The Grasshopper Games, Life and Utopia By Bernard Suits Introduced by Thomas Hurka In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. "Nonsense," says the sensible Bernard Suits: "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles." The short book Sui...(展开全部)

The Grasshopper Games, Life and Utopia By Bernard Suits Introduced by Thomas Hurka In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. "Nonsense," says the sensible Bernard Suits: "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles." The short book Sui...(展开全部)

In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. “Nonsense,” said the sensible Bernard Suits: “playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful as it is insightful, as stimula...(展开全部)

Jurassic Park meets The Hunger Games in this stunning new high-energy, high-concept tale from first-time novelist Ted Kosmatka, a Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Set in an amoral future where genetically engineered monstrosities fight each other to the death in an Olympic event, The Games ...(展开全部)

Jurassic Park meets The Hunger Games in this stunning new high-energy, high-concept tale from first-time novelist Ted Kosmatka, a Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Set in an amoral future where genetically engineered monstrosities fight each other to the death in an Olympic event,...(展开全部)

Jurassic Park meets The Hunger Games in this stunning new high-energy, high-concept tale from first-time novelist Ted Kosmatka, a Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Brilliant geneticist Silas Williams oversees U.S. selections for the Olympic Gladiator competition, an internationally...(展开全部)

特德·科斯玛特卡的诸多作品中，最为中国读者所熟悉的，是那篇以双缝实验为科幻内核的《观察者》。 大学主修生物与化学，父亲去世后辍学。之后几年从事过很多工作，比如动物园饲养员、化学实验室技术员、餐馆的洗碟工。最后，他在一家科研机构找到了一份稳定工作：操作电子显微镜。 以上这些工作，后来都成了他的创作素材。 他的作品多次被编入年度最佳科幻小说选集，被改编成舞台剧，入选过星云奖、斯特金奖、轨迹奖，获得过《阿西莫夫科幻杂志》读者选择奖。

苏珊·柯林斯（Suzanne•Collins）： 1991年就开始儿童电视剧创作。她为尼科罗登儿童台创作的《克拉丽莎都知道》《谢尔比·吴的神秘档案》系列剧，获得了艾美奖。畅销系列小说“地底纪事”（Underl and Chronicles）初试啼声即备受赞誉。“饥饿游戏”系列更成为其突破性的作品，第一部自2008年9月在美国出版以来，畅销不衰，佳评如潮，屡获大奖。 . 译者： 耿芳：邯郸人，现任中国传媒大学外国语学院副教授，长期从事英语语言教学，研究兴趣为英语语言文学，曾发表《简·爱与女性社会价值》《英汉诗歌中修辞的运用》等多篇论文，译著有《战争与和平——俄罗斯帝国》《饥饿游戏》。

苏珊·柯林斯（Suzanne•Collins）： 1991年就开始儿童电视剧创作。她为尼科罗登儿童台创作的《克拉丽莎都知道》《谢尔比·吴的神秘档案》系列剧，获得了艾美奖。畅销系列小说“地底纪事”（Underl and Chronicles）初试啼声即备受赞誉。“饥饿游戏”系列更成为其突破性的作品，第一部自2008年9月在美国出版以来，畅销不衰，佳评如潮，屡获大奖。 . 译者： 耿芳：邯郸人，现任中国传媒大学外国语学院副教授，长期从事英语语言教学，研究兴趣为英语语言文学，曾发表《简·爱与女性社会价值》《英汉诗歌中修辞的运用》等多篇论文，译著有《战争与和平——俄罗斯帝国》《饥饿游戏》。

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...This thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.