BOTM January 2008 - 球状闪电

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imron -

After the discussion in the Sci-fi thread, 球状闪电 sounds like a good candidate for January

2008.

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muyongshi -

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Obviously not a sci-fi fan here)

I'll force myself... speaking of book of the month...going back to december now....

roddy -

Well I've read this one already, so I'll certainly weigh in on any discussion.

Note for anyone reading the online version - there are a number of typos in there. It appears to

have been typed up using a pinyin based input method and you get stuff like 是我 where you

should have 使我，小时 for 消失, etc. It's not a massive problem - maybe one or two per

chapter on average, I'd guess. However do be aware of it and if it seems like a sentence doesn't

make sense, that might be why.

The version Imron links to above is divided into chapters. If for any reason you prefer one big

chunk of text, see here. However in addition to the errors mentioned above, this version also

repeats chunks of text in a few places - so if you get an odd sense of deja vu, skip forward until

it fades.

See Douban and Amazon.cn for intros, reviews and ordering if you want to get a print copy

(although seems it might be out of stock?). There's some further comment in our own science

fiction topic.

imron -

Quote:

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Roddy mentioned it was more thriller than scifi. Any further comments about that?

muyongshi -

Well...none are on my top favorite genre list but hey I need to 开拓my眼界 so... no further

comments... (boredom overload eminent system failure)

roddy -

It's not full on aliens in the distant future on remote planets science-fiction at all - it's a

contemporary setting, and it's more about the people and events surrounding the science rather

than the science itself.

roddy -

Here's a quick, more or less spoiler-free list of characters. I don't think I've missed anyone

important, but I've also skipped over people who either are essentially background or only turn up

for a chapter or two.

陈博士 – I’m not sure we ever find out this guy’s first name, maybe I just missed it. On

his fourteenth birthday our hero sees his parents return to ashes and dust somewhat earlier than

expected, courtesy of a ball lightning strike. Thus starts a lifetime obsession which leads him to

a career in meteorology and later advanced weapons research.

林云 – Both beautiful and reckless, Lin Yun’s upbringing within the military and the early

loss of her mother combine to produce a dangerous fascination with weaponry. No fan of authority,

she is suspected of secretly transferring the products of her research to foreign states when her

superiors won’t let her test them herself.

张彬 – Lecturer on atmospheric electricity during Chen’s undergraduate course, he attempts

to steer Chen away from his obsession and onto a more practical path – attempts explained by

tragedy and failure hidden in his own past . . .

高波 – Chen’s PhD supervisor. Talented theoretician who encourages Chen’s fascination with

ball lightning.

丁仪 – Unorthodox philosopher physicist, Ding is called on to assist when things start to turn

odd.

林峰 – Lin Yun’s father. A high-ranking military officer and loving father – but he holds

no illusions about the risks his daughter presents.

zhwj -

Print copies are available through Taobao - in two versions: 星云II, standalone. I read the

星云 version myself; I don't know if there are any differences between the two, or which version

the online text was taken from.

muyongshi -

Out of curiosity Roddy do have a preformatted for palm version lying around???

roddy -

Nope. I did read it on PDA, but I just did so via the browser online - both the online versions

linked to are fairly clean and text-only versions suitable for PDA use. Obviously the chaptered

version saves a lot of scrolling about trying to save your place.

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