It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies dancing hellish sarabands over an accursed marsh (...)'. H.P. Lovecraft was perhaps the greatest twentieth century practitioner of the horror story, introducing to the genre a new evil, monstrous, pervasive and unconquerable. At the heart of these three stories are terrors unthinka...(展开全部)

洛夫克拉夫特研究专家唐纳德•R•伯勒森称这个故事为“他的风格和概念上最好的短篇小说之一”。他将恐怖延伸到宇宙。由奥斯卡影帝尼古拉斯•凯奇领衔主演的同名影片2019年9月在多伦多电影节首映，2020年1月美国开始上映。 故事开始于一位来自波士顿的不知名测量员，以第一人称的视角转述的形式。这位测量员为了帮助建立一个当地的蓄水库，来到阿卡姆当地进行调查。之后通过当地人的讲述，他逐渐揭开了一段尘封历史和可怕的秘密——关于被阿卡姆当地人避之不及的一处被称为“枯萎荒原”的地方。 对那个所谓的“枯萎荒原”，当地人三缄其口。所以测量员无法从镇上居民那里获得任何信息，但是他还是获悉一个叫老阿米•皮尔斯的人知道详细的内容。于是这位测量员就找到了一位阿米•皮尔斯——他看起来确实像当地居民所说，是个看起来疯癫的老人。经过努力老阿米•皮尔斯给测量员讲述了自己的一段个人经历，以...(展开全部)

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作者：艾萨克·阿西莫夫（1920-1992） 俄裔美籍作家，被全世界的读者誉为“神一样的人”；美国政府授予他“国家的资源与自然的奇迹”这个独一无二的称号，以表彰他在“拓展人类想象力”上做出的杰出贡献。 阿西莫夫是一个全知全能的作家，其著作几乎覆盖人类生活的一切方面，上天下海、古往今来、 从恐龙到亚原子到全宇宙无所不包，从通俗小说到罗马帝国史，从科普读物到远东千年历史，从圣经指南，到科学指南，到两性生活指南，每一部著作都朴实、严谨而又充满幽默风趣的格调，为了尽情发挥自己诙谐搞笑的天赋，他甚至还写过一本《笑话集》。 到了晚年，他开始变得“好色”，出版了一系列两性话题的“黄书”。 他提出的“机器人学三定律”是当代机器人研究的基本法则，他预言了今天的生物科技，预言了互联网时代的数字图书馆，预言了人类将进行太空殖民。 终其一生，阿西莫夫最引以为豪的则是：《银河...(展开全部)

Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers - among them are Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. "The Space of Literature", first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of B...(展开全部)

Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life. The Production of Space is his major philosophical work and its translation has been long awaited by scholars in many d...(展开全部)

High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. Not only do the Florinians no longer have a concept of freedom, any disruptio...(展开全部)

Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expandin...(展开全部)

Thirty years since its first publication in English, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shape our thoughts, memories, and dreams.

Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers - among them are Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. "The Space of Literature", first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of B...(展开全部)