Pandora's Star

作者: Peter F. Hamilton （彼得·F.汉米尔顿）著

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 2005-01

ISBN: 9780345479211

定价: 64.90

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 992页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: The Commonwealth Saga

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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CriticshavecomparedtheengrossingspaceoperasofPeterF.HamiltontotheclassicsagasofsuchsfgiantsasIsaacAsimovandFrankHerbert.ButHamilton'sbestsellingfiction—poweredbyafearlessimaginationandworld-classstorytellingskills—hasalsoearnedhimcomparisontoTolstoyandDickens.Hugelyambitious,wildlyentertaining,philosophicallystimulating:thenovelsofPeterF.Hamiltonwillchangethewayyouthinkaboutsciencefiction.Now,withPandora'sStar,hebeginsanewmultivolumeadventure,onethatpromisestobehismostmind-blowingyet.

Theyearis2380.TheIntersolarCommonwealth,asphereofstarssomefourhundredlight-yearsindiameter,containsmorethansixhundredworlds,interconnectedbyaweboftransport"tunnels"knownaswormholes.AtthefarthestedgeoftheCommonwealth,astronomerDudleyBoseobservestheimpossible:Overonethousandlight-yearsaway,astar...vanishes.Itdoesnotgosupernova.Itdoesnotcollapseintoablackhole.Itsimplydisappears.Sincethelocationistoodistanttoreachbywormhole,afaster-than-lightstarship,theSecondChance,isdispatchedtolearnwhathasoccurredandwhetheritrepresentsathreat.IncommandisWilsonKime,afive-timerejuvenatedex-NASApilotwhoseglorydaysarecenturiesbehindhim.

OpposedtothemissionaretheGuardiansofSelfhood,acultthatbelievesthehumanraceisbeingmanipulatedbyanalienentitytheycalltheStarflyer.BradleyJohansson,leaderoftheGuardians,warnsofsabotage,fearingtheStarflyermeanstousethestarship'smissionforitsownends.

PursuedbyaCommonwealthspecialagentconvincedtheGuardiansarecrazybutdangerous,Johanssonflees.Butthedangerisnotaverted.AboardtheSecondChance,Kimewondersifhiscrewhasbeeninfiltrated.Soonenough,hewillhaveotherworries.Athousandlight-yearsaway,somethingtrulyincredibleiswaiting:adeadlydiscoverywhoseunleashingwillthreatentodestroytheCommonwealth...andhumanityitself. PeterF.Hamiltonistheauthorofnumerousshortstoriesandnovels,includingPandora'sStar,FallenDragon,andtheacclaimedepicNight'sDawntrilogy(TheRealityDysfunction,TheNeutroniumAlchemist,andTheNakedGod).HamiltonlivesinEngland.
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CriticshavecomparedtheengrossingspaceoperasofPeterF.HamiltontotheclassicsagasofsuchsfgiantsasIsaacAsimovandFrankHerbert.ButHamilton'sbestsellingfiction—poweredbyafearlessimaginationandworld-classstorytellingskills—hasalsoearnedhimcomparisontoTolstoyandDickens.Hugelyambitious,wildlyentertaining,philosophicallystimulating:thenovelsofPeterF.Hamiltonwillchangethewayyouthinkaboutsciencefiction.Now,withPandora'sStar,hebeginsanewmultivolumeadventure,onethatpromisestobehismostmind-blowingyet.

Theyearis2380.TheIntersolarCommonwealth,asphereofstarssomefourhundredlight-yearsindiameter,containsmorethansixhundredworlds,interconnectedbyaweboftransport"tunnels"knownaswormholes.AtthefarthestedgeoftheCommonwealth,astronomerDudleyBoseobservestheimpossible:Overonethousandlight-yearsaway,astar...vanishes.Itdoesnotgosupernova.Itdoesnotcollapseintoablackhole.Itsimplydisappears.Sincethelocationistoodistanttoreachbywormhole,afaster-than-lightstarship,theSecondChance,isdispatchedtolearnwhathasoccurredandwhetheritrepresentsathreat.IncommandisWilsonKime,afive-timerejuvenatedex-NASApilotwhoseglorydaysarecenturiesbehindhim.

OpposedtothemissionaretheGuardiansofSelfhood,acultthatbelievesthehumanraceisbeingmanipulatedbyanalienentitytheycalltheStarflyer.BradleyJohansson,leaderoftheGuardians,warnsofsabotage,fearingtheStarflyermeanstousethestarship'smissionforitsownends.

PursuedbyaCommonwealthspecialagentconvincedtheGuardiansarecrazybutdangerous,Johanssonflees.Butthedangerisnotaverted.AboardtheSecondChance,Kimewondersifhiscrewhasbeeninfiltrated.Soonenough,hewillhaveotherworries.Athousandlight-yearsaway,somethingtrulyincredibleiswaiting:adeadlydiscoverywhoseunleashingwillthreatentodestroytheCommonwealth...andhumanityitself.
作者简介:
PeterF.Hamiltonistheauthorofnumerousshortstoriesandnovels,includingPandora'sStar,FallenDragon,andtheacclaimedepicNight'sDawntrilogy(TheRealityDysfunction,TheNeutroniumAlchemist,andTheNakedGod).HamiltonlivesinEngland.

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