Chapter 3 Preface (1983)

"Human Head Love + 10", the title of the book can be called extremely weird.But if you give a brief explanation, it will be easier to understand: "Love of the Head" is an independent novella, +10, that is, add ten short stories and compile it into a single book, so it is called "Love of the Head" +10".This is not that the author is pretending to be cunning, but the fact. During his writing career of more than twenty years, he seldom wrote short stories.The short story is a very peculiar way of expression in the novel.What the author expresses through short stories is usually not a story, several plots, several characters and so on.What the writer wants to express is just an idea, suddenly there is an idea, and he wants to express it. Naturally, it can be expressed in a few sentences, but this kind of direct expression has no art at all. Therefore, if To take a form of expression, only short stories.

Many people have always misunderstood that a short story is a short story with a small number of words. This is a wrong idea. A short story is just a short story.If short stories are written in the same way as ordinary novels, then they are not short stories, they are just short stories. Any novel can almost be reduced to a short story. Is it a short story? ?of course not. Before writing these ten short stories, they were originally called science fiction novels, but later, they were changed to fantasy novels. In fact, some of them are not even fantasy novels. They are extremely realistic, but they are read from another angle. Just look at life.Like "Competition", it is written about the initial journey of everyone's life, everyone is like this, without exception, the reality is extreme, and there is very little fantasy. Using this process to turn it into a novel, the material is a bit fantasy, but the basis is fact.

Those ten short stories were published irregularly in Ming Pao Weekly, and lasted less than half a year.At that time, there was a preface: Starting from this issue, at the invitation of Brother Lei Po, I will write a number of short fantasy stories for "Ming Pao Weekly". I am not sure how many I can write.Originally, short stories have always been one of the hobbies of writing. Short stories are very difficult to write, and the writing method is completely different from that of novels. How can I write several stories without even knowing for sure?Because suddenly, I had an ambition to write, and I wanted to write several fantasy novels with myself as the theme.

What is self-themed?The meaning of the words is so vague that I almost don't understand it myself.But it doesn't matter, after reading a few articles, everyone will definitely understand what it means to focus on oneself. Everyone has a self, and this self is the theme of the novel.The first one is The first of this batch of short stories is "Assassination", and each of the subsequent ones does try to express a person's self. Straightforward, not difficult to understand, summarizing ten articles, it seems that the tone is quite depressing.It's just that the consistent concept has been fully developed, and I am very happy with it.

Similar short stories can be said to be an anomaly in the creative career. On the spur of the moment, I express that I think it is written with great care and satisfaction, but others may not like it, because short stories are not very popular in the Chinese creative circle. Popular, even a very unpopular creative method. But, someone has to write some short stories, doesn't it?I hope that when you read these short stories, you will pay more attention and experience the ideas that the writers want to express. Don't treat them as ordinary stories and you will be disappointed, because most of them have no stories at all.

As for "Human Head Love", it has a consistent style, suspense and twists and turns. It is a typical fantasy story. Except for the ending, I don't know whether the ending is a comedy or a tragedy. Like a girl, how can she make a decision? It seems that there are too many helplessness in life, and that is really helplessness. Who has the power to change life? Ni Kuang August 25, 1983 Hong Kong, after helplessness