I read The Gambler from the latest issue of Science Fiction World Translations brought for me by Li Meng during his last trip home. It was a special issue for the Hugo Award nominates 2009. The Gambler was nominated as a best novelette but unluckily did not receive the award.
It was a story about a young Lao journalist in LA who fled to US after unrest in his country and arrest of his farther. He struggles in keeping himself as a responsible writer to the environment and society, whereas the journalists were judged by the clicks of his blog received.
The government in that story just reminds me of what I saw in the movie Persepolis. Same fear, same darkness. I sometimes question myself, will I have the courage to do what they do when confront the same scenario. Probably not. But I certainly will go abroad, infinitely.
But at this stage, I'd rather take my responsibility doing something for the environment. Yes, I did study Environmental Sciences while I was in China and about to choose something similar in my honours study. Maybe I will be an environmentalist rather than an agricultural scientist. But anyway I will never choose a career which may turn out as a threatening to the earth.
If I can't make a difference myself, at least I can help those people by subscribing their blogs, buying their books, even donating them. If more and more people are concerning, there will be some changes.
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