The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying two thousand colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is make-or-break investment for the corporation—and for the future of all mankind. Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent ...(展开全部)

艾伦•迪恩•福斯特涉猎甚广，作品包括硬科幻、奇幻、恐怖、侦探、西部、历史、当代小说。他还撰写了大量有关电影、科技、浮潜等方面的评论文章，参与许多电影的小说版创作，包括著名的《星球大战》小说、《异形》前三部小说、《异形帝国》小说以及《星际传奇》小说。此外，还有脱口秀手稿、广播剧本、游戏脚本、首部《星际迷航》电影故事等等。他的小说《暗影城堡》开创了电脑游戏小说化的先河。他的作品在全球被翻译成50多种语言出版，并曾在西班牙和俄罗斯获奖。其科幻小说《赛博通路》于1990年获得了西南图书奖小说类奖项。

克里斯蒂·高登 Christie Golden 荣登《纽约时报》，屡获褒奖的畅销书作者，克里斯蒂·高登。她在奇幻、科幻、惊悚领域写下了超过四十本小说和许多短篇故事。她的作品包括十余本《星际迷航》小说和许多原创科幻小说。 作为一名狂热的魔兽世界®玩家，她为艾泽拉斯世界写下了两部漫画剧本和许多小说（《氏族之王》、《部落的崛起》、《阿尔萨斯：迈向冰封王座》、《毁天灭地：浩劫的前奏》、《萨尔：巨龙的黄昏》）。她还写下了星际争霸®的《暗黑圣堂武士传说》系列三部曲，以及星际争霸®Ⅱ的官方小说《恶魔契约》。 除此之外，高登还参与了《星球大战》主线小说九部曲中三部小说的创作。她现在居住在美国的田纳西州。欢迎大家访问她的主页： www.christiegolden.com

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Alien: Covenant – The Art of th...(展开全部)

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Alien is one of the most original, thrilling, and beautiful franchises in cinema history. From Ridley Scott's elegant horror masterpiece and James Cameron's visceral and heart-pounding Aliens, to David Fincher's nihilistic Alien3, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's twisted Alien Resurrection, these are the films that birthed a monster and a cultural phenomenon. Alien: The Archive is a be...(展开全部)

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of Cutting for Stone. Published in 2009, Cutting for Stone became a literary phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remaining on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on ...(展开全部)

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Comprehensive, authoritative, and unique, The Oxford Guide to Film Studies is the up-to-date critical volume on the theories, debates, and approaches to the study of film. A host of international experts provide an overview of the main disciplinary approaches to film studies, an explanation of the main concepts and methods involved in film analysis, a survey of the main issues ...(展开全部)