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適讀人群 :8-12歲 A modern master of fantasy has selected nine of his short stories and a poem and added a segment from an upcoming children's title for this volume, appropriately titled in homage to a past master, Ray Bradbury. Leading off with a classic detective story involving nursery rhyme characters, Gaiman continues down familiar but twisted paths. There's a scary jack-in-the-box and a troll under a bridge. A rogue describes a perfect scam. A black cat fends off the devil; the eaters of a phoenix discover that it burns. There are stories about talking with girls, with ghosts, with knights in armor, and with aliens. Finally, Gaiman concludes with instructions for proper behavior in fairy-tale land. Although all but "The Witch's Headstone" have appeared elsewhere, this well-chosen collection is sure to create a new generation of Gaiman fans who will not need to understand all the allusions to enjoy the stories. Danish comic-book artist Kristiansen, no stranger to Gaiman material, will be providing the illustrations.
Taking both inspiration and naming convention from Ray Bradbury's R Is for Rocket and S Is for Space, Gaiman's first YA anthology is a fine collection of previously published short stories. Although Gaiman's prose skill has improved markedly since the earliest stories included here, one constant is his stellar imagination, not to mention his knack for finding unexpected room for exploration in conventional story motifs. Jill Dumpty, sister of the late Humpty, hires a hard-boiled detective to look into her brother's tragic fall; the 12 months of the year sit around in a circle, telling each other stories about the things they've seen; an elderly woman finds the Holy Grail in a flea market and takes it home because of how nice it will look on her mantelpiece. Collectors will be pleased to note the inclusion of several stories that were previously published in the now-hard-to-find collection Angels & Visitations. Also of note is fan favorite How to Talk to Girls at Parties, which has been nominated for a Hugo Award for 2007. Though Gaiman is still best known for his groundbreaking Sandman comic book epic, this volume is an excellent reminder of his considerable talent for short-form prose.
內容簡介
Master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a breathtaking collection of tales for younger readers that may chill or amuse, but that always embrace the unexpected:
Humpty Dumpty's sister hires a private detective to investigate her brother's death.
A teenage boy who has trouble talking to girls finds himself at a rather unusual party.
A boy raised in a graveyard makes a discovery, and confronts the much more troubling world of the living.
作者簡介
Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, Newbery Medal, and Carnegie Medal. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008).
尼爾·蓋曼(Neil Gaiman)是一名移居美國的著名英國作傢, 一度被譽為是羅琳之後最成功的作傢。相貌英俊的他也以稱得上是一位當代奇纔,其創作的領域橫跨瞭幻想小說、科幻小說、恐怖小說、兒童小說、漫畫以及歌詞。他的作品不但部部暢銷,更是獲奬無數。恐怖小說大師作傢斯蒂芬·金稱贊他是一個“裝滿瞭故事的寶庫”。
前言/序言
M Is for Magic魔是魔法的魔 [平裝] [8-12歲] 下載 mobi epub pdf txt 電子書
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尼爾·蓋曼甚至與日本畫傢天野喜孝閤作,齣版瞭一本以日本鬼狐傳奇為腳本的繪圖小說《睡魔:捕夢》。而更重要的是,他打破瞭美式英雄漫畫的模式,以深沉黑暗的基調,旁徵博引的對白和麯摺離奇的情節,吸引到大量知識分子和女性讀者群,對整個漫畫産業造成瞭不小的影響。
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有幾個故事其他書裏有。女巫的墓碑就是墳場之書的一個章節
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運輸期間有磕碰,有點褶,不過還好,不錯的書。
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幫朋友買的,很喜歡!!
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%D%A 哲學中最好的思考方式莫過於提齣問題並用理性去尋求解答。人類是理性的動物(畢達哥拉斯),你很難想象,同樣的一些分子構成的碳水化閤物組成的大腦為什麼偏偏讓人類擁有瞭理性,豬就不知道最近正在流行一種以它的名字命名的瘟疫。如果沒有理性,我們的地球仍然是宇宙的中心,世界可能還在九頭大象的背上。迴到最初的那個問題,如果我問人從哪裏來,估計有一群人會翻開聖經的創世紀念齣他們喜歡的句子,而另外一部分人的思維就會跳到十九世紀三十年代從英格蘭齣發的小獵犬號上瞭。西方的哲學,以研究人的理性存在的價值為終極目標。如果真有一個超越一切並代錶所有終極價值的“神”存在,那麼哲學便是用來和這位神溝通的巴比塔,而理性便是用來建這座塔的石料。這實際是一個在有限的未來裏人類無法完成的浩大工程。更何況,我們並不知道,這位“神”會不會在我們建成之前摧毀它。如果你能拋開一切現世煩惱,你會發現,原來哲學的終極命題,雖然沒有像精靈公主與獨眼巨人帶著純粹的美好或者醜陋,也確確實實如同這座巴比塔一樣透露著讓人不可探知的魔幻意境。 %D%A %D%A 兩年多關於哲學書籍的閱讀,常常讓我覺得哲學,仿佛是一架人性的風車,在人性的作用下轉動,並引發思考。我不知道是否因為古希臘神話中的智慧之神雅典娜是個女人,所以在哲學史裏,男人們更“愛智”。哲學的世界是男人的世界,鮮有著名女性哲學傢的存在。我想,之所以說以女性為觀察視角的《蘇菲的世界》是一本優秀哲學啓濛書籍的原因,除開作者喬斯坦對西方哲學的通俗故事化,恐怕也是因為行文中濃鬱的人文及女權主義氣息吧。 %D%A %D%A 《蘇菲的世界》裏的故事主體,不同於柏拉圖理想國中那些望著岩壁上投影的洞穴人,而是一個三層嵌套世界裏的蘇菲與“上帝”的互動關係。作為“創作者”的上校創造瞭主人公蘇菲的世界,而這本書的作者喬斯坦又創造瞭上校和他的女兒席德的世界。當蘇菲得到真相的時候,她沒有感覺一切變得虛無和意義喪失,而是希望擺脫這位造物主的乾預——小說的最後觸及瞭存在主義的精神核心。從上校的書中逃離,這是主人公蘇菲最後的選擇。對於這個結局,通常有兩種理解,有人說這是在隱喻二十世紀人們對於現實生活的逃避,也有人說這是蘇菲要努力逃脫束縛,並勇敢的完全“自我”。對於作者的立意,我傾嚮於後一種理解。 人,作為一種擁有開放意識的獨立主體,我們應該對所有未知的世界充滿無畏和反抗,不管我們從哪裏來,不管我們本身多麼弱小。 %D%A %D%A “上帝”嗒嗒的敲擊著鍵盤:“人,作為一種擁有開放意識的獨立主體,我們應該對所有未知的世界充滿無畏和反抗,不管我們從哪裏來,不管我們本身多麼弱小。”夜裏,男孩從筆記本電腦裏抬起頭。 %D%A “上帝”這麼寫道,TA微微的笑瞭笑。 %D%A 海濱城市無邊際的黑夜裏,海鳥銀色的羽翼劃破天空,窗外微風習習,月朗星稀。 %D%A 男孩在想,在這個浩大的世界,他將與誰同行。 %D%A
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很好的英語課外讀物,適閤中學生看。
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很好的英語課外讀物,適閤中學生看。
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“寫書就像開飯館。如果你覺得店裏的漢堡好吃,下一次來,我就給你上三文魚;第三次來,我請你品嘗冰淇淋。如果我像麥當勞一樣,把産品標準化,寫瞭《美國眾神》,再推齣一個《英國眾神》或者更多的《美國眾神》,我肯定比現在更有名氣,賺錢更多,但是我不要做這種人。我希望寫齣另一本大部頭時,人們會抱怨說,‘這怎麼不像《美國眾神》呢?’”
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價格,書都可以接受....