LMST_345 Lit. of Horror，Fantasy，Science fiction

  I read about Bloodchild this week. This is the shortest novel I have read in this class this semester. However, although this novel is short, it is really exquisite and charming, without any burdensome. The science fiction setting is respectively thrown out at the right time, which is about the parasitic organism and the alien host.       The story is about humans and the invasive species Tlic. Tlic rely on parasitic animals to give birth, injecting their eggs into humans and then taking them out and putting them into other animals after the larvae have grown a bit. In this twisted way, Tlic form a family with humans. The protagonist was selected as the breeder by Tlic, and even after witnessing the horrors of other breeders, he accepted the reality. I was a little uncomfortable with the details of parasitism and the eating of eggs, because it was so realistic that it reminded me of the sickening sight of countless Tlic squirming. I think the novel can be adapted into a film well bec

  This week I read an interesting and insightful novel   Snow Crash , which was my first in-depth encounter with the cyberpunk genre, and many of its Settings were familiar to me. For example, everyone has a unique avatar in the virtual space. When a character dies in a virtual space, he or she is forced to be disconnected and can't be logged in again for some time. The eyepiece that projects the virtual space onto the retina, just like the VR in the current society. But more familiar the novel is, the more surprised I feel because the successful prediction. Most of the other new technologies in the story are also being implemented now.   There are many cool elements in the novel, such as a hacker with a samurai sword delivering pizza, a skateboarder and a gangster killer. The novel adopts the classic "high tech, low life" mode, described a repressive, dim future. To be more specific, although there is not a technology of disaster, but the government has collapsed, the la

  I read the novel   The Left Hand of Darkness this week, and I think it is a very profound novel. The author describes an intersexual civilization on an icy planet called winter Star. Each individual in this civilization is not naturally male or female, but rather a snail like intersex, and at the same time their sex is cyclical and only impulsive for a few days in a month. The protagonist was very uncomfortable at first, because he was viewed it in a traditional patriarchal way, but as time went on, he slowly began to accept, and eventually to accept.   Since I am an earthling, the way of thinking is too deeply influenced by gender   when I was reading this novel, and because the author uses “he” in the story. It is always difficult for me to fully relate to that environment   when imagining the plot of the novel, and it is difficult to really fully imagine an individual with no particular gender orientation. I always subconsciously imagine Estraven as a kind of feminized man or vice

  I read the novel   The Martian   this week. Except for some technical terms, most of the words are not too difficult. I use to seen the Matt Damon’s movie version, which is probably the best science fiction movie of that year. When I am reading the book, I always compared it to the movie and I thought the movie is a really good adaptation. Especially when shaping the hero Mark's spirit of pursuing rational science, optimism and perseverance. Matt Damon is really my perfect choice for the role.   While living alone on Mars, the protagonist Mark had go through a lot of difficulties. Without the aura of the protagonist of the ordinary novel, without the blessing of good luck. Mark's sheer expertise, courage, optimism, and NASA's cooperation helped him survive. I especially appreciate that he can still play humor and make jokes when faced with problems, and deal with unexpected problems with a calm and rational attitude. At the same time, he makes a good represents of the hum

After reading the  Anansi Boys , I found this is a simple, vivid, and jovial coming-of-age novel. The author combines comedy, horror, and crime fiction makes it seem like a story with no profound truth on the surface, but it still strikes at the heart of the reader in essence. I think  Anansi Boys  is very different from other fantasy novels. Although it has adventures, magic and scary plots like ordinary fantasy novels, its essence is to discuss a question about how to grow up.   Through The story of Neil Gaiman, we see the growth of a man who use to be weak, self-contemptuous and uninteresting. At the same time, we also realize that while suffering in life can make a person grow up quickly, the process of growing up can be very painful.   The beginning of the story is a little less immersive, until the spider appears and the whole story becomes clear. On the surface, “Fat Charlie” has lost his job and his love life, but when he hits the bottom of his life, he comes to a holiday resor