West of Eden

出版者:Spectra

作者:Harry Harrison

页数:0

出版时间:1985-06-01

价格:USD 5.99

装帧:Mass Market Paperback

isbn号码:9780553265514

具体描述

"An exciting adventure into a ?what if¹ world. A brilliant work of creative imagination, one that rivals in conception, scope, and execution of plot Jean Auel¹s bestselling novels."

?The Nashville Banner

Sixty-five million years ago, a disastrous cataclysm eliminated three quarters of all life on Earth. Overnight, the age of dinosaurs ended. The age of mammals had begun.

But what if history had happened differently? What if the reptiles had survived to evolve intelligent life?

In West of Eden, bestselling author Harry Harrison has created a rich, dramatic saga of a world where the descendants of the dinosaurs struggled with a clan of humans in a battle for survival.

Here is the story of Kerrick, a young hunter who grows to manhood among the dinosaurs, escaping at last to rejoin his own kind. His knowledge of their strange customs makes him the humans¹ leader . . . and the dinosaurs¹ greatest enemy. Rivalling Frank Herbert¹s Dune in the majesty of its scope and conception, West of Eden is a monumental epic of love and savagery, bravery and hope.

Rivalling Frank Herbert¹s Dune in the majesty of its scope and conception, West of Eden is a monumental epic of love and savagery, bravery and hope.

读后感

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had never hit? Would they eventually become extinct anyway, or would one species become intellegent? Harry Harrison suggests what the world might have been like had the latter come to pass - his intellegent ...

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had never hit? Would they eventually become extinct anyway, or would one species become intellegent? Harry Harrison suggests what the world might have been like had the latter come to pass - his intellegent ...

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had never hit? Would they eventually become extinct anyway, or would one species become intellegent? Harry Harrison suggests what the world might have been like had the latter come to pass - his intellegent ...

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had never hit? Would they eventually become extinct anyway, or would one species become intellegent? Harry Harrison suggests what the world might have been like had the latter come to pass - his intellegent ...

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had never hit? Would they eventually become extinct anyway, or would one species become intellegent? Harry Harrison suggests what the world might have been like had the latter come to pass - his intellegent ...

用户评价

这是一部充满张力的作品，那种张力不仅仅来源于故事情节上的冲突，更来源于作者对“时间”这一概念的独特处理。某些段落的时间流速似乎被拉伸了，细节被无限放大，而另一些重要的转折点却被快速地掠过，这种不平衡感营造出一种既宿命又充满变数的氛围。书中关于“记忆”和“遗忘”的讨论，非常引人深思，它探讨了我们如何通过构建自己的叙事来定义自我，以及这种构建的脆弱性。我发现这本书的魅力在于它的留白，作者留给读者的想象空间极大，很多情感的转折和人物关系的微妙变化，都需要读者自己去脑补和填补，这使得每一次阅读体验都可能有所不同。它不像许多流行的作品那样提供明确的答案，而是抛出一系列深刻的问题，让读者自己去寻找答案。这本书的整体基调是沉郁的，但其中偶尔闪现出的、对人与人之间微弱联结的肯定，又像深海中的微光，让人心生慰藉。我强烈推荐给那些喜欢深度阅读、并对人类复杂情感世界抱有好奇心的读者。

这本书的文字密度非常高，初读时需要集中十二分的注意力，因为每一句话里似乎都暗含着多重意义。作者似乎对哲学思辨有着极高的热情，但处理得非常巧妙，没有让它显得枯燥说教，而是将其内化为角色们的生活哲理和行为准则。我尤其欣赏它那种近乎残酷的写实主义，它没有美化生活的艰难，也没有回避人性的阴暗面，而是坦然地将一切呈现在读者面前，要求我们直面这些复杂性。读到某些段落时，我不得不停下来，揉揉眼睛，仿佛眼前的文字带着某种强烈的冲击力。这本书的叙事者有一种独特的疏离感，他像一个冷静的观察者，记录着一切的发生，这种客观性反而让故事的情感力量更加深沉，因为它没有被煽情所稀释。它不是那种能让你轻松度过一个下午的消遣读物，它要求你投入时间、投入心力，但它给予的回报是丰厚的，是一种精神上的洗礼。

不得不说，这本书的叙事手法简直是教科书级别的范例。作者似乎有一种魔力，能将看似平淡的日常琐事，写出史诗般的厚重感。我特别欣赏那种跳跃性的时间线处理，它不是线性的简单堆砌，而是通过碎片化的记忆和场景的快速切换，不断加深读者的沉浸感。人物的内心独白部分写得尤为精妙，那种对人性深处的剖析，直击要害，让我不得不停下来，反思自己过往的某些决定。我甚至觉得，某些角色的行为逻辑，就是我身边某些人的真实写照，只是被作者用更精准的笔触勾勒了出来。这本书的语言风格是极其克制而有力的，它从不堆砌华丽的辞藻，但每一个用词都恰到好处，仿佛是经过千锤百炼的宝石，闪耀着低调而持久的光芒。它探讨的主题是如此深刻，关于选择、关于命运、关于如何在既定的框架内寻求自由，这些宏大的命题，却被安放在如此具象化的故事背景之中，使得思考过程变得具体可感，而不是空泛的理论探讨。

我很少读到这样能够瞬间抓住我的作品，从翻开第一页开始，我就知道这会是一段不平凡的旅程。这本书的节奏感拿捏得炉火纯青，高潮和低谷的分布极为考究，让你在紧张的追逐之后，得到片刻的喘息，而这种喘息又很快被下一轮的悬念所取代。我特别喜欢作者处理冲突的方式，它不是简单的正邪对抗，而更多的是源于角色自身价值观的碰撞，那种无可避免的、基于不同立场产生的摩擦，显得无比真实和无奈。书中那些环境的暗示作用简直是神来之笔，天气、季节的变化，都精准地对应着人物的情感波动，形成了一种和谐的共振。如果说有什么是略显不足的，那可能就是某些配角的命运安排得有些过于仓促，但总体而言，瑕不掩 স্থাপত্য。这本书无疑是那种会让你读完后，在接下来的几天里，还会时不时地想起某个场景，甚至会模拟角色的反应，进行二次加工的佳作。

这本书简直是一场味蕾的盛宴，色彩斑斓的文字像调色盘一样在我的脑海中挥洒开来。作者对环境的描绘细致入微，每一个角落、每一束光影都仿佛被赋予了生命。故事里的角色塑造得极其立体，他们的挣扎、他们的渴望，都像我的老朋友一样真实可感。我能感受到那种浓厚的地域气息，仿佛能闻到空气中泥土的芬芳和某种植物特有的清香。情节的推进如同蜿蜒的河流，时而平缓，时而激荡，总能在我意想不到的地方泛起涟漪，让人忍不住想一探究竟。最让我印象深刻的是那种贯穿始终的某种情绪基调，它不是单一的悲伤或喜悦，而是一种混合着怀旧与憧憬的复杂情感，如同秋日午后的斜阳，温暖却带着一丝凉意。这本书的结构安排也颇具匠心，章节之间的过渡自然而流畅，仿佛是精心编织的一幅挂毯，每一根丝线都紧密相连，共同构成了宏大的图景。读完之后，我久久不能平复，脑海中仍然回荡着那些鲜活的场景和那些未曾言明的潜台词。这是一次非常充实的阅读体验，它不仅仅是一个故事，更像是一次深入灵魂的对话。

为什么人类什么都打得赢，真是的

一直没人翻续集= = 这本太爽了

伊甸之西 2007.05

一直没人翻续集= = 这本太爽了

这个设定其实很厉害