English Summary/英文概要： Before becoming one of today’s most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like The Infinity Box and The Clewiston Test.

Now one of her most famous novels returns to print, the spellbinding story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself, through a perilous experiment in cloning. Sweeping, dramatic, rich with humanity, and rigorous in its science, Where Later the Sweet Birds Sang is widely regarded as a high point of both humanistic and "hard" SF, and won SF’s Hugo Award and Locus Award on its first publication. It is as compelling today as it was then.

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is the winner of the 1977 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在成为当今最有趣和最具创新力的悬疑小说作家之前，凯特.维蒙(Kate Wilhelm)是一个领先的科幻小说作家，《无限箱》和《克莱维斯顿试验》更被奉为经典。

现在她最著名的小说将被再版，故事里描写一个孤立的社区惨遭大屠杀以后，人们进行危险的克隆实验来保持社区的人口。故事情节引人回味，涉及范围广，富有戏剧性，丰满的人性，严谨的科学性，这使《迟暮鸟语》被广泛认为是人文主义小说的一个高点和绝对的科幻小说，并在第一次出版时荣获科幻小说雨果奖(Hugo Award) 和卢卡斯奖(Locus Award)。无论是现在还是当时，这部作品始终如此令人着迷。

《迟暮鸟语》曾获1977届雨果最佳小说奖。(XAT-CK)

Awards/获奖情况： ”迄今为止最好的克隆题材小说。“——Locus

"Kate Wilhelm给世人的警醒总是如此响亮清晰。"——《纽约时代周刊》

”科幻小说克隆题材中最好的论述之一。“——《全新科幻百科全书》

Kate Wilhelm (1928-) is a multi-award winning author. She received both the Hugo and the Jupiter for WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG, and several Nebulas for her short fiction. She has also been influential through the Milford Sciene Fiction Writers’ Conference, and through the Clarion Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop.