OLD MAN’S WAR
Book ID/图书代码: 12775005B10397
English Summary/英文概要:
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 「七十五歲生日那天,我做了兩件事,幫我妻子上墳,然後從軍。」(I did two things on my 75th birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army.)《垂暮之戰》一書主角約翰‧派瑞(John Perry)在小說一開頭,便明白說出這句話,這不僅預示了整本書的基調,甚至三部曲的走向,也勾勒出這位主角的部分性格。
約翰‧派瑞加入殖民防衛軍(CDF),離開地球投入了星際戰爭。那時人類在星際世界在殖民聯盟(CU)的統治下,在星際間到處殖民掠奪,並與各種外星生物起衝突。為了確保人類的作戰能力,殖民防衛軍徵召七十五歲以上的老人,借重他們的生活歷練與經驗及基因改造等先進的生化科技,使這些老人脫胎換骨,變成年輕力壯的戰士。此外還在他們腦內植入人工智慧電腦,升級成為尖端武器。這些改良後的暮年戰士,成為人類殖民的前鋒部隊,搧風點火,大打星際戰爭。主角置身星際戰爭之中,原本想在退伍之後,取得豐厚報酬,無奈戰爭使自己的戰友一一身亡。他們遠離家園許多光年之外,雖然異星的日子不好過,卻依舊貫徹使命,並互相支持、面對一場場的戰役。作者流暢寫實的筆觸,鉅細靡遺呈現各類戰爭場面,同時結合幽默挖苦、未來的超炫武器與匪夷所思的作戰手法,娛樂效果十足。(Silvia)
Awards/获奖情况:暢銷科幻小說作家 約翰 史卡奇 John Scalzi
* 2006年坎培爾最佳新人獎
*入圍2006 年大塊獎(Locus Award)最佳處女小說獎決選名單
*2008年最佳同好作家
*三次雨果最佳小說獎提名
*科幻小說俱樂部選書(Science Fiction Book Club Selection)
*邦諾書店選書(Barnes and Noble Explorations Featured Selection)
*亞馬遜評分平均4顆星以上
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各界推薦:
儘管許多科幻作家多少承襲了羅伯特‧海萊因的傳統,史卡奇熟練得驚人的首本創作卻讀來有如近代大師的原創作品。──《出版人週刊》
約翰‧史卡奇是位嶄新而充滿魅力的面孔,而《垂暮戰爭》是以當代觀點詮釋的科幻經典──是一個令人怯步、危機四伏宇宙裡的快節奏旅程。──羅伯特‧查爾斯‧威爾森(Robert Charles Wilson,加拿大作家,《時間迴旋》作者)
引人入勝、卓越地原創。那是沒有訓戒過程的《星艦戰將》(Startship Troopers),以及性感場景更佳的《永世之戰》(The Forever War)。
“If Stephen King were to try his hand at science fiction, he’d be lucky to be half as entertaining as John Scalzi.”---Dallas Morning News on The Ghost Brigades
"The sequel to Old Man’s War combines taut military action with keen insights into the moral issues revolving around developing technologies. Scalzi has a finely tuned sense of balance between personal drama and the ’big picture’ ... Highly recommended."---Library Journal (starred review) on The Ghost Brigades
"A mix of Starship Troopers and Universal Soldier, Ghost evokes awakening, betrayal, and combat in the best military sci-fi tradition."---Entertainment Weekly on The Ghost Brigades
“An impressive piece of work." ---Philadelphia Inquirer on The Ghost Brigades
"Fast and deep…I like the galaxy this author’s playing in, the characters he limns, the situations he’s playing with, and I’m glad there’s at least one more volume on the way."---San Diego Union-Tribune on The Ghost Brigades
"In Heinleinesque fashion, the book is loaded with scenes of comradeship, isolation, ruthlessness and the protocols, which govern the lives of active-duty soldiers. But this is where Scalzi, famous for his blog ‘The Whatever,’ surpasses Heinlein. Scalzi weaves in subtle discussions of humanity’s growing fear of aging and our simultaneous attraction and repulsion to the Frankensteinlike creatures we are able to create."---San Antonio Express-News on The Ghost Brigades
"Scalzi is a natural heir to Heinlein, and his second book in this series is a good old-fashioned space opera, which takes time to question the nature of free will."---St. Louis Press-Dispatch on The Ghost Brigades
相關連結
John Scalzi 的官方網站:http://www.scalzi.com/
本書簡介與書摘:http://www.scalzi.com/books/omwpreview.html
John Scalzi 訪談:http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw12100.html
Reviews: http://us.macmillan.com/author/johnscalzi.
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/books/review/Itzkoff.t.html?_r=3&scp=2&sq=john%20scalzi&st=cse
老人太空系列- 每本銷售均100,000冊以上!
垂暮之戰Old Man’s War
幽靈戰旅The Ghost Brigades
最後殖民地The last Colony
柔伊的故事Zoe’s Tale
About the Author/作者介绍: John Scalzi is a prolific journalist, columnist, and non-fiction writer whose books include The Rough Guide to the Universe and The Book of the Dumb. His web journal The Whatever is one of the longest-established and most widely-read weblogs on the net.
約翰 史卡奇,美國當代著名科幻作家和博客作家,1969年5月10日出生,畢業于芝加哥大學,現居俄亥俄州。2005年,史卡奇的處女作《垂暮之戰》由美國著名科幻出版社Tor出版,從此開啟了科幻作家之途。
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