Ancient myths told of a place called Earth, but the modern world knew it was nonsense. Science knew the Ship was all the Universe, and as long as the sacred Converter was fed, lights would glow and air would flow through the miles of metal corridors. Hugh never questioned these truths until a despised mutie showed him the Control Room and he learned the true nature of the Ship ...(展开全部)

A fix-up consisting of the novelette Universe (1941) and the novella Common Sense (1941). First published in 1963. Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was actually allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of...(展开全部)

Fourth impression of the first UK edition A fix-up consisting of the novelette Universe (1941) and the novella Common Sense (1941). First published in 1963. Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was actually allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could t...(展开全部)

地球末日之际，全人类登上一艘宇宙飞船，以为登上了诺亚方舟，自此开启了长达数百年的星际征途。

【故事简介】 地球末日之际，全人类登上一艘宇宙飞船，以为登上了诺亚方舟，自此开启了长达数百年的星际征途。 人类在飞船上待得太久，竟忘了地球，忘了征途的目的，忘了飞船在行进，更忘了飞船外的宇宙，成了太空中的孤儿…… 【编辑推荐】 ◆ 造出宇宙中的诺亚方舟，人类就一定能得救吗？ ◆ 11次雨果奖、美国科幻和奇幻作家协会终身大师奖得主海因莱因的警世之作！ ◆ “世代飞船”的科幻构想启发了刘慈欣、尼尔·斯蒂芬森、金·斯坦利·罗宾逊、布赖恩·奥尔迪斯…… ◆ 驶向宇宙的诺亚方舟，是末日庇所，也将是太空坟场…… ◆ 一旦见过了璀璨星河，你会选择拥抱未知的宇宙，还是返回船舱，维护既存的秩序呢？ ◆ 翻开本书，揭开“宇宙诺亚方舟”的残酷真相！ 【媒体名人评价】 ◆包括我在内，科幻领域几乎所有作家又一次开始有意识地、彻底地模仿海因莱因。——艾萨克·阿西莫夫（《银河帝国...(展开全部)

地球末日之际，全人类登上一艘宇宙飞船，以为登上了诺亚方舟，自此开启了长达数百年的星际征途。

【故事简介】 地球末日之际，全人类登上一艘宇宙飞船，以为登上了诺亚方舟，自此开启了长达数百年的星际征途。 人类在飞船上待得太久，竟忘了地球，忘了征途的目的，忘了飞船在行进，更忘了飞船外的宇宙，成了太空中的孤儿…… 【编辑推荐】 ◆ 造出宇宙中的诺亚方舟，人类就一定能得救吗？ ◆ 11次雨果奖、美国科幻和奇幻作家协会终身大师奖得主海因莱因的警世之作！ ◆ “世代飞船”的科幻构想启发了刘慈欣、尼尔·斯蒂芬森、金·斯坦利·罗宾逊、布赖恩·奥尔迪斯…… ◆ 驶向宇宙的诺亚方舟，是末日庇所，也将是太空坟场…… ◆ 一旦见过了璀璨星河，你会选择拥抱未知的宇宙，还是返回船舱，维护既存的秩序呢？ ◆ 翻开本书，揭开“宇宙诺亚方舟”的残酷真相！ 【媒体名人评价】 ◆包括我在内，科幻领域几乎所有作家又一次开始有意识地、彻底地模仿海因莱因。——艾萨克·阿西莫夫（《银河帝国...(展开全部)

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)

Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human Children ended up after a disaster that nearly obliterated humankind throughout the galaxy. Ravna and the pack animals for which the planet is named have survived a war, and Ravna has saved more than one hundred Children who were in cold-sleep aboard the vessel that brought them. While there is pe...(展开全部)