2017年统计年鉴在线阅读
I spent a lot less time this year on social media. Mostly this was a conscious decision—the firehose that social media provides wasn’t doing my brain (or mood) any favors. So I dialed it back. At first, I had to trick myself, hiding my Twitter icon several pages deep on my phone so it was very inconvenient while making sure my Kindle app was up front and center.
我今年在社交媒体上的花费少得多。 大多数情况下，这是一个有意识的决定-社交媒体提供的优先选择并没有给我的大脑(或情绪)带来任何好处。 所以我拨回了电话。 刚开始，我不得不欺骗自己，将我的Twitter图标隐藏在手机的几页深处，这样在确保我的Kindle应用程序居前并居中时非常不方便。
As time went on I didn’t have to do that anymore. Like a dog learning that he gets a treat when he does a trick, I started to recognize that, at least for me, ten minutes reading left me in a much better state than ten minutes on Twitter. I can’t say I don’t occasionally dip in more than I probably should, but there’s a better balance now. It’s not much of a surprise, then, that I read more books in 2017 than I have since I started keeping track back in 2009.
随着时间的流逝，我不再需要这样做了。 就像一条狗得知自己在骗术时会得到对待一样，我开始意识到，至少对我来说，十分钟的阅读使我处于比Twitter上十分钟更好的状态。 我不能说我偶尔不会浸入过多，但现在有了更好的平衡。 因此，2017年我阅读的书籍数量比自2009年开始追踪以来的书籍数量多就不足为奇了。
There were fewer standouts this year though, at least for non-fiction. I loved The Lightless Sky—it’s easily my favorite non-fiction book of the year and one I would unequivocally recommend to everyone. After that, it would probably be Ghost in the Wires and Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy.
不过，今年的脱颖而出人数较少，至少在非小说类作品中如此。 我爱过《无尽的天空》，这很容易成为我当年最喜欢的非小说类书籍，并且我会明确地向所有人推荐。 在那之后，可能是塑造现代经济 的电线和五十项发明 中的幽灵 。
For fiction, The Old Man and the Sea, The Bear and the Nightingale and A Man of Shadows are probably my favorites, though Dark Matter, The Girl in the Tower and Down Among the Sticks and the Bones are right up there as well.
对于小说来说， 《老人与海》 ， 《熊与夜莺》和《影子人》可能是我的最爱，尽管《暗物质》 ， 《塔中的姑娘》和《木棍与骨头之中的堕落》也就在那里。
Below is the full list, for those who want a bit more detail. And, as always, please feel free to send any recommendations. I love hearing what others have read and enjoyed.
以下是完整列表，适合那些想要更多细节的人。 而且，与往常一样，请随时发送任何建议。 我喜欢听别人阅读和喜欢的东西。
Connections by James Burke 4⁄5
连接由詹姆斯·伯克五分之四
Burke’s Connections TV series is magnificent stuff. I love the way he manages to wrangle disparate topics across science and history to show how much of innovation and advancement is non-linear. The book sets out to do the same thing and does a pretty good job. At times I didn’t quite see how the dots connected, but I enjoyed the ride.
伯克的Connections电视连续剧真是棒极了。 我喜欢他设法解决科学和历史上不同主题的方式，以显示创新和进步是非线性的。 这本书着手做同样的事情，并且做得很好。 有时我不太了解这些点之间的联系，但我喜欢这次旅行。
The final chapter, where he summarizes why this all matters, is I think the strongest. He talks about how learning history in a linear fashion (as we typically do) limits our perspective of the future and how these random connections make it clear that holding back funding or research from a topic that is deemed “not worthwhile” is dangerous. The statement that echoed the strongest with me, however, was a slightly tangential point about the impact of high rates of change.
在最后一章中，他总结了这一切为何重要的原因，我认为这是最强的。 他谈到以线性方式学习历史(如我们通常所做的那样)如何限制我们对未来的看法，以及这些随机的联系如何清楚地表明，从被认为“不值得”的话题中扣留资金或进行研究是危险的。 然而，最令我满意的是关于高变化率的影响的一点切向切入点。
The high rate of change to which we have become accustomed affects the manner in which information is presented; when the viewer is deemed to be bored after only a few minutes of airtime, or the reader after a few paragraphs, content is sacrificed for stimulus, and the problem is reinforced.
我们习惯的高变化率会影响信息显示的方式； 当观看者仅在播出几分钟后就被认为无聊，或者在阅读几段后被认为是无聊的时候，就会牺牲内容来刺激，问题就更加严重了。
His point, very Neil Postman-esque, is particularly true in today’s world of entertainment-driven news and fast-moving social networks that I’m increasingly convinced that, by default, only amplify existing biases.
他的观点非常尼尔·波斯特曼(Neil Postman)风格，在当今娱乐驱动的新闻和快速发展的社交网络世界中尤其如此，我越来越相信，默认情况下，这只会放大现有的偏见。
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 5⁄5
暗物质布雷克克劳奇10/10
After having this book recommended to me by a few friends, I bumped it up my pile of books to read—as it turns out, an excellent decision. Dark Matter moves forward at an incredible pace and sucks you in—it’s a very hard book to put down. It’s not just action, either. There ends up being quite a bit of thought-provoking moments, asking questions about how much of our relationships and life are based on all the tiny little decisions we make along the way and also causing readers to maybe reconsider the “regrets” we carry from decisions made or unmade.
在得到一些朋友向我推荐这本书之后，我将其书堆塞了起来以供阅读，事实证明，这是一个极好的决定。 《黑暗物质》以惊人的速度向前发展，并吸引了您-这是一本很难接受的书。 这也不只是行动。 最后会有很多发人深省的时刻，问一问我们之间的关系和生活有多少取决于我们在此过程中所做的所有微小决定，并且还使读者重新考虑我们的“遗憾”决定是否做出。
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 5⁄5
血字的研究柯南道尔爵士10/10
It’s been awhile, so I decided to re-read the Sherlock Holmes stories this year. A Study in Scarlet was the first novel (incredibly written in a mere three weeks) and holds up very well. The initial (iconic!) meeting of Watson and Holmes is one of my favorite introductions to a character, ever.
已经有一段时间了，所以我决定今年重新阅读《福尔摩斯探案》。 《猩红色的研究》是第一部小说(难以置信地在短短三周之内完成)，并且保存得很好。 沃森和福尔摩斯的初次见面是我最喜欢的角色介绍之一。
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things by Whitney Phillips 4⁄5
这就是为什么我们不能有好东西惠特尼·菲利普斯五分之四
Considering the state of current affairs going on, a book about trolling is incredibly relevant reading. The author’s case is that while we decry trolling as something horrible and disreputable, trolling is just what you get if you were to hold a fun-house mirror up to what is tolerated in our culture (media in particular).
考虑到时事的进展，有关拖钓的书是非常相关的读物。 作者的情况是，尽管我们谴责拖钓是一种可怕而无赖的事情，但如果您要持有一个游乐设施的镜子，直到我们的文化(尤其是媒体)所能容忍的东西，那么拖钓就是您所得到的。
I’ve read some criticism that she is not hard enough on the trolls. While it’s true that you can tell at times that her time masquerading amongst them has perhaps softened her stance ever so slightly, I think it only strengthens her research. This topic would be far too easy to cast in an emotionally charged, binary way. Her ability to understand the perspective of the people engaging in the behavior is exactly what enables her to have a rational and critical exploration of the broader link between culture and trolling.
我读过一些批评，说她对巨魔不够坚强。 的确，有时您可以说出她在她们中间伪装的时间也许使她的立场变得如此微弱，但我认为这只会加强她的研究。 这个话题太容易以情感上的二元方式来表达了。 她能够理解参与行为的人们的观点的能力正是使她能够对文化与拖钓之间更广泛的联系进行理性而批判的探索的能力。
The writing style is fairly academic (though not as bad as many), but the research is solid, fascinating and sobering.
写作风格颇具学术性(虽然没有那么差)，但研究扎实，引人入胜且发人深省。
The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4⁄5
四签名阿瑟爵士柯南道尔五分之四
The Sign of the Four is, according to many, behind only Hound of Baskerville in the short list of Sherlock novels. I think it’s a step back from A Study in Scarlet. Don’t get me wrong; there are some great moments. Sherlock’s deductions of Watson’s watch, Sherlock tricking Watson and Jones with his disguise—there’s even some romance and humor in this one. But the novel is tainted by the racist portrayal of the aboriginal characters in a couple of passages I know, I know…an artifact of the time in which the novel was written, but those portions make for uncomfortable reading today and taint what is an otherwise excellent novel.
在许多人看来，在《福尔摩斯》小说的简短清单中，“四大星座”仅次于巴斯克维尔猎犬。 我认为这是《猩红研究》的后退。 不要误会我的意思； 有一些美好的时刻。 Sherlock演绎了Watson的表，Sherlock借由他的伪装欺骗了Watson和Jones，这甚至有些浪漫和幽默。 但是我知道，我知道……这本小说是写作这本书的那段时间的产物，但那部分内容使今天的阅读很不舒服，并弄污了这本来是别的东西。优秀的小说。
Future Crimes by Marc Goodman 4⁄5
未来犯罪由Marc古德曼五分之四
Security is such an interesting problem to solve. On the one hand, it’s not given nearly enough attention considering just how critical of an issue it is. On the other hand, understanding its importance requires a certain level of appropriate fear. As a result, many pleas for recognizing the importance of security have often been hard to distinguish from fear-mongering.
安全是一个有趣的问题。 一方面，考虑到问题的严重性，它没有得到足够的重视。 另一方面，了解其重要性需要一定程度的适当恐惧。 结果，许多认识到安全重要性的请求常常很难与恐惧恐惧区分开。
Future Crimes teeters back and forth between those lines. It’s fascinating to read about the different ways our technology-reliant world is vulnerable to attacks. If anyone could make it through even the first couple chapters without feeling terrified about the current state of security, I would be amazed. Goodman doesn’t pull any punches, and he spends maybe 80% of the book outlining all the various technologies and how they leave us vulnerable.
未来犯罪在这些界限之间来回摇摆。 阅读有关我们依赖技术的世界容易受到攻击的不同方式的信息，非常有趣。 如果任何人都可以在前几章中都读完而又不对当前的安全状态感到恐惧，那我会感到惊讶。 古德曼没有任何努力，他花了大约80％的书来概述所有各种技术以及它们如何使我们变得脆弱。
The fact that he’s so compelling at it is what also makes me hesitant to give the book a full-on five-star rating. He makes his case clearly and convincingly early and then keeps hitting you with more and more. By the time you get to the last 50 pages or so where he starts to outline what we can do about it, I suspect many will have taken a fatalistic view of security and given up.
他如此引人入胜的事实也使我不愿给这本书一个完整的五星级评价。 他尽早明确和令人信服地陈述自己的观点，然后越来越多地与您打交道。 当您到达最后50页左右的时间时，他开始概述我们可以采取的措施，我怀疑许多人已经对安全性采取了宿命论，并放弃了。
My recommendation to everyone is to read the book, but if you find yourself feeling overly defeated and on the verge of not reading anymore, jump to the final sections where he provides some really good ideas for how to make things better.
我建议每个人都读这本书，但是如果您发现自己被挫败了，并且濒临不再阅读的边缘，那么请跳到最后一节，他为如何使事情变得更好提供了一些非常好的想法。
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 5⁄5
老人与海海明威10/10
Once again, a book I’m glad I didn’t read when I was in high-school—I guarantee I wouldn’t have enjoyed it nearly as much. The man’s epic battle against this fish—the pride and stubbornness of both mirroring each other, the fight against the fish also mirroring his fight against age—makes for powerful reading.
再说一遍，我很高兴上高中时没看过这本书，我保证我不会那么喜欢它。 这个人与这条鱼的史诗般的战斗-彼此的骄傲和固执相互映衬，与鱼的斗争也反映了他与年龄的斗争-使阅读更有力。
Time and Again by Clifford Simak 4⁄5
一次又一次通过克利福德西马克五分之四
A sci-fi novel that splashes a bit of everything into one: time-travel, artificial life, aliens…you name it. The result was a story that is compelling, with some interesting exploration of the idea of what it means to be human. It doesn’t quite manage to land with as much impact as it tries to, but still an excellent book ahead of its time.
一部科幻小说，将所有内容都融为一体：时间旅行，人工生活，外星人……您随便命名。 结果是一个引人入胜的故事，并对人类的意义进行了一些有趣的探索。 它并没有设法达到它想要的那样大的影响力，但是仍然比它的时代领先。
In the Land of Invented Languages by Anika Okrent 4⁄5
在发明了语言的土地通过阿尼卡Okrent 五分之四
Read this one based on the recommendation of a friend, and it didn’t disappoint. Anika has a passion for invented languages, and it shows in her vivid and thorough accounts of the creation of languages like Blissymbolics, Esperanto, and Klingon.
根据一位朋友的推荐阅读此书，它并不令人失望。 阿妮卡(Anika)对发明的语言充满热情，并在生动而透彻的叙述中展示了Blissymbolics，Esperanto和Klingon等语言的创建。
The Birth of Modern Politics by Lynn Hudson Parsons 4⁄5
现代政治的诞生由琳哈德森帕森斯五分之四
This is a solid, if slightly on the nose, historical account of the election of 1828. If Parsons has a bias in favor of one of the two candidates, it doesn’t come through in the book. Though perhaps that’s because there isn’t a lot of deep analysis here. It’s a good recap of events, but any additional analysis of what transpired and why is pretty limited. Still, there are clear parallels here between what transpired in this election and many of the elections since (including the most recent) and it’s worth learning more even if just for the (somewhat depressing) reminder that politics has been divisive (and frequently, downright nasty) for a very long time.
这是扎实的1828年大选历史记录，如果有些微不足道的话。如果帕森斯偏爱两个候选人之一，那本书就不会讲到。 尽管也许是因为这里没有很多深入的分析。 这是对事件的一个很好的总结，但是对发生的事情和原因的任何其他分析都非常有限。 尽管如此，这次选举和自从那时以来发生的许多选举(包括最近的选举)之间仍然存在明显的相似之处，即使只是出于(令人沮丧的)提醒，政治是分裂的(而且经常是彻头彻尾的)，还是值得学习更多讨厌)。
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch 4⁄5
红海在红色天空由Scott美林五分之四
This is a very different book than the first in the series. Lies was an Ocean’s Eleven-esque story with a blistering pace that (in my opinion) cared less about developing the characters than it did about having fun. Red Seas is much more an adventure story (the caper stuff starts out strong, goes away nearly entirely in the middle, and then comes back for a relatively low-key reveal) that spends a lot of time with the two primary characters and has a tad slower pace. It also feels a bit more like a bridge to book 3—some key people and topics are brought up early and then never really mentioned again, and of course, the end is an obvious attempt to hook the reader for book three.
这是与系列第一本书完全不同的书。 谎言是海洋的一个十一式的故事，节奏飞快，在我看来，对角色发展的关心比对乐趣的关心要少。 《红海》更多是一个冒险故事(刺鼻的东西开始很强，几乎完全消失在中间，然后再回来进行相对低调的揭示)，花了很多时间在两个主要角色上，慢一点。 感觉也更像是通向第三本书的桥梁-一些关键人物和话题被提早提出，然后再也没有真正提及过，当然，最后显然是试图吸引读者来学习第三本书。
With all that in mind, I enjoyed it. While I would love to see the next book return more to the style of book one, Red Seas did help to give both Jean and Locke a little more depth while also incorporating a pretty strong cast of supporting characters.
考虑到所有这些，我很享受。 虽然我很希望看到下一本书能更像是第一本书的风格，但《红海》确实使吉恩和洛克有了更多的深度，同时也加入了相当强大的辅助角色。
Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick 5⁄5
鬼魂在电线由凯文米特尼克五分之五
Look—I’m not sure why I enjoyed this book so much. Judging by the way the story is told, Mitnick is not exactly what you would call “humble”. There are also a few sections where I couldn’t help but laugh at him. For example, at one point he discusses a period where he was hacking on company time. The company assumed he was doing consulting work on the side while at work, so they fired him. Somehow he manages to present himself as the one who should be upset by this “wrongful” termination.
看，我不确定为什么我会如此喜欢这本书。 从讲故事的方式来看，米特尼克并不完全是您所说的“谦虚”。 在有些地方，我不禁嘲笑他。 例如，在某个时候，他讨论了他在公司时间里进行黑客攻击的时期。 该公司认为他在工作时在一边进行咨询工作，所以他们开除了他。 他设法以某种方式使自己成为应该因这种“错误”的解雇而感到沮丧的人。
Despite this, I have to admit I tore right through the book. It reads like a fast-paced movie and hearing the stories of how we would manipulate his way into whatever information he wanted through a combination of technology and social engineering are fascinating.
尽管如此，我还是不得不承认我在这本书中有错。 它读起来就像是一部快节奏的电影，听着关于如何通过技术和社会工程学相结合的方式将他操纵到他想要的任何信息中的故事，令人着迷。
Learning HTTP/2 by Stephen Ludin and Javier Garza 4⁄5
学习HTTP / 2由Stephen卢丁和Javier加尔萨五分之四
Short, readable introduction to HTTP/2 from two people who have spent a ton of time working with it. Great starting point!
HTTP / 2的简短，易读的介绍，来自两个花费大量时间与之合作的人。 很好的起点！
The Code Book by Simon Singh 4⁄5
码本由西蒙·辛格五分之四
A fascinating walk through the history of cryptography! I loved getting the historical context and seeing how cryptography has evolved from its early and primitive forms. The book walks back and forth between stories and more detailed explanations of the various ciphers. While it’s not overly technical, some of the descriptions of how they each work can get a little dry—particularly as they become more complex. Mostly though, the book flows very well and provides a useful and important overview of how cryptography works and has evolved throughout time.
精彩的密码学历史之旅！ 我喜欢了解历史背景，并了解加密技术是如何从其早期和原始形式演变而来的。 这本书在故事和各种密码的更详细说明之间来回走动。 尽管不是太技术性，但是关于它们如何工作的一些描述可能会变得有些枯燥，尤其是当它们变得更加复杂时。 不过，在大多数情况下，这本书运转得很好，并提供了有关密码学如何工作以及如何随着时间演变的有用而重要的概述。
The Nature Fix by Florence Williams 4⁄5
自然修复由佛罗伦萨威廉姆斯五分之四
The pop-science genre gets a lot of (well-deserved) flack. Its incredible popularity has resulted in many shallow, poorly written books gaining great popularity. This isn’t one of them. Williams book is an example of why the pop-sci genre became so popular in the first place—it’s well-written, well-researched, engaging and entertaining. Williams makes a convincing case for the importance of nature in our mental and physical well-being.
流行科学类型有很多(当之无愧的)缺点。 它的令人难以置信的受欢迎程度导致许多浅薄的，写得不好的书获得了很大的欢迎。 这不是其中之一。 威廉姆斯的书是为什么流行音乐一开始如此受欢迎的一个例子-它写得很好，研究得很好，引人入胜和有趣。 威廉姆斯令人信服地证明了自然在我们身心健康中的重要性。
Now, there may very well be a little confirmation bias coming out in my review—I live in a small town because I enjoy being surrounded by trees and lakes much more than I enjoy being surrounded by buildings. But even with this in mind, I was still a little skeptical early on that this would be more pseudo-science than anything of significant substance.
现在，我的评论中很可能会出现一些确认性偏见—我住在一个小镇上，因为我喜欢被树木和湖泊包围，而不是被建筑物包围。 但是即使考虑到这一点，我仍然对它比任何实质性内容都更具伪科学性持怀疑态度。
Thankfully it’s not. Williams cites study after study by researchers around the globe to demonstrate how nature—the scents, the sights, the sounds—all impact how we function and perform. She also never goes overboard with it—she points out that some percentage of us (~15%) just don’t seem to respond to nature and she never makes the mistake of overstating the benefits of being outside. It’s a very engaging book that will challenge anyone who reads it to spend a little more time hanging out with trees.
幸运的是不是。 威廉姆斯引用了全球研究人员进行的一项研究后的研究，以证明自然(气味，景象，声音)如何影响我们的运作和表现。 她也从不过度投入-她指出，我们中的某些人(〜15％)似乎对自然没有React，而且她从未犯过夸大外出带来的好处的错误。 这是一本非常引人入胜的书，它将挑战阅读本书的人，让他们花更多的时间在树上闲逛。
#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age by Cass Sunstein 3⁄5
#Republic：分为民主时代的桑斯坦五分之三
There’s an important discussion to be had about the divisive nature of our political system, and Sunstein does provide a fair share of interesting data points and commentary on the subject here. But all in all the book falls a bit flat. The writing is a bit dry and academic, and it feels like this book was an essay stretched out over 200-plus pages.
关于我们的政治体系的分裂性质，有一个重要的讨论，在这里，Sunstein确实提供了很多有趣的数据点和评论。 但总的来说，这本书有点平淡。 写作有点枯燥和学术性，感觉这本书就像一篇散文超过200页。
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 5⁄5
熊和夜莺由兆阿登五分之五
I absolutely loved this book! Arden has written a wonderfully rich story steeped in Russian myth, with just the right amount of creepiness. I was sucked in from the very beginning.
我绝对喜欢这本书！ 雅顿(Arden)写下了一个精妙而丰富的故事，充满了俄罗斯神话，而且只有相当程度的令人毛骨悚然。 我从一开始就被吸引。
The characters are all so rich and compelling. Even the supporting characters were so well fleshed out and so intriguing in their own right that I found myself wishing we would get more time with them. Thankfully, it looks like this is the first in what will be a three book series so hopefully, we will.
角色是如此丰富和引人注目。 甚至连辅助角色都充实得很充实，而且很有趣，以至于我发现自己希望我们能和他们在一起的时间更多。 幸运的是，这看起来像是三本书系列中的第一篇，因此希望我们会。
I’ve seen the book described as “Gaiman-esque”. It’s a description that always makes me both intrigued and skeptical—his dark fantasy writing is some of my favorite and such a lofty standard. Most books fall short. This one most definitely did not.
我看过这本书描述为“盖曼式”。 这种描述总是让我既好奇又怀疑-他的黑暗幻想作品是我的最爱，也是一种崇高的标准。 大多数书都不够。 这绝对不是。
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 4⁄5
半影先生的24小时书店由罗宾·斯隆五分之四
It won’t win any awards for incredible writing, but 24-Hour Bookstore is a fun, lighthearted read.
它不会以令人难以置信的写作获得任何奖项，但是24小时书店是一种有趣而轻松的阅读方式。
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 5⁄5
冒险史柯南道尔爵士10/10
The first collection of Sherlock in short story form, and full of gems. A Scandal in Bohemia, The Five Orange Pips, The Adventure of the Speckled Band….plenty of classics in this one.
Sherlock的第一个短篇小说集，充满宝石。 波西米亚的丑闻，五个橙色小点，有斑点乐队的冒险……。
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 4⁄5
挪威神话通过尼尔盖曼五分之四
Mythology plays a part in so many of Gaiman’s great stories, so it should be no surprise that his take on the Norse myths is deftly done. It doesn’t hurt that the original myths are full of rich characters themselves. Combined with Gaiman’s incredible gift of storytelling, it’s a perfect match.
神话在盖曼的许多伟大故事中都扮演着重要角色，所以毫不奇怪，他对北欧神话所做的巧妙地完成。 原始的神话本身就充满了丰富的人物，这也没有什么坏处。 结合盖曼令人难以置信的讲故事的天赋，这是一个绝配。
Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher 5⁄5
夏季奥喀斯由T.翠鸟10/10
After reading and loving The Bear and the Nightingale, I wanted to find a few more books that had some basis in Russian fairytales. Summer in Orcus features an 11-year old girl resentful of her mother’s smothering love and wants to set out on her own. When she meets Baba Yaga, she’s given the opportunity to do just that and seek her “heart’s desire”. The story was compared to Narnia by more than a few reviewers, but I think that’s mostly because of the transportation to a different “world” and the talking animals. Summer in Orcus tells a story that is much smaller in scale and throws a few delightful curves into the typical narrative you would expect.
在阅读并喜欢《熊与夜莺》之后，我想再找几本在俄罗斯童话中有一定基础的书。 在Orcus的Summer中，有一个11岁的女孩对母亲的窒息之恋感到不满，她想独自出门。 当她遇见Baba Yaga时，就有机会做到这一点并寻求“内心的渴望”。 不少评论家都将该故事与纳尼亚进行了比较，但我认为这主要是由于将其运送到另一个“世界”和会说话的动物。 Orcus的Summer讲述了一个故事，它的规模要小得多，并为您所期望的典型叙述增添了一些令人愉悦的曲线。
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty 4⁄5
六个尾流由默·拉夫尔提五分之四
At first glance, Six Wakes is a space who-dunnit with a slight twist: the victims are trying to solve their own mass murder. Or, at least, the murder of the previous versions of their cloned selves. But that twist, the fact that cloning has allowed a person’s identity to be nearly immortal, makes it richer than your typical murder mystery (though as a straight mystery, it’s pretty compelling all in its own). Cloning is viewed very differently by different people, and without giving too much away, there are some interesting discussions about just how “human” these clones are and what sort of rights they’re entitled to. Fast-paced with more to think about than it first appears.
乍看之下，《六唤醒》是一个隐隐约约的空间：受害者正在努力解决自己的大规模谋杀案。 或者，至少是他们先前版本的克隆自我的谋杀。 但是这种扭曲，即克隆使一个人的身份几乎是不朽的事实，使它比典型的谋杀之谜更加丰富(尽管这是一个直率的谜团，但它本身令人信服)。 不同的人对克隆的看法截然不同，并且在不付出太多代价的情况下，人们进行了一些有趣的讨论，涉及这些克隆的“人类”身份以及他们应享有的权利。 快节奏的思考比最初出现的要多。
Trigger Warnings by Neil Gaiman 4⁄5
触发警告由尼尔盖曼五分之四
I tend to prefer novels over short stories, but this collection from Gaiman was a lot of fun. As with any collection, there were a few shorts that I didn’t enjoy quite as much as the others, but it’s a good reminder of how talented a writer he is and shows off a bit more variety in his storytelling
我更喜欢小说而不是短篇小说，但盖曼的这本书非常有趣。 像其他任何系列一样，有几条我不喜欢其他短裤的短裤，但这很好地提醒了他自己是多么有才华的作家，并且在讲故事时表现出更多多样性
The Green Ember by S.D. Smith 4⁄5
绿灰烬由SD史密斯五分之四
Ember Falls by S.D. Smith 4⁄5
烬瀑布由SD史密斯五分之四
Consider this my review of both of the first two books in this series. I read these originally to better gauge the reading level for my kids (the oldest is eight) and ended up enjoying them. The writing is geared to a younger audience, but the stories are compelling and you gotta love rabbits with swords. Book two is a bit darker and a little more complex than the first, as you often expect from second books in a series, but neither is particularly intense. My oldest (a bookworm) is probably ready to read these on her own, and I’ll be putting some copies on the shelf for the other kids to stumble upon as well.
考虑一下这是我对本系列的前两本书的评论。 我最初阅读这些内容是为了更好地评估我的孩子(年龄最大的是8岁)的阅读水平，并最终享受它们。 文字适合年轻的听众，但故事引人入胜，您一定会喜欢用剑的兔子。 正如您通常希望第二本书在系列丛书中所期望的那样，第二本书比第一本书更黑一些，也有些复杂。 我最大的孩子(书虫)可能已经准备好独自阅读这些书了，我还将把一些书本放在书架上，以使其他孩子也能偶然发现。
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer 4⁄5
承担由Jeff VanderMeer的五分之四
A delightfully weird take on a post-apocalyptic world. The main character, Rachel, lives in a city in ruins after…what exactly we don’t know for sure, but climate is at least a part of it. The setting is imaginative and full of unique biotech. Mord the bear, a massive bear, generally controls the city though he is opposed by some, most notably a woman named “The Magician”. The real story here, though, is the relationship between Rachel and a creature called Borne—a biotech creature that she ends up raising. The whole thing is brought to life beautifully and vividly by VanderMeer. He has since published a novella set in this same world and I can’t wait to read it.
后世界末日的世界令人愉悦而怪异。 主角雷切尔(Rachel)居住在一个废墟后的城市中……我们究竟不确定什么，但气候至少是其中的一部分。 这里充满想象力，充满了独特的生物技术。 尽管熊熊Mord是一只大熊，但他通常受到一些人的反对，尤其是一位名叫“魔术师”的女人。 不过，这里的真实故事是雷切尔(Rachel)和一个叫做Borne的生物之间的关系。 范德米尔(VanderMeer)将整个事物完美生动地呈现出来。 从那以后，他出版了一部在同一世界里创作的中篇小说，我迫不及待地想读它。
Mini-Farming by Brett Markham 4⁄5
迷你农业由Brett Markham的五分之四
A solid overview of small-scale farming. Markham is an engineer, and you can tell in his detailed and analytical approach to topics like soil composition, as well as his prescriptive advice for bed sizes and square footage estimates. He has a very strong focus on the economics, which I’m sure will be very useful to some, but I found it a little less relevant and interesting for my purposes. It’s a good resource for anyone looking to be a bit more productive in their gardening, or thinking about getting into other homesteading-related topics.
对小型农业的全面概述。 万锦(Markham)是一名工程师，您可以在其针对土壤成分等主题的详细分析方法中找到答案，以及他对床尺寸和平方英尺估算的说明性建议。 他非常注重经济学，我相信这对某些人会很有用，但是我发现它对我而言没有那么重要和有趣。 对于任何希望在园艺方面提高生产力或考虑进入其他与居家相关的话题的人来说，这都是一个很好的资源。
Down Among The Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire 5⁄5
向下之间的斗杆和骨由锡南·马克圭尔5分之5
McGuire is just killing it with the Wayward Children series so far. This dark and creepy little fairy tale will be a hit with anyone who enjoyed Every Heart a Doorway. It’s a prequel to the first book, and I would recommend that you read them in publication order for reasons that are likely obvious once you’ve finished them both.
到目前为止，McGuire只是通过《任性的孩子》系列将其杀死。 这个黑暗而令人毛骨悚然的小童话对于任何一个喜欢《心中有道》的人都会大受欢迎。 这是第一本书的前传，我建议您以出版顺序阅读它们，因为一旦完成它们，它们可能很明显。
The Mini-Farming Guide to Composting by Brett Markham 4⁄5
微型耕作指南堆肥由Brett Markham的五分之四
Another good resource from Markham, this time with a much more singular focus which frees him up to go into much more detail.
Markham的另一个很好的资源，这次他的注意力更加单一，这使他有更多的细节可以释放。
Uprooted by Naomi Novik 3⁄5
拔起由内奥米·诺维克五分之三
This book comes with a lot of hype, but it didn’t quite live up to it for me. The story is vividly brought to life, but it was really hard to find any redeeming qualities in the Dragon—one of the main supporting characters. I love a good anti-hero, scoundrel type of character but there has to be something about them that makes you start to root for them. In this story, it seems more assumed that you’ll just come around to him inspite of his constant belittling and abuse of Agnieszka, the main character.
这本书大肆宣传，但对我而言却不尽如人意。 这个故事生动地栩栩如生，但要在主要支持角色之一“龙”中找到任何可以赎回的特质实在很难。 我喜欢一个很好的反英雄，流氓类型的角色，但是必须有一些使他们开始为他们扎根的角色。 在这个故事中，似乎更多地假设您会一直来找他，尽管他不断贬低和滥用主人公Agnieszka。
All-New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew 2⁄5
全新平方英尺园艺梅尔缪2/6
The biggest issue here, quite frankly, is style. Mel is….well….he’s got a bit of a car salesman approach in his delivery. He makes more than a few sexist comments. He also tries to oversimplify at the expense of providing any context at all for why what he is suggesting is the “right” way.
坦率地说，这里最大的问题是风格。 梅尔(Mel)是……好吧……他在送货上有点汽车推销员的方法。 他发表了许多性别歧视言论。 他还尝试过分简化，以提供他所建议的“正确”方式为理由的任何上下文为代价。
There are much better books with much more detail.
有更好的书，但有更多细节。
This Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe 4⁄5
这是你的大脑寄生虫由凯瑟琳·麦考利夫五分之四
This book is just chock-full of interesting. Crickets that become suicidal when controlled by parasitic worms, all in an attempt to help those same words reproduce. A parasite that makes rodents have a fatal attraction to the smell of cats. There are some really weird and fascinating stories in here. Her storytelling is enough to make me overlook the fact that she spends two chapters on microbiomes, which are not parasites. She makes some leaps with the science towards the end, discussing how parasites may impact everything from religion to democracy. I didn’t always make the same leap with her, but the thought exercise was fun nonetheless.
这本书充满了趣味性。 by在被寄生蠕虫控制时会自杀，全都是为了帮助复制相同的单词。 使啮齿动物产生的寄生虫对猫的气味具有致命的吸引力。 这里有一些非常古怪而有趣的故事。 她的讲故事足以使我忽略这样一个事实，她在微生物群学上花了两章，而这不是寄生虫。 她在科学领域取得了飞跃性的进步，讨论了寄生虫如何影响从宗教到民主的一切事物。 我并不总是和她做同样的飞跃，但是思想锻炼仍然很有趣。
Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter 4⁄5
倒计时零日由基姆·泽特五分之四
A fascinating and thorough account of the Stuxnet virus. Frankly, the whole story would seem very at home some modern-day action/techno-thriller movie. Zetter does an excellent job of walking you through the discovery and gradual unveiling of Stuxnet: detailing how traces of the virus was discovered, the clues each little piece left about its origin, functionality and ultimate goal. Given the depth she goes into regarding the functionality of the virus, she does a pretty good job of making it approachable even if you don’t have prior technical knowledge.
关于Stuxnet病毒的有趣且详尽的描述。 坦白说，整个故事看起来像是一部现代动作/惊悚片。 Zetter出色地完成了Stuxnet的发现和逐步发布的工作：详细介绍如何发现病毒痕迹，每个小片段留下的线索，起源，功能和最终目标。 考虑到她对病毒功能的深入研究，即使您没有事先的技术知识，她也可以很好地使它变得可访问。
Somewhere around chapter 16 or 17, it does get a tab bit repetitive as she spends the bulk of the time putting things you’ve already learned in a clear chronological order. The final chapter, however, is a very important read. Once you get past the impressive workings of the virus, the messy follow-up discussion that has been largely lacking is the implications and consequences—ethically and technically—of opening “Pandora’s digital box”, as she puts it. Some think they’re severe, some downplay the risk of a digital attack (personally, I think those folks just lack imagination), but no matter the stance, the discussion needs to be given much higher priority.
在第16章或第17章的某个地方，它确实会重复一些标签，因为她花费大量时间将您已经学到的东西按清晰的时间顺序排列。 但是，最后一章非常重要。 一旦您了解了该病毒令人印象深刻的工作原理，就很难再进行混乱的后续讨论，从伦理上和技术上来讲，就是打开“ Pandora的数字盒”的含义和后果。 有些人认为它们很严重，有些则低估了遭受数字攻击的风险(个人，我认为那些人只是缺乏想象力)，但是无论采取何种立场，都需要给予更高的讨论优先级。
The Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay 5⁄5
在无光的天空由Gulwali Passarlay 10/10
Humbling, heartbreaking and uplifting all at once. As a 12-year-old boy, Gulwali is sent, along with his brother, away from Afghanistan for his own safety. The two of them are soon separated from each other. What follows is an unsettling account of Gulwali’s year-long, 12,000-mile journey as a young refugee fleeing Afghanistan for the United Kingdom. The story sheds a critical light on the impossibly dangerous day-to-day life of a refugee.
令人毛骨悚然，令人心碎和振奋精神。 作为一个12岁的男孩，古尔瓦利(Gulwali)和他的兄弟出于安全原因被送离阿富汗。 他们两个很快彼此分离。 接下来是令人不安的关于古尔瓦利为逃离阿富汗前往联合王国的年轻难民长达一年，长达12,000英里的旅程的描述。 这个故事为难民的日常生活带来了危险，这是至关重要的。
That Gulwali emerges, eventually, to not simply exist but thrive in the United Kingdom is a testament to his incredible courage and willpower.
古尔瓦利最终在英国脱颖而出，不仅存在而且繁荣发展，这证明了他的非凡勇气和毅力。
Everyone should read this book, and everyone should take his final words to heart:
每个人都应该读这本书，每个人都应牢记最后的话：
None of us travel alone in life. We all have the power to help those around us, or to harm them. It is the choices we make that define our walk, define our own personal journeys, and make us the people we are.
我们谁都没有一个人独自生活。 我们每个人都有能力帮助或伤害我们周围的人。 我们做出的选择定义了我们的步行方式，定义了我们自己的个人旅程，并使我们成为我们自己的人。
Did You Grow Up With Me, Too? By June Foray 4⁄5
你也和我一起长大吗？ 由琼·福雷五分之四
The many talented men in the history of cartoon animation get the lion share of the attention. For example, Mel Blanc is a name that will instantly bring up memories of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble or any other of the numerous voices he performed. But mention June Foray, and you’ll get some blank stares, this despite the fact that, as Chuck Jones put it, “June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc was the male June Foray.”
卡通动画史上的许多才华横溢的人倍受关注。 例如，梅尔·布兰克(Mel Blanc)的名字将立即唤起人们对Bugs Bunny，Daffy Duck，Barney Rubble或他演奏的众多声音的记忆。 但是请提及June Foray，您会得到一些空白，尽管正如Chuck Jones所说：“ June Foray不是女性Mel Blanc。 梅尔·布兰克(Mel Blanc)是男性六月进取会。
This short autobiography gives a glimpse into June’s incredible talent and career. It jumps around a bit, but the chaotic feeling of the book was endearing to me and felt very authentic. June’s humor comes through repeatedly, and there are a ton of fun stories and anecdotes liberally sprinkled throughout the book. Anyone with interest in the creation of cartoons, or fans of any of the many characters she voiced, will enjoy this one.
简短的自传使您可以一窥六月的不可思议的才能和职业。 它跳来跳去，但是这本书的混乱感觉让我很喜欢，而且感觉很真实。 六月的幽默反复出现，整本书中散布着许多有趣的故事和轶事。 任何对漫画创作感兴趣的人，或者是她所表达的众多角色中的任何一个的粉丝，都会喜欢的。
A Man of Shadows by Jeff Noon 5⁄5
阴影的人杰夫中午10/10
Let’s get this out of the way: this book will not be for everyone. The world Noon creates is one that is imaginative and frankly a bit weird. It all revolves around time. Time is a commodity. People live within different times: some standard, some commercially available for the right price. The city he operates in is divided between Dayzone (permanent day) and Nocturna (permanent night). In between is Dusk, a terrifying and fantastical place that operates by its own rules.
让我们摆脱它：这本书并不适合所有人。 中午创造的世界充满想象力，坦率地说有点怪异。 一切都围绕时间而旋转。 时间是一种商品。 人们生活在不同的时代：有些标准，有些以适当的价格在市场上有售。 他经营的城市分为Dayzone(永久日)和Nocturna(永久夜)。 介于两者之间的是黄昏，这是一个恐怖而梦幻的地方，它按照自己的规则运作。
The story itself is ultimately a hardboiled detective story set in a world that is part science-fiction, part fantasy (Dusk, in particular, reminded me a lot of the “Other” world in Gaiman’s Coraline.) It’s fast-paced and creepy, with plenty of twists and turns along the way. Noon does a great job of world-building over the course of the book—in fact, many of the twists come in the form of revelations about the world itself. A unique and enthralling novel.
这个故事本身最终是一部顽固的侦探小说，故事背景既是科幻小说，又是幻想小说(尤其是黄昏，使我想起了盖曼Coraline中的“其他”世界)。它节奏快且令人毛骨悚然，一路曲折。 在本书编写过程中，中午在建立世界方面做得很出色-实际上，许多曲折都来自对世界本身的启示。 一部独特而令人着迷的小说。
The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey 5⁄5
男孩的桥通过MR凯里5分之5
The Boy on the Bridge is a fast-moving story following a small group consisting of scientists, military personnel and one gifted, autistic teenage boy as they search for a cure to plague sweeping over the globe. While Dr. Smrina Khan (one of the scientists) and Stephen (the boy) are the primary characters, the other characters are richly fleshed-out with their own background stories and personalities as well.
The end is dark and sad, setting up The Girl With All the Gifts, the first book in the series, very well. While not as surprising as the first book, The Boy on the Bridge is still a blast to read. I highly recommend reading the two books in the order they were published to get the full effect from the surprise twists in The Girl with All the Gifts.桥上的男孩是一个快速发展的故事，紧随其后的是由科学家，军事人员和一个才华横溢，自闭症的十几岁男孩组成的小组，他们寻找治愈瘟疫席卷全球的方法。 Smrina Khan博士(科学家之一)和Stephen(男孩)是主要角色，而其他角色则充斥着自己的背景故事和个性。
结局是黑暗和悲伤的，很好地完成了该系列的第一本书《带所有礼物的女孩》的制作。 虽然没有第一本书那么令人惊讶，但《桥上的男孩》仍然是一本好书。 我强烈建议您按照出版的顺序阅读这两本书，以充分发挥《带着所有礼物的女孩》中令人吃惊的曲折的全部效果。The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld 4⁄5
魔由勒内Denfeld 五分之四
This one isn’t an easy one. The book is haunting and dim and deals with some heavy subject matter. It follows a cast of killers on death row, an investigator whose job is to find background information that can keep those killers out of the electric chair, and a disgraced priest. There is a small whiff of magic in the book, though it takes place in the head of one of the convicts on death row and mostly works to show how he has escaped mentally during his years of solitary confinement.
这不是一件容易的事。 这本书令人难以忘怀，涉及一些沉重的主题。 紧随其后的是死刑犯中的一群杀手，一名调查员，他的工作是寻找可以将这些杀手挡在电椅上的背景信息，以及一名卑鄙的牧师。 尽管发生在死囚牢中的一名罪犯的头上，但书中有一小道神奇的魔咒，它的主要作用是显示他在单独监禁期间如何在精神上逃脱。
The author, Denfeld, is a licensed investigator who has spent a lot of time working with people facing execution, and that insight no doubt helps her tell such a vivid story. Too vivid, I imagine, for some. Some of the scenes are very unsettling. That’s part of what’s challenging about this book: the jarring contrast between the humanity of the killers she manages to portray and the horrific things they’ve done. This book will stick with you long after you read it, and will no doubt be very difficult for many readers to get through.
作者Denfeld是一位持牌调查员，他花了很多时间与面临处决的人一起工作，这种洞察力无疑有助于她讲述这样一个生动的故事。 我想对于某些人来说太生动了。 有些场景令人不安。 这就是这本书所面临的挑战的一部分：她所描绘的凶手的人性与他们所做的可怕事情之间的鲜明对比。 读完这本书很久以后，它对您来说会很持久，毫无疑问，对于许多读者而言，这是非常困难的。
A Mind At Play by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman 4⁄5
一个头脑在播放由吉米·索尼和罗布·古德曼五分之四
A superbly thorough biography of Shannon, whose work laid the foundation for modern technology. The telling of his many important contributions are handled very well, and the descriptions of the science involved are approachable enough.
香农的详尽传记，其工作为现代技术奠定了基础。 很好地讲述了他的许多重要贡献，并且所涉科学的描述也很容易理解。
But my favorite tales are those set after he had made his most significant academic contributions. His desire to create never left, but he was free to create and learn for pure fun and enjoyment, building everything from making trumpets that shot fire when played and a machine that solved Rubik’s cube to an incredible variety of unicycles.
但是我最喜欢的故事是他做出了最重要的学术贡献之后所设定的故事。 他对创造的渴望永无止境，但他可以自由地创造和学习纯粹的乐趣和享受，建造各种东西，从制作吹奏时射击的小号，到解决魔方的机器，再到各种各样的独轮车。
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan 4⁄5
杂食者的困境由迈克尔·波伦五分之四
I really enjoyed this one, particularly the first sections. Pollan explores industrial food production, zeroing in on corn which is pretty much everywhere, followed by organic food, followed by more personal food consumption—foraging, hunting, mushrooms, etc. Pollan is naturally inquisitive and digs deep into each topic, constantly questioning himself causing him to go even deeper. He makes some fantastic points about the sustainability of different diets and their impact on the globe. The last section, where he forages and hunts for his own meal, was not as interesting to me and was a lot more anecdotal than the first two sections of the book. In the end, though, Omnivore’s Dilemma is a great read that will have you thinking much more about what you’re eating and where it came from.
我真的很喜欢这一部分，尤其是前几节。 Pollan探索工业食品生产，首先到处都是玉米，然后是有机食品，然后是更多的个人食品消费，例如觅食，狩猎，蘑菇等。Pollan天生好奇心强，深入研究每个主题，不断质疑自己使他走得更深。 他就不同饮食的可持续性及其对全球的影响提出了一些奇妙的观点。 最后一部分是他觅食和觅食的地方，这对我来说并不那么有趣，而且比本书的前两部分更具趣味性。 最后，Omnivore的两难困境是一本不错的书，它将使您更多地思考所吃的食物及其来源。
Warcross by Marie Lu 3⁄5
Warcross由Marie路五分之三
I wasn’t at all familiar with the author or the book, but the description—teenage bounty hunter/hacker finds herself trying to solve a mystery in a massive VR game—sounded like a lot of fun.
我对作者或书完全不熟悉，但描述(青少年赏金猎人/黑客发现自己试图解决大型VR游戏中的一个谜)听起来很有趣。
It was, for the most part. The action was fun, and Emika is an easy character to root for. And while the twist at the end felt a bit rushed to me, it does set up a fun plot change for book two.
在大多数情况下是这样。 动作很有趣，Emika是容易扎根的角色。 虽然最后的曲折让我有些急，但它确实为第二本书设置了一个有趣的情节更改。
But I think I probably wasn’t the target audience here. The eventual romance between Emika and the brooding, mysterious billionaire was played up very heavily. Probably cool for some folks, just not my cup of tea.
但是我想我可能不是这里的目标受众。 埃米卡(Emika)与沉思，神秘的亿万富翁之间的最终恋情非常激烈。 对于某些人来说可能很酷，但不是我的茶。
The Sky Below by Scott Parazynski 3⁄5
天空下面由斯科特·Parazynski 五分之三
So first, the good: there are plenty of interesting stories about his time at NASA. While he doesn’t get very scientific, it’s still compelling. That I enjoyed.
首先，好的：关于他在NASA的时间有很多有趣的故事。 尽管他不是很科学，但仍然令人信服。 我喜欢。
But a lot of the book also rubbed me the wrong way, mostly in the way he portrays his personal life. He talks a fair amount about how his marriage was on the rocks (he does ultimately get divorced and then married to someone else), but the way he does makes it sound dismissive of the sacrifices his first wife had to make for him to achieve what he did. I don’t know that that’s intentional, but it’s the way it comes off. The way he discusses his daughter’s autism was felt similarly off-key.
但是很多书也误导了我，主要是因为他描绘了他的个人生活。 他谈到自己的婚姻是如何进行的(他最终离婚后又嫁给了其他人)，但他的言行举止使他的第一任妻子为实现自己的成就而做出的牺牲显得不屑一顾。他做到了。 我不知道那是故意的，但这是它消失的方式。 同样，他讨论女儿自闭症的方式也显得有些失调。
You don’t get to do all the things Scott has done, to achieve everything he has, without a lot of help from those around you and there is little in the book that acknowledges that.
在您周围的人没有太多帮助的情况下，您不会做所有Scott所做的事情，也无法实现Scott所拥有的一切，而书中几乎没有这样的内容。
Fifty Inventions That Shaped The Modern Economy by Tim Hartford 4⁄5
五十的发明塑造了现代经济由Tim哈特福德五分之四
Fifty Inventions sets out to accomplish something similar to Burke or Stephen Johnson’s “How We Got to Know” by telling story after story of different inventions and letting the reader see how they weave together. He’s a little less explicit in it, perhaps, than Johnson and Burke, but no less effective. Each of the inventions is covered quickly—its the kind of book you can easily read a chapter at a time when you have a few free minutes—but with enough detail to keep you interested and help you see connections without Hartford having to spell them out himself. It’s all written in an approachable way, with plenty of wit sprinkled in.
《五十项发明》旨在通过讲述不同发明的故事并让读者看到他们如何编织在一起，来完成类似于伯克或斯蒂芬·约翰逊的“我们如何知道”的事情。 也许他不如约翰逊和伯克那么明确，但同样有效。 每种发明都可以快速介绍出来-这类书籍可以让您在有几分钟的空闲时间轻松阅读一章-但要足够详细，以使您保持兴趣并帮助您查看联系，而无需Hartford拼写他自己。 这一切都以一种平易近人的方式编写，并散发出很多机智。
There’s one point in particular that Hartford brings up about all new inventions that stood out to me:
特别要指出的是，哈特福德提出了所有对我来说很突出的新发明：
So whenever a new technology emerges, we should ask: Who will win and who will lose out as a result?
因此，每当出现一项新技术时，我们都应该问：谁会赢，谁会输？
It’s a point he comes back to multiple times, and a theme that runs throughout the book. It’s also an important question we should all be asking whenever we create or support, a new technology.
这是他多次提到的重点，并且贯穿整本书。 每当我们创建或支持一项新技术时，这也是我们所有人都应该问的一个重要问题。
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky 4⁄5
时间的儿童由阿德里安·柴可夫斯基五分之四
Children of Time has gotten a lot of attention and accolades since its publication, and for good reason. The story follows two groups of…creatures…stretched out over thousands of years. One set is the humans, the last of the humans, struggling to find a place to set down roots after Earth’s demise. The other set are spiders infected by a nanovirus, reaching new levels of intelligence and sentience as time passes. Watching their society expand and evolve was even more compelling than watching the humans struggling for survival.
自出版以来，《时间之子》获得了很多关注和赞誉，这是有充分理由的。 故事遵循两类……生物……延伸了数千年。 一个是人类，是人类中的最后一个，在地球灭亡后努力寻找一个扎根的地方。 另一组是被纳米病毒感染的蜘蛛，随着时间的流逝达到了更高的智力和感知水平。 看着他们的社会发展壮大比看着人类为生存而挣扎的更具吸引力。
The book doesn’t shy away from some big topics, and the portrayal of the spiders rise to sentience over the years is incredibly well-done.
这本书并没有回避一些大的话题，而且这些年来蜘蛛对人的情感提升的刻画非常出色。
The only fault I have with the book is the ending. While the conclusion is smart, it’s also pretty abrupt to the point of feeling a bit rushed.
我这本书唯一的缺点是结局。 尽管结论很明智，但它突然到了有点仓促的地步。
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden 5⁄5
该女孩在塔凯瑟琳·雅顿10/10
More fantastic work from Arden! The Girl in the Tower has the benefit of being the second in the series, so it doesn’t have nearly as much work to do building up the world. Instead, it drops you right into the action and never lets up.
来自Arden的更精彩的作品！ 《塔中的女孩》的优点是成为系列中的第二个女孩，因此，建立世界的工作量不大。 相反，它使您直接进入动作，永不放松。
The story spends a little less time with the Russian mythology, at least until the final few chapters, than book one. But we get a lot of time with both Vasya and Sasha. It was fun to see these two characters, with very different outlooks on life, interacting after everything that Vasya went through in book one.
这个故事花在俄罗斯神话上的时间比起第一本书要少得多，至少到最后几章为止。 但是我们与Vasya和Sasha在一起的时间很多。 看到这两个角色有着截然不同的人生观，并在第一本书中经历了Vasya经历的一切之后，很有趣。
I think there are two things in particular that continue to impress me with this series. First, is Arden’s dedication to historical accuracy. She takes both the mythology and the world build-up very seriously, trying to represent as accurate a portrayal of middle-ages Russia as possible. The result is vibrant characters and very vivid scenery.
我认为本系列特别让我印象深刻的是两件事。 首先，是Arden对历史准确性的奉献。 她非常重视神话和世界建设，试图尽可能准确地描绘俄罗斯的中年形象。 结果是生动的角色和非常生动的风景。
The other thing that continues to impress me is the way Arden writes Vasya, the main character. Vasya is not an anti-hero—she’s likable and a good person. Arden makes it very clear Vasya is a flawed individual. She messes up constantly; she lets her temper and emotions lead her to bad decisions. In short, she’s a very relatable and realistic character.
令我印象深刻的另一件事是雅顿(Arden)创作主角瓦西亚(Vasya)的方式。 Vasya不是反英雄，她是讨人喜欢的好人。 Arden非常清楚地表明Vasya是有缺陷的个人。 她不停地乱糟糟； 她让自己的脾气和情绪导致她做出错误的决定。 简而言之，她是一个非常亲切而现实的角色。
Eagerly awaiting book three.
急切地等待着第三本书。
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle 4⁄5
褶皱在时间通过麦德兰L'恩格尔五分之四
I had never read this book as a kid, somehow, though it seems like exactly the kind of book I would have thoroughly enjoyed. Given all the praise its received from friends over the years, I decided to change that. I’m glad I did.
某种程度上，我从来没有读过这本书，尽管看上去我完全会喜欢这本书。 鉴于多年来受到朋友的一致好评，我决定改变这一点。 我很高兴我做到了。
One of my favorite quotes regarding “children’s books” comes from Maurice Sendak: “I don’t write for children. I write—and somebody says, ‘That’s for children!’”. It’s a quote I think of often as I’m reading to my kids, or reading “young adult” books. A good story is a good story, period.
我最喜欢的有关“儿童读物”的一句话来自莫里斯·森达克(Maurice Sendak)：“我不为儿童写书。 我写信，有人说，“那是给孩子的！”。 这是我在给孩子们阅读或阅读“年轻人”书籍时经常想到的一句话。 一个好故事就是一个好故事。
A Wrinkle In Time is a good story. L’Engle does here what the best so-called “young adult” authors do: she writes a story that is rich, and that doesn’t attempt to oversimplify for the benefit of a potentially younger audience. The story and setting are wonderfully imaginative, as well as steeped in a love of physics, mathematics, and literature (one of the characters constantly quotes from Shakespeare, Descartes, the Bible, Dante—you name it). The book also never shies away from some rather heavy themes, exploring spirituality, moral responsibility, and individuality. While it’s not overly thought-provoking, the messages are strong and important.
时间的皱纹是个好故事。 L'Engle在这里所做的就是所谓的最佳“年轻成年人”作家所做的事情：她写了一个故事，内容丰富，并且并没有为了可能的年轻观众的利益而过分简化。 这个故事和场景极富想象力，并且对物理，数学和文学充满了热爱(莎士比亚，笛卡尔，圣经，但丁不断引用其中的一个字符，您可以将其命名)。 该书也从不回避一些沉重的主题，探索灵性，道德责任和个性。 尽管消息发人深省，但这些消息是强烈而重要的。
I may have missed out on this book as a kid, but I will make sure my kids do not.
我可能小时候就错过了这本书，但请确保我的孩子不会。
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss 5⁄5
沉默事物的缓慢方面由帕特里克·罗斯菲斯10/10
I have loved the Kingkiller Chronicles so far, but I kept putting off this one due to very mixed reviews. Even Patrick himself was worried about publishing this one, calling it a “strange” story. I didn’t want to spoil what has been an excellent series with this questionable-sounding novella. Turns out, there was no need to worry. Rothfuss can flat-out write.
到目前为止，我一直很喜欢《 Kingkiller编年史》，但由于评论不一，我一直推迟发布。 甚至Patrick自己也担心出版此书，称其为“奇怪”故事。 我不想破坏这部听起来可疑的中篇小说的出色系列。 事实证明，没有必要担心。 Rothfuss可以写东西。
The book definitely has a very different feel from the primary books in the series, and I’m sure that leads to the mixed reviews. The Name of the Wind and Wise Man’s Fear are long, magical, fantasy novels full of suspense and intrigue conflict. The Slow Regard of Silent Things is short and features no real suspense, and no characters outside of Auri—the strange girl Kvothe befriended in the primary books. Magic is present, but very subdued.
这本书肯定与该系列的主要书籍有着截然不同的感觉，我敢肯定，这会带来不同的评论。 《风与智者的恐惧》是一部充满悬念和阴谋冲突的长篇，神奇，幻想的小说。 《寂静无声的缓慢问候》很短，没有任何真正的悬念，在Auri之外也没有角色-陌生的女孩Kvothe在小学读本中结识了。 存在魔术，但是非常柔和。
The story follows Auri for a week as she explores the Underthing, constantly struggling to make sure every object is just where its meant to be, every room in just the right order. There’s not a lot that happens beyond that. The most conflict the story has is probably Auri’s attempts to find the right place for a gear she finds.
故事跟随奥丽(Auri)进行了一周的探索，她不断地努力确保每个物体都在正确的位置，每个房间都在正确的位置。 除此之外，没有太多事情发生。 故事中最大的冲突可能是Auri尝试为她找到的装备找到合适的位置。
But the story is beautiful. Auri is sweet and broken, and there are times of clarity where she recognizes her own brokenness—and you feel for her and relate to her. So when she gets heartbroken about objects breaking, or objects not being in their proper spot, you start to feel it too. You find yourself rooting for her to get everything in its place and find some level of stability and calm in doing so.
但是故事很美。 奥里(Auri)甜美而破碎，在清晰的时刻，她认识到自己的破碎-您对她的感觉与她息息相关。 因此，当她因物体破裂或物体不在适当位置而伤心欲绝时，您也会开始感到。 您会发现自己为她加油以使一切正常，并在某种程度上保持稳定和镇定。
This is a very different book than his other novels in the series, but it’s every bit as enjoyable.
这是一本与该系列其他小说完全不同的书，但令人愉悦。
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