The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization. But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle ...(展开全部)

Monumental devastation will sweep across the globe if the newly-discovered Hamner-Brown comet collides with the one major obstacle in its path: Earth. For millionaire Tim Hamner, the comet is a ticket to immortality. For filmmaker Harvey Randall, it's a shot to redeem a flagging career. And for astronauts John Baker and Rick Delanty, it's a second chance for glory in outer spac...(展开全部)

拉里·尼文（1938—），世界著名科幻小说作家，杰出的硬科幻大师。 拉里·尼文从1964年开始科幻创作，后以“已知空间”未来史系列小说闻名科幻界。此系列包括三十多个短篇故事和长篇小说，其中最著名的杰作《环形世界》曾斩获美国科幻界最重要的两个奖项——星云奖（最佳长篇小说，1970）和雨果奖（最佳长篇小说，1971）。他还曾多次获得雨果奖的最佳短篇奖和轨迹奖，并摘得普罗米修斯奖、海因莱因奖和日本星云赏等众多科幻奖项。 除了“已知空间”系列，尼文的代表作还有《魔法逝去》系列、《梦之园》系列等，并与杰里·波奈尔合著多本畅销科幻小说。尼文的作品科学基础扎实，技术细节翔实。著名科幻作家大卫·布林曾评价他说：“尼文已经把硬科幻领域中的资源开掘殆尽，弄得其他人无事可干了。” 杰里·波奈尔（1933—），美国著名科幻小说家，专栏评论家、记者，曾任美国科幻及奇幻作家协会...(展开全部)

The classic novel from the definitive voice of the Beat Generation, Desolation Angels is the story of Kerouac's life just before the publication of On the Road--as told through his fictional self--Jack Duluoz. As he hitches, walks, and talks his way across the world, Duluoz perceives the angel that is in everything. It is life as he sees it.

"Desolation Angels" is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of "On the Road", told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs. As they hitch, hop freight trains, walk and talk their way across the world, from California ...(展开全部)

在《達文西密碼》（The Da Vinci Code）還未竄上暢銷榜之前，Dan Brown的舊作一直不能算是熱門書。Angles & Demons可以說是《達文西密碼》的前傳，也是他所有的書中科幻味最重的一本。他的主角也就是出現在《達文西密碼》中的符號學家蘭登，只不過蘭登這次要破的案子，可不是跟名畫有關的，而是瑞典實驗室的一位頂尖的物理學家被謀殺，他的突破性成果——一個能量可與核能相比的物質被偷，抽絲剝繭竟然發現這是一樁與梵蒂崗有關的陰謀……

波丽•邓巴（Polly Dunbar）今日英国人气儿童插画家和作家。16岁就出版了两本著作。后来不断努力，被推选为英国十大插画家之一。这位才女还是Long Nose Puppets剧团的创办人，看剧团的名字就知道，她还喜欢制作木偶。

Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more . . . trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planeta (TM)s government put down a bloody revolution.

Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more . . . trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planeta (TM)s government put down a bloody revolution.

"Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn't just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another. "Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye,...(展开全部)