Amazon.com Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have created a unique and believable world set in the universe of Niven's The Magic Goes Away. The story begins nearly 14,000 years ago in Tep's Town, located on the future site of Los Angeles. Tep's Town is a city held captive by the slumbering god of fire, Yagen-Atep. Awakening only occasionally, he commands selected men to begin Burnings by giving them the ability to start fires coupled with consuming anger. Whandall Placehold grows up in the stagnant, three-class society of Tep's town, part of a gang of thieves. No one gets in or out, since the town is hemmed in by a malevolent forest. But when Whandall is chosen by Yagen-Atep to start the Burnings, he resists the compulsion and, aided by Atlantean wizard Morth, escapes through the forest with a group of children he saves from certain death. As the years pass, Whandall builds an empire, buys wagons and bison, and builds a trade route all along the California coast--except for Tep's Town. Life is good for Whandall and his bride, Willow, until they get a message from a desperate Morth: he convinces Whandall to return to Tep's Town and help eradicate, once and for all, an ancient magical being from Atlantis who has been trying to kill Morth for many years. The Burning City is a lively book that deftly integrates social concerns of today with the magic and mythology of yesterday. Cameo appearances by the Native American god Coyote and the Norse god Loki add to the mischievous nature of the book. With a well-thought-out system of magic, characters with depth, unicorns, and swashbuckling adventure, this book is sure to please hardcore fantasy readers and fans of Niven and Pournelle. --Robert Gately From Publishers Weekly Bestselling authors Niven and Pournelle (Footfall; The Gripping Hand; etc.) have produced yet another hefty fantasy (set in Niven's The Magic Goes Away series) sure to delight fans of sword, sorcery and male superiority. In the implausibly organized Tep's town, populated predominantly by a welfare/warrior class that steals from the Kinless artisan class and is given alms by the higher-class Lords, lives young Whandall Placehold. He is the son of a thief who was killed by the wizard Morth of Atlantis, during one of the town's many burnings, conflagrations that occur when the town's god Yangin-Atep possesses men and gives them command of fire and the rage to use it. As the god is losing his power, the fires are escalating in scope and duration, and the town is slowly turning to ashes. Whandall, who wants to grow up to be more than a short-lived thief, finds his path becoming inextricably tied to that of the wizard. When the opportunity arises, Whandall and Morth escape the town in the company of a family of Kinless ropemakers containing the inevitable beautiful, virginal, marriageable daughter. Years pass, Whandall breeds and becomes a warrior merchant, but he must return to the town of his birth in the company of Morth if his burgeoning family is to prosper. There, Whandall uses all his cunning and strength to aid the wizard in his battle against a magical nemesis from Atlantis. Fun in a formulaic kiss-or-kill fantasy kind of way, this adventure has enough swordplay, magic and unicorns to please those looking to tread the old, tired pathways again. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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我最近读到的最令人耳目一新的奇幻史诗!坦率地说,我一开始对又一部长篇巨制持保留态度,但这本书用它无与伦比的想象力和宏大的世界观彻底征服了我。作者构建的那个架空世界,其文化、宗教体系乃至地理环境,都拥有令人惊叹的复杂性和自洽性,完全不是那种敷衍了事的“贴皮”设定。特别是关于魔法体系的描写,它不是简单地罗列咒语和效果,而是深入探讨了这种力量的哲学本质和它对社会结构带来的不可逆转的影响。那些被遗忘的古代神祇和失落的文明遗迹,在作者的笔下重新焕发出令人敬畏的生命力。我尤其欣赏那些史诗般的战争场面,笔触之壮阔,仿佛能听到金戈铁马的轰鸣和吟游诗人的挽歌,但同时,作者又巧妙地将镜头聚焦到小人物在历史洪流中的挣扎与抉择,使得宏大叙事不至于空洞。书中的语言风格华丽而富有韵律感,有些段落的措辞之精妙,我不得不停下来,默默品味了好几遍。读完之后,我感觉自己像是完成了一次漫长而艰辛的朝圣之旅,对“史诗”这个词有了全新的理解。
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评分这本侦探小说系列的新作,简直是犯罪文学界的清流!它巧妙地避开了所有陈词滥调的侦探模式,完全依靠逻辑链条和心理侧写来构建谜团。故事的背景设定在一个充满历史厚重感的欧洲小镇,小镇的每一块鹅卵石似乎都藏着秘密,作者对环境氛围的渲染功力一流,那种阴冷、湿漉漉的、仿佛随时会下雨的压抑感贯穿始终。我喜欢的是,这次的主角不再是那个万事皆知的神探,而是一个带着严重创伤后应激障碍的侧写师,他的每一个判断都受到内心阴影的干扰,这种不完美性让他的破案过程充满了张力。书中对犯罪现场的分析细致到令人发指,不是简单地罗列证据,而是将证据视为死者或凶手留下的“情感投影”,这种诗意化的手法赋予了传统探案叙事一种全新的文学质感。整个布局如同一个精密的钟表,每一个齿轮都在恰当的时间启动,直至最后揭露真相的那一刻,那种震撼感和“原来如此”的恍然大悟,是阅读此类作品最极致的享受。我已经迫不及待想知道接下来的案子会把他引向何方。
评分这是一部探讨现代家庭关系和代际冲突的文学小说,其细腻程度和情感穿透力,直逼那些获得大奖的严肃文学作品。作者以一种近乎冷峻的客观视角,审视了几个核心家庭成员之间微妙的疏离与渴望连接的矛盾。它没有采用戏剧化的情节冲突来推动叙事,而是通过大量的内心独白和日常生活的琐碎片段,像外科手术刀一样精准地解剖着人物的灵魂。最让我动容的是,作者对“沉默”的刻画——那些未曾说出口的歉意、未曾表达的爱意,以及那些因为误解而积累了数十年的隔阂,都是通过人物细微的面部表情、肢体语言,乃至他们选择不谈论什么,来展现的。这种“此时无声胜有声”的叙事技巧,要求读者付出极高的专注度,但一旦沉浸进去,那种共鸣感是无可替代的。读这本书的时候,我常常会联想到我自己的家庭,那些我以为早已处理妥当的情感症结,又被作者的文字重新激发出来,引发了深刻的反思。它成功地揭示了一个事实:有时候,最深的伤口并非来自巨大的背叛,而是源自长期、细微的、无法弥补的沟通鸿沟。
评分我最近淘到的一本极其有趣的硬科幻小说,它完全颠覆了我对未来人工智能和意识上传的既有认知。这本书的厉害之处在于,它不仅仅停留在炫酷的技术概念层面,而是将哲学思辨和严谨的科学逻辑完美地融合在一起。作者对于“何为生命”“意识的载体是否必须是生物”这些问题的探讨,尖锐而深刻。书中关于“数字永生”的尝试及其引发的伦理困境,写得尤其引人入胜。我非常赞赏作者在描绘未来社会时所展现出的那种冰冷而精确的洞察力,高科技的进步并未带来乌托邦,反而催生了更深层次的阶级固化和权力滥用,这种反思非常到位。小说中的技术术语解释得非常到位,即使是对硬核物理或计算机科学不甚了解的读者,也能通过生动的比喻和场景来理解核心概念,这一点非常加分。相比于那些只顾着搞大场面爆炸的太空歌剧,这本书更像是对人类未来走向的一次严肃预演,读完之后,你可能会对你手中那台智能手机产生一种莫名的敬畏感。
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