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标 题: 科幻元素周期表:钛(杀手机器人)
发信站: 饮水思源 (Thu May 1 02:58:47 2003)
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科幻元素周期表022钛(Ti,Titanium,47.90)
杀手机器人(Killer Robots)
Michael Swanwick原著/SCIFI.COM连载/armrow编译
“该死,肖恩,漫画书作者不该采用斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基体系。”
“我知道了,”我说着启动了机器人。当它站直身体达到完整高度时,屋顶被撑破
了。我大步向前迈去,墙壁坍塌下来。
外面,人们从他们的房子里尖叫着跑了出来。他们看上去就像是一群蚂蚁。这太棒
了。现在我对我书中角色的动机有了深刻地理解。
不过,当我把这个说给约书亚时,他开始乱舞起他的胳膊。“‘钛’不需要任何动
机——他就是一个巨大的机器人杀手!他被设定为只会破坏!”
“很荣幸你提醒我,”我说道。我下达了“践踏”的指令,然后看着这部机器人自
由发挥。好的地方是它用六次重踏就将一栋房子踩扁了;而差的地方是当它这么做时,
它看上去就像个只配得到一阵嘘声的三流演员。我将不得不在改写中修改这个部分。
“瞧,也许你应该减低这类行动的暴力程度,”约书亚说道,“警察就在这儿。”
“罗嗦。”我抓起警车,把它们扔入了夜色之中。听着容易,做起来难。我不得不
弯下腰,让机器人的背部挺直,否则它会倒下的。结果当警车撞击到地面时,它们陷入
烈焰之中。这真是一种很酷的方式。“我对这个策划的感觉好极了。‘钛’会赢得大奖
的!”
“我都要不晓得为了什么会费神与你谈话了,”约书亚以一幅听天由命的口气说道
。
“因为我有令人疯狂的能力,那就是为什么。嘿!想瞧瞧这个宝贝拔掉一栋摩天大
厦吗?”
“别那么干,不要。”约书亚沉默了片刻后叫道。当时我正驾驶着机器人大步穿过
沃尔特·惠特曼大桥,直奔费城市区。(在那儿有大量的好东西。)接着,他突然说道
:“过去与你合作搞汽车人杀手那个作者叫什么名字?”
“本·戴维斯。一个有才华的家伙,但有点儿懒散。他不愿意做这种撰写一流漫画
的尝试。”我推倒了一座水塔。“为什么问起他?”
约书亚惊恐地指向空中。有一个巨大的变形金刚式飞行机器人正轰鸣着向我们接近
,它发射了空对地导弹。“因为我认定他刚刚造了一个更野心勃勃的刺头。”
大桥在我们脚下爆炸了,机器人跳入了特拉华河。我抓住控制器,将我的攻击性武
器联线到了电脑上。
马上有好戏看了!
2003年4月29日于太一斋
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22
Ti
Titanium
47.90
Killer Robots
"Damn it, Sean, comic book writers don't employ the Stanislavski method."
"I do," I said, and threw the mech into gear. The roof exploded as it
straightened to full height. The walls collapsed as I strode forward.
Outside, people ran from their houses screaming. They looked like ants. It
was great. I was getting a lot of insight into my character's motivation.
But when I said this to Joshua, he began waving his arms around. "Titanium
doesn't have any motivation—he's just a giant killer robot! He's
programmed to destroy!"
"Glad you reminded me," I said. I hit the "stomp" macro, and watched the
mech do its thing. The good part was that it could flatten a house in six
stomps. The bad part was that when it did, it looked like a third-grader
having a hissy-fit. I was going to have to fix that in the rewrite.
"Look, maybe you should power this thing down," Joshua said. "The police
are here."
"Bangin'." I began picking up cop cars and flinging them into the night. It
was trickier than it sounded. I had to stoop down and keep the mech's back
straight or else it would topple over. But when the cars hit, they burst
into flames. It was way cool. "I've got a good feeling about this project.
Titanium is gonna win awards!"
"I don't know why I even bother talking to you," Joshua said in a resigned
tone.
"Because I've got the mad skills, that's why. Hey! Wanna see this baby take
out a skyscraper?"
"Not really, no." Joshua was silent for a few minutes while I strode the
mech across the Walt Whitman Bridge, toward Philadelphia. (Lots of good
material there.) Then, abruptly, he said, "What's the name of that writer
who used to work with you on Bot Killer?"
"Ben Davis. Talented guy, but a little lazy. He wasn't willing to do the
kind of research it takes to write a first-rate comic." I toppled a water
tower. "Why?"
Joshua pointed fearfully up into the sky. A monstrous flying
transformer-type robot was roaring toward us. It loosed air-to-ground
missiles. "Because I think he's just gotten a frazz more ambitious."
The bridge exploded at our feet, and the mech plunged deep into the
Delaware. I seized the controls, and brought my offensive weaponry online.
This was going to be great!
The End
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