Humanity's ancient dream of immortality is on the verge of becoming reality in the challenging new novel from erstwhile William Gibson (see below) collaborator Sterling (Heavy Weather, 1994, etc.). In Sterling's late 21st century, advances in cybernetics, nano- and virtual technology and medicine have transformed Earth into a near paradise. Vice and illness still exist, but the...(展开全部)

布鲁斯·斯特林（1954— ） 美国著名科幻小说家，赛博朋克文学运动领军人物，雨果奖、阿瑟·克拉克奖、约翰·W.坎贝尔纪念奖等重要科幻文学奖项得主。斯特林主要创作赛博朋克科幻小说，他因在赛博朋克领域的杰出贡献而被冠以“布鲁斯主席”的称号。代表作品除本书《圣火》外，还有《差分机》《分裂矩阵》《网络岛》《全球大脑》等。 他创办的科幻史上重要杂志《廉价真理》为一众赛博朋克风格作家提供了出版阵地，成为世界科幻文学界里程碑式事件，直接关系到赛博朋克文化的成型与未来发展的方向。科幻文学经典作品——威廉·吉布森《神经漫游者》就刊载在此杂志的创刊号上。

Unique among pew Bibles, this editions's bold black typeface redefines the meaning of "easy-to-read." Senior citizens, people with vision difficulties, and beginning readers alike will appreciate the visible advantage of the Boldface Pew Bible. Constructed of high-quality materials, this Bible will give you years of faithful service. Choose from three pairs of classics colors t...(展开全部)

Essays on nature from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard. "A book of great richness, beauty and power."-- "New York Times Book Review" "A book of great richness, beauty and power." "--New York Times Book Review"

In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with "one enormous window, one cat, one spider and one person." For the next two years she asked herself questions about time, reality, sacrifice death, and the will of God. In Holy the Firm she writes about a moth consumed in a candle flame, about a seven-year-old girl burned in an...(展开全部)

让·科克托(Jean Cocteau,1889-1963)，法国当代文学史上一位多才多艺的怪杰，既是诗人，小说家，剧作家，散文家，评论家，又是画家、电影艺术家、舞蹈设计家，是一位具有划时代意义的先锋大师。科克托早年受象征主义和超现实主义的影响，在创作实践中形成一种极具现代气息的风格。他将虚幻与真实、过去与当下、神话与现实糅杂在一起，其作品往往带有玄幻、朦胧的诗意。

吉尔伯特·阿代尔（Gilbert Adair），苏格兰作家、电影评论家和记者。 阿代尔1944年出生于爱丁堡。青年时期的吉尔伯特曾长期定居巴黎，后移居英国伦敦。他的作品涉猎广泛，包括：儿童文学、批评文学、小说、剧本和翻译文学。他曾凭借翻译作品《空虚》获得斯科特•蒙克里夫翻译奖。早年他在未经授权的情况下创作了两部著名的维多利亚时期英语文学作品（分别是《爱丽丝梦游仙境》和《彼得·潘》）的续集。1992年至1996年，他为《星期日泰晤士报》的专栏撰稿。他的小说《长岛爱与死》（1990）由导演理查德·科维特诺斯基改编为电影。他最著名的作品无疑是《神圣的纯真》，这部小说为他赢得了1988年的作家俱乐部处女作奖，后由意大利导演贝托鲁奇改编为电影《戏梦巴黎》。之后，吉尔伯特修改了自己的初稿并以同样的名字再次出版。他的最新作品是自2006年起创作的一组侦探小说，旨在...(展开全部)

Anyone who cares to understand the cultural ferment of America in the later twentieth century must know of the writings and lives of those scruffy bohemians known as the Beats. In this highly entertaining work, Bill Morgan, the country's leading authority on the movement and a man who personally knew most of the Beat writers, narrates their history, tracing their origins in th...(展开全部)

From the award-winning master of literary crime fiction, a classic work rich in tense drama and psychological insight. On the East Anglian seacoast, a small theological college hangs precariously on an eroding shoreline and an equally precarious future. When the body of a student is found buried in the sand, the boy’s influential father demands that Scotland Yard investigate. ...(展开全部)

When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of East Anglian coast, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to visit the young man's theological college, St Anselm's - a place he knew as a boy - expecting a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examinati...(展开全部)