Even in Empire City, a town where weird science is the hope for tomorrow, it's hard for a robot to make his way. It's even harder for a robot named Mack Megaton, a hulking machine designed to bring mankind to its knees. But Mack's not interested in world domination. He's just a bot trying to get by, trying to demonstrate that he isn't just an automated smashing machine, and to ...(展开全部)

杰克·万斯 生于1916年，少年时代极不安分，修过采矿工程、物理学和新闻学，上商船做过水手。曲折的经历培养了他对大自然以及民间传说的感情，丰富了他的人生阅历，为他以后的文学创作打下了坚实的基础。 杰克·万斯是标准的多栖作家，在奇幻和科幻领域都取得了巨大的成就。他的小说语言瑰丽，想象超群，尤其在奇幻设定方面更是大胆创新，成为后来许多作家竞相模仿的对象。 万斯一生获奖无数，包括雨果奖、星云奖和世界奇幻奖。1997年美国科幻作家协会授予他大师奖，使其成为美国幻想文学史上继罗伯特·海因莱因、艾萨克·阿西莫夫等巨星级作家之后的第十五位大师。 读者现在看到的这部《濒死的地球》是万斯最著名的作品，历来被公认为末世奇幻/科幻小说的第一经典。

A thrilling, wildly inventive nesting doll of a mystery, in which a young editor travels to a remote village in the Mediterranean in the hopes of convincing a reclusive writer to republish his collection of detective stories, only to realize that there are greater mysteries beyond the pages of books. There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A det...(展开全部)

The Female Detective is the first novel in British fiction to feature a professional female detective. Written by Andrew Forrester, it was originally published in 1864. The protagonist is Miss Gladden, or 'G' as she is also known - the precursor to Miss Marple, Mma Ramotswe and Lisbeth Salander. Miss Gladden's deductive methods and energetic approach anticipate those of Arthur ...(展开全部)

A thrilling, wildly inventive nesting doll of a mystery, in which a young editor travels to a remote village in the Mediterranean in the hopes of convincing a reclusive writer to republish his collection of detective stories, only to realize that there are greater mysteries beyond the pages of books. There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A det...(展开全部)

诺贝特•埃利亚斯（Norbert Elias, 1897—1990），德裔社会学家，20世纪百科全书式人物，被誉为“21世纪的社会学家”。他出生在当时西里西亚地区的布雷斯劳（现称弗罗茨瓦夫，现属波兰）的一个犹太富商家庭，早年曾兼修医学与哲学，取得博士学位后转攻社会学，先后师从韦伯和曼海姆。纳粹上台后，他先是流亡巴黎，后赴英国继续学术研究。1939年，他的名著《文明的进程》首次出版。1940年，他曾由于德国人身份而被关入拘留营八个月时间。战后，他在英国、德国、荷兰等地的院校任教。他是反思性历史社会学家的代表，通过自我反思的追问来理解现代性，致力于细致的经验研究和长时段历史研究，代表作还有《宫廷社会》《个体的社会》《莫扎特的成败》《符号理论》等。 译者：索马里，曾供职于《GQ智族》《彭博商业周刊》，现为99读书人副总编辑，译有《一个自杀者的传说》《记忆之...(展开全部)

Dirk t'Larien journeys to the planet Worlorn, site of the great Festival of Worlds, and, in the desolate twilight descending on the once bright planet, struggles to save his former lover, Gwen, from an alien nobleman. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A man in a Virginia prison awaits execution for three horrific murders he must have committed but swears he didn't . . . An aging investigator in New York City has seen too much and lost too much -- and is ready to leave the darkness behind . . . But a nightmare is coming home -- because a brilliant, savage, patient monster has unfinished business in the big city . . . and a hu...(展开全部)

黛博拉·阿德莱德（Debra Adelaide），澳大利亚知名女作家、图书评论家、编辑和学者。曾获悉尼大学博士学位，现任悉尼科技大学高级讲师，教授创造性写作，也是人文及社会科学学院的副教授。已出版两本小说，《信天翁旅馆》和《撒旦达斯特》，均获得出版评论界和销售的双双好评，另编有四本小说集和回忆录。她有三个孩子和一群母鸡。

Return to the unique and evocative world of The Dying Earth, edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin, in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are twenty-two brand-new adventures set in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel. A dim place, ancient beyond knowledge. The sun is feeble and red. A million cities have fallen ...(展开全部)