Drowning World

图书标准信息

• 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元
• 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

【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