加拿大新生代科幻作家的代表人物，以理论扎实的硬科幻作品见长，获得过“阿西莫夫读者投票奖”。他的短篇和中篇作品均由《科幻世界·译文版》引入中国，如《洄游》《神祗窃贼》《刺之道》等，大获读者好评。《量子魔术师》是他的首部长篇小说，充分表现了这位作家一贯的风格：基于既有理论的奇特想象，展示出一幅阴森黯淡、甚至令人毛骨悚然的未来图景。

Set in Bohemian Paris at the turn of the century, this sinister novel was inspired by the notorious black magician Aleister Crowley. As well as a vibrant picture of Parisian café society, it extends the theme of bondage to explore the notions of psychic domination and hypnotic slavery.

威廉•萨默塞特•毛姆（1874—1965）英国小说家、剧作家、散文家、文艺评论家，20 世纪英国最知名的作家之一。毛姆一生著作甚丰，无论是小说、剧本、评论、随笔、游记还是回忆录，都广受好评，代表作有《人性的枷锁》《月亮与六便士》《寻欢作乐》《刀锋》《面纱》等。他的小说机智、幽默，常在讥讽中潜藏对人性的怜悯与同情。毛姆晚年享有很高的声誉。英国牛津大学和法国图卢兹大学分别授予他荣誉文学博士学位。1954年，英国女王授予他勋爵爵位。

From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipa...(展开全部)

From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipa...(展开全部)

From one of today’s most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga set across a half-century spanning World War I, the rise of Hitler, World War II, and the Cold War. Colm Tóibín’s magnificent new novel opens in a provincial German city at the turn of the twentieth century, where the boy, Thomas Mann, grows up with a conservative father, bound by propriety, ...(展开全部)

From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipa...(展开全部)

From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipa...(展开全部)

From one of today’s most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga set across a half-century spanning World War I, the rise of Hitler, World War II, and the Cold War. Colm Tóibín’s magnificent new novel opens in a provincial German city at the turn of the twentieth century, where the boy, Thomas Mann, grows up with a conservative father, bound by propriety, ...(展开全部)

《纳尼亚传奇》系列作品对后世作家影响深远，包括《哈利波特》系列的作者J·K·罗琳都曾表示自己深受C·S·刘易斯作品的影响。随着《纳尼亚传奇》系列故事改编成电影，全世界更多观众和读者开始认识这部不朽的作品。穿梭在一个又一个的纳尼亚冒险故事中，这绝对是你一生难忘的神奇旅程……