Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) was a highly acclaimed American author known for his prolific work across crime fiction, mystery, and satirical novels. Often writing under various pseudonyms, including Richard Stark, he was celebrated for his witty prose, intricate plots, and often cynical yet humorous take on human nature and societal absurdities. His distinctive style blended suspense with comedic elements, earning him multiple awards, including three Edgar Awards. Westlake's work frequently explored themes of order versus chaos, the limitations of logic, and the often-farcical nature of criminal enterprise.
Call Him Nemesis" is a short story by Donald E. Westlake, first published in 1961. It follows ten-year-old Eddie Clayhorn, who possesses a mysterious psionic ability to control temperature, which he uses to foil crimes, adopting the persona of "The Scorpion." The story explores the humorous and frustrating attempts of police detective Stevenson and FBI agents Marshall and Lang, along with a parapsychology professor, to understand and explain these seemingly impossible events within their conventional framework. It satirizes bureaucracy and the adult world's struggle to rationalize phenomena beyond their comprehension, contrasting it with a child's pure, comic-book inspired sense of justice.
這篇「光之對談」深入探討了唐納德·E·威斯雷克的短篇小說《Call Him Nemesis》，透過與作者本人、史蒂文森警官和「蠍子」艾迪的對話，剖析了故事中成人世界的理性邏輯與兒童純粹想像力之間的衝突與融合。對談中探討了艾迪超能力的本質、其行為對社會秩序的衝擊，以及威斯雷克如何透過荒誕幽默來諷刺人類對未知事物的固有反應。艾薇從花藝師的視角，將生命與自然的流動與小說中的「不可知」元素巧妙連結，共同闡釋了「理解」與「接受」不同維度存在的意義，並感受其中蘊含的啟發之光。
Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) was a highly acclaimed American author known for his prolific work across crime fiction, mystery, and satirical novels. Often writing under various pseudonyms, including Richard Stark, he was celebrated for his witty prose, intricate plots, and often cynical yet humorous take on human nature and societal absurdities. His distinctive style blended suspense with comedic elements, earning him multiple awards, including three Edgar Awards. Westlake's work frequently explored themes of order versus chaos, the limitations of logic, and the often-farcical nature of criminal enterprise.
Call Him Nemesis" is a short story by Donald E. Westlake, first published in 1961. It follows ten-year-old Eddie Clayhorn, who possesses a mysterious psionic ability to control temperature, which he uses to foil crimes, adopting the persona of "The Scorpion." The story explores the humorous and frustrating attempts of police detective Stevenson and FBI agents Marshall and Lang, along with a parapsychology professor, to understand and explain these seemingly impossible events within their conventional framework. It satirizes bureaucracy and the adult world's struggle to rationalize phenomena beyond their comprehension, contrasting it with a child's pure, comic-book inspired sense of justice.