A Thousand Blues

★第 4 屆「韓國科學文學獎（Korea Science Fiction Award）」長篇小說首獎。
★韓國熱銷超過 20 萬冊，連續兩年被 YES24 書店選為年度「年輕作家」。

故事設定在近未來的 2035 年。在那樣一個追求極致效率的時代，連賽馬的騎師都被機器人所取代。

這是一個關於「瑕疵」與「溫柔」的故事： 主角 Coli 是一個因晶片錯誤而產生了感性與情感的機器人騎師。當其他機器人只會計算如何讓馬跑得更快時，Coli 卻會仰望天空，思考雲朵的形狀與天空那一千種深淺不一的藍。

他遇到了一匹即將被安樂死的賽馬，而這匹馬曾是賽場明星，卻因軟骨受損而被人類視為「廢物」。與此同時，一對在現實生活中掙扎的姊妹：熱愛機器人的延宰和身障少女恩惠，她們與Coli 相遇了。為了守護馬兒「今天」最後的自由，他們策劃了一場特別的賽事...

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From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it.

Coli is special among AI robots. This is because Coli has the capacity for emotion.

Today, Coli is feeling particularly in awe – of the sky in all its wondrous shades of blue.

Luckily for Coli, a young girl is about to pass by. She is obsessed with robots.

Together, they will save a life.

But first, they must make friends, put themselves at risk, and pull off the mother of all deceptions.

千先蘭是目前韓國最受矚目的「怪物級作家」，出生於 1993 年，被譽為「韓國文學的未來」。

她擅長在冰冷的科幻框架下，填入極度細膩、溫暖的人文關懷。她曾說過：「我夢想著一個人類成為少數，動植物成為多數的世界。」這種對邊緣生命（動物、機器、弱勢群體）的關注，讓她的文字擁有一種獨特的「療癒系科幻」能量。