"Pengpeng, why are you running around on a broomstick?!"
Hu Huifang was watching TV in the living room. Pengpeng was riding a broom and running around in front of her, making her unable to watch TV.
Hearing what grandma said, Pengpeng braked suddenly, then made a perfect Thomas 360-degree turn back to the middle of the living room, and said with a serious face, "Grandma, this is not a broom, it is called Nimbus 2000."
"What the hell?" Hu Huifang asked in astonishment, why couldn't she understand what her granddaughter was saying today?
"Oh, it's the Nimbus 2000 that Harry Potter rides on. I'm not proficient yet. Once I'm proficient, I'll be able to fly. Then grandma, I'll take you wherever you want to go. It's faster than a plane."
"Shout!" Hu Huifang was amused, "You just learned to run and now you want to fly?"
Zhang Zhong heard the conversation between his grandmother and grandson in the study and couldn't help but smile. He wanted to correct Pengpeng's mistake, that is, a broom cannot fly as fast as a plane. Even the supercar "Firebolt" in the broom can only fly as fast as an airplane.
It can only reach 150 miles, which is equivalent to more than 200 kilometers, which is slower than the high-speed rail.
Zhang Zhong briefly told Peng Peng about the story of Harry Potter. Unexpectedly, Peng Peng liked this story quite a bit. Probably both older and younger children would like this kind of fantasy and special story.
Or he could find time to sort out Harry Potter some time later, but now he doesn't have the time or the inclination, and he still has three things to do.
This is one of the modifications to "The Devotion of Suspect X".
Restoring "The Snowman", this is the second one.
In addition to these two things, just ten minutes ago, he had another thing to do-carrying "Flowers for Algernon".
The system is like a naughty child, and its style has become increasingly inconsistent recently. After reading "Love in a Fallen City" and "Wives and Concubines" just now, there is another science fiction book.
"Flowers for Algernon" is an atypical science fiction novel. Basically, the things that often appear in most science fiction novels, such as robots, mechas, and battleships, are not included in this book. The only thing that can be related to science fiction novels is
The above is the magical experiment.
And this experiment is not the core thing of this book.
This is a science fiction novel about developmental psychology. Of course, it can also be understood as a novel about developmental psychology that cares about humanity and has some science fiction elements.
It is worth mentioning that this book won the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award respectively on Earth, and the awards were won seven years apart.
This is because the author Daniel Case published this book twice. The first time was a novella, which won the Hugo Award. Seven years later, he made the work a full-length novel, which won the Nebula Award.
The book Zhang Zhong picked up was the novel "Flowers for Algernon" that has been adapted into a full-length novel.
The "Algernon" in the title of the book is the name of the white mouse in the laboratory in the book. The protagonist Charlie underwent the same operation as the white mouse "Algernon". After that, he transformed from an intellectually disabled person with an original IQ of only 68.
He became a genius with an IQ of 186.
He became proficient in various fields in a short period of time, but the good times did not last long and the experiments were not mature enough. His brain began to deteriorate, and he finally turned back into the mentally retarded adult.
What's more interesting is that when Charlie became smarter, he couldn't keep his job in the bakery because everyone ostracized him.
And when his intelligence returned, his colleagues in the bakery accepted him again.
The author seems to convey an idea in the cracks, that people always like to be with people who are worse than themselves.
In Zhang Zhong's view, although the ending of the story almost returns to the beginning of the story, it is a tragedy.
What hurts is not not having it, but having gained it and then lost it.
Ignorance itself can lead to happiness, but it is difficult for a fish jumping out of the water to return to its past.
The novel is a first-person perspective diary narrative, in which Charlie records his entire process from an intellectually disabled person to a genius, and then from a genius back to an intellectually disabled person.
The advantage of this narrative is that readers can feel Charlie's psychological changes very intuitively.
…
Zhang Zhong was typing on the keyboard slowly. When carrying the book, he encountered a little trouble, that is, he could not type out many words at the first time because there were many typos.
This is because Charlie's intelligence was relatively poor at the beginning, and his writing was very jerky, and he often wrote some typos.
When Zhang Zhong got this book, he thought he had bought a pirated copy when he read the first few pages. After all, there were too many typos.
For this reason, he went to read the English version again and found that there were also a lot of wrong words. Later he realized that this was just intentional by the author. The purpose was to make this contrast, and when readers read it later,
When typos appear, they will understand Charlie's situation without any special explanation.
Fortunately, the typos were only at the beginning, and they disappeared after Charlie became smarter.
…
Pengpeng spent a day playing at home today. In the afternoon, she mainly played with the broom at home. Hu Huifang joked that she would not have to worry about the hygiene of the house in the future. Pengpeng dragged it around like this, and the ground was making noises when she swept it.
Spotless.
"Dad, I can't fly yet."
In the evening, Pengpeng finally put down her broom and ran to Zhang Zhong. She was still a little disappointed because she couldn't fly.
"Well, I'm still a Muggle."
Zhang Zhong sniffed and tried his best not to laugh. This girl learned new words very quickly, and she learned and used them as quickly as she opened her mouth.
"Don't worry, you will be able to learn magic when you grow up."
"Yeah, I'll try my best."
Zhang Zhong smiled and took out a few tissues to wipe Pengpeng's forehead. The air conditioner was turned on in the house, and the temperature was not low. She had been running around a lot just now, and there were a lot of sweat beads on her forehead.
"Dad, is there any magic that prevents people from sweating?"
Zhang Zhong asked in astonishment, "Why do you need such magic?"
Pengpeng grinned, "Because if you don't sweat, you don't have to take a shower. I hate taking a shower. If there is such a magic, I will definitely learn it."
Zhang Chong nodded angrily on Peng Peng's forehead, "You, you think about these things every day, you are destined to be a Muggle."
Pengpeng pouted and said, "Then if I want to learn magic, it must be for fun. If I can avoid taking a shower, I will be very happy."
When Zhang Zhong was about to teach Pengpeng that bathing and hygiene was a good thing, his mother in the kitchen called them to eat.
"Pengpeng, put down your bachelor's 2000 and come over for dinner."
"Grandma, I told you several times, it's Nimbus 2000." Pengpeng corrected somewhat anxiously.