Pandora's Star

图书标准信息

• 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元
• 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

【内容简介】

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.