四千二百字的《城外》卖到十八万的天价,而同名书的印量亦号称十万(《城外》,百花文艺出版社,2005年1月,定价:18.30元)。作为“中国首部短信连载小说”,《城外》以及围绕它产生的话题已经足以构成一个文学/媒体事件,即使也许还算不上是一次革命,借助传统纸质媒体,它很可能再次独领风骚,一如当年的《第一次亲密接触》,但这个话题同时也到了应予检讨的时候。 Four thousand two hundred words “outside the city” sold astronomical price of 180,000, while the printed book of the same name is also claimed to be one hundred thousand (“outside the city”, Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, January 2005, pricing: 18.30 yuan). As a “China’s first SMS-related novel,” “outside the city,” and the issues surrounding it have been enough to constitute a literary / media event, perhaps not yet a revolution, with traditional paper-based media, Coquettish, just as the year’s “first intimate contact”, but this topic also came to the time should be reviewed.