BOWL OF HEAVEN
Book ID/图书代码： 13005512B56176
English Summary/英文概要： In this first collaboration by science fiction masters Larry Niven ("Ringworld") and Gregory Benford ("Timescape"), the limits of wonder are redrawn once again as a human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure half-englobing a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths...and it’s on a direct path heading for the same system as the human ship. A landing party is sent to investigate the Bowl, but when the explorers are separated--one group captured by the gigantic structure’s alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape--the mystery of the Bowl’s origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that will transform their understanding of their place in the universe.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在与科幻大师拉里尼文(《环形世界》系列)和格雷戈里•本福德(小说《时空悍将》)的首次合作中，因为人类探险另一个星际系统时，在星际空间遇到了一个非常巨大的物质，所以这次探险受阻了，由此奇迹再一次与人类失之交臂了：一个碗状的结构半球吞入一个星球，它的居住面积相当于数百万个地球的大小并且它的直接路径和人类的宇宙飞船一样，通往同一个地方。一支登陆小队被派去调查这个碗状体，但是当探险者们被分开的时候——一支队伍被庞大结构的外星球居民所俘获，另一支队伍穿过它奇特、危机四伏的地形去寻找碗状体起源的神秘之处以及人类寻找它的目的驱使人类探险者去发现将来在宇宙中会转变他们对这个地方的理解。（Susie）
Awards/获奖情况：“Bowl of Heaven is the first installment of what will be the biggest sci-fi saga since—well, since ever. If only more of us could share the authors’ visions, and optimism.”—The Wall Street Journal
“It’s easy to settle in and enjoy the sci-fi smorgasbord served up by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven. . .There’s a lot to savor. Fans of so-called “hard science fiction” will enjoy the descriptions of ionic scoop fusion drives and all the solar-powered gadgets put to practical use during deep space exploration.”—The Associated Press
“If you like hard SF with mind-stretching ideas—both physical and psychological—then you definitely want to read this book.”—Analog
“It’s been more than 40 years since Ringworld and nearly that long since the Galactic Center Saga knocked our socks off, and I wonder how much it takes these days to render us barefoot and gaping at the scale and scope of an imaginary world. . . . But Benford & Niven have given themselves the space (conceptual and page-count) to spread out. Bowl of Heaven has room to accommodate both the thrill-ride and head-scratching sides of its sub-tradition, and I think when the second half appears, this new effort by two of the Old Masters will hold its own just fine.”—Locus
“First-time collaborators Niven (Ringworld series; coauthor, Beowulf’s Children) and Benford (Timescape; Galactic Center series) have combined their award-winning talents for storytelling to create a series opener that should find a welcome reception from fans of the authors as well as those who love hard science and mental challenges.”—Library Journal
“A solid work that will appeal to fans of classic hard SF.”—Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： 格雷戈里•本福德（GREGORY BENFORD）是加州大学欧文分校的物理学教授并且他住在欧文。本福德是一个联合国文学勋章的获得者而且他凭借他的经典小说《时空悍将》获得了星云奖。拉里•尼文(LARRY NIVEN)获得了雨果文学奖和星云奖——他是环形系列的获奖作者，同时，他也创作了许多其它的科幻小说杰作。他与杰里珀尼尔、史蒂文巴恩斯一起联合创作了《贝奥武夫的孩子们》，他还是《纽约时报》的最畅销小说家。他住在加州的查茨沃斯。
GREGORY BENFORD is professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine, and lives in Irvine. Benford is a winner of the United Nations Medal for Literature, and the Nebula Award for his classic novel Timescape.
LARRY NIVEN is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His Beowulf’s Children, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
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