人物簡介
羅伯特·富蘭克林·楊(Robert Franklin Young,1915-1985),20世紀(jì)美國科幻短篇小說家,主要作品有《The Last Yggdrasill》和《The Dandelion Girl》(蒲公英女孩)。他幾乎一生都生活在美國的紐約州,除了第二次世界大戰(zhàn)中在太平洋戰(zhàn)場的三年半服役外。他和妻子在伊利湖(Erie, Lake)一帶也有房產(chǎn)。
人物生平
羅伯特·F·楊的小說創(chuàng)作生涯長達(dá)三十多年,直到死神到來那一刻,他都沒有放下手中的筆,從1953年開始,他陸續(xù)在種類繁多的雜志上發(fā)表了約一百篇短篇故事,起初在《Startling Stories》,然后是《PlayBoy》(花花公子),《The Saturday Evening Post》,但他最著名的是作為一位長期的投稿人,在雜志《Magazing of Fiction》和《Science Fiction》上發(fā)表了當(dāng)時最受讀者歡迎的一系列有關(guān)女巨人和她們不走運(yùn)的男性迷戀者(giantesses and their hapless male devotees)的故事。楊的小說類型主要是以詩意而浪漫的短篇小說為主,但足以雷·布萊伯利以及 Theodore Sturgeon 相提并論。其中許多作品由法國的《Galaxie》,《Fiction》以及《livre de Poche》的科幻選集發(fā)行了法文版。在意大利,他的多數(shù)作品由 Urania 雜志發(fā)行。
但無論是在美國,還是其他地區(qū),楊還只能算小有名氣——幾乎在他逝世之前,科幻小說界才了解到他在水牛城(布法羅城 Buffalo system)的一所高中當(dāng)了幾十年的看門人。
作品介紹
羅伯特·F·楊最著名的作品應(yīng)該算是《The Last Yggdrasill》和《The Dandelion Girl》(蒲公英女孩)。前者于八十年代初發(fā)表在《Ballantine》,迪斯尼花了大錢買下了這部小說的改編權(quán),但并沒有推出它的電影。而后者發(fā)表于《The Saturday Evening Post》1961年的四月,它深深地影響了日本動畫導(dǎo)演出淵裕的《翼神世音》、key社的《CLANNAD》以及楊后來的作品《Little Dog Gone》,不僅如此《The Dandelion Girl》還被提名為雨果獎最佳故事。
在《CLANNAD》中關(guān)于一之瀨琴美的故事中,《The Dandelion Girl》的女主人公朱莉(Julie)的一句話被多次強(qiáng)調(diào):
Day before yesterday I saw a rabbit,
and yesterday a deer,
and today, you.
(前天我看見了一只兔子,昨天看見了一只鹿,而今天是你。)
作品發(fā)表時間
Novels(小說) | 發(fā)表時間 |
The Last Yggdrasill | 1982 |
Eridahn | 1983 |
The Vizier’s Second Daughter | 1985 |
Starfinder | 1980 |
La Quete de la Sainte Grille(published in France only 僅在法國發(fā)表) | 1975 |
Collections(作品集) | 出版時間 |
The Worlds of Robert F. Young | 1965 |
A Glass of Stars | 1968 |
Starfinder | 1980 |
Memories of the Future(eBook collection) | 2001 |
Short Fiction(短片科幻故事) | 登載的雜志 | 發(fā)表時間 |
Abyss of Tartarus | If | Oct. 1971 |
Added Inducement | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Mar. 1957 |
Beneath the Painted Ocean | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Mar. 1980 |
Boy Meets Dyevitza | Amazing | Oct. 1962 |
Chrome Pastures | If | Apr. 1956 |
Clay Suburb | Amazing | Nov. 1975 |
The Construction Company | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jul. 1980 |
The Courts of Jamshyd | Infinity Science Fiction | Sep. 1957 |
The Dandelion Girl(蒲公英女孩) | The Saturday Evening Post | Apr. 1961 |
Doll-Friend | Amazing | Jul. 1959 |
A Drink of Darkness | Fantastic | Jul. 1962 |
Emily and the Bards Sublime | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jul. 1956 |
Enter Ciely | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jun. 1977 |
Flotsam | Starfinder | 1980 |
Flying Pan | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Nov. 1956 |
The Fugitives | A Glass of Stars | 1968 |
The Garden in the Forest | Astounding | Sep. 1953 |
Ghosts | Worlds of If | Jan./Feb. 1973 |
The Girl Who Made Time Stop | The Saturday Evening Post | Apr. 22, 1961 |
Goddess in Granite | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Sep. 1957 |
The Grown-Up People’s Feet | Fantastic Universe | Jun. 1955 |
The Haute Bourgeoisie | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jan. 1980 |
Hopsoil | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jan. 1961 |
In the Crypt | Starfinder | 1980 |
Jetsam | Starfinder | 1980 |
Jungle Doctor | Startling Stories | Fall 1955 |
L’Arc De Jeanne | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jan. 1966 |
Little Dog Gone | Worlds of Tomorrow | Feb. 1964 |
Little Red Schoolhouse | Galaxy | Mar. 1956 |
The Man in the Moon | Cavalier | Feb. 1969 |
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory | Amazing | Jul. 1963 |
Neither Do They Reap | A Glass of Stars | 1968 |
Nikita Eisenhower Jones | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Aug. 1960 |
The Ogress(由 William F. Nolan 編輯 ) | The Future is Now | 1970 |
On the River | Fantastic | Jan. 1965 |
One Love Have I | If | Apr. 1955 |
The Other Kids | Fantastic Universe | Mar. 1956 |
A Pattern for Penelope | If | Oct. 1954 |
Peeping Tommy | Galaxy | Aug. 1965 |
Perchance to Dream | Fantastic | Feb. 1975 |
Production Problem | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jun. 1959 |
Project Hi-Rise | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Nov. 1978 |
Promised Planet | If | Dec. 1955 |
The Pyramid Project | Amazing | Jun. 1964 |
Robot Son | Fantastic Universe | Sep. 1959 |
Romance in a Twenty-first Century Used-Car Lot | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Nov. 1960 |
The Rose | Starfinder | 1980 |
Santa Clause | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jan. 1959 |
Star Mother | Amazing | Jan. 1959 |
The Stars Are Calling Mr. Keats | Amazing | Jun. 1959 |
Thirty Days Had September | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Oct. 1957 |
To Fell a Tree | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jul. 1959 |
Victim of the Year | Fantastic | Aug. 1962 |
When Time Was New | If | Dec. 1964 |
Wish Upon a Star | Fantastic Universe | Dec. 1956 |
Written in the Stars | Venture | Sep. 1957 |
The Years | Galaxy | Sep. 1972 |
Your Ghost Will Walk… | Fantasy & Science Fiction | Jul. 1957 |
Yours, —Guy(由 Charles L. Grant 編輯) | Shadows 4 | 1981 |