Thalassa was a paradise above the earth. Its beauty and vast resources seduce its inhabitants into a feeling of perfection. But then the Magellan arrives, carrying with it one million refugees from the last mad days of earth. Paradise looks indeed lost....

阿瑟•克拉克 (Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008) 英国科幻作家，被誉为科幻小说之王，与阿西莫夫、海因莱因一起并称为“20世纪科幻三巨头”。他一生创作了100多部作品，被翻译成40多种语言，作品总销量突破1亿册，并多次获得雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖等科 幻至高奖项。1986年，克拉克获得美国科幻与奇幻作家协会终身成就奖——大师奖。 克拉克曾在英国皇家空军服役，担任雷达技师，退役后获得了数学和物理学的学士学位。同时，他也被称为伟大的太空预言家，他针对太空技术作出的许多预测都成为了现实，他曾经预言过人体冷大脑记忆备份、地球通讯卫星、地震预防预测等尖端科技，地球静止轨道正是因为他而被命名为“克拉克轨道”。 克拉克的绝大多数作品属于“硬科幻”，以翔实精准的科技描述著称，并运用哲学的思考方式，探究人类在宇宙中的位置，以及人类与人类技术所能达到...(展开全部)

阿瑟•克拉克 (Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008) 英国科幻作家，被誉为科幻小说之王，与阿西莫夫、海因莱因一起并称为“20世纪科幻三巨头”。他一生创作了100多部作品，被翻译成40多种语言，作品总销量突破1亿册，并多次获得雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖等科 幻至高奖项。1986年，克拉克获得美国科幻与奇幻作家协会终身成就奖——大师奖。 克拉克曾在英国皇家空军服役，担任雷达技师，退役后获得了数学和物理学的学士学位。同时，他也被称为伟大的太空预言家，他针对太空技术作出的许多预测都成为了现实，他曾经预言过人体冷大脑记忆备份、地球通讯卫星、地震预防预测等尖端科技，地球静止轨道正是因为他而被命名为“克拉克轨道”。 克拉克的绝大多数作品属于“硬科幻”，以翔实精准的科技描述著称，并运用哲学的思考方式，探究人类在宇宙中的位置，以及人类与人类技术所能达到...(展开全部)

Classic of erotic literature (1894), celebrating lesbian love, translation of original edition, complete with 161 sensuous illustrations by Willi Pogany.

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken bones, and other waste that could remain in the fossil record for millennia or longer. Crafting a philosophy of geol...(展开全部)

As both painter and poet, William Blake (1757–1827) was a powerful and visionary artist whose two early collections of poetry, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, contain memorable lyric

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

As both painter and poet, William Blake (1757–1827) was a powerful and visionary artist whose two early collections of poetry, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, contain memorable lyric