What makes a great science fiction(小说)?The post-1980s writer Bao Shu gave his answer His famous work Our Martians(win)a Science Fiction Planet Award last month
Since a science fiction refers to many different subjects, (include)social problems, technology and philosophy(哲学), sci-fi writers need to know a lot of things. While knowledge forms the "backbone"of a story, imagination is the "lifeblood"that makes science fiction (work).
Bao Shu said that not everyone is born good at (imagine), but you can train yourself to be good at it. He gave example. "If you are simply given the topic: 'Imagine you become a billionaire(亿万富翁)in 20 years, what would your life look like?'You might just think about what you could buy. But if you imagine a billionaire lost a desert, it can make you think (different)about the idea, "he said.
Bao Shu's works have different (topic)such as Al, time travel and space exploration. His short story Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times is about how people use technology (feel)what others feel when they eat. He got the idea from seeing how people are always (interest)n the taste of food they have never tried.
