THE CITY, NOT LONG AFTER

Book ID/图书代码： 06840005B07306

English Summary/英文概要： Half a generation ago, a gesture in the name of peace turned out to spread plague and disaster. In San Francisco, the survivors are heir to a city transformed. It is a hunted, dreaming place peopled with memories, and in a strange way nearly alive itself.

And although it is only beginning to recover from nearultimate disaster, the city is at risk again. An army of powerhungry men are descending on San Francisco.

Teenagers Jax and Dannyboy must lead the fight for freedom using the only weapons they have art, magic, and the soul of the city itself.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 十五年前，一群打著和平旗號而來的人們卻在三藩市傳播疾病和災禍。倖存者們面對的是一座變形的城市，但帶著對這個地方的回憶和夢想，他們試圖修復這個幾成廢墟的地方。但是當一群充滿野心的人帶著軍隊襲擊這裡的時候，三藩市又面臨新的危機。兩名青少年，賈克斯和丹尼男孩，必須使用他們僅有的武器來捍衛這座城市的自由，而這些武器就是藝術、魔法，還有這座城市的靈魂。(Flora)

Awards/获奖情况：**紐約時報評選最值得留意的書籍1989**

“墨菲寫得這個故事充滿了超現實主義元素，這在以加西亞•馬爾克斯為代表的拉丁小說中很常見”——《書目雜誌》

**Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalist**
**Mythopoeic Award Finalist**
**New York Times Notable Book of 1989**

Reviews

“Murphy infuses this tale with a type of surrealism often associated with Latin novelists like Garcia Marquez. . . . A major work.” Booklist

“A grand adventure.”San Francisco Chronicle

“In Ms. Murphy’s skillful hands, the showdown between art and power takes on mythic dimensions.... No one comes out of this confrontation unchanged, including the reader.” The New York Times Book Review

“A haunting vision of life after society’s collapse, as art becomes magic and combines with the power of love to defeat the engines of war.” Library Journal

“An engaging tale – subtle and interesting.” Los Angeles Times

“An indisputable heir to a long and honorable tradition in Northern California literature. Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Richard Henry Dana, John Steinbeck, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, to mention but a few, lived and worked here... Pat Murphy’s fogblessed city occupies the same territory in the geography of the imagination.” Locus

About the Author/作者介绍： 派特•墨菲是一位備受讚譽的科幻小說作家。她的第二部小說《THE FALLING WOMAN》獲得“星雲獎”。同年她的中篇小說《Rachel in Love》也獲得此獎。她的短篇小說集《POINTS OF DEPARTURE》獲得飛利浦•迪克獎，還有中短篇《BONES》在1991年獲得世界奇幻文學獎。小說《THE WILD GIRLS》被ABA的Amelia Bloomer項目推薦，並且贏得克裡斯多夫獎“給年輕人看的書”獎項。另外，墨菲還為《探索博覽》、三藩市科學、藝術和人類感知博物館寫作。她住在加利福尼亞州三藩市。

Pat Murphy is an awardwinning science fiction and fantasy writer. Her second novel, THE FALLING WOMAN (Tor, 1987) won the Nebula Award, and she also won a Nebula Award in the same year for her novelette, “Rachel in Love.” Her short story collection, POINTS OF DEPARTURE (Bantam Spectra,1990) won the Philip K. Dick Award, and her novella, BONES, won the World Fantasy Award in 1991. Her novel, THE WILD GIRLS (Viking, 2007) was recommended by the ABA’s Amelia Bloomer Project, and was the winner of the Christopher Award for “Books for Young People.” When she is not writing science fiction, Pat Murphy writes for the Exploratorium, San Francisco’s museum of science, art, and human perception. She lives in San Francisco, California.

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