作品简介
当思维机器被打败,人类以为他们将会迎来永久的和平和繁荣。
但实际上,没有了外敌,内斗便开始……
巴特勒运动愈演愈烈,横行宇宙,“清扫”科技,惹得诸方仇恨。
帝国皇帝软弱昏聩,对宗教领袖听之任之,终究引火烧身,命丧沙丘。
腐败的帝国已然分裂,是将要沦入愚昧的深渊,还是受制于极端的科技?
门泰特学校遭遇灭顶之灾,崇尚理性的门泰特校长到底难逃劫难,沦为宗教狂热的无辜牺牲品……
布莱恩·赫伯特(Brian Herbert),弗兰克·赫伯特(《沙丘》系列原作者)之子,纽约时报畅销书作家,代表作有《悉尼彗星》及《属于两个世界的男人》(与弗兰克·赫伯特合著)。
凯文·J.安德森(Kevin J.Anderson),纽约时报畅销书作家,曾获星云奖和布拉姆斯托克奖提名,代表作有《七恒星史诗》及《无限汇编者》,拥有“单人作者最大签售会”的吉尼斯纪录。
译者:王梓涵,笔名半神巫妖。作家、编剧、译者。曾任《大众软件》《科幻CUBE》等杂志特邀撰稿人,撰写游戏评论、科幻奇幻小说数十万字。主持或参与包括《博德之门》《上古卷轴》《辐射》在内等多部游戏汉化工作,亦曾担任国产单机游戏首席编剧。译作包括《飘》《星球大战》《星际迷航》官方小说、雨果奖提名作品《纽约2140》《爱在记忆消逝前》《吹口哨的人》《心灵之眼》以及《安德的游戏》《百变王牌》系列小说等。曾参与国产科幻电影《流浪地球》剧本翻译工作。
Introduction of works
When the thinking machines were defeated, humans thought they would usher in eternal peace and prosperity.
But in reality, without external enemies, infighting begins...
The Butler movement has intensified, traversing the universe, "cleaning up" technology, and provoking hatred on all sides.
The emperor was weak and stupid, and he allowed the religious leaders to obey him, and eventually he was burned and killed.
The corrupt empire is divided, will it fall into the abyss of ignorance, or will it be subject to extreme technology?
The Mentait school was destroyed, and the rational principal Mentait was the innocent victim of religious fanaticism...
Brian Herbert, son of Frank Herbert (the original Dune series), is the New York Times bestselling author of The Sydney Comet and The Man of Two Worlds (co-authored with Frank Herbert).
Kevin J.Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author, Nebula Award and Braamstoke Award nominee for The Seven Stellar Epic and The Infinite Collection Editor, and holds the Guinness World Record for "largest book signing by a single author."
Translator: Wang Zihan, pen name Half demon. Writer, screenwriter, translator. He has worked as a guest writer for Popular Software, Science Fiction CUBE and other magazines, writing game reviews, science fiction and fantasy novels with hundreds of thousands of words. Presided over or participated in the Chinese translation of many games, including Baldur's Gate, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, etc., and also served as the chief scriptwriter of domestic stand-alone games. His translations include Gone With the Wind, Star Wars, and Star Trek official novels, Hugo Award nominated New York 2140, Love Before Memory Fades, The Whistler, The Mind's Eye, and Ender's Game, The Wild Ace series. Participated in the translation of the script of the domestic science fiction film "Wandering Earth".