Weir thought it was just wonderfully speculative fiction, the director tells Newsweek.

认为“这只是精彩的投机小说，”这位导演告诉《新闻周刊》。

The Handmaid's Tale is what Atwood calls speculative fiction, meaning it theorizes about possible futures.

阿特伍德称《使女的故事》这类小说为推想小说，这类小说构想可能的未来。

As a matter of fact, it pretty well qualifies as an unwritten chapter in the history of speculative fiction.

事实上，事情的发展就像悬疑小说未完成的章节一般。

And for a work of speculative fiction the challenge is even greater, as the title should give a taste of the wonder and weirdness the reader can expect from the story to come.

这对科幻小说的挑战性更大，因为其书名应给读者想从故事中体验到的惊悚的感觉。