UScott Westerfeld lelinye lamagama aziwayo kuncwadi lwabantu abadala, kunye IiUglies lolunye uthotho lwakhe aluthandayo. Emva kweshumi leminyaka, uWesterfeld ubuyela kwindalo iphela nge Abakhohlisi, uthotho olulandelayo olwenzeka emva kokugqitywa kwe- IiUglies . Owokuqala ngurhulumente uhambe kwaye entsha isendaweni yayo. Iqhawekazi elivela kwezi ncwadi, iTally, ngoku iligqala nje lokuba ngumntu omdala kwaye uneqhawekazi elitsha: uFrey.
UFrey liwele likaRafi-kwaye umzimba wakhe uphindwe kabini. Utata wabo onamandla uneentshaba ezininzi, kwaye umhlaba uye waba yingozi njengoko i-odolo yakudala isiwa. Ke ngelixa uRafi wakhuliswa ukuba abe yintombi egqibeleleyo, uFrey ufundisiwe ukubulala. Injongo yakhe kuphela kukukhusela udadewabo, azincame ngenxa kaRafi ukuba kunyanzelekile.
Xa utata wakhe ethumela uFrey endaweni kaRafi njengesibambiso kwisivumelwano esinobungozi, uba ngumkhohlisi ogqibeleleyo-ulungile kwaye uyathandeka njengodadewabo. Kodwa uCol, unyana wenkokeli elwayo, uyasondela ngokwaneleyo ukuba abone umbulali ngaphakathi kuye. Njengoko isivumelwano siqala ukuqhekeka, uFrey kufuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba angamthemba ngenyaniso. . . kwaye ukuba angazibeka emngciphekweni wokuba ngumntu wakhe.
Njengoko kubonakala rhoqo kwiincwadi zikaWesterfeld, Abakhohlisi imalunga nokucinga ngokukhululekileyo, ukubuza imibuzo, kunye nesibindi sokufumana isazisi sakho. Kunye neqela elimnandi lababhali, ndiye ndathetha noScott Westerfeld malunga nokubuyela kwakhe kwi IiUglies indalo iphela, imixholo yendalo esingqongileyo, kunye nendlela avakalelwa ngayo ukuba uthotho lwanxibelelana nanamhlanje.
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IWesterfeld: Xa ndibuyela kwi IiUglies umhlaba, enye yezinto endizama ukuyenza yayikukubamba ezinye zezo nkcukacha, olo lwazi kunye nobunzima endicinga ukuba abafundi bazisa kwihlabathi elalingekho ngaphambili. Kwaye, ngokucacileyo, lihlabathi elahlukileyo. Kwilizwe likaTally, kuba wonke umntu uye wenziwa utyando, kuba wonke umntu mhle, kuba wonke umntu uyi-bubblehead, kwakulungile ukuba elo lizwe lityibilikiswe kwaye lijikelezwe kancinci, kancinci njengentsomi. Uyazi, kukho imiba ethile yeencwadi ezinje ngeentsomi. Ukoyikwa kwakhe ngumhlaba akukho nzima kwaye kunzulu… ekuqaleni.
Kodwa kunjalo, mna mpostors yenzeka kwiminyaka eli-15 kamva, kwindawo ethile phakathi kweminyaka eli-15 ukuya kwengama-20 kamva, kwaye umsebenzi we-bubblehead -Ulawulo oluhle-ubhukuqiwe. Abantu abasafumani msebenzi kwakhona kwaye ngenxa yoko, lihlabathi elahluke ngenene. Inobunzima kakhulu, inobungozi obuninzi, izixeko azifani. Zonke zahlukile, ke zonke zifana nee hoverboards eIndiana. Yonke into ibekiwe. Yonke into yenziwe ngumntu. Elo hlabathi lihambile laya macala onke, ke xa usuka kwenye idolophu usiya kwenye, izinto ezininzi ziyatshintsha. Ezinye zeedolophu ziluhlobo lwee-utopia. Ezinye zazo zingaphezulu kobuzwilakhe. Bonke baye baya kwicala elahlukileyo.
Ndifuna ukuyibamba kumfanekiso omnye olula, eyayiyile hoverboard.
IWesterfeld: Ndandihlala ndinomdla, uyazi, ukuba kwenzeka ntoni emva koko. Uyazi, yintoni eyonwabileyo emva koko? Ngenxa yokuba akukho LWENENE ngokwenyani emva. Akukho nto ihlala isombululwa, akukho nto ihlala ilula. Kufuneka usebenze kuyo yonke into. Kuya kufuneka usebenze ngokukhululeka. Kuya kufuneka usebenze kubudlelwane. Kufuneka usebenze-uyazi, kukho yonke into, mhlawumbi yonke imizuzwana ye-10 omnye umbhali kwenye indawo kwii-tweets, Kungenxa yokuba unencwadi enye epapashiweyo ayithethi ukuba kulula ukusukela ngoko. Uyazi, akukho mpu melelo. Alukho ukhuseleko lokugqibela, olukwava kakhulu iMachivavellian.
Ndivakalelwa ngathi yinto entle le-Pretty-kuyo yonke into eyoyikisayo kunye nezithintelo-into ayenzileyo yayiluhlobo lozinzo. Kukho umgca kwii-Uglies, oko kukuthi, iNkululeko inendlela yokutshabalalisa izinto, kwaye inokucatshulwa kubakhohlisi kwenye indawo. Kodwa ewe, ndicinga ukuba yile nto sijonge kuyo Abakhohlisi, olu hlobo lokophula imigaqo, kwihlabathi elidala.
Cinezela: I-Uglies, abakhohlisi, kwaye wena Indawo yokudlala series zonke iintlobo zokujongana nentlekele yokusingqongileyo, kwaye bendifuna ukwazi ukuba yintoni egcina ikubuyisela kulo mxholo.
IWesterfeld: Ndicinga ukuba ukufudumala kwehlabathi ngumba osisiseko sayo yonke into esiyenzayo, kwaye ikamva lethu lixhomekeke kuyo, kwaye iplanethi yethu ixhomekeke kuyo. Kwaye kuyacotha kwaye kunzima kakhulu ukuyibona, kwaye loo nto yenza ukuba kube nzima kakhulu ukubhala ngayo, into enzima kakhulu ukuyilingisa. Ndicinga ukuba sesinye sezizathu-uyazi, ukuba ibiyinto ye-asteroid eza kuthi kwaye izakusibetha kwinyanga ezimbini, ngekhe sisebenze ekusombululeni ingxaki ngokukhawuleza.
Kodwa kuba izakusiphazamisa kwenye indawo phakathi kweminyaka engama-50 nengama-200 ukusukela ngoku, ikho nje. Yinyani nje. Yinyani nje. Ndicinga ukuba nabani na osemncinci ngenene unegalelo elikhulu kuyo. Ayizukutshintsha ngokwenene ubomi bam ngezinto eziphathekayo, mhlawumbi, ngaphandle kokuba izikhukula zeManhattan, ezinokwenzeka. Uyazi, ukuba bendihlala kwi-Avenue C, ibisele ibuchaphazele ubomi bam, kodwa ndihlala kwi-2 Avenue, ke ingathi ndinemitha ezintathu okanye enye into.
Kodwa ndimdala ngokwaneleyo ukuba nokuba kwenzeka ntoni, ayizukundenza. Kodwa ukuba uneminyaka eli-15 ngoku, leyo yenye iminyaka engama-35 ekufuneka ujongane nayo kunam. Ke ndicinga ukuba ngumba omkhulu wexesha lethu ngohlobo lwesitshixo esisezantsi, esilumkileyo, nefayitile yohlobo oluthile.
Cinezela: Ndingumlandeli omkhulu weeUglies kunye neePreties, wonke umsebenzi wakho ngokusisiseko, kwaye ndonwabe kakhulu xa ndafumanisa ukuba uyalandisa eli lizwe nangakumbi. Injani le nkqubo yokubhala, ubuyela emsebenzini owawukhe wagqiba ukuwugqiba okanye uthathe ikhefu iminyaka? Uzintywilisela njani kuloo nto? Yayiyintoni inkqubo yakho yalonto kwaye yayiqhuba ngantoni into yokufuna ukwenza lonto?
IWesterfeld: Kwaku malunga neminyaka eli-10 ukusuka ekubhaleni kwam okokugqibela ukuya ekubhaleni kwam okokuqala, ke isithuba seminyaka eli-10. Kuba i-Extras yaphuma ngo-2007, ndayigqiba ukuyibhala ngo-2007- yayiyincwadi ebisemva kakhulu. Ndiqale ngokunyanisekileyo-ewe, ndiyaqikelela ngo-2016, malunga neminyaka esithoba. Kwaye into yokuqala ekufuneka ndiyenzile, eyona nto ibalulekileyo endiyicingayo, yayikukuphinda ndifunde olo lwimi. Ngokucacileyo kukho yonke islangqa, njenge-bubblehead kunye nokwenza uvuyo kunye nokwenza uvalo, lonke olo hlobo lwee-Pretties slang. Kodwa leyo yinxalenye yesilayidi kuphela, kwaye loo nxalenye yayihlala ikhatywa kum kuTwitter nakwezinye iindawo ngabantwana abayithethayo kwaye bathanda ukundibhalela nokundibhalela besebenzisa olo lwimi.
Kodwa kukho enye into efihlakeleyo endiyiqondileyo. Ndiya kuqala ukubhala, kwaye ndisebenzise igama lamapolisa, kwaye bendifana namapolisa? Njengalo, ngaba elo gama likho naphi kuthotho lwe-Uglies? Kuba ligama elithile elithetha ukuba unxibelelwano lwamandla, ubudlelwane phakathi kukarhulumente kunye nabantu abanganyanzelekanga ukuba babe lelo hlabathi. Ke ndazenzela olu xwebhu, olukhulu, olukhulu, olwaluyinto yonke kwilizwe lase-Uglies, kwaye ndiza kwenza uphando ngamagama, kwaye amapolisa awazange eze. Kwaye ndandifana, Kulungile, babeza kubabiza ngantoni?
Kwaye ke ndaqonda, Owu, ewe, 'bangabalindi,' eyahluke kakhulu kwaye ivakalelwa ngokwahlukileyo.
Kwafuneka ndifunde lonke olo lwimi, olwaluligama nje endaweni yamagama, kodwa ndicinga ukuba esinye sezizathu zokuba uluhlu lweeUglies luphumelele kukuba ulwimi lwayo luhambisa umbono weli lizwe. Phantse intwana encinci yoluntu lwase-Orwellian, ke ulwimi luye lwabekwa umva kwaye amagama amaninzi alahlekile. Ke ndiqhubekile ndikhangela amagama ukuqinisekisa ukuba, ligama le-Uglies eli? Ngaba eli gama likhona kwindalo embi? Kwaye xa ingakhange yenzeke, iya kuthi gqi kolu hlobo lweMacavelli isiphelo sezinto.
Ndifunda incwadi yesi-2 ukuya kuJustine [uLarbalestier, iqabane likaWesterfeld] kwaye wayefana noNapalm? Intoni? Bendifana, Ewe, unyanisile. Ayizukubizwa njalo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ngekhe babenayo, kodwa iya kuba yinto engacacanga.
Cinezela: Into ebendicinga ngayo xa bendiphinda ndifunda uthotho ukulungiselela oku, yindlela yetekhnoloji yanamhlanje, esiyenze ngayo le nkqubo sayenza yaba zizinto ezincinci. Ungazitshintsha ngezihluzi ezahlukeneyo kunye nezinto, kunye nendlela ngoku esazisa ngayo olo luvo lokuba uyayibona indalo yeUglies. Ke ndiyazibuza, njengokuba uthetha ngeli hlabathi, uyazibona izinto ezithile ocinga ukuba ziyinto enye, kodwa zenziwe ngeendlela ezincinci, ukuba abantu bangoluhlobo lokuzibandakanya kweso simo sengqondo?
IWesterfeld: Ndithetha nomfazi oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala kutshanje malunga noku, kwaye wathi xa yena nabahlobo bakhe bethatha iqela, iqela le-selfie, bonke bafuna ukuvunywa, akunjalo? Ngenxa yokuba uza kubeka le nto kwimidiya yoluntu, abantu abaninzi bazakuyibona. Kodwa kwakhona, kukho iFaceetune. Uneeapps ngoku ezenza isitshixo se-Photoshop okanye esinexabiso eliphantsi, i-Photoshop elula yokutshintsha ubuso. Kwaye, ewe, xa uzama uFetetune abantu abahlanu abahlukeneyo ngokudubula, ngokucacileyo, oko kukhokelela, uyazi, imiba, kuba ukuba ubuso babantu ababini busondele kwaye ufana, ngoku ndijongeka ngokwahlukileyo.
Abantwana bayakhula benoluvo lokuba uzakhela ubuwena ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji. Oko kuyazenzekela. Leyo yeyona nto icace gca ehlabathini. Kwaye bonke bayazibandakanya kule nguqulo yedijithali yokuziguqula babe ziiPretty. Ewe, abantu abohlukeneyo banezakhono ezahlukeneyo. Njengabanye, abanye abantu baya kuyazi ngokusemthethweni i-Photoshop, kwaye abanye abantu basebenzise into efana neFacetune. Abanye abantu basebenzisa iapps eyenza ukuba ubuso bakho bube bumbala.
Okanye, kukho abantu abangazukuthetha emnxebeni nabahlobo babo ngaphandle kokuba baneendlebe zebunny kunye nempumlo yedayinaso okanye impumlo yehagu, njengasekuqaleni kweeUglies, kuba olo hlobo yinto yokuzifihla. Ke ayisiyonto ijongeka ngokukhangeleka intle. Imalunga nokongeza nje kuphela umaleko kunye namaleya kunye nemaleko, ebesikade siyenza ngemihla yam ukuba neenwele phezu kobuso bakho.
Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ngokuqinisekileyo siphila kwixesha apho umhlaba oMhle sele ukhona kwi-Intanethi. Akunjalo nje inyama kunye nenyama kunye neemela kunye ne-anesthetic. Ziyi-pixels ngoku, kodwa ziluhlobo olusondeleyo.
Cinezela: Ndicinga ukuba ungayifunda ngokupheleleyo wedwa, kwaye kukho uhlobo oloyikisayo- ngathi uyazi ukuba kukho izinto ongenalo ulwazi olunzulu ngazo, kodwa yinto nje engemva okwenzekayo apha. Kwaye ufuna ukwazi ngakumbi, kodwa kuninzi okwenzekayo apha kangangokuba kuhleli nje kuseta imeko. Kodwa ndiyazibuza ukuba ubalindele njani abanye abantu abazokufunda le nto, mhlawumbi.
IWesterfeld: Ndicinga ukuba nayiphi na inoveli elungileyo yesayensi ivakalelwa ngathi yincwadi yesine kwi-trilogy, kuba kukho ixesha phakathi. Uyazi, ukuba ngokwenene kwikamva elinzulu, njengeminyaka engama-300 okanye njalo, nje ukuba uphume apho, izinto ezininzi zenzekile. Kwaye ukuba awuyiva loo nto, ayisebenzi. Ndihlala ndizama ukuyenza loo nto. Ndihlala ndizama ukuziva ngathi izinto zenzekile ngaphambili.
Kukho iqhinga lakudala ababehlala besenza kwiStar Trek — yayibizwa ngokuba yiStar Trek Rule of Three — apho babenokuthi, iMagna Carta, uMgaqo-siseko, iHumanoid yeziKronike zeSETI 4. Babehlala badwelisa izinto ezintathu, ukuhamba ngexesha , ezimbini zazo owakhe weva ngazo, kwaye enye yazo yayiphakathi kwangoku nangoku, kwaye ke yayilixesha labo elidlulileyo kunye nekamva lethu. Ndihlala ndizama ukuvelisa ezo zinto emsebenzini wam.
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