A beautifully illustrated volume follows a lesser-known Victorian naturalist and explorer on his global journeys — and reveals how he developed his own theory of evolution. Everyone knows Charles Darwin, the famous naturalist who proposed a theory of evolution. But not everyone knows the story of Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin’s friend and rival who simultaneously discovered the...(展开全部)

约翰·瓦利（美） John Varley 约翰·瓦利，美国著名科幻作家，1947年出生于美国得州奥斯汀市，毕业于密歇根州立大学，主修物理。瓦利1974年出道，随即一鸣惊人，被誉为美国20世纪70年代最为成功的科幻作家。瓦利风格独特，长篇作品是畅销榜常客，中篇作品更是被誉为“艺术品”。他曾三获雨果奖，两获星云奖，其他奖项和提名数十次，代表作有“八星”系列中的《按回车键》《蛇夫座热线》《钢铁海滩》等，多以太阳系为场景，展示近未来的人类社会。

约翰·瓦利（美） John Varley 约翰·瓦利，美国著名科幻作家，1947年出生于美国得州奥斯汀市，毕业于密歇根州立大学，主修物理。瓦利1974年出道，随即一鸣惊人，被誉为美国20世纪70年代最为成功的科幻作家。瓦利风格独特，长篇作品是畅销榜常客，中篇作品更是被誉为“艺术品”。他曾三获雨果奖，两获星云奖，其他奖项和提名数十次，代表作有“八星”系列中的《按回车键》《蛇夫座热线》《钢铁海滩》等，多以太阳系为场景，展示近未来的人类社会。

In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known--and controversial--writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end fits into none of them. At one level, it may be read as an account of how a puny, bookish boy discovered the importance of his own physical being; the "s...(展开全部)

In 1977, Stephen Shore travelled across New York state, Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio – an area in the midst of industrial decline that would eventually be known as the Rust Belt. Shore met steelworkers who had been thrown out of work by plant closures and photographed their suddenly fragile world: deserted factories, lonely bars, dwindling high streets, and lovingly decorated...(展开全部)

In 1977, Stephen Shore travelled across New York state, Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio – an area in the midst of industrial decline that would eventually be known as the Rust Belt. Shore met steelworkers who had been thrown out of work by plant closures and photographed their suddenly fragile world: deserted factories, lonely bars, dwindling high streets, and lovingly decorated...(展开全部)

In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known--and controversial--writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end fits into none of them. At one level, it may be read as an account of how a puny, bookish boy discovered the importance of his own physical being; the "s...(展开全部)

约翰·瓦利（美） John Varley 约翰·瓦利，美国著名科幻作家，1947年出生于美国得州奥斯汀市，毕业于密歇根州立大学，主修物理。瓦利1974年出道，随即一鸣惊人，被誉为美国20世纪70年代最为成功的科幻作家。瓦利风格独特，长篇作品是畅销榜常客，中篇作品更是被誉为“艺术品”。他曾三获雨果奖，两获星云奖，其他奖项和提名数十次，代表作有“八星”系列中的《按回车键》《蛇夫座热线》《钢铁海滩》等，多以太阳系为场景，展示近未来的人类社会。

约翰·瓦利（美） John Varley 约翰·瓦利，美国著名科幻作家，1947年出生于美国得州奥斯汀市，毕业于密歇根州立大学，主修物理。瓦利1974年出道，随即一鸣惊人，被誉为美国20世纪70年代最为成功的科幻作家。瓦利风格独特，长篇作品是畅销榜常客，中篇作品更是被誉为“艺术品”。他曾三获雨果奖，两获星云奖，其他奖项和提名数十次，代表作有“八星”系列中的《按回车键》《蛇夫座热线》《钢铁海滩》等，多以太阳系为场景，展示近未来的人类社会。