Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck... Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. There's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future... A Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen and other children of the revolution. Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a Hard-boiled Egg!
Born Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe.
Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987, he turned to writing full time.
There are over 40 books in the Discworld series, of which four are written for children. The first of these, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal.
A non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback - Harper Torch, 2006 - and trade paperback - Harper Paperbacks, 2006).
In 2008, Harper Children's published Terry's standalone non-Discworld YA novel, Nation. Terry published Snuff in October 2011.
Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) “for services to literature” in 1998, and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Warwick in 1999, the University of Portsmouth in 2001, the University of Bath in 2003, the University of Bristol in 2004, Buckinghamshire New University in 2008, the University of Dublin in 2008, Bradford University in 2009, the University of Winchester in 2009, and The Open University in 2013 for his contribution to Public Service.
In Dec. of 2007, Pratchett disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. On 18 Feb, 2009, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
He was awarded the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 2010.
Sir Terry Pratchett passed away on 12th March 2015.
Terry Pratchett NIGHT WATCH 译者 乃鼎斋无机客(http://tensor.blogms.com) 夜 巡 [英> 特里·普拉切特 著 萨姆·范姆斯在听到那声惨叫后长叹了口气,可是他立刻停止了刮胡须。 接着,他套上了上衣,溜达出屋子,踏进了那美妙的暮春早晨。小鸟在林间歌唱,蜜蜂在盛开...
评分Terry Pratchett NIGHT WATCH 译者 乃鼎斋无机客(http://tensor.blogms.com) 夜 巡 [英> 特里·普拉切特 著 萨姆·范姆斯在听到那声惨叫后长叹了口气,可是他立刻停止了刮胡须。 接着,他套上了上衣,溜达出屋子,踏进了那美妙的暮春早晨。小鸟在林间歌唱,蜜蜂在盛开...
评分Terry Pratchett NIGHT WATCH 译者 乃鼎斋无机客(http://tensor.blogms.com) 夜 巡 [英> 特里·普拉切特 著 萨姆·范姆斯在听到那声惨叫后长叹了口气,可是他立刻停止了刮胡须。 接着,他套上了上衣,溜达出屋子,踏进了那美妙的暮春早晨。小鸟在林间歌唱,蜜蜂在盛开...
评分本书的主角Vimes是安科-莫波克的城市卫队首领,领主之下、众人之上的全市第二号人物。故事开始的早上,他妻子即将临盆,但他还是亲自去追捕一个连环杀人犯Carcer。在幽冥大学图书馆穹顶上,他和Carcer双双坠入了时间裂缝,回到了30年前。那时正好发生了一场革命,市民走上街头...
评分Terry Pratchett NIGHT WATCH 译者 乃鼎斋无机客(http://tensor.blogms.com) 夜 巡 [英> 特里·普拉切特 著 萨姆·范姆斯在听到那声惨叫后长叹了口气,可是他立刻停止了刮胡须。 接着,他套上了上衣,溜达出屋子,踏进了那美妙的暮春早晨。小鸟在林间歌唱,蜜蜂在盛开...
说实话,一开始翻开这本书,我还有点担心它会不会是那种故作高深的文学作品,读起来会很晦涩。但很快我就发现我的顾虑是多余的。《夜巡》的文字功底自然是没得说,那种老派的英伦腔调,优雅又不失力量,但最难得的是,它将复杂的设定和错综的人物关系处理得井井有条,逻辑链条清晰得让人佩服。每一次揭示真相,都感觉是作者在引导你,让你在恍然大悟中感受到智力上的满足感。那些魔法体系的构建,并非是随心所欲的胡编乱造,而是似乎遵循着一套严谨的内在法则,这种“可信的虚构”是优秀奇幻作品的精髓所在。我尤其欣赏作者在描绘角色内心挣扎时的细腻笔触,即便是那些看似强大的角色,也有着各自的脆弱和矛盾,使得整个故事充满了人情味,而不是冰冷的奇观堆砌。
评分这本《夜巡》真是让人沉浸其中,仿佛自己也踏入了那个光怪陆离、充满神秘色彩的伦敦街头。作者对细节的把控简直令人惊叹,从那些阴森的巷道到熙熙攘攘的市集,每一个场景都描绘得栩栩如生,让人能真切地感受到那种既熟悉又陌生的氛围。故事的主线围绕着几个性格迥异的角色展开,他们的命运交织在一起,共同面对着潜伏在城市阴影下的威胁。我特别喜欢那种叙事节奏,它不是那种平铺直叙的流水账,而是像一张精心编织的网,层层递进,不断抛出新的谜团,吊足了读者的胃口。当我读到某些关键转折点时,那种心跳加速的感觉,真是久违了。那些关于人性、权力斗争的探讨,也让这本书不仅仅停留在奇幻冒险的层面,更增添了一份深刻的思考价值。读完后,我久久不能平静,脑海中仍然回荡着那些奇异的景象和人物的对话,这绝对是一次酣畅淋漓的阅读体验。
评分读完《夜巡》,我有一种强烈的冲动,想立刻去探索作者笔下的这个世界的所有分支和历史背景。这本书的“世界观”的广度和深度,远远超出了单行本所能承载的范畴。它就像一个巨大的冰山,我们只看到了水面上的尖角,却知道水下还隐藏着更庞大、更复杂的结构。叙事中偶尔闪现的典故和隐晦的暗示,都指向了更为悠久的故事,这极大地激发了读者的探索欲和想象力。对我来说,阅读的过程更像是一场考古发掘,我需要带着好奇心去拼接碎片,去还原那个宏大的历史图景。这种需要读者主动参与构建的阅读体验,远比被动接受信息来得更有趣、更令人回味无穷。
评分这本书的文字风格有一种独特的韵律感,读起来非常流畅,即使是描述那些晦涩难懂的神秘仪式或复杂的战斗场面,也总能找到一种恰到好处的平衡点,既保证了场面的冲击力,又不至于让读者迷失方向。最让我印象深刻的是,作者对于“代价”的探讨,每一次力量的获取,似乎都伴随着某种不可逆转的失去,这种对超自然力量的现实主义描绘,让整个故事的基调显得厚重而富有哲理。它不是一个简单的善恶二元对立的故事,更多的是探讨在灰色地带中个体如何做出选择,以及这些选择将如何重塑他们的灵魂。这种成熟的叙事视角,使得《夜巡》超越了同类作品,成为了我近期阅读清单中最值得推荐的一部佳作。
评分这部作品的氛围营造能力堪称一绝,几乎可以列入“沉浸式阅读”的典范。每次拿起这本书,我都感觉时间仿佛被拉长了,周遭的一切都退居二后,只剩下文字构建的世界。那种从黄昏到黎明,游走于光明与黑暗边缘的紧张感,贯穿始终。你永远不知道下一个街角会遇到什么,是救赎还是更深的陷阱。这种持续的、低强度的悬念,比突然的惊吓更让人欲罢不能。而且,这本书的配角也塑造得极其成功,每一个小人物都有其存在的价值和鲜明的个性,他们像一颗颗散落的珍珠,共同构成了这个宏大而斑斓的宇宙。我甚至愿意为了某些配角的命运去翻阅后面的章节,这种对角色群像的成功塑造,足以证明作者的功力深厚。
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