THE LIGHT AGES
Book ID/图书代码： 12560005B08073
English Summary/英文概要： Aether rules the world. Aether drives the engines, the telegraphs, the very lights of London.
Through the power of aether, and through the secrets and mysteries of the guilds that wield it, England has created a mighty Industrial Age. It is a place of enchanted gardens and grimy terraces, smokestack factories and fantastic beasts. Yet in this great age of the world, Robert Borrows, the insignificant son of a Lesser Toolmaker, holds the key to the world’s future.
Raised in the Yorkshire town of Bracebridge, a place dominated by the pounding of mighty subterranean engines, Robert witnesses the dark side of aether when his mother is transformed into a changeling; less than human, terrible to see. Fleeing to London, he re-encounters the beautiful, mercurial and mysterious Anna Winters, who he first met on a trip to a strange white palace in happier times. Roaming the vast, Brobdignagian city, all colours, smells and danger, exploring its myriad social layers, from petty criminals and revolutionaries to salon mistresses and opium dreamers, he discovers secrets that will lead him back towards the clouded hills of Bracebridge and the deepest mysteries of aether. For all is not well in England’s green and pleasant land. This Age is ending, in fire and death…
A dazzling melange of Charles Dickens, Mervyn Peake and Edward Rutherfurd, The Light Ages is the story of a time of wonders and delights, mysteries and nightmares. Events both great and small are mirrored in the life of Robert Borrows, an ordinary man born into extraordinary times. Richly detailed, joyous, visionary - World Fantasy Award-winner, Ian R MacLeod, has produced a tour-de-force of imaginative fiction. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 乙醚控制世界，它驱动机器，发送电报，提供伦敦的照明。
通过乙醚的力量，还有使用它的行会，英国创造了一个伟大的工业时代。那里满是花园洋房，肮脏的阳台，烟囱高高的工厂，还有那些野心贪婪的家伙。然而就在这个伟大的时代里，掌握世界未来命运的却是一个不起眼的仪器制造工人的儿子Robert Borrows。他在布雷斯布里奇的约克郡长大，那里地下发动机轰鸣声笼罩着整个城镇，罗伯特亲眼目睹了乙醚生产的黑暗一面，他的妈妈就由于这种东西变成了低能人，人不像人，鬼不像鬼。他跑到了伦敦，在那里他再次遇到了漂亮的，善良的，神秘的安娜小姐。他们第一次见到是在一次旅行中。漫步在这个广阔的城市街头，所有的颜色，气味，危险，都体现着它社会的各个阶层，从卑鄙的罪犯，革命者到有钱人的情妇还有那些吸毒者，这些可能将使他重新返回那个充满浓烟和秘密的布雷斯布里奇山区。在英格兰这片绿地和乐土上，将以血与火结束这个时代。《光明时代》是一个充满神秘，欣喜，困惑和噩梦的时代的故事。罗伯特身上发生的大事小事，都代表了那个特殊时代一个普通人的生活。详细，愉悦，富余幻想，世界奇幻奖得主Ian R MacLeod为我们创造了一部优秀的虚构小说。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Ian R. MacLeod is the winner of the Asimov Readers Award as well as the World Fantasy Award for his short story "The Chop Girl." His novella-length version of "The Summer Isles" also won the World Fantasy Award. He is the author of The Great Wheel and Voyages by Starlight, a collection of short stories.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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