When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.
Marsh meant to turn down York’s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York’s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind’s most impossible dream.
Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire’s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman’s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.
乔治·R·R·马丁,一九四八年出生于美国贝约恩市,二十七岁以小说《莱安娜之歌》摘下象征幻想小说最高成就的雨果奖。此后他不仅在文学上获奖连连,更曾在好莱坞担任编剧长达十年之久。至今,他已获四次雨果奖,两次星云奖,一次世界奇幻文学奖,十一次轨迹奖等等。
前天连夜读完了《热夜之梦》,译文版的,一口气的。我一口气读下去的心理历程,从勉勉强强,到有意思,到有点精彩,接着就是好无聊,作者写的啥,这位作者真是写冰与火的那位吗各种各样的滑坡。 也许这种写法在当时的吸血鬼文学界很好,不过我并不买账。我是个半拉子吸血鬼迷,...
评分夜之子民,书中这样的称呼他们,只能生活在晚上,不能照射阳光,第一反应便是那可怕又漂亮的吸血鬼,可是他们只有在固定的时间里才发生血饥,相比吸血鬼之名,我更喜欢称他们为古老的物种。 《热夜之梦》,一艘船的名字,看起来让人有着梦幻、兴奋的感觉,登上船的人们也为她...
评分很快吐下槽,因为我要去睡觉。 看了一天看完了。因为PJ说他喜欢,才找来看的。 这本书的真正目的是歌颂密西西比河以及蒸汽船时代。 写得其实很精彩,前面三分之二,尤其是York讲述吸血鬼历史那段,完全被迷住了。船长也塑造得很好。 结果后面三分之一,为了衬托大boss,为...
评分这本书我觉得镜头感很好,段落也十分清晰,删减点可以直接当剧本用,很适合影像化,而且对特技效果应该也没有太大的需求,拍成一部落英神斧林肯那样的片子成本应该不高,好莱坞怎么没人动动这方面的念头呢。.....暮光之城那么烂的东西却能一连拍四部.........这世道啊.........
评分第一次看热夜之梦,是在十四岁的夏季。 年幼的我甚至买不起它的单行本,从旧书店淘到一本打折为两元的科幻世界译文版,第一篇就是它。 译文版自然比不上单行本,可仍使那年的我深深震撼。 那是密西西比河上耀如恒星的梦想扬帆起航。几乎无尽的黑天与白日交替着为鲜血的洗礼而亘...
She walks in beauty
评分还可以
评分看来马丁我是真的不喜欢,难怪冰火的坑没有掉进去。不是偶然。这本前面三分之二都很好,非常好,但是后面三分之一的主要想法是:好人TMD太磨唧了,活该被坏人整。有无数机会杀掉大boss和走狗,就是装圣母,NND,活该!前面那么可爱又酷的吸血鬼角色,硬给写成圣母,气死我了。差评!
评分血族啊
评分我读的是杂志上的。。。结尾好潦草
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