The Water Knife is a 2015 science fiction novel by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is Bacigalupi's sixth novel, and is based on his short story, The Tamarisk Hunter, first published in the news magazine High Country News. It takes place in the near future, where drought brought on by climate change has devastated the Southwestern United States. --------------------------- Central characte...(展开全部)

保罗•巴奇加卢皮 Paolo Bacigalupi 美国著名科幻作家。1972年出生，大学时主修东亚研究，毕业后曾到中国工作，学过中文，1996年回到美国波士顿工作。 自1999年开始写作以来，巴奇加卢皮已7次获得雨果、星云奖提名。2009年，他的长篇小说处女作《发条女孩》一经问世，便获得雨果奖、星云奖、约翰•坎贝尔纪念奖、康普顿•库克奖等多项国际科幻大奖。 《水刀子》是巴奇加卢皮的代表作之一。在书中，他基于多年来关于气候和水资源的研究与报道，描绘了一个真实到可怕的干旱未来。

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In this stunning sequel to The Golden Compass, the intrepid Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld—Cittagazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm. ...(展开全部)

Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, w...(展开全部)

派崔克•奈斯（Patrick Ness） 1971年生于美国维吉尼亚州贝尔沃堡陆军基地，6岁之前在夏威夷度过。之后和家人移居华盛顿州，从小最大的嗜好就是编故事。大学就读美国南加大英语文学系。在牛津大学教授创意写作三年，他的学生往往比这位老师年纪还大。他还为英国最大的报纸诸如《泰晤士报》、《每日电讯报》、《卫报》等专业媒体撰写书评。混沌行走三部曲是他首次尝试青少年小说，推出后随即大受好评，《出版家周刊》称之为“近年来最重要的青少年科幻小说”。此外，他身上有个犀牛纹身，跑过两次马拉松，是具有专业水准的潜水员，曾被电影学院录取，但为了学习写作而放弃这个机会。

In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a tricky word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. Thammavongsa is a master at homing in on moments like this -- moments of exposure, dislocation, and messy feeling that push us right up against the limits of lang...(展开全部)