The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young prot g, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mis...(展开全部)

Book Description Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. It was banned for obscenity in 1928....(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In "The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved" (1892) and "The Well-Beloved" (1897), Hardy, writes two different versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed with the search for his ideal woman and sculpting the perfect figure of a naked Aphrodite.

Entered by a thousand unsuspected gateways -- built by a race lost in the clouds of time -- the planet its dwellers called the Well World turned beings of every kind into something else. There spacefarer Nathan Brazil found himself companioned by a batman, an amorous female centaur and a mermaid -- all once as human as he. Yet Nathan Brazil's metamorphosis was more terrifying ...(展开全部)

Midnight at the Well of Souls is the first book in the Well of Souls series by American author Jack L. Chalker, first published as a paperback in 1977. Over a million copies of the original printing were sold, and reprints have continued for decades. It came in #18 in the 1978 Locus Poll Award for best science fiction. ----------------------------------- Entered by a thousand u...(展开全部)

美国著名科幻作家，曾获西海岸图书评论金奖、汉米尔顿-布拉克特纪念奖及坎贝尔奖和雨果奖多次提名。除此之外，他还是著名的科幻活动组织者、评论家和编辑。 乔克的作品大都场面宏大，纵横宇宙，以阐述各种文明的起源、变化和发展见长，显示出奔放不羁的想象力。与之相应，其情节也常常打破一般科幻小说的俗套，别出机杼，却又合情合理。在人物塑造方面，乔克创造了一种极有特点的手法：让笔下人物的身体发生巨大变异，以凸显其性格中的某个侧面。这一创作手法启发和影响了许多科幻、奇幻作家。 本书是乔克最著名的作品，甫一出版，即大获成功。之后，作者以同样的设定为背景，又陆续创作了多部小说，构成一个完整的《灵魂之井》系列。

Lost for almost forty years, Style has acquired the status of a legend. Loved by some of the greatest modern authors and acclaimed by critics, this guide to recognising and writing stylish prose was written by a Cambridge don and veteran of Bletchley Park. Imbued with a lifetime of wit and wisdom, it retains its power today. Writing forcefully and persuasively has never mattere...(展开全部)

美国著名科幻作家，曾获西海岸图书评论金奖、汉米尔顿-布拉克特纪念奖及坎贝尔奖和雨果奖多次提名。除此之外，他还是著名的科幻活动组织者、评论家和编辑。 乔克的作品大都场面宏大，纵横宇宙，以阐述各种文明的起源、变化和发展见长，显示出奔放不羁的想象力。与之相应，其情节也常常打破一般科幻小说的俗套，别出机杼，却又合情合理。在人物塑造方面，乔克创造了一种极有特点的手法：让笔下人物的身体发生巨大变异，以凸显其性格中的某个侧面。这一创作手法启发和影响了许多科幻、奇幻作家。 本书是乔克最著名的作品，甫一出版，即大获成功。之后，作者以同样的设定为背景，又陆续创作了多部小说，构成一个完整的《灵魂之井》系列。

The Face of God is what every young saurian learns to call the immense, glowing object which fills the night sky on the far side of the world. Young Afsan is privileged, called to the distant Capital City to apprentice with Saleed the court astrologer. Buth when the time comes for Afsan to make his coming-of-age pilgrimage, to gaze upon the Face of God, his world is changed for...(展开全部)

Continuing the story begun in DAY OF THE DRAGON, WELL OF ETERNITY is the tale of the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus as they are propelled through time into their world's dangerous and mysterious past.