6. "Lincoln in the Bardo" by George Saunders
《林肯在中陰》（喬治?桑德斯）

"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth," the president says at the time. "God has called him home." Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy's body.
1862年2月，美國(guó)南北戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā)不到一年。戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)徹底打響，美國(guó)人逐漸意識(shí)到，這將會(huì)是一場(chǎng)曠日持久的血腥斗爭(zhēng)。與此同時(shí)，林肯至愛(ài)的兒子，11歲的威利卻躺在白宮中，身患重病。盡管醫(yī)生預(yù)測(cè)情況將會(huì)好轉(zhuǎn)，但幾天后，威利還是離開(kāi)了人世，在喬治敦公墓永遠(yuǎn)安息?！拔铱蓱z的孩子，他太優(yōu)秀了，不該留在這俗世上，”林肯總統(tǒng)說(shuō)，“上帝召喚他回家了。新聞報(bào)道稱，極度悲傷的林肯好幾次獨(dú)自回到墓穴中，把兒子的身子攬入懷中。

5. "Homo Deus" by Yuval Noah Harari
《未來(lái)簡(jiǎn)史》（赫拉利）

What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? "Homo Deus" explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.
未來(lái)，什么能夠取代饑荒、瘟疫和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，成為人類的首要議程？作為地球上自封的上帝，人類會(huì)給自己帶來(lái)了什么樣的命運(yùn)，又有什么樣的任務(wù)要承擔(dān)？從征服死亡到創(chuàng)造人工生命，《未來(lái)簡(jiǎn)史》探討了塑造21世紀(jì)的愿景與夢(mèng)魘。這本書提出了一些最基本的問(wèn)題：人類要走向何方？手握毀滅性的力量，我們?nèi)绾伪Ｐl(wèi)這個(gè)脆弱的世界。