内容简介
IntheClassicStarWarsmovies,BobaFettworksforthelegendaryJabbatheHutt,trackingdownbounties(includingHanSolo).Fanshaveneverknownhowthispartnershipbegan...untilnow.YoungBobaFetthasnowheretogo--andisbeinghuntedforwhatheknowsabouttheevilCountDooku.BeforeBoba'sfatherdied,heleftinstructionsforhissontofindJabbatheHutt.NowBobatracksJabbadown--andmustpasstheultimatetestinordertoproveheistrulyabountyhunterfortheages.
作者简介
ElizabethHand(bornMarch29,1957)isanAmericanwriter.HandgrewupinYonkersandPoundRidge,NewYork.ShestudieddramaandanthropologyatTheCatholicUniversityofAmerica.Since1988,HandhaslivedincoastalMaine,thesettingformanyofherstories.Shealsolivespart-timeinCamdenTown,LondonwhichhasbeenthesettingforMortalLoveandtheshortstory"CleopatraBrimstone".Hand'sfirststory,"PrinceofFlowers",waspublishedin1988inTwilightZonemagazine,andherfirstnovel,Winterlong,waspublishedin1990.WithPaulWitcover,shecreatedandwroteDCComics'1990scultseriesAnima.[1]Hand'sotherworksareAestivalTide(1992);IcarusDescending(1993);WakingtheMoon(1994),whichwontheTiptreeAwardandtheMythopoeicFantasyAward;thepost-apocalypticnovelGlimmering(1997);contemporaryfantasyBlackLight(1999),aNewYorkTimesNotableBook;thehistoricalfantasyMortalLove(2004),aWashingtonPostNotableBook;andthepsychologicalthrillerGenerationLoss(2007).HerstorycollectionsareLastSummeratMarsHill(1998)(whichincludestheNebulaandWorldFantasyaward-winningtitlenovella);Bibliomancy(2002),winneroftheWorldFantasyAward;andSaffronandBrimstone:StrangeStories,whichincludestheNebulaAward-winning"Echo"(2006).MortalLovewasalsoshortlistedforthe2005MythopoeicFantasyAwardforAdultLiterature.AmongHand'sotherrecentshortfiction,"PavaneforaPrinceoftheAir"(2002)and"CleopatraBrimstone"(2001)wonInternationalHorrorGuildAwards.Mostrecently,shewontheShirleyJacksonAwardforGenerationLossandtheWorldFantasyAwardin2008forIllyria.Shealsowritesmovieandtelevisionspin-offs,includingStarWarstie-innovelsandnovelizationsofsuchfilmsasX-Files:FighttheFutureand12Monkeys.ShecontributedaBrideofFrankensteinnoveltotherecentseriesofclassicmoviemonsternovelspublishedbyDarkHorseComics.OneofHand'sthemesfromtheWinterlongsagaistheremorselessexploitationofanimalandplantspeciestocreatewhatshecalls"geneslaves."ExamplesincludeathreehundredyearoldgeneticallyreconstructedandcerebrallyaugmentedbasilosaurusbythenameofZalophus;theaardmen,hybridsofdogandman;hydrapithecenes,human-fishorhuman-cuttlefishhybridssomewhatresemblingDavyJonesandhiscrewfromthePiratesoftheCaribbeanfilmseries;andsagittals,whelksgeneticallyengineeredtobewornasabraceletand,whenitshostfeelsthreatenedoragitated,extrudeaspinelacedwithadeadlyneurotoxin.
