Earth Sound Earth Signal is a study of energies in aesthetics and the arts, from the birth of modern communications in the nineteenth century to the global transmissions of the present day. Grounded in the Aeolian sphere music that Henry David Thoreau heard blowing in telegraph lines and in the Aelectrosonic sounds of natural radio that Thomas Watson heard in telephone lines, t...(展开全部)

The long-awaited new novel by the award-winning, bestselling author of Startide Rising and The Uplift War--an epic novel set fifty years from tomorrow, a carefully-reasoned, scientifically faithful tale of the fate of our world. "One hell of a novel . . . has what sci-fi readers want these days; intelligence, action, and an epic scale".--Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine....(展开全部)

TIME IS RUNNING OUT Decades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into the Earth's core. As scientists frantically work to prevent the ultimate disaster, they discover that the entire planet could be destroyed within a year. But while they look for an answer, some claim that the only way to save Earth is to let its human inhabitants become extinct: to reset the evolutio...(展开全部)

TIME IS RUNNING OUT Decades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into the Earth's core. As scientists frantically work to prevent the ultimate disaster, they discover that the entire planet could be destroyed within a year. But while they look for an answer, some claim that the only way to save Earth is to let its human inhabitants become extinct: to reset the evolutio...(展开全部)

这是一本关于太空、黑洞和微观宇宙的科幻小说集，包括16篇作品：追赶太阳、冲击参数、穿越黑暗、通过虫洞进出黑洞、遭遇太空海盗等。其中《在太阳下漫步》曾被《科幻世界》翻译成中文，题为《追赶太阳》，描写一位在月球上探险的科学家由于失去了与飞船的联系，为了生存不得不在月球上追赶太阳以求生存。小说发表后受到中国读者的广泛欢迎，《科幻世界》还为此邀请作者到北京和成都与读者见面，被中国读者称为“火星叔叔兰迪斯”，掀起了一股“火星叔叔热”。《穿越黑暗》描述了科学家缩小成原子，穿越黑洞进入以太的惊险故事。《黄蜂的奇特习性》描述福尔莫斯和华生联手破获外星人把受精卵植入伦敦女人体内借胎发肓的阴谋故事。等等。

From the internationally bestselling, Pulitzer Prize—winning author, a superbly crafted new work of fiction: eight stories that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand. In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden, where he and his grandson form a special bond. But he’s ha...(展开全部)

Duration: 11:15:14 One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year National Book Award Finalist Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize Finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize A Best Book of 2019: Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, NPR, Kirkus, AV Club, Vanity Fair, Variety, Esquire, Real Simple, The New York Post, Town & Count...(展开全部)

肯·鲍曼现居美国新墨西哥州的圣达菲，曾从事演艺工作长达十年，在影视剧中出镜。他已创作过四部小说，还身兼出版商、图书设计师等职。 读库御宅学团队引进的“头目战”（Boss Fight Books）书系诞生于美国，每本书均专注于对一部经典游戏作品的台前幕后进行详尽分析解读，执笔者多为业内资深人士。

This is an explosive guide to the dynamic forces that shape our planet. "Violent Earth" is a spectacular visual exploration of the some of the most awe-inspiring and dramatic events that our planet can throw at us; earthquakes, eruptions, mud slides, tsunamis and more. Feel their terrifying force as they leap off the page through powerful photography, specially commissioned art...(展开全部)