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.