2017年跨年夜，即將進入13歲的Michael，回顧了他去年看過的一些有意思的書。

1.《時間機器》H.G.威爾斯?

????????這本科幻小說講了一次時間旅行。我認為，未來科學(xué)技術(shù)發(fā)展了，飛船速度接近光速，時間旅行是有可能實現(xiàn)的。這本書講了科學(xué)家通過時間機器登陸了公元802701年的地球。那時的地球，地面上住著埃洛伊人，生活安逸，體能退化。地下住著莫洛克人，生產(chǎn)必需品，卻會吃埃洛伊人。這本書和《洋蔥頭歷險記》都反映了人和人之間的極度不平等。

????????《時間機器》寫未來富人退化，我是能夠理解的，因為不需要勞動，很多基因喪失了功能。但窮人退化得像白猴一樣，而且吃人為生，這是我難以接受的。未來技術(shù)發(fā)展，人的基因不是應(yīng)該越來越好，生活越來越幸福嗎？如果未來變得那么糟糕，發(fā)明時間機器做什么，停留在現(xiàn)在不更好嗎？不過在那個年代威爾斯能提出四維理論，是很了不起的事情，打破了牛頓的時空觀。這本書問世二十年后，愛因斯坦提出了廣義相對論，科學(xué)理論的每一次突破都是激動人心的。我喜歡看科幻小說。

2.《量子物理》李淼

????????這是一本非小說類型的書，用不同的方式講述量子物理和量子力學(xué)的道理。

????????例如，牛頓第一定律說的是，如果沒有外力，物體就會一直保持它的運動狀態(tài)。這個定律也叫慣性定律，就像平常打游戲正高興，媽媽突然說該作業(yè)了，這時會特別煩。牛頓第二定律可以看作是一個懶人定律：越懶的人，他的惰性就越大，改變起來也就越難。同樣，越是質(zhì)量大的物體，慣性就越大，改變起來也就越難。牛頓第三定律是作用力與反作用力相等，拍皮球拍得越用力，手就越疼，因為皮球給手的反作用力變大了。

? ? ? ?量子論和相對論是20世紀物理學(xué)的兩大支柱。量子這個概念是普朗克引進的。量子本身不是一個物體，只是一個說法。物體熱輻射所發(fā)出的光，能量并不連續(xù)，而是一份份的，大小等于光的頻率乘以一個很小的常數(shù)，叫做普朗克常數(shù)。量子就是光里面的一份一份能量。后來量子變成一個概念，所有遵從量子力學(xué)的東西都被叫做量子。

? ? ? ? 整個宇宙充滿了能量。除了能量，沒有別的東西，只不過能量的形式不一樣，有的呈現(xiàn)為電子，有的呈現(xiàn)為光子，有的呈現(xiàn)為暗物質(zhì)或暗能量。電子、原子的位置是不確定的，它們都像老鼠一樣到處亂跑，如果我們不去看，任何時刻它們會同時出現(xiàn)在很多地方，只有當我們?nèi)タ吹臅r候，才知道它們具體出現(xiàn)在哪里。正因為這種不確定性，所以我們的椅子、桌子、沙發(fā)才不至于突然坍塌。生活中，其實處處離不開量子力學(xué)。

????????有一件事很重要，僅僅用碳原子就可以構(gòu)造不同的物體，金剛石、鉛筆芯都是由碳構(gòu)成的，但構(gòu)成的方式不一樣。從原子核的發(fā)現(xiàn)來講，原子核里面發(fā)生的物理變化，產(chǎn)生的能量比原子發(fā)生變化時產(chǎn)生的能量要大。

? ? ? ? 摩爾定律是說，當價格不變時，每過兩年，半導(dǎo)體芯片上所容納的晶體管數(shù)目便會增加一倍。所以今天的一個iphone的計算能力，超過美國人登陸月球所用的全部計算資源。

? ? ? ? 這本書，讓難懂的物理概念變得簡單有趣，把枯燥的知識加以簡化，讓我更加看得進去。

3.《悟空傳》今何在

????????《悟空傳》是一本玄幻網(wǎng)絡(luò)小說，但作者文筆很好。這本書中，悟空向往自由，不被理解。他單純，充滿反抗精神，很像當代少年的化身。它告訴我的道理是，就算前面的路很難走， 別人都不理解你，也要堅持自己的想法。去試一試、闖一闖總比老是退縮好。如果連夢想都沒有了，自己就會變成自己也討厭的人了。然而作者并不是按照西游記的順序去描寫的，而創(chuàng)造了一個嶄新的故事，玄幻而又復(fù)述著不少的深度意義。

4.《球狀閃電》劉慈欣

????????科幻小說有點近似nonfiction，和一般的童話、小說還是有區(qū)別的。童話、小說信息量小，有很多修辭手法，看起來非?？?。但科幻小說干貨多，需要一定的推理，會降低閱讀速度。我對經(jīng)典名著的小說有點頭疼，《駱駝祥子》、《老人與?！返?，我非常抵制。劉慈欣的語言雖然不豐富，但是他的思想是自由的、閃耀的。我不喜歡看一大堆修辭手法抒情的東西，一點科學(xué)含量都沒有?！肚驙铋W電》中，所有的人都在執(zhí)著地追求著讓他們一生為之著迷的東西。追求本身就是生活的動力和目標，至于目標是否實現(xiàn)并不重要。我認為，他們的人生都是值得的。

5.《達芬奇密碼》丹布朗

????????哈佛大學(xué)的符號學(xué)專家羅伯特·蘭登，在一個午夜接到一個緊急電話。他得知盧浮宮博物館年邁的館長被人殺害在盧浮宮里。人們在他的尸體旁邊發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個密碼。蘭登與法國一位頗有天分的密碼破譯專家索菲，對一大堆怪異的密碼進行了整理。他們震驚地發(fā)現(xiàn)一連串的線索就隱藏在達芬奇的藝術(shù)作品中。

? ? ? ? 我在米蘭的達芬奇館里，看過他設(shè)計的活動機器人、飛行儀器、時光機器，還有很多手稿。他有著外星人的思維。這一本奇幻而有著縝密邏輯的書讓我深入地讀了進去。書中隱藏的線索，扣人心弦。而當讀者比主角知道的多時，又是另一種激動的心情。這本書的邏輯沒有太大的漏洞，而且每個章節(jié)環(huán)環(huán)相扣，是一本很好的書。

6.《Giver》（傳授者）Loris Lowry

Jonas is a boy that lives in a rigidly controlled society. There is a rule that boy of twelve should get assigned a profession. The decisions of jobs are announced at a big ceremony. After being skipped over, Jonas is finally "selected" to be the Receiver of Memory.

Jonas then starts his training which consists of receiving a series of memories from the Giver. But they aren't just ones’ own memories; rather, the old man is passing on to Jonas all the memories of humanity and civilization. The memories are from before their community was established, back when there was love, music, emotions, snow and sunshine, all of which are notably absent from Jonas's world.

This completely changes the way Jonas looks at his world. He begins to realize that no one around him has ever felt any real emotions at all. One year later, Jonas discovers that the process of “release," and Gabriel is to be released soon.

Due to unbearable pain and loneliness along with the memories, the Giver and Jonas decided that he will fake a death and run away for Elsewhere which is the opposite to Jonas’s society. He finally climbs to the top and goes off the hill, fully convinced that at the bottom is Elsewhere where a whole group of people waiting to greet them.

7. 《Lord Of Flies》（蠅王）William Golding

In the midst of a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of British boys ages 6 to 12 has crashed on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. The boys? elected Ralph as their chief. The boys used a conch shell as the calling signal. Besides Ralph, there are other three main characters: Jack, a strong and savage boy; Simon, a mature and kind boy; and Piggy, a smart but weak boy who wearing heavy glasses, always being bullied.

In order to being rescue out of the island, Ralph assigned boy taking turns to set up fires. However, Jack was jealous of the power that Ralph had and decided that boys should devote their energies to hunting food instead of maintaining the fire. A few days later, Jack, leading some boys, hunted a hog with the sharp sticks.? Boys now were excited and became bloodthirsty, forgetting keep the fire. As a result, they missed the ship because the fire went out.

Later, the boys found a “beast” on the island. Downhill, Jack's crew attacked Ralph and Piggy, and they stole Piggy's eyeglasses to make fire on their own. In one fighting, Jack punched Piggy in the face and broke one len of his glasses. Simon was mistakenly stabbed to death by other boys. The longer the boys stayed at the island, more savage they had become. When Ralph and Piggy, the civilized boys, decided to have a talk with the “savages", Roger pushed a huge boulder off the cliff, killing Piggy.

In the end, the boys were found by an officer of the British Navy and got rescued. Lord of flies, which means “the king of devil” is still inside the boys.?

8.《Maggot Moon》（登月狂想曲）Sally Gardner

My first impression of Standish was about his dyslexia. Standish had dyslexia when he was born. In the second chapter, he said, “You see, I can’t spell my own name. Cant’ read, can’t write.” He had problems reading the blackboard in the class. He needed very long time to figure out what were teaching during the class, as he said “at least it never stayed still long enough for me to work out they were saying”. These short sentences made me feel deep sorrow for him. Standish was not bright, definitely, anddyslexia caused him a lot of problems at school including difficulty in? making friends. He had bad experiences of losing parents and friends. It seemed a mystery for him. Hector, his best friend, has vanished. The school was very bad, filled with bullies, and teachers punished student with cruelty. His clothing was a mess, with tie undone, shirt buttoned wrong, and shoelaces a dead loss. But the good thing about dyslexia was that it made him sensitive to hearing spoken languages.

Another thing I noticed was his eyes, “one blue eye,one brown”.? It made him have different opinions and perspectives towards his country. “Here the sky fell in long ago” indicates that he will find the country as a totalitarian one.

9.《時間的褶皺》（Wrinkle In Time）Madeleine L’engle

Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry's classmates and teachers saw her as a troublesome and stubborn student. In a dark night, Meg was not able to sleep. She wanted to find her missing father. Next day Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which took the children on a strange journey, promising to help them find and rescue their father who has been missing for two years. One afternoon, after meeting Calvin near the ladies' house, the three are swept off to another planet, Uriel, through the process of the tesser - the process of wrinkling space and time. On Uriel, the children were given a view of the Dark Thing, a massive blackness that threatened to overtake the universe, threatening Earth. The ladies told the children that this is what their father is fighting. On another planet, Meg met a giant called Aunt Beast. Aunt Beast showed her the meaning of true love and soon gave her the strength to save Charles Wallace. She used the power of love to defeat IT. Due to the strong love inside her, she won and they went back to earth where they were reunited with their family.

My favorite character in this book is Meg. She has faced all these challenges to control hatred and love, but she really succeeded in controlling her negative emotions. This made her a strong person. Also her bravery of saving his brother Charles Wallace and the determination of finding her father is actually a good personality to follow. Sometimes, she was dumb and looked very stupid both at school and in family. But her power not follow other people’s opinions is fascinating and makes her the main personality and power.

10. Auggie & Me （奧格和我）R.J.Palacio

This book is the continued version of Wonder, from the view of Julian, Charlotte and Plato. What Julian thought about Auggie, what he had been through after he saw auggie and the story that his grandma told him about her school life when she was young. It made Julian notice how mean he had been to Auggie. Also the story showed what Plato thought about Auggie and the school stories in his understanding. The longest perspective was what charlotte had got on with Auggie and her own story when she met Auggie and all the school stuff that had happened in her perspective.

My favorite character in the book is Julian. Because even he was a pretty mean and not nice character, he still had a lot of interesting background story. His meanness to August made a lot of good stories. He had some things that people don’t know, like his nightmare which made him not nice. And he still can be a virtuous person after he heard about his grandma’s school story.

I like this book pretty much because it’s not just a story about school stuff and bad things that could happen in school, but also about kindness and care inside school and students. It adopts a different approach to tell the story, showing how people feel differently toward same things in school. I can feel what the characters actually felt. The different perspectives to develop the story made the fiction interesting and good.