THE LOST GATE

Book ID/图书代码： 01360010B39422

English Summary/英文概要： Many years ago I read a short story by this author called Sand Magic. The author said that the tale was set on a world he wanted to return to, where people served various magics and in return became wizards in them.
Fast forward more years than I care to think about, and at last he has made good on his promise. The Lost Gate is a much more mature work than the original short story, and feels quite different from it. But all the elements of a classic and enjoyable Orson Scott Card book are found here. We have Card’s classic teenage boy heros of course - complete with too much intelligence, and magical abilities. We also have his humour in events and dialogue, aw well as the occasional earth banter. We have some nasty charcaters, and some caring ones, and plenty of carefully drawn shades in between.
But most importantly here is a story that is just plain enjoyable.
Danny North has grown up in a secluded compound in the USA, filled with people descended from the Norse gods. Other compounds exist for other pantheons, but all are in decline since Loki closed all the gates to another world, Westil. As magical powers are enhanced by travel between worlds, the last 1400 years has been a period of decline for the once powerful mages. A ban on gate mages enforced with a death penalty has effectively prevented any new gates to Westil being created.
Although, in fact, there is rather more to the story than that, as you would expect from Card.
I don’t think this is Card’s deepest book ever. Other books of his have really got me thinking about things. This one is entertaining, if not so profound. The story is a mature and well thought through one. It may not be his best ever, but I give it five stars because anyone who likes O. S. Card’s work should love this one. And if you have never read any of his books, this is as enjoyable an introduction as any of his works.
As well as plenty of classic Caard stuff in this book, it also vaguely put me in mind of Percy Jackson, as well as Neil Gaimon’s American Gods. It is not derivative of either of those mind.
My only criticism of the work is it left off at a point that had me wanting to read on!
I am looking forward to the next installment of the Mither Mages.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 许多年前我读过这位作者的一篇短篇故事，名为《沙子魔法》。作者说此书的背景是一个他想回去的世界，在那里人们会各种各样的魔法，最终变成了巫师。
快速前行到我会思考之前的许多年，最终他实现了自己的诺言。
《迷失之门》比最初的短篇故事要成熟许多，并且与其有很大不同。在其中，你能找到《奥森.斯考特卡片书》中所有经典的令人愉快的元素。
但更重要的是这是一个能让人单纯愉悦的故事。Danny North 在美国一个与世隔绝的院子里长大，那里的人都是挪威诸神的后代。其它院子是别的万神殿，但自从Loki 关闭了通往另一个世界的所有门之后，那里便开始衰落了。魔法是通过在不同世界间穿梭来加强的，对曾经威力无穷的魔法来说，最近这1400年是一段衰落期。
禁止法师开门的禁令中包含死刑，这有效地阻止了建立新的通往Westil的大门。
虽然事实上故事远不止这些，就像你能从Card的书中想象到的一样。我不认为这是Card思想最深邃的一本书。他的其它书确实能使我思考某些问题。这本书是娱乐性质的，而不是思想深刻的。这本书成熟，通篇构思缜密。这虽然不是他最好的作品，但我给它五颗星，因为任何一个喜欢O. S. Card作品的人都应该喜欢这本书。如果你从未读过他的书，这本书的介绍和他的其它作品一样令人愉悦。
这本书中有许多Card的经典素材，但它也给我一些关于美国诸神的模糊印象，如Percy Jackson和Neil Gaimon。这不是其中任何一种思想的衍生物。我对这部作品只有一点不满，那就是它让我想要继续读下去！我期待《母亲魔法师》的续集诞生。(兼职翻译-PZ)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 奧森斯科特卡1951年出生於華盛頓里奇蘭，在加利福尼亞州，亞利桑那州長大。他以一個無薪的傳教士身分在巴西摩門教會住了兩年，並在楊百翰大學獲得學士學位。作者十分多產，是第一個獲得雨果和連續兩年星雲獎最佳小說作家。
Orson Scott Card, a New York Times best-selling author, has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards for his works of speculative fiction. He lives with his family in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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