弗诺・文奇，作为塞伯朋克流派中活跃至今的作家，弗诺・文奇拥有极高的声誉，在硬科幻小说写作方面很有一手。他的小说逻辑严密，情节紧凑，展示出科技的奇妙之处，尤以细节的缔造和令人惊叹的预见力著称。大量细致又经得起推敲的描述让虚构出的“异世界”及生活其中的科族几可乱真。 和他本身的科学素养大有关系，弗诺・文奇本身就是数学家和计算机专家。阅读文奇的科幻小说，绝对是一种享受。 文奇并不多产，但他的每一部小说都可称得上经典。1987年的《真名实姓》使他声名大噪，1992年的《深渊上的火》获得雨果奖，2000年又以该书前传《天渊》击败《哈里波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》，再获雨果奖。

A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where ...(展开全部)

弗诺・文奇，作为塞伯朋克流派中活跃至今的作家，弗诺・文奇拥有极高的声誉，在硬科幻小说写作方面很有一手。他的小说逻辑严密，情节紧凑，展示出科技的奇妙之处，尤以细节的缔造和令人惊叹的预见力著称。大量细致又经得起推敲的描述让虚构出的“异世界”及生活其中的科族几可乱真。 和他本身的科学素养大有关系，弗诺・文奇本身就是数学家和计算机专家。阅读文奇的科幻小说，绝对是一种享受。 文奇并不多产，但他的每一部小说都可称得上经典。1987年的《真名实姓》使他声名大噪，1992年的《深渊上的火》获得雨果奖，2000年又以该书前传《天渊》击败《哈里波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》，再获雨果奖。

A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where ...(展开全部)

The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate system It has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize. Scientists know that our actions today are shaping the oceans and climate of tomorrow--and that if we continue to act recklessly,...(展开全部)

弗兰克·施茨廷（Frank Schätzing），1957年出生，在科隆过着多彩多姿的生活：广告公司的创意总监、作曲家、音乐制作人，同时也是热情的业余厨师和受过训练的潜水员。 1995年，施茨廷的首部小说《科隆911》即让他成为畅销书作家；2000年的政治惊悚小说《悄无 声息》则被媒体誉为“对这即将结束的世纪，所捕捉到的精彩瞬间”；2004年，《群》大放异彩，让施茨廷与迈克尔·克莱顿、丹·布朗等国际作家平起平坐，也让德国人首度学会了“海啸”这个词。无巧不成书，《群》出版后九个月，震惊世界的东南亚海啸发生，世人纷纷追问他如何能“预测”此事。《群》大获成功后，施茨廷利用写作时没用上的剩余五分之四资料，写出了《海：另一个未知的宇宙》，同样大卖。 《群》始于施茨廷数年前的梦境；而《群》的男主角西古尔·约翰逊，黄金单身汉、魅力中年型男、都会雅痞、无可救药的品味...(展开全部)

尼克·卡特，本名克雷格·戴维森，目前居住于加拿大多伦多。他以本名克雷格·戴维森出版的第一本文学小说《锈与骨》在2012年被改编为电影，由法国著名女星玛丽昂·歌迪亚主演，颇受佳评，入围第65届戛纳国际电影节主竞赛单元。以尼克•卡特之名出版的恐怖惊悚小说《军团》得到了业内和读者的双重好评，随后，他又出版了《军团》姊妹篇《深渊》。

This is the mesmerising story of the very first meeting of those two legends and friends, Lee Scoresby, the Texan balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armoured bear. When Lee and his daemon, Hester, land in the Arctic town of Novy Odense, they quickly become embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl. So when Iorek offers to help, Lee is only too happy to accept. Together they ...(展开全部)

When Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together. When a young Texan balloonist, Lee Scoresby, comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in...(展开全部)