书名：The Southern Reach Trilogy遗落的南境三部曲

作者：Jeff VanderMeer
出版社名称：Fourth Estate
出版时间：2015
语种：英文
商品尺寸：12.9 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：208-352页/册x 3册
★“星云奖”系列作品，集悬疑、惊悚、科幻于一体的“新怪谭”杰作
★斯蒂芬·金钟爱三部曲的每一本，高呼“又恐怖，又迷人！”
★作家郑重称赞其“把我们这么多年来对时空隧道、时空扭曲视觉形象表现得淋漓尽致，富科幻之魅力！”

The Southern Reach Trilogy《遗落的南境三部曲》包括Annihilation《湮灭》、Authority《当权者》、Acceptance《接纳》三部，围绕解密神秘X区域而展开。《湮灭》是关于一个人的探险，第二部《当权者》是关于一个人的挣扎，而第三部《接纳》则将故事线从多个层面展开，串联起前因后果。

媒体评论：
我爱杰夫·范德米尔的《遗落的南境》三部曲！很恐怖，也很迷人！——斯蒂芬·金

有关智能的书，知名的真菌让阅读变得迷人——相信我们！
——GQ塔拉·万达·梅里根

非常罕见的三部曲，整套很精彩，每一部也都很精彩！——《出版人周刊》

X区域是一处被遗弃的海岸、一片禁地，是政府口中遭污染废弃之地，也是一片无人区。所有未经批准而准备越过边界的人，倘若不是被边界吸走杀掉，就是被政府驻守在此的军队以各种方式干掉。

离此区域非常近的赫德利小城有一处专门研究X区域的机构——南境局。南境局派出的勘探队，要么只有一个人活着回来，要么全军覆没，要么回来后集体患癌而死……整个南境局被这种恐怖而诡异的气氛缠绕着，关于X区域的一切只是猜测，未有定论。

第十二支勘探队由四名女性科学家组成，她们分别是人类学家、心理学家、勘测员和生物学家。结果她们一位死于神秘生物之手，一位蹊跷从灯塔坠落，一位被队友出于自卫枪杀，只有生物学家一人幸存。奇怪的是，这四个人当中的三个又以“副本”形式回到赫德利。

关于X区域的困惑又多了一重。新任南境局长就是在这种情况下，空降而来，据说他出自“间谍王朝”。他是一位职业生涯并不辉煌，甚至有些黯淡的人物，他在南境局的工作同样遭遇重重阻力，几乎以失败告终，而这种失败又在某种程度上揭示了一些真相。

神秘的X区域好像具有净化一切的能力，可这种能力从何而来？又从何时开始？南境局的命运又当如何？每一个答案都像一个新的疑惑……
杰夫·范德米尔（Jeff VanderMeer），美国科幻文学的中坚力量，拥有一连串的科幻文学荣誉。在创作《遗落的南境》三部曲之前，范德米尔的长中篇《马丁湖的转变》获得了2000年的世界奇幻奖，而他的长篇《芬奇探案记》获得美国星云奖和世界奇幻奖提名，他的非虚构类作品《惊奇之书》获得轨迹奖和英伦科幻奖，并有雨果奖和世界奇幻奖提名。他主编的《海底巨兽3》和《怪谭》都曾赢得世界奇幻奖的选集奖。

Jeff VanderMeeris an award-winning novelist and editor. His fiction has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in the Library of America’s American Fantastic Tales and in multiple year’s-best anthologies. He writes non-fiction for the Washington Post, the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian, among others. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife.
Annihilation《湮灭》
Authority《当权者》
Acceptance《接纳》
The tower, which was not supposed to be there, plunges into the earth in a place lust before the black pine forest begins to give way to swamp and then the reeds and wind-gnarled trees of the marsh Hats. Beyond the marsh Hats and the natural canals lies the ocean and, a little farther down the coast, a derelict lighthouse. All of this part of the country had been abandoned for decades, for reasons that are not easy to relate. Our expedition was the first to enter Area X for more than two years, and much of our predecessors’ equipment had rusted, their tents and sheds little more than husks. Looking out over that untroubled landscape, I do not believe any of us could yet see the threat.
There were four of us: a biologist, an anthropologist, a surveyor, and a psychologist. I was the biologist. All of us were women this time, chosen as part of the complex set of variables that governed sending the expeditions. The psychologist, who was older than the rest of us, served as the expedition’s leader. She had put us all tinder hypnosis to cross the border, to make sure we remained calm. It took four days of hard hiking after crossing the border to reach the coast.
Our mission was simple: to continue the government’s investigation into the mysteries of Area X, slowly working our way out from base camp.
The expedition could last days, months, or even years, depending on various stimuli and conditions. We had supplies with us for six months, and another two years’ worth of supplies had already been stored at the base camp. We had also been assured that it was safe to live off the land if necessary. All of our foodstuffs were smoked or canned or in packets. Our most outlandish equipment consisted of a measuring device that had been issued to each of us, which hung from a strap on our belts: a small rectangle of black metal with a glass-covered hole in the middle. If the hole glowed red, we had thirty minutes to remove ourselves to “a safe place.” We were not told what the device measured or why we should he afraid should it glow red. After the first few hours, I had grown so used to it that I hadn’t looked at it again. We had been forbidden watches and compasses.