Don't even think about reading House Harkonnen without reading its predecessor Dune: House Atreides; anyone who does so risks sinking in the sands between Frank Herbert's original Dune and this prequel trilogy by Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin J. Anderson. The purist argument that had Frank Herbert wanted to go backwards he would have done so is, at least in part, negated by t...(展开全部)

布莱恩·赫伯特（Brian Herbert）：弗兰克·赫伯特（《沙丘》系列原作者）之子，纽约时报畅销书作家，代表作有《悉尼彗星》及《属于两个世界的男人》（与弗兰克·赫伯特合著）。 凯文·J. 安德森（Kevin J. Anderson）：纽约时报畅销书作家，曾获星云奖和布拉姆斯托克奖提名，代表作有《七恒星史诗》及《无限汇编者》，拥有“单人作者最大签售会”的吉尼斯纪录。

Dune: House Harkonnen continues t he unforgettable saga begun in Dune: House Atreides, as a vast array of rich and complex figures strives to shape a sprawling universe of mystery and vivid universe revealed in the thrilling pages of Frank Herbert's Dune. Dune: House Harkonnen At last Shaddam sits on the Golden Lion Throne, his precarious position as ruler of the Known Universe...(展开全部)

The Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it. Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. At the centre is Heap House, a puzzle of houses, castles, homes and mysteries reclaimed from the city and built into a living maze of staircases and scurrying rats. The Iremongers are a mean and cruel...(展开全部)

艾德华‧凯瑞（Edward Carey），英国剧作家、小说家、插画家。曾在伦敦、立陶宛、罗马尼亚剧场工作，在马来西亚与皮影戏大师合作。着有两本成人小说并亲手绘制插图：《望楼馆追想》（Observatory Mansions）、初选提名IMPAC都柏林文学奖《Alva & Irva》，皆译成多国语言出版。现居美国德州奥斯汀，因为想念寒冷阴沉的感觉，创作了《艾尔蒙哲三部曲》。

艾德华‧凯瑞（Edward Carey），英国剧作家、小说家、插画家。曾在伦敦、立陶宛、罗马尼亚剧场工作，在马来西亚与皮影戏大师合作。着有两本成人小说并亲手绘制插图：《望楼馆追想》（Observatory Mansions）、初选提名IMPAC都柏林文学奖《Alva & Irva》，皆译成多国语言出版。现居美国德州奥斯汀，因为想念寒冷阴沉的感觉，创作了《艾尔蒙哲三部曲》。

Introduction by Barbara Hardy

Introduction by Barbara Hardy

A House Divided , the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons , is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His counsin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sis...(展开全部)

"Boarding House" shows an imaginary space of transient residence, of coming and goings, of people without homes, sheltering in an abode that they are using for their immediate survival. The structure is basic and fundamental and it is furnished with objects that are necessarily for an elementary existence. Remnants function here as physical symbols of events that have occurred ...(展开全部)