John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe, it turns out, is a hostile place.
So: we fight. To defend Earth (a target for our new enemies, should we let them get close enough) and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has gone on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force, which shields the home planet from too much knowledge of the situation. What's known to everybody is that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve your time at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.
John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine-and what he will become is far stranger.
约翰·斯卡尔齐,美国当代著名科幻作家和博客作家,1969年5月10日出生,毕业于芝加哥大学,现居俄亥俄州。
2005年,斯卡尔齐的处女作《垂暮之战》由美国著名科幻出版社Tor出版,随即获该年度雨果奖最佳长篇提名,斯卡尔齐本人也因此荣膺 2006年度约翰·W·坎贝尔奖最佳新人奖。
受到获奖的鼓励,斯卡尔齐又创作了《垂暮之战》的三部续作——《幽灵旅》《最后的殖民地》和《佐伊的故事》,且均受好评,其中,《最后的殖民地》获得2008年雨果奖最佳长篇提名。
科幻小说,作为类型小说的一种,“畅销”是必备属性,非如此,不足以称为“流行文学”。 作为科幻小说公认的开山本,自《弗兰肯斯坦》横空出世以来,所有的但凡你叫得出名字的科幻小说,无论其在文学与艺术上受到如何评价,但在市场层面都是或至少曾经都是超级畅销书(离中国人...
评分《垂暮之战》和《幽灵旅》买来已经吃了不少尘了, 差不多已经忘记了购买的初衷。 这天也不是发了什么想头, 从书柜中抓出这笨薄薄的小册子。 首先翻开的还是《幽灵旅》, 看了序文与介绍才知道, 原来《垂暮之战》才是系列第一作。 昨晚匆匆看了个开篇便睡了, 今天虽是周末,...
评分科幻?要是不把它当科幻看,《垂暮之战》就是本粗俗的唠嗑作。虽然还不到屎尿横飞的境界,但大小便失禁的级别肯定是到了。冷笑话搭着荤笑话、无聊的搭讪、作爱作爱、粗口不断……好一盘粗俗的大杂烩。 但让我颇为费解的是,粗俗的小说每每都能带给我星点的温馨感觉。DeMille大...
评分科幻小说,作为类型小说的一种,“畅销”是必备属性,非如此,不足以称为“流行文学”。 作为科幻小说公认的开山本,自《弗兰肯斯坦》横空出世以来,所有的但凡你叫得出名字的科幻小说,无论其在文学与艺术上受到如何评价,但在市场层面都是或至少曾经都是超级畅销书(离中国人...
评分地铁读物。
评分满篇dirty words,情节一般,不是我喜欢的类型
评分垂暮之战,好看 从它我开始喜欢看战争及战争中的个人英雄发迹史
评分感觉和星河战队好像...
评分勇气,信念,这些东西,总能感动大部分不够冷漠的人。
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