Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick...(展开全部)

Imagine a future where crimes can be detected before they are committed, and criminals are convicted and sentenced for crimes before committing them. This is the scenario of Philip K. Dick's classic story, now filmed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise. In addition to 'Minority Report' this exclusive collection includes nine other outstanding short stories by the twentie...(展开全部)

The plight of religious minorities in the Middle East is often attributed to the failure of secularism to take root in the region. Religious Difference in a Secular Age challenges this assessment by examining four cornerstones of secularism—political and civil equality, minority rights, religious freedom, and the legal separation of private and public domains. Drawing on her ex...(展开全部)

Saba Mahmood is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject (Princeton) and the coauthor of Is Critique Secular? Blasphemy, Injury, and Free Speech.

In this retelling of one of the great biblical stories, King Solomon commissions Ethan the Scribe to write the official history of King David. In return for the finest cooking in the land and the wages of a minor prophet, Ethan must write a proper record, full of glory and battles, statecraft and honor -- a tribute to David and to Solomon, his heir. But as Ethan explores furthe...(展开全部)

Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report contains extensive information on the characters, locations, vehicles, and weapons from Prometheus and the Alien films. For hundreds of years now, scientists at the Weyland-Yutani Corporation have been monitoring the behavior of an alien life-form so powerful that its potential for military application appears limitless. Although all attempts to...(展开全部)

Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and those who have been barred from getting in. In contrast, The Good Immigrants considers immigration from the perspective of Chinese elites—intellectuals, businessmen, and students—who gained entrance because of immigration exemptions. Exploring a century of Chinese migrations, Madeline...(展开全部)

Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are co...(展开全部)

道洛什•久尔吉（Dalos György）：匈牙利著名作家，历史学家。1943年出生于布达佩斯一个犹太家庭，60年代赴莫斯科研读历史，1968年因“毛派分子案”被禁止发表作品长达19年，70年代参加匈牙利民主化运动，80年代以后在不来梅、维也纳和柏林等地从事文化、新闻与出版工作，现任柏林匈牙利文化研究所所长，居住于柏林。 由于其独特阅历，写作主题几乎都聚焦于冷战时期的东欧社会，特别是东欧知识分子的精神生活，代表作是《1985》和《来自未来的客人：安娜•阿赫玛托娃和以赛亚•伯林》。小说《1985》写于1981年，1982年在西柏林出版，引起轰动，随后出版的英法美日各版本反响巨大，1990年才在匈牙利正式出版。 曾获得多项大奖，如2000年的匈牙利共和国总统金奖，2006年匈牙利共和国十字勋章。2010年荣获莱比锡书展奖，被表彰为“最能代表欧洲精神历史的...(展开全部)

道洛什•久尔吉（Dalos György）：匈牙利著名作家，历史学家。1943年出生于布达佩斯一个犹太家庭，60年代赴莫斯科研读历史，1968年因“毛派分子案”被禁止发表作品长达19年，70年代参加匈牙利民主化运动，80年代以后在不来梅、维也纳和柏林等地从事文化、新闻与出版工作，现任柏林匈牙利文化研究所所长，居住于柏林。 由于其独特阅历，写作主题几乎都聚焦于冷战时期的东欧社会，特别是东欧知识分子的精神生活，代表作是《1985》和《来自未来的客人：安娜•阿赫玛托娃和以赛亚•伯林》。小说《1985》写于1981年，1982年在西柏林出版，引起轰动，随后出版的英法美日各版本反响巨大，1990年才在匈牙利正式出版。 曾获得多项大奖，如2000年的匈牙利共和国总统金奖，2006年匈牙利共和国十字勋章。2010年荣获莱比锡书展奖，被表彰为“最能代表欧洲精神历史的...(展开全部)