MERCURY
Book ID/图书代码: 01360010B37509
English Summary/英文概要: The planet closest to our Sun, Mercury is a rocky, barren, heat-scorched world. But there are those who hope to find wealth in its desolation.
Saito Yamagata thinks Mercury’s position makes it an ideal place to generate power to propel starships into deep space. Astrobiologist Victor Molina thinks the water at Mercury’s poles may harbor evidence of life. Bishop Elliot Danvers has been sent by the Earth-based “New Morality” to keep close tabs on Molina.
But all three of these men are blissfully unaware of their shared history, and of how it connects to the collapse of Mance Bracknell’s geosynchronous space elevator a generation ago. Now they’re about to find out, because Mance is determined to have his revenge…
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 水星最靠近太阳,表面温度极高,贫瘠,多山石,可是就有人想要在荒芜中寻求财富。萨托??雅马格塔(Saito Yamagata )就是其中之一,他认为水星是发电继续前进的理想之地。天文生态学者则认为水星极点的水很可能是生命的征兆。主教受命监视天文生态学者。他们仨都没有意识到共有的历史以及上一代的纠葛。可是,他们很快就会发现了,因为曼斯复仇的脚步声近了...(兼职翻译-XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况:书单之《水星恩怨》(Booklist on Mercury):“读者满朋的保证。”
保罗??迪??菲力泊(Paul Di Filippo), 科幻网(Scifi.com):“回忆现代科幻小说之父海因莱因的佳作,几乎无人能比。然而波娃惊艳了。”
堪萨斯之星评《登陆金星》(Kansas City Star on Venus):“继海因莱因之后,著有逾七十余本书籍的作者堪称传统科幻名人之一。”
杉矶每日新闻评《悬崖》(Los Angeles Daily News on The Precipice):“作者将科学与小说结合得越来越天衣无缝。”
书单(Booklist):“大众一定满意!”
About the Author/作者介绍: 本??波娃(Ben Bova)在科幻小说界已有40多个年头,曾任美国科幻小说作家主席、阿纳罗格(Analog)前编辑。他著有《火星》(Mars)等书,获奖无数。目前和妻子住在佛罗里达。比尔??伯格(Bill Pogue)是一名宇航员。
A six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog, former editorial director of Omni, and past president of the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America, Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction. He lives in Florida. Bill Pogue is an astronaut.
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