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 Harmony's Oversoul grows weaker, a great warrior has arisen to challenge its bans. His name is Moozh, and he has won control of an army using forbidden technology. now he is aiming his soldiers at the city of Basilica, that strong fortress above the Plain.Basilica remains in turmoil. Wetchik and his sons are not strong enough to stop a army. Can Rasa and her allies defeat hi...(展开全部)

High above the planet Harmony. the Oversoul watches Its task. programmed so many millennia ago. is to guard the human settlement on this planet-. -to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats. To protect them. most of all. from themselves. The Oversoul has done its job well. There is no war on Harmony. There are no weapons of mass destruction. There is no technolog...(展开全部)

High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet—to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats. To protect them, most of all, from themselves. But now the great artificial intelligence is failing. The Oversoul has lost access to some of its memory banks, and some of its p...(展开全部)

'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.

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon's masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said's Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that upd...(展开全部)

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

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)