Drowning World

作者: Alan Dean Foster （艾伦·迪恩·福斯特）著

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 2003-11

ISBN: 9780345450364

定价: 59.80

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 336页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: The Founding of the Commonwealth

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

AlanDeanFosterdoesn'tjustbuildworlds,hecreatesentireuniverses.Bookbybook,hisstar-spanningsagaoftheHumanxCommonwealthhasevolvedintooneofsciencefiction'smostnotableachievements.Filledwithrigorouslyimaginedaliensandsophisticatedcultures,spicedwithhumorandpassion,anddrivenbyrelentlessadventureandintrigue,Foster'sremarkableCommonwealthseriesjustkeepsgettingbetter.

TheycallittheDrowningWorld.ItisFluva,aplanetonthefringesoftheCommonwealthwhereitrainstorrentially,ceaselessly,andmaddeninglyforallbutonemonthoftheFluvanyear.ChiefAdministratorLaurenMatthiasisfairlynewtotheposition.Herprimarygoal:keepingFluva'sindigenousspecies,thewarlikeSakuntalaandimmigrantspecies,thetimidbuthard-workingDeyzara,fromannihilatingoneanother.

ThewettestplaceonFluvaisViisiiviisii,animmense,mostlyunexploredjungle.Thankstotheendlessrainsandhumidconditions,exoticanimalsandplantshavethrivedthere,manyofthemdeadlypredators.Yetthesameevolutionaryprocessresponsibleforcreatingtoxiccreatureshasmadethejungleatreasuretroveofundiscoveredbotanicalspotentiallyusefulinengineeringeverythingfrompharmaceuticalstoperfumes.Amancangetrichthere.Ordietrying.

Bio-prospectorShadrachHasselemogahascometothejungletogetrich—ifhesurvivestheterrainoncehissabotagedshipgoesdown.WhenaSakuntalaandaDeyzaraaredispatchedbyMatthiastorescuetheunfortunatesoul,theirshipcrashes,too.Now,inordertosurvive,thethreeunlikelyalliesmustdosomethingthatnoonehaseverdonebefore:walkoutoftheViisiiviisii.

Meanwhile,inwhatpassesforcivilization,long-simmeringtensionsbetweenSakuntalaandDeyzaraeruptintoviolence,threateningMatthias'sofficialpositionofneutrality—andherlife.Behindtheviolence,Matthiasdetectsamysteriouspresence,onerelatedtoShadrach'sdisappearance.Buthowarethetworelated?Theanswer,whenitcomes,willsendshockwavesthroughtheentireCommonwealth...andbeyond. AlanDeanFosterhaswritteninavarietyofgenres,includinghardsciencefiction,fantasy,horror,detective,western,historical,andcontemporaryfiction.HeistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerStarWars:TheApproachingStormandthepopularPipandFlinxnovels,aswellasnovelizationsofseveralfilmsincludingStarWars,thefirstthreeAlienfilms,andAlienNation.HisnovelCyberWaywontheSouthwestBookAwardforFictionin1993,thefirstsciencefictionworkevertodoso.

Foster'sloveofthefar-awayandexotichasledhimtotravelextensively.He'slivedinTahitiandFrenchPolynesia,traveledtoEurope,Asia,andthroughoutthePacific,andhasexploredthebackroadsofTanzaniaandKenya.HehasrappelledintoNewMexico’sfabledLechugillaCave,panfriedpiranha(lotsofbones,tastesalotliketrout)inPeru,white-waterraftedthelengthoftheZambezi'sBatokaGorge,anddrivensolothelengthandbreadthofNamibia.

Fosterandhiswife,JoAnnOxley,resideinPrescott,Arizona,inahousebuiltofbrickthatwassalvagedfromaturn-of-the-centuryminers'brothel.Heispresentlyatworkonseveralnewnovelsandmediaprojects
内容简介:
AlanDeanFosterdoesn'tjustbuildworlds,hecreatesentireuniverses.Bookbybook,hisstar-spanningsagaoftheHumanxCommonwealthhasevolvedintooneofsciencefiction'smostnotableachievements.Filledwithrigorouslyimaginedaliensandsophisticatedcultures,spicedwithhumorandpassion,anddrivenbyrelentlessadventureandintrigue,Foster'sremarkableCommonwealthseriesjustkeepsgettingbetter.

TheycallittheDrowningWorld.ItisFluva,aplanetonthefringesoftheCommonwealthwhereitrainstorrentially,ceaselessly,andmaddeninglyforallbutonemonthoftheFluvanyear.ChiefAdministratorLaurenMatthiasisfairlynewtotheposition.Herprimarygoal:keepingFluva'sindigenousspecies,thewarlikeSakuntalaandimmigrantspecies,thetimidbuthard-workingDeyzara,fromannihilatingoneanother.

ThewettestplaceonFluvaisViisiiviisii,animmense,mostlyunexploredjungle.Thankstotheendlessrainsandhumidconditions,exoticanimalsandplantshavethrivedthere,manyofthemdeadlypredators.Yetthesameevolutionaryprocessresponsibleforcreatingtoxiccreatureshasmadethejungleatreasuretroveofundiscoveredbotanicalspotentiallyusefulinengineeringeverythingfrompharmaceuticalstoperfumes.Amancangetrichthere.Ordietrying.

Bio-prospectorShadrachHasselemogahascometothejungletogetrich—ifhesurvivestheterrainoncehissabotagedshipgoesdown.WhenaSakuntalaandaDeyzaraaredispatchedbyMatthiastorescuetheunfortunatesoul,theirshipcrashes,too.Now,inordertosurvive,thethreeunlikelyalliesmustdosomethingthatnoonehaseverdonebefore:walkoutoftheViisiiviisii.

Meanwhile,inwhatpassesforcivilization,long-simmeringtensionsbetweenSakuntalaandDeyzaraeruptintoviolence,threateningMatthias'sofficialpositionofneutrality—andherlife.Behindtheviolence,Matthiasdetectsamysteriouspresence,onerelatedtoShadrach'sdisappearance.Buthowarethetworelated?Theanswer,whenitcomes,willsendshockwavesthroughtheentireCommonwealth...andbeyond.
作者简介:
AlanDeanFosterhaswritteninavarietyofgenres,includinghardsciencefiction,fantasy,horror,detective,western,historical,andcontemporaryfiction.HeistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerStarWars:TheApproachingStormandthepopularPipandFlinxnovels,aswellasnovelizationsofseveralfilmsincludingStarWars,thefirstthreeAlienfilms,andAlienNation.HisnovelCyberWaywontheSouthwestBookAwardforFictionin1993,thefirstsciencefictionworkevertodoso.

Foster'sloveofthefar-awayandexotichasledhimtotravelextensively.He'slivedinTahitiandFrenchPolynesia,traveledtoEurope,Asia,andthroughoutthePacific,andhasexploredthebackroadsofTanzaniaandKenya.HehasrappelledintoNewMexico’sfabledLechugillaCave,panfriedpiranha(lotsofbones,tastesalotliketrout)inPeru,white-waterraftedthelengthoftheZambezi'sBatokaGorge,anddrivensolothelengthandbreadthofNamibia.

Fosterandhiswife,JoAnnOxley,resideinPrescott,Arizona,inahousebuiltofbrickthatwassalvagedfromaturn-of-the-centuryminers'brothel.Heispresentlyatworkonseveralnewnovelsandmediaprojects

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