书目

Beet: A Novel (P.S.)

内容简介

BeetCollegeisdoomed...andnobodyreallycares.TheBoardofTrustees,ledbydeveloperJoelBollovate,hassquanderedtheendowment.Debutante-cum-self-styled-poetMathaPolite,anindiscriminateradicalwithafour-studentfollowing,wantstobringtheinstitutiondown.Sweet-temperedterroristhopefulAkimBenLadin(néArthurHorowitz)sitsinhisoff-campuscaveanddreamsaboutblowingBeetup.Facultymembersaretoobusyconcoctinguseless,trendycoursestodoanythingaboutit.NottomentionthatAmericanhighereducationisgoingdownthetubes,onelesslesserschoolisn'tgoingtomatter.SowhyisProfessorPeacePorterfieldtryingtosaveBeet?Beatsus.

作者简介

RobertSilverberghaswonfiveNebulaAwards,fourHugoAwards,andtheprestigiousPrixApollo.Heistheauthorofmorethanonehundredsciencefictionandfantasynovels—includingthebest-sellingLordValentinetrilogyandtheclassicsDyingInsideandATimeofChanges—andmorethansixtynonfictionworks.Amongthesixty-plusanthologieshehaseditedareLegendsandFarHorizons,whichcontainoriginalshortstoriessetinthemostpopularuniverseofRobertJordan,StephenKing,UrsulaK.LeGuin,GregoryBenford,GregBear,OrsonScottCard,andvirtuallyeveryotherbestsellingfantasyandSFwritertoday.Mr.Silverberg'sMajipoorCycle,setonperhapsthegrandestandgreatestworldeverimagined,isconsideredoneofthejewelsinthecrownofspeculativefiction.

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