counterparts, if anything it is all the more remarkable.

Of course.

On Blue Star, the novel’s name definitely can’t continue to be ‘The Wandering Earth’, which Lin Yuan finds quite regrettable.

How about ‘Wandering Planet’?

Or ‘Wandering Blue Star’?

In any case, this work can be considered hard sci-fi by the vast majority, with many of its scientific fantasies being quite interesting.

The good thing is…

Although the name of Earth has to be changed, Blue Star is essentially a parallel world to Earth, and the universe it resides in is no different from Earth’s, so Lin Yuan doesn’t have to fuss about changing other things, which is quite fitting in this respect.

That being said.

There’s actually no standard division between hard science fiction and soft science fiction, neither on Earth nor on Blue Star. It’s quite a subjective matter.

It’s impossible to distinguish precisely.

Even science fiction writers can only generally lean towards a broad concept, but unquestionably, Big Liu’s work is undoubtedly closer to what many people conventionally understand as a science fiction novel than the controversial “The Heartbroken”.

With this thought in mind.

Lin Yuan clattered away at the keyboard: [Tomorrow night at eight o’clock, I will continue to publish my new science fiction work on the blog.]

This time, Lin Yuan isn’t planning to slap faces on the spot.

Finishing it every time so quickly isn’t quite proper.

Having a little buffer time might make it easier for everyone to accept, and also, by doing this, I can drum up some excitement for the blog, drawing readers from all continents with advance notice.

…

Tomorrow night at eight?

A new science fiction work?

Chu Kuang’s blog is constantly watched by countless people, and many saw the message the moment it was posted, so the comments section got even livelier!

“That’s what I like about you!”

“A model worker among writers!”

“Other writers take a cup of black cow and a pack of cigarettes, two thousand some words written in a day, they simply can’t compare with the old rascal!”

“That’s not the point.”

“The point is it’s science fiction!”

“This old rascal is actually going to write science fiction again, but I suspect he might try to fob us off with soft science fiction again, after all, this thing has nothing to do with whether a writer can make up stories or not, without a certain amount of scientific knowledge, it’s really not easy.”

“Not necessarily.”

“This old rascal just likes to go against the readers, we say he writes soft science fiction, maybe this time he might actually write hard science fiction?”

“I don’t believe it!”

“Dare him to write hard science fiction!”

“If Chu Kuang could write a universally recognized hard science fiction work, I’ll eat, no, I’ll stand on my head and wash my hair on the spot!”

“Thought you were gonna trick us into another treat.”

Among Chu Kuang’s readers, the proportion of science fiction fans isn’t high, but they’re still a vast base, and with everyone egging on, the comments section was all about science fiction discussions for a while.

…

Meanwhile.

The news of Chu Kuang writing another science fiction novel spread in the literary world, immediately pulling everyone’s attention back again!

Again?

And it’s science fiction?

Is he picking a fight with the readers?

The writer who bickers with readers every day is probably the only old rascal like this on the whole Blue Star, or to say, only the old rascal dares to play this game. How do other authors treat readers? Aren’t they all obsequiously polite, afraid to upset the readers and smash their own rice bowls?

…

What people didn’t know was.

The bigwigs of the Tribe were holding a meeting at the moment:

“Our traffic is constantly being eroded by the blog. Now that the old rascal Chu Kuang has come back, he keeps attracting attention from all sides. If this continues, our Tribe will sooner or later be wiped out by the blog. We need to figure out a way to draw some attention!”

“What can we do?”

“Isn’t he going to post another science fiction novel the day after tomorrow? Let’s go to Wei Continent and find a big-name science fiction writer, invite them to write a science fiction novel for the blog; it has to be hard science fiction!”

“Hard science fiction?”

“Because what Chu Kuang writes is all soft science fiction, we will use hard science fiction. We must not only beat him but also let him understand what real science fiction is!”

“So who should we find?”

“I know someone.”

“Then contact them quickly!”

“I’ve already been in contact. He is a top science fiction writer from Wei Continent, and he happens to have a manuscript on hand, a really hardcore science fiction new work!”

“Who is it?”

“Huyan Dabo.”

“I’ve read his books, awesome!”

“If it were not for that damn Ling Kong, we wouldn’t be in the situation we’re facing today, I feel like killing him right now!”

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ps: Just three more posts for today. Polluted White will go review the original text of “The Wandering Earth” again. This time it won’t be detailed, since many people have seen the movie. For those who haven’t seen it, I highly recommend watching it. Although there are many adaptations, it is indeed spectacular and easier for people to understand. After all, it’s the face of our country’s science fiction movies.