伊恩·班克斯：物质（“文化”科幻系列）MatterIain M. Banks

基本信息

Format:Paperback 611 pages

Imprint:Orbit

ISBN:9780316005371

Published:10 Feb 2009

Classifications:Science fiction

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:550g

Dimensions:210 x 140 (mm)

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

在一个即使在充满奇迹的银河系中也享有盛誉的世界里，战争中的一桩罪行。对一个男人来说，这意味着孤注一掷的逃亡，以及寻找唯一——或许是两个——能够洗清他罪名的人。对他的兄弟来说，这意味着他的生活时刻生活在背叛和谋杀的威胁之下。而对他们的妹妹来说，即使不知道全部真相，也意味着要回到一个她曾以为永远被遗弃的地方。只是妹妹已今非昔比；Djan Seriy Anaplian 几乎面目全非，成为了文化特殊情况部门的一名特工，负责对整个银河系的文明进行高层干预。然而，隐藏她的新身份——以及她独特的能力——可能是一种危险的策略。在 Anaplian 回归的世界里，一切都与表面看起来的截然不同；而确定对他人的战争进行适当干预的程度从来都不是一件容易的事。《MATTER》是一部充满智慧和严肃目的的小说。这是一部讲述故事的非凡壮举和宏大的令人叹为观止的发明，是一位彻底颠覆科幻小说的作家创作的杰作。

In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever. Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilizations throughout the greater galaxy.Concealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy, however. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter.MATTER is a novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head.

作者简介

伊恩·班克斯于1984年出版了他的第一部小说《黄蜂工厂》，并因此受到广泛关注，同时也引发了争议。他的第一部科幻小说《思考弗莱巴斯》于1987年以伊恩·M·班克斯的笔名出版，开启了他著名的十部作品“文化”系列。他被誉为同代作家中最具影响力、最具创新精神、最激动人心的作家之一。

Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.