LiuCixin stands at the top tier of speculative fiction authors in any language.

刘慈欣站在了无论任何语言的推测思索性小说的顶峰。

First off, how did you become acquainted with speculative fiction? What's the appeal of the genre for you?

首先，你是如何接触到科幻小说的？这类体裁对你的吸引力在哪里？

Like the best speculative fiction, Life on Mars features a hero who questions what's happening to him and why, all while exploring a strange alien world.

作了一部最优秀的推理科幻片，《火星生活》的主角质疑自己身上究竟发生了什么以及为什么，与此同时探索着一个完全陌生的异度世界。

And for a work of speculative fiction the challenge is even greater, as the title should give a taste of the wonder and weirdness the reader can expect from the story to come.

这对科幻小说的挑战性更大，因为其书名应给读者想从故事中体验到的惊悚的感觉。

Steampunk is a kind of speculative fiction that usually takes place in urban Settings where the future meets the past: Victorian era inventions clash with often dark alternate realities.

“蒸汽朋克”是推想性小说的一种类型，这类故事的发生背景通常设定为过去与未来相结合的城市：维多利亚时代的发明创造出现在一个黑暗的异世界里。