These ten stories ring with voices belonging to--among others--English Arctic explorers in one of history's most nightmarish expeditions, a young contemporary American negotiating the shockingly underreported hazards of our crude-oil trains, eighteenth-century French balloonists inventing manned flight, and two mid-nineteenth-century housewives trying to forge a connection desp...(展开全部)

During the last half of the twentieth century in France, Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. He developed early on a distinctive, limpid form of essay writing, and his essays, in form and substance, left their unmistakable imprint on the work of the most distinguished French theorists. The writings of Barthes, Foucault,...(展开全部)

During the last half of the twentieth century in France, Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. He developed early on a distinctive, limpid form of essay writing, and his essays, in form and substance, left their unmistakable imprint on the work of the most distinguished French theorists. The writings of Barthes, Foucault,...(展开全部)

Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centenary, this collection commemorates his finest crime stories – tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy. Time travellers…dark carnivals…living automata…and detectives? Honouring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction feature...(展开全部)

雷·布拉德伯里（1920—2012），二十世纪最重要的美国作家之一，殿堂级科幻大师。他被视为“将现代科幻领入主流文学领域的最重要人物”，先后赢得了世界奇幻终身成就奖、甘道夫大师奖、布莱姆·斯托克终身成就奖、星云奖、美国国家图书基金会卓越成就奖、普利策特别褒扬奖等至高荣誉，获颁美国国家艺术勋章、法兰西艺术及文学司令勋章。 1920年出生于美国伊利诺伊州，1943年开始专职从事写作，布拉德伯里的代表作品有长篇小说《华氏451》、短篇小说集《火星编年史》等。布拉德伯里的作品文笔优美，富有诗意与哲思，属于极少数能改变人们思考方式的作家。他一生发表超过500部作品，包括短篇小说、长篇小说、剧本、诗歌，堪称想象力的杰出典范。 布拉德伯里的作品涵盖了科幻、奇幻、恐怖等各种类型，因对类型文学的杰出贡献，他在主流文学界引起了巨大反响，2004年，时任美国总统小布什为布...(展开全部)

'This is Francis writing at his very best' Evening Standard Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand, is back. In Come to Grief he faces new dangers, new deeply demanding decisions. Sid has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he - and everyone else - has held in deep affection. On the morning set for th...(展开全部)

简介：（很烂别看）本人第1次写文可能有点烂，希望大家见谅这里再提一句，本文是《changed：同人文》的前传林羽的人物传这里顺便再提一句，本人小学党，马上初中，更的很慢，大家见谅题目是作者用非常烂的英文拼写的，话本不给用空格qwq,只能用横线代替了

史蒂夫•海利（Steve Hely ）, 作家、编剧、电视执行制作人。海利作为剧作家参与制作的《大卫深夜秀》曾获得艾美奖最佳综艺/音乐/喜剧节目编剧提名。其参与制作的电视剧及节目还包括《美国老爸》《办公室》《我为喜剧狂》。此外，海利还以旅行作家、播客视频主持人的方式活跃于文化艺术界。

A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve the silence he’s after for his final scene, and a therapist begins, impossibly, to appear in a troubled patient's room late at night. In these stories of doubt, delusion, and paranoia, no belief, no claim to objectivity, is immune to the distortions of human perce...(展开全部)

'Her most important book since ALWAYS COMING HOME and her most satisfactory collection since her first, the brilliant, THE WIND'S TWELVE QUARTERS. A formidable and rewarding work, a prime candidate for best SF collection of the year. An essential book.' LOCUS Six of the eight piece are set in Le Guin's classic Hainish cycle. The title story, 'The Birthday of the World', st...(展开全部)