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)

'I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting myself in danger.' London, 1965. An unworldly young woman suspects charismatic psychotherapist Collins Braithwaite of involvement in a death in her family. Determined to find out more, she becomes a client of his under a false identity. But she soon finds herself drawn into a worl...(展开全部)

A powerful book about the desperate lives of the homeless and marginalized in post Cold War Ukraine. Through touching portraits of intimacy and documents of brutal injuries sustained, Boris Mikhailov has emerged as a driven, compassionate photographer of his native land. Widely exhibited in Europe and recently at MoMA in New York, this beautiful, deeply moving visual account ra...(展开全部)

'I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting myself in danger.' London, 1965. An unworldly young woman suspects charismatic psychotherapist Collins Braithwaite of involvement in a death in her family. Determined to find out more, she becomes a client of his under a false identity. But she soon finds herself drawn into a worl...(展开全部)