Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends , his acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long-awaited second volume is here. Legends II picks up where its illustrious predecessor left off. All of the bestselling writers represented in Legends II return to the special universe of the imagination that its author has made famous throughout the world. Whether set before or after events already recounted elsewhere, whether featuring beloved characters or compelling new creations, these masterful short novels are both mesmerizing stand-alones—perfect introductions to the work of their authors—and indispensable additions to the epics on which they are based. Beyond any doubt, Legends II is the fantasy event of the season.
ROBIN HOBB returns to the Realm of the Elderlings with “Homecoming,” a powerful tale in which exiles sent to colonize the Cursed Shores find themselves sinking into an intoxicating but deadly dream . . . or is it a memory?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN continues the adventures of Dunk, a young hedge knight, and his unusual squire, Egg, in “The Sworn Sword,” set a generation before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire.
ORSON SCOTT CARD tells a tale of Alvin Maker and the mighty Mississippi, featuring a couple of ne’er-do-wells named Jim Bowie and Abe Lincoln, in “The Yazoo Queen.”
DIANE GABALDON turns to an important character from her Outlander saga—Lord John Grey—in “Lord John and the Succubus,” a supernatural thriller set in the early days of the Seven Years War.
ROBERT SILVERBERG spins an enthralling tale of Majipoor’s early history—and remote future—as seen through the eyes of a dilettantish poet who discovers an unexpected destiny in “The Book of Changes.”
TAD WILLIAMS explores the strange afterlife of Orlando Gardiner, from his Otherland saga, in “The Happiest Dead Boy in the World.”
ANNE McCAFFREY shines a light into the most mysterious and wondrous of all places on Pern in the heartwarming “Beyond Between.”
RAYMOND E. FEIST turns from the great battles of the Riftwar to the story of one soldier, a young man about to embark on the ride of his life, in “The Messenger.”
ELIZABETH HAYDON tells of the destruction of Serendair and the fate of its last defenders in “Threshold,” set at the end of the Third Age of her Symphony of Ages series.
NEIL GAIMAN gives us a glimpse into what befalls the man called Shadow after the events of his Hugo Award–winning novel American Gods in “The Monarch of the Glen.”
TERRY BROOKS adds an exciting epilogue to The Wishsong of Shannara in “Indomitable,” the tale of Jair Ohmsford’s desperate quest to complete the destruction of the evil Ildatch . . . armed only with the magic of illusion.
From the Hardcover edition.
评分
评分
评分
评分
这本名为《Legends II》的书,简直就是一场文字的饕餮盛宴,让我沉浸其中,几乎无法自拔。作者的叙事功力实在令人惊叹,他仿佛拥有一种魔力,能将那些古老而宏大的史诗片段,以一种极其细腻和富有画面感的方式呈现在我的眼前。我特别喜欢他对于人物内心世界的刻画,那种复杂的情感纠葛,那种在命运洪流中挣扎的无力感,都被他捕捉得丝丝入扣。读到某些关键转折点时,我甚至能感受到角色内心的悸动和痛苦,仿佛自己就是那个身处漩涡中心的人。书中的世界观构建得宏大而又富有层次感,每一个种族、每一个神祇、甚至每一片土地的历史都仿佛有着深厚的底蕴,让人忍不住想要一探究竟。整体的阅读体验是酣畅淋漓的,每一次翻页都充满了对未知的好奇与期待,那种被一个精彩故事紧紧抓住的感觉,实在太美妙了。
评分平心而论,这本书的阅读门槛稍高,初读时可能会被海量的地名、古老的血脉传承以及错综复杂的人物关系稍微绊住脚跟。但请相信我,一旦你坚持度过了最初的适应期,你将会发现自己解锁了一个前所未有的精彩宇宙。我个人特别欣赏作者在处理“英雄迟暮”和“新旧交替”这两个母题时的笔法,既不回避历史的沉重,也不放弃对未来的憧憬。书中那些老一辈人物的衰败和隐退,处理得极其克制而又不失尊严,为新一代的崛起铺设了坚实而又充满情感张力的舞台。这种对世代传承的深刻描摹,使得整个故事的厚度大大增加,它不仅仅是一部史诗冒险,更是一部关于时间、关于责任的家族史诗,读完后久久不能平静,回味无穷。
评分老实说,我一开始对这种篇幅厚重、名字又带着“传奇”色彩的书抱有一丝警惕,生怕是那种故作高深、情节拖沓的作品。但《Legends II》彻底颠覆了我的预想。它的节奏掌控得相当老道,张弛有度。有那种波澜壮阔、足以撼动天地的史诗级战斗场面,笔墨浓墨重彩,读起来酣畅淋漓,肾上腺素飙升;但同时,它也擅长在静谧的瞬间捕捉人性的微光,那些低语、那些不经意的对视,往往蕴含着比千军万马更强大的力量。作者对于叙事视角的切换运用得炉火纯青,使得不同角色的命运线索交织在一起,却又保持着各自的清晰独立,最终汇集成一股强大的合力。这种精密的结构设计,让我不得不佩服创作者的匠心独运,它绝非信手拈来之作,而是经过了深思熟虑的艺术品。
评分如果要用一个词来形容阅读《Legends II》的感受,那一定是“震撼”。这本书的想象力边界似乎是被完全打破了。我阅历尚浅,但可以肯定地说,我从未读过如此别出心裁的魔法体系和世界地理构造。那些关于星辰、关于虚空、关于远古巨兽的描述,充满了令人窒息的宏大感。文字的运用极其精准,每一个形容词都恰到好处地增强了画面的张力。例如,作者描述某个古老城市陷落的场景,那种“时间像被凝固的琥珀,困住了哀嚎”的表达,瞬间就将那种绝望的氛围渲染到了极致。对我这种对细节有偏执要求的读者来说,这本书的每一个段落都像经过了千锤百炼,读起来是纯粹的享受,没有丝毫多余的赘述。
评分最近这几年,市面上充斥着大量流水账式的奇幻小说,读起来总是觉得少了点“灵魂”。然而,《Legends II》却像一股清流,它不仅仅是在讲述一个故事,更像是在探讨一种深刻的哲学命题。那些看似荒诞的神话设定背后,似乎隐藏着对权力、忠诚与背叛本质的拷问。我发现自己经常会停下来,反复咀嚼某一段对话,思考其中蕴含的深意。比如书中对“永恒”的定义,就让我产生了极大的共鸣和反思——真正的永恒,究竟是生命的长度,还是影响力的深度?这种思想上的碰撞和启发,远超出了单纯的娱乐范畴。它要求读者不仅要用眼睛看,更要用心去体会,去思辨,这才是真正伟大的作品所具备的特质。
评分 评分 评分 评分 评分本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息,本站不存储任何数据与内容,任何内容与数据均与本站无关,如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2026 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美书屋 版权所有