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随着人类文明向外部世界的扩张,文明本身的形态会发生什么样的演化,这是科幻小说永远的主题之一。在这篇小说中,我们看到了一个返祖的文明。在《最后的城堡》中,从星际重返地球的人类龟缩在一个个封闭的城堡里,与地球的原野完全隔绝。城堡中的人类均拥有贵族身份,城堡由一群技术熟练的外星奴隶维持运转,人类贵族们过着饭来张口衣来伸手的舒适生活,他们中的许多人虽自奉为知识渊博的学者,但四肢不勤,不懂任何具体的技术操作,并对体力和技术劳动极端鄙视。他们礼仪繁琐,生活荒淫糜烂,囤集宝藏,豢养外星玩物,频繁地举行各种名目的奢华庆典。在精神上,贵族们严守着自己陈腐的尊严,在大难临头时仍故作镇静,
With the expansion of human civilization to the outside world, what kind of evolution will take place in the form of civilization itself is one of the eternal themes of science fiction. In this novel, we saw a civilization that returned. In “The Last Castle,” human turtles returning from Earth to Earth are shrunk in closed castles, completely isolated from the earth’s fields. The castle has all its aristocrats. The castle is maintained by a group of skilled extraterrestrial slaves. The human aristocrats live a comfortable life with their hands and mouths. Many of them are self-proclaimed but knowledgeable scholars Lack of groundwork, do not understand any specific technical operation, and physical and technical work extremely despised. Their etiquette, cumbersome life, erosion, stockpile treasure, raising alien plaything, hold various celebrations of luxury frequently. In spiritual terms, the noblemen keep their own dignifiedness and keep quiet when the disaster strikes,