From Booklist Deaver is bound to slip up sometime. But not this time. This novel, which follows on the heels of Sleeping Doll (2007), again stars California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn Dance and, like its predecessor, is tightly constructed with a suspenseful story and plenty of plot twists. Deaver, perhaps more than any other crime writer, is able to fool even the mo...(展开全部)

阿卡迪·斯特鲁伽茨基（Аркадий Стругацкий，1925-1991） 鲍里斯·斯特鲁伽茨基（Борис Стругацкий，1933-2012） 俄罗斯科幻泰斗，世界科幻文坛绝无仅有的双子星。为纪念二人在科幻文学上的贡献，第3054号小行星以其姓氏命名。 哥哥阿卡迪以翻译日本名著成名，弟弟鲍里斯为天文学家，1957年起开始联袂创作科幻小说。二人早期受波兰科幻大师莱姆影响颇深，此后，逐渐将俄罗斯文学传统融入科幻类型，擅用荒诞、讽刺手法，作品中充满深刻的道德思辨和社会思考。 1972年，其代表作《路边野餐》问世，轰动世界科幻文坛。1979年，被电影大师塔科夫斯基改编为经典电影《潜行者》，剧本由兄弟俩亲自操刀。令人震惊的是，书中以“外星人造访区”隐喻核污染，而电影拍摄外景地塔林也恰恰曾遭核污染，包括导演塔科夫斯基在内的三名主创都受此影响，数年...(展开全部)

An essential collection of new and selected essays by influential cinema and media studies scholar Tom Gunning. Tom Gunning is the author of multiple books and nearly two hundred essays that have defined the field of cinema and media studies. His works have transformed our understanding of early cinema and the American avant-garde and reset the terms of many central debates in...(展开全部)