One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be...(展开全部)

One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be...(展开全部)

二○○一年，「發現號」太空船遠征木星時，太空人法蘭克．普爾被發瘋的超級電腦哈兒陷害，變成「冰屍」，漂流在冰冷無垠的宇宙中。 到了三○○一年，普爾奇蹟地獲救，但他一覺醒來，卻必須面對一千年後的世界：社會完美和諧、科技比魔法更神奇。擁有二十幾歲身體的他，卻是個千年人瑞，再最新文明的衝擊與挑戰下，適應植入頭部的腦帽、學著戴上蠟翼飛翔…… 就在這時候，他發現過去的夥伴大衛．鮑曼已經和哈兒合為一體，變成「哈曼」，並警告他：來自宇宙深處的外太空智慧生命，正透過一組「黑色石板」監視人類，而且打算毀滅人類！普爾該怎麼做才能化解這場危機呢？ ★克拉克對「未來世界」的預測幾可亂真，他總有能耐提出科技發展的前瞻視野，把科幻和科技的實質進展之間的鴻溝都打破。──曾志朗（中研院院士） ★內容精采、豐富，令人大開眼界。──《紐約時報》 ★科...(展开全部)

Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative...(展开全部)

If The Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, then The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. Odysseus's reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral enduran...(展开全部)

The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must test his bravery and native cunning to the full if he is to reach his homeland safely and ...(展开全部)

阿瑟·黑利（Arthur Hailey），1920出生于英格兰贝德福德郡卢顿区，1939年第二次世界大战爆发后，加入英国皇家空军，直至1947年定居加拿大。他所出版的作品在欧美国家获得了巨大的成功，被誉为“行业小说之王”。他的11部作品被翻译成40种文字，总印数超过1.7亿册。阿瑟·黑利称自己的大脑“无时无刻不在编织故事”，他擅长把日常的故事写成引人入胜的小说。他常以美国社会中的一些重要行业为故事背景，如金融业、医疗行业、交通运输、新闻传媒等。故事情节多半围绕先进与落后、革新与保守之间的斗争展开，主人公多为精通专业技术、事业心强、果敢坚决的中产阶级知识分子。他的作品在欧美国家获得了巨大的成功，其中《大饭店》甚至成了酒店管理专业学生必读的“教科书”。

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut "Elantris," dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in "Mist...(展开全部)

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut "Elantris," dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in "Mist...(展开全部)

[作者] 金介甫（Jeffrey C. Kinkley） 美国汉学家，退休前为美国纽约圣若望大学历史系教授。1972年开始研究沈从文。1977年以论文《沈从文笔下的中国》获得哈佛大学博士学位。金介甫著《沈从文传》是公认的沈从文研究里的重要作品之一。 [译者] 符家钦（1919—2002） 当代著名翻译家，四川合江人。1943年毕业于中央大学（今南京大学），1978年起任中国大百科全书出版社英文组组长。1984年因病截瘫致残，但他在轮椅上依旧以一年出一书的进度与命运抗争，先后出版过著作及译著24部，共计600多万字。他所翻译的《沈从文传》一书一直深受读者喜爱。