失城香港：科幻小說集《暗流體》中的現實政治與未來考古

本文以香港藝術家徐世琪所發起的《暗流體》科幻寫作計畫作品集（2017）為討論對象。它的誕生是受雨傘運動所觸發，有意識地「以科幻為方法」，思考香港的未來命運。小說對未來香港的想像，與九七回歸後的現實處境息息相關，是「失城香港」的敘事主題從純文學延伸到科幻文學的顯著例證。聚焦於空間與時間的想像，討論將循以下三部分展開：一、城市與社會空間的寓意。二、「少年香港」與青春政治。三、「陸沉」的想像與未來考古學的敘事／說故事意義。意欲梳理《暗流體》如何藉科幻形式或元素，投射「失城」的焦慮與雨傘運動的集體記憶，進而彰顯科幻寫作與現實政治、文學與社會運動之間的關係。

關鍵字

香港；失城；科幻小說；雨傘運動；未來考古學

並列摘要

This article takes the science fiction collection Dark Fluid (2017), compiled by the Hong Kong artist Angela Su (徐世琪), as the object of study. The writing project of this science fiction was triggered by the Umbrella Movement. The authors consciously took science fiction as a method to think about the future fate of Hong Kong. The imagination of future Hong Kong in the Dark Fluid was closely related to the real situation after the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. The book, therefore, was an obvious example to show that the theme of ＂Hong Kong, the lost city＂ has extended from serious literature to science fiction. To focus on the imagination of time and space, the discussion included the following three parts: (1) the metaphors of the city and its social space. (2) ＂Young Hong Kong＂ and youth as a political subject. (3) The imagination of the sinking island, and the meanings of narrating/telling stories of the archaeologies of the future. The purpose of this paper is to explain how these authors used the form or the elements of science fiction to reflect the anxiety about losing the city and the collective memory of the Umbrella Movement, and consequently, to manifest the relationship between science-fiction writing and the politics of the reality, and the relationship between the literature and the social movements.