George Martin — Author (7)
A Dance with Dragons [Book] Douban
author: 乔治·马丁 publishing house: Bantam 2011 - 7
GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.
Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his landmark series—as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK FIVE
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.
Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.
Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.
From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.
冰与火之歌(卷一) [Book] Douban
A Game of Thrones
author: [美] 乔治·R. R. 马丁 / 乔治·马丁 translator: 屈畅 publishing house: 重庆出版社 2005 - 5
《冰与火之歌》由美国著名科幻奇幻小说家乔治·R·R·马丁所著,是当代奇幻文学一部影响深远的里程碑式的作品。它于1996年刚一问世,便以别具一格的结构,浩瀚辽阔的视野,错落有致的情节和生动活泼的语言,迅速征服了欧美文坛。迄今,本书已被译为数十种文字,并在各个国家迭获大奖。
本书主要描述了在一片虚构的中世纪大陆上所发生的一系列相互联系的宫廷斗争、疆场厮杀、游历冒险和魔法抗衡的故事,全书七卷(包括未出的各卷)浑然一体,共同组成了一幅壮丽而完整的画卷。书名“冰与火”,为的是突出人性挣扎的含义,书中塑造了无数的人物,但其着眼点,却并非孤立地凸现英雄主义,奉献精神或奸猾阴谋,而是将书中人物放在一个“真人”的角度,写出他或她在时代和社会的旋涡中不同的境遇与选择。从写作上说,本书与莎翁的《哈姆雷特》颇有共通之处。从中,读者便能与之产生呼应,共同经历这冰与火的洗礼。
那么《冰与火之歌》究竟有什么独特之处,在阅读中有哪些地方需要关注呢?
首先,本书采用了独特的视点人物写作手法(POV)。通俗地说,就好比一部大片,导演将摄影机装在不同人物的身上,并不断切换。整个故事,由甲人物以自身立场讲述一段后,便换为乙人物来讲述,以此类推,周而复始。翻开本书可看到,每章节的名称皆为一人物名,该人物便是本章的视点人物。这样的写法,不仅大大增强了代入感,尤为重要的是,它主观地限制了读者(通过视点人物的视野)获取信息和进行思考的广度,为书中错综复杂的线索设置提供了必要的帷幕。作者的另一巧思在于,相对于采取这一写法的同类作品常出现的时间线索混乱,叙事搅成一团等弊端,本书经过精心梳理后,每个章节的时间互不交叉,而是呈现精巧的上下承接的关系,虽然视点人物不同,但故事却在不断前进。
其次,本书每个章节张弛有度,节奏感非常强烈,能吸引人连续地阅读。作者在写作《冰与火之歌》之前,已获得多次雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖等等,并在好莱坞担任编剧长达十年之久,丰富的经历,使本书成为了他三十多年写作经验的总括和升华之作。在本书每个章节,读者都可以很轻松地发现其自身的起始、进行和高潮,本书的每一卷,也形成自身的起始、进行和高潮,乃至在由整个七卷组成的《冰与火之歌》,也呈现出这样完整的结构。不仅互相串联,其中更包含了无数的情节兴奋点。作者曾经说,担任编剧,最痛苦的是不能将自己的才华在四十五分钟一集的时间内释放出来,而本书,从某种意义上说,正是他对自身抱负的一种实现。
第三,这本书,诚如上面已提及的,其核心在于“人”本身。由是,它没有简单的答案,并不是一本可以懒洋洋浏览的书。它不仅包括无数扣人心弦的情节,更重要的是,它所描述的情景,往往是真实人生中无可回避,必须面对的东西。因为人本身是最复杂的。看过本卷《权力的游戏》的读者朋友,不妨在下列问题上作深入的思考,如琼恩·艾林死亡的真相,行刺布兰的真相,乃至琼恩的父母等等,相信作者最后会让你大吃一惊。同时,相对于其他的奇幻作品,习惯于主角落地百尺毫发无伤,或危机时刻总能化险为夷的读者,本书可能是一个真正的惊愕。在作者笔下,每个角色均以其真实的轨迹在运行,有成功,也有痛苦,甚至死亡,本书正是通过这样的构架翻动着读者的情绪。
第四,本书是典型的西方史诗奇幻文学。既然是史诗,其落脚点就是整个书中呈现的世界,关注的问题宏伟,全书的格局庞大。历史,人物,宗教,神话交织在一起,展示出一个亦幻亦真的世界。或许会有读者认为,本书更像一本历史小说,这种论断有其合理之处。马丁本人曾在采访中言道:“我喜欢历史小说,但历史小说最大的局限是结局已经基本注定,不论作者付出多大的巧思,都失去了最大的悬念点和高潮处-结尾。”所以,他选择了《冰与火之歌》这样一个虚构的世界。另一点值得关注的是,在奇幻文学必不可少的元素“魔法”的处理上,作者马丁秉承托尔金的精神,运用得非常谨慎,着意刻画神秘感。读者或许记得,《魔戒之王》虽是一部典型的奇幻作品,且出现大量的神灵和超自然现象,乃至伟大的法师甘道夫等等,但书中却没有具体描述一种魔法。针对这一特点,马丁曾经说“魔法等元素就好比调料,不用则无以凸现奇幻氛围,滥用则会串味。”在这一思想的指导下,相对于无数火球满天飞的“奇幻”作品,《冰与火之歌》之中的魔法显得非常精细、神秘和巧妙。
一直以来,国内的奇幻文坛苦于少有优秀奇幻文学作品的引进。少量以次充好,粗制滥造的作品,甚至使得文学界将在西方百花齐放,无比兴旺的幻想文学归入了少儿读物和幼稚作品一类。纵然在关注奇幻文学的读者群中,参差不齐的玄幻文学,也蒙蔽了人们的视线。透过本书的出版,阅读一本真正的奇幻作品,感受一下奇幻小说无穷的魅力,让她真正地扎下根来!
可以想见,本书的成功,必将推动新一轮奇幻文学作品引进和阅读的风潮!
冰与火之歌漫画 [Book] Douban
A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume One
author: (美)丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕 / (美)汤米·帕特森 translator: 屈畅 / 唐朝栗子 publishing house: 人民交通出版社 2012 - 10
《冰与火之歌漫画 : 权力的游戏》讲述了一个充满中世纪、魔幻、宫廷、战争、仇恨、爱情、亲情元素的血色史诗。《冰与火之歌漫画 : 权力的游戏》源自全球销量超过1200万册的超级畅销奇幻小说《冰与火之歌》,该书获得过奇幻文学最高成就的雨果奖、奇幻科幻杂志泰斗《轨迹》所颁发的轨迹奖和无数奖项提名。《冰与火之歌漫画 : 权力的游戏》是最忠于原著的读本,不但情节和人物一笔未改,而且用纯正精美的画风诠释了原著的精神,呈现了与美剧多处情节不同!《冰与火之歌漫画:权力的游戏(第1卷)》由知名漫画家执笔,进口超厚铜版纸全彩印刷,高品质设计。本书由指文图书、百度冰与火之歌贴吧衣柜军团、奥德赛公会耗尽一年心力联手策划引进、翻译制作!《冰与火之歌漫画:权力的游戏(第1卷)》具有强大翻译阵容:小说《冰与火之歌》译者屈畅领衔,知名科幻评论人Pksunking、美女译者唐朝栗子联手翻译!本书每一句话每一张图都经过原著作者乔治 R·R·马丁的亲自审核!
冰与火之歌·卷四·群鸦的盛宴(全三册) [Book] Douban
author: 乔治·马丁 translator: 屈畅 / 胡绍晏 publishing house: 重庆出版社 2012 - 9
看似弱小的势力正在崛起,詹姆攻陷了奔流域,结束了五王之战,短暂的平静之后将是更猛烈的暴风雨。铁群岛的新王攸伦、自由贸易城邦布拉佛斯的“无面者”、学城里的魔法正在复归;多恩道朗亲王的阴谋终于全盘展现,昆廷正航向奴隶湾,带回 马泰尔家族多年的渴望。第五卷将回归逃亡的提利昂、重建长城的琼恩、复活岛凯特琳,还有最重要的龙之女王——丹妮莉丝,他们将以更成熟的姿态为我们演绎七大王国未来的命运,谁赢谁败,拭目以待。
图夫航行记 [Book] NeoDB Douban
Tuf Voyaging
author: 乔治·马丁 translator: 朱佳文 publishing house: 四川科学技术出版社 2010 - 5
作为一个星际行商,哈维兰·图夫并不善于经商,但是却颇具好运,机缘巧合之下,这位爱猫的白胖宅男得到了一艘古老的飞船。
用“飞船”来形容“方舟号”实属不敬,因为这艘古老的“旧银河联邦帝国生态工程军团播种舰”是一件不折不扣的终极毁灭武器,它拥有来自数百个世界的数百万种生物细胞,从病毒到霸王龙、从吸血鬼到异形——一应俱全。
它为宅男图夫提供的第一次服务,使用了克隆和时间翘曲——所用能量足以摧毁一颗恒星——只是为了克隆一只宠物猫。
一件终极毁灭武器落到狂人手里可谓灾难,可是落到宅男手里会如何呢?
图夫和他的“方舟”号走过了群星的每一个角落,在身后留下了一串串幽默诙谐又引人深思的故事。
A Feast for Crows [Book] Douban
author: 乔治·马丁 publishing house: Bantam 2007 - 10
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.
But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.
It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes . . . and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.