"I'm sorry There is a question that I have been thinking about for a long time, and I must ask it clearly. " The student is thin and childish, but he tries to pretend to be a mature scholar.
Afterwards, Soji Shimada recalled that he thought the student's appearance was really funny and lovely.
"What's your problem?"
"Excuse me ..." The student had no stage fright. "What kind of motorcycle does Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai ride in your novel" Knight of the Foreign Country "?"
Soji Shimada said that this is the first time someone has asked this question, and he is very happy. This student became an unforgettable friend of Soji Shimada, and he got the contact information of Soji Shimada after his speech. Thus, the fate of reasoning in this case was changed.
After the speech, Soji Shimada received a phone call from this college student every day. The conversation involves all aspects of mystery novels, from conception to promotion, from tricks to plots, and there are many problems similar to "motorcycle model". "I would be very surprised if the conversation with him lasted less than 30 minutes."
This exchange lasted for a long time. One day, the student suddenly sent a manuscript to Soji Shimada, saying that it was a mystery novel created by himself, and "invited" Soji Shimada to read it and make suggestions. However, Soji Shimada was caught up in trivial matters and didn't read the manuscript for the first time.
After a while, the student suddenly called Soji Shimada to a coffee shop. He put the manuscript in Soji Shimada's hand and asked him to stand where he was and read his novel at once, otherwise, he wouldn't leave the cafe today! Soji Shimada was completely conquered, so he had to "honestly" look down at the manuscript. Later, we learned that this college student is Ayatsuji Yukito, and this novel is the Ten Corners Incident, which is the beginning of new case reasoning. Keigo Higashino and "Architectural Reasoning"
The Ten Corners Pavilion incident was inspired by Soji Shimada's "Tilted House Crime", which belongs to "architectural reasoning" and is a typical new prototype reasoning model. The so-called "architectural reasoning" means that the stage where the story takes place is a strange building that is relatively isolated from the world; Unlike the traditional "Blizzard Villa", this building is not only isolated from the world, but also has various "problems" of its own. These "problems" are often the key to solving problems, that is to say, the architecture in the new prototype reasoning is not only a stage, but also a prop and a "central idea".
This "architectural reasoning" has influenced almost all new writers. In addition to Ayatsuji Yukito, the representative works of neo-Benjamin, Yogo Ono, my grandson 50,000 and Fayo Rintaro all made their debut by "architectural reasoning". King Keigo Higashino is very disdainful of this setting. He sarcastically said in his own work (referring to "Detective Secret"): "Since it costs so much money to make this device, it is better to hire a killer, isn't it faster?"
Keigo Higashino's "complaint" is not unreasonable, but it is the idea advocated by the new case and will not be shaken.
Keigo Higashino once wrote in his autobiography "The Last Greetings from Keigo Higashino":
This year (1989), Guiwu published five books, The Clown of the Cross Mansion, Sleeping Forest, Bird Man Plan, Killing Scenes in the Air and Heart of brutus, but they didn't sell well. The clown in The Cross Building was criticized for following the trend.
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This book (the clown of the Cross Mansion) has nothing to do with the new book. I just want to write the classic reasoning after the murder in Baima Villa. However, as soon as the book was finished, Mr. Ayatsuji Yukito's Ten Corner Pavilion incident was published, so the book was deliberately delayed for one year. Nevertheless, this book is misunderstood as a follow-up to the new book craze.
Keigo Higashino and Ruhara Ichi
Keigo Higashino once wrote in his autobiography "The Last Greetings from Keigo Higashino":
Clearly a great beauty, but married the original one (not to mention your respectful name) and Miss Mei Qing from Xinjin is here. Think about it, she is also a finalist in this short story department. Although she lost the election, she came to congratulate me. How nice. She is not only beautiful, but also beautiful in spirit. However, she has a bad habit of talking nonsense when drinking, and she is the original wife.
Keigo Higashino and Reito Nikaido.
Keigo Higashino in the collection of short stories "Super, Murder" ("Super? Murder-The Suffering of Inferior Writers (published on 200 1) satirizes the phenomenon of blind pursuit of large space and serious irrigation in the circle of reasoning writers. Ge Yuan, the protagonist of the novel, was forced by the editor to expand the novel again and again. The editor advised Ge Yuan, "Nothing is impossible. You know the young Mr. Hayato in February Hall. It is said that he has begun to write a work with more than 5,000 pages, which will be the longest reasoning work in the world once completed. There is also a female writer, Ms. Tongzi on a summer night. I heard that she has also started writing a work, which is divided into four parts, with a total of 8000 pages. There are many such people in the world. How can you back down after just 3000 pages? "
At the end of 2005, The Dedication of Suspect X won the first prize of "Best 10" in the same year. Reito Nikaido, a mystery writer, posed a question on his website.
Reito Nikaido thinks that the author of "The Dedication of Suspect X" deliberately hides the clues of reasoning in the process of telling the story, which does not meet the requirements of becoming a case-solving mystery novel (therefore, he should not win the first prize in "The Case-solving Mystery Novel Best 10").
Around this topic, many writers and critics expressed their views in Enigma magazine, and then they started a debate. In this process, although Erditang was accused of many contradictions and misjudgments, Erditang still insisted on his own opinions.
This debate finally ended in the position that authorities such as Ge Xijie Jie supported that "the dedication of suspect X is a mystery novel of this genre". This novel won the "Sixth Mystery Novel Award of this genre" in May 2006, but Erjitang's view was rejected. However, Li Jing criticized this book as a "standard book for beginners" and therefore "lacked the spiritual core of detective novels", and severely criticized the people involved in mystery novels for their pursuit of this book.
In this matter, Dongye himself has always taken the consistent attitude that "whether this case is true or not must be judged by every reader". 1993. A bookstore in Japan.
A young man with strange clothes and artistic temperament is wandering aimlessly. He was going to buy some books related to his career, but he magically came to the special bookshelf for mystery novels. A mystery novel attracted the young man because he saw the slogan on the waist of the book "Impossible Crime".
Impossible crime? The young man frowned. "How can there be impossible crimes in this world? Now that the crime has happened, there must be a reason. How can there be an' impossible' statement! "
The young man picked up the book and looked at the cover "Greetings from Kiyoshi Mitarai by Soji Shimada". At that time, "Kiyoshi Mitarai" and "Soji Shimada" were completely strangers to the young man. He bought the book with strong suspicion, ready to "expose" the so-called "impossible crime".
Soon, the youth was conquered. He was addicted to Soji Shimada's wild imagination and couldn't extricate himself for a long time. After closing the book, the young man strengthened his belief: "I want to create mystery novels."
The young man's dream has finally come true, and his appearance has changed the face of Japanese mystery literature. His name is Cheyenne Kyungugu.
The period from 1987 to 1993 is the first stage of new case reasoning, and a large number of writers represented by Ayatsuji Yukito emerged. Starting from 1994, the new prototype entered the second stage and presented to readers with a more incredible look. And its landmark event is Xia Yan Kyougoku's debut in 1994.
Many years ago, Natsuhiko Kyougoku tried to create a monster cartoon, but he never put it into action. This time, he skipped the painting stage and directly created a mystery novel called Summer of Bird Catching. The novel takes Akihiko Nakamura, the owner of the old bookstore "Gyeonggi Hall", as the protagonist, and tells a story related to the legendary monster "the caught bird".
After the completion of "The Summer of Caught Birds", Xia Yanjing found for a long time that the length of the book was unacceptable after all the elements he wanted to express were expressed in words. He had to start cutting, but after several cuts, the manuscript was still very thick. Kyoji originally wanted to send the manuscript to the jury of the "Edogawa Random Step Award", but in the end he didn't do so because of space reasons.
Natsuhiko Kyougoku, who was confident in his work, decided not to take the usual path and handed the manuscript directly to the publishing house. This is a very outrageous behavior in Japan where rules and traditions are emphasized. You should know that even great masters like Edvard Lapoul, Seishi Yokomizo, Seicho Matsumoto or Soji Shimada made their debut through essay competitions!
Xia Yan Kyougoku picked up a mystery novel and called the publishing house according to the contact information on the copyright page. This lucky publishing house is the talk club we have mentioned many times. It was a public holiday, and there should be no one answering the phone at the publishing house. But by fate, an overtime editor picked up the phone temporarily. After learning about Xia Yanjing's new intention, he expressed the hope that Jingjiu would mail the manuscript to the publishing house. As a result, a manuscript with more than 1000 pages soon appeared in front of the editor.
Xia Yanjing thought that even if the editor attached great importance to himself, it would take six months at the earliest to hear from him. As a result, three days later, the editor called and asked Xia Yanjing to publish the manuscript in Talk Club anyway. In this way, Xia Yan's Unusual Summer of Catched Birds was published in such an unusual way.
Xia Yan's appearance influenced the debut mechanism of the whole Japanese mystery literature circle. The publishing house began to reflect: "Is it necessary to stick to the rules and continue to follow the principle of' winning the debut'? Should we give those talented newcomers a broader stage and let them freely sway? " The answer is of course yes, otherwise you will miss the next Xia Yan Kyougoku!
Therefore, Toastmasters created the Mephistopher Award. This award is different from the traditional reasoning award. There is no bonus, no word limit and no deadline for soliciting contributions. The only criterion is "good-looking". As long as it is approved by the editor, it can be published directly by the heart-to-heart club.
Compared with traditional awards, Mephisto fellers is biased, which is why it attracts a large number of excellent works with similar interests. Following the appearance of "O Mephisto fellers Prize" and "The Summer of Catching Birds", Mori Yoshiro's "All Become F", Wu Sheqiao's "Duo Gong" and Masayuki Shonu's "Scissors" and other outstanding works with unique styles have been discovered one after another, among which "Duo Gong" and "Scissors" are the same year (1999). Before that, 1998, six big prizes were awarded in a year. As you can imagine, Mephisto fellers Prize has contributed to the continuous emergence of new works in Japanese literary world.