The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The dro...(展开全部)

名叫夏瑞狄恩‧薩卡威的男子是特別行動局最頂尖的探員之一，透過陰謀、卑劣的詭計或軍事行動改變星球的命運，好符合「文明」的期望。 名叫狄賽特‧斯瑪的女子從卑微不受注意的地帶將他拉出來，將他推向現在的顯赫成就，但儘管有他們那一切的約定，她並不如她以為的那樣了解他。 名叫斯卡芬─阿姆提斯考的機器人認識這兩個人。它曾經以特別血腥的辦法展開大屠殺而救了女子一命。它認為那位男子已經喪失了熱忱。但即使擁有機器的人工智慧，它也無從見證男子的可怕過去。 無比地聰穎，兼具詼諧與恐怖，《武器浮生錄》是一部科幻小說的傑作。 再也沒有英國科幻作家的作品讓我如此熱切期待……班克斯改寫了整個太空歌劇文類的劇本。──時報雜誌 如詩、幽默、困惑、恐怖、性感──伊恩‧班克斯的書就是這些加上更多。──NME 一本細緻、錯綜複雜的小說，充滿了動作跟道德見解，而且撰寫得如此美麗，讓我永遠不想讓...(展开全部)

名叫夏瑞狄恩‧薩卡威的男子是特別行動局最頂尖的探員之一，透過陰謀、卑劣的詭計或軍事行動改變星球的命運，好符合「文明」的期望。 名叫狄賽特‧斯瑪的女子從卑微不受注意的地帶將他拉出來，將他推向現在的顯赫成就，但儘管有他們那一切的約定，她並不如她以為的那樣了解他。 名叫斯卡芬─阿姆提斯考的機器人認識這兩個人。它曾經以特別血腥的辦法展開大屠殺而救了女子一命。它認為那位男子已經喪失了熱忱。但即使擁有機器的人工智慧，它也無從見證男子的可怕過去。 無比地聰穎，兼具詼諧與恐怖，《武器浮生錄》是一部科幻小說的傑作。 再也沒有英國科幻作家的作品讓我如此熱切期待……班克斯改寫了整個太空歌劇文類的劇本。──時報雜誌 如詩、幽默、困惑、恐怖、性感──伊恩‧班克斯的書就是這些加上更多。──NME 一本細緻、錯綜複雜的小說，充滿了動作跟道德見解，而且撰寫得如此美麗，讓我永遠不想讓...(展开全部)

Use of Weapons is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1990. It is the third novel in the Culture series. The narrative takes the form of a biography of a man called Cheradenine Zakalwe, who was born outside of the Culture but was recruited into it by Special Circumstances agent Diziet Sma to work as an operative intervening in less advan...(展开全部)

-作者简介- 吉奥乔·阿甘本(Giorgio Agamben，1942—)，意大利哲学家，当代具有世界影响力的思想家之一，其著述跨越政治哲学、法理学、神学、本体论、艺术、美学、文学等多学科领域。他对“赤裸生命”“例外状态”“生命权力”等概念的探索塑造了当代政治哲学有关主权、生命政治及法律与暴力之关系的讨论。 -译者简介- 蓝江，1977年生，湖北荆州人。南京大学哲学学院教授博士生导师。主要研究方向为国外马克思主义、当代欧陆激进左翼思想、数字资本主义，著有《如何思考全球数字资本主义？：当代社会批判理论下的哲学反思》《一般数据、虚体与数字资本：历史唯物主义视域下的数字资本主义批判》《忠于事件本身：巴迪欧哲学思想导论》等。译有阿甘本《王国与荣耀：安济与治理的神学谱系》《什么是哲学》》《语言的圣礼：誓言考古学》及巴迪欧《存在与事件》《存在与事件2：世界的逻辑...(展开全部)

Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in the United States. Today, the possibility of their use by terrorists against Western states looms large as an international security concern. In Biological Weapons, Jeanne Guillemin provides a highly accessible and compelling account of the circumstance...(展开全部)

Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in the United States. Today, the possibility of their use by terrorists against Western states looms large as an international security concern. In Biological Weapons, Jeanne Guillemin provides a highly accessible and compelling account of the circumstance...(展开全部)

Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in the United States. Today, the possibility of their use by terrorists against Western states looms large as an international security concern. In Biological Weapons, Jeanne Guillemin provides a highly accessible and compelling account of the circumstance...(展开全部)

Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in the United States. Today, the possibility of their use by terrorists against Western states looms large as an international security concern. In Biological Weapons, Jeanne Guillemin provides a highly accessible and compelling account of the circumstance...(展开全部)

进化生物学家，从事动物武器相关研究20余年。 蒙大拿大学教授，曾在普林斯顿大学获得博士学位。 曾获“美国青年科学家与工程师总统奖”和“爱德华•威尔逊博物学家奖”。