Adrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished but slightly faded reputation, is living in semi-retirement with his wife, Eleanor, in an isolated cottage beneath the flight path of London's Gatwick airport. Their old friend from college days, Sam Sharp, who has since become a successful screenplay writer, drops by unexpectedly on the way to Los Angeles. Sam is fuming over a sca...(展开全部)

In the context of debates about truth, nihilism is the view that nothing is true. This is a very striking and (at first) implausible thesis, which is perhaps why it is seldom discussed. Truth without Truths applies nihilism to the philosophical debates on truth and paradox, and explores how a nihilist approach to truth is a serious contender. David Liggins demonstrates that a s...(展开全部)

In the context of debates about truth, nihilism is the view that nothing is true. This is a very striking and (at first) implausible thesis, which is perhaps why it is seldom discussed. Truth without Truths applies nihilism to the philosophical debates on truth and paradox, and explores how a nihilist approach to truth is a serious contender. David Liggins demonstrates that a s...(展开全部)

David Lodge's extended novella is a delicious contemporary comedy on the perils of celebrity. It concerns a plot for revenge hatched by two writers, Adrian, a distinguished novelist seeking obscurity in a cottage near Gatwick and Sam, a successful scriptwriter who drops in on his old university friend en route to LA. The object of their revenge is one of the new breed of Rottwe...(展开全部)

D. A. 米勒（D. A. Miller），加州大学伯克利分校英文系约翰•F. 霍奇斯（John F. Hotchkis）教授，其他著述有《简•奥斯丁，或风格的秘密》（2003）等，他还为《电影季刊》撰写专栏。

凯文·J.安德森，他曾经为《星球大战》《星际争霸》《泰坦AE》和《X档案》撰写衍生小说，同时还是《沙丘》系列前传的合作作家。他的独立创作作品还包括蒸汽朋克题材小说《发条天使》和《发条永存》。除此之外，他与汤姆·韦尔奇合作，为黑马漫画的《绝地武士传说》系列和《铁血战士》系列创作了多部漫画作品。安德森还为DC漫画创作小说《氪星末日》。

Having colonized other worlds, humans are certain the galaxy is theirs for the taking. But they soon discover the horrifying price of their arrogance when a scientific experiment awakens the wrath of the previously unknown Hydrogues and begins a war.

The author of the New York Times bestsellers Dune: House Atreides and Star Wars: Darksaber delivers the first book in an all-new epic science fiction adventure trilogy.In our galaxys distant future, humans are one of three known intelligent races. Having had the ability to navigate star travel for only a few centuries, we are considered the new kids on the block in a long- esta...(展开全部)

D. A. 米勒（D. A. Miller），加州大学伯克利分校英文系约翰•F. 霍奇斯（John F. Hotchkis）教授，其他著述有《简•奥斯丁，或风格的秘密》（2003）等，他还为《电影季刊》撰写专栏。

Hall examines the various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. The Hidden Dimension demonstrates how man s use of space can affect personal and business relations， cross-cultural exchanges， architecture， city planning， and urban renewal. Illustrated.