Entered by a thousand unsuspected gateways -- built by a race lost in the clouds of time -- the planet its dwellers called the Well World turned beings of every kind into something else. There spacefarer Nathan Brazil found himself companioned by a batman, an amorous female centaur and a mermaid -- all once as human as he. Yet Nathan Brazil's metamorphosis was more terrifying ...(展开全部)

Midnight at the Well of Souls is the first book in the Well of Souls series by American author Jack L. Chalker, first published as a paperback in 1977. Over a million copies of the original printing were sold, and reprints have continued for decades. It came in #18 in the 1978 Locus Poll Award for best science fiction. ----------------------------------- Entered by a thousand u...(展开全部)

美国著名科幻作家，曾获西海岸图书评论金奖、汉米尔顿-布拉克特纪念奖及坎贝尔奖和雨果奖多次提名。除此之外，他还是著名的科幻活动组织者、评论家和编辑。 乔克的作品大都场面宏大，纵横宇宙，以阐述各种文明的起源、变化和发展见长，显示出奔放不羁的想象力。与之相应，其情节也常常打破一般科幻小说的俗套，别出机杼，却又合情合理。在人物塑造方面，乔克创造了一种极有特点的手法：让笔下人物的身体发生巨大变异，以凸显其性格中的某个侧面。这一创作手法启发和影响了许多科幻、奇幻作家。 本书是乔克最著名的作品，甫一出版，即大获成功。之后，作者以同样的设定为背景，又陆续创作了多部小说，构成一个完整的《灵魂之井》系列。

Fifty years ago, seconds after midnight on 14-15 August 1947, the Union Jack, emblazoned with the Star of India, began its final journey down the flagstaff of Viceroy's House, New Delhi. One fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen. But 400 million people were to find that the price of freedom was partition and war, riot and mu...(展开全部)

【著者简介】 拉莱·科林斯：美国记者，作家。 多米尼克·拉皮埃尔：法国记者，作家。 本书两位作者作为新闻记者，具有对事件进行深度调查的特点，他们的作品以深入的历史研究、丰富的细节描写和引人入胜的叙事风格著称，生动地为读者呈现了诸多重要的历史事件。二人合著了多本畅销、著名的历史纪实作品，包括《巴黎烧了吗？》《为你，耶路撒冷》等，在全球范围内都有较高的知名度。 【译者简介】 李晖，翻译出版有《国家间政治》《茶叶·石油·WTO：贸易改变世界》《海盗史》等。

【著者简介】 拉莱·科林斯：美国记者，作家。 多米尼克·拉皮埃尔：法国记者，作家。 本书两位作者作为新闻记者，具有对事件进行深度调查的特点，他们的作品以深入的历史研究、丰富的细节描写和引人入胜的叙事风格著称，生动地为读者呈现了诸多重要的历史事件。二人合著了多本畅销、著名的历史纪实作品，包括《巴黎烧了吗？》《为你，耶路撒冷》等，在全球范围内都有较高的知名度。 【译者简介】 李晖，翻译出版有《国家间政治》《茶叶·石油·WTO：贸易改变世界》《海盗史》等。

Book Description Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. It was banned for obscenity in 1928....(展开全部)

Elderly widow Addie Moore pays a visit to her aging widower neighbor, Louis Waters. They were never close, just knew each other peripherally, which makes the reason for this social call all the more intriguing. Addie would like to know if Louis is interested in sleeping with her. Now, now, this scenario was conceived by the late, great Kent Haruf—Our Souls at Night is no 50 Sha...(展开全部)

A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, a...(展开全部)

Elderly widow Addie Moore pays a visit to her aging widower neighbor, Louis Waters. They were never close, just knew each other peripherally, which makes the reason for this social call all the more intriguing. Addie would like to know if Louis is interested in sleeping with her. Now, now, this scenario was conceived by the late, great Kent Haruf—Our Souls at Night is no 50 Sha...(展开全部)