Fragile Things 9780755334148 《易碎品》收录了尼尔?盖曼包括雨果奖获奖作品《绿字的研究》在内
盖曼是一座现成的故事宝库，而我们又何其幸运可以通过各种媒介去靠近他。——斯蒂芬·金 The Barnes Noble Review In the introduction to Neil Gaiman's short story collection -- awildly diverse assortment of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy, poetry,and speculative fiction -- he explains the book's title: "Stories,like people and butterflies and songbirds' eggs and human heartsand dreams, are…fragile things, made up of nothing stronger or morelasting than twenty-six letters and a handful of punctuationmarks." Noteworthy selections in this undeniably exceptional collectioninclude the Hugo Award–winning "A Study in Emerald," which deftlyblends Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's late-19th-century England withgruesome Lovecraftian horror; the Locus Award–winning "October inthe Chair"; an homage to Ray Bradbury that features the months ofthe year personified; and "How to Talk to Girls at Parties," a talefeaturing two oversexed teenagers from an all-boys school in
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In his latest novel, Gaiman (Neverwhere) explores the vast andbloody landscape of myths and legends where the gods of yore andthe neoteric gods of now conflict in modern-day America. Theantihero, a man of unusually acute intellect through whose eyes wewitness the behind-the-scenes dynamics of human religion and faith,is a convict called Shadow. He is flung into the midst of asupernatural fray of gods such as Odin, Anansi, Loki One-Eye, Thor,and a multitude of other ancient divinities as they struggle forsurvival in an America beset by trends, fads, and constant upheavalan environment not good for gods. They are joined in this struggleby such contemporary deities as the geek-boy god Internet and thegoddess Media. There's a nice plot twist in the end, and thefascinating subject matter and impressive mythic scope are handledcreatively and expertly. Gaiman is an exemplary short story writer,but his ventures into novels are also compellingly imaginative.Highly recommended for all libraries.
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