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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780345452474
Mysterious, incredibly superior alien beings assemble a new
Earth out of bits and pieces of the old one, which they snatch from
various eras. So a UN helicopter crew from 2037, a crew of
astronauts from the same era, Genghis Khan and his Horde, Alexander
the Great and his army, a British Indian outpost where Rudyard
Kipling (rendered here in all his youthful complexity) is visiting,
and a remnant of Babylon end up coexisting. Not at all peacefully,
either, especially when one astronaut, a ruthless and foul-mouthed
American woman, decides to aid and abet the Mongols in their career
of world conquest, which can be halted only by the other civilized
time travelers joining forces with a very well portrayed Alexander.
In the end, civilization’s prospects have been propped up, and one
of the UN crew is off to find the aliens (her search will be, one
presumes, the subject of another book). With Clarke and Baxter
collaborating smoothly, this is a fine exploration of themes that
Clarke has explored regularly since Childhood’s End (1953),
at least, and good news for those who enjoy both men’s work. Oh,
yes, this book begins a new saga, entitled A Time Odyssey–does
that ring a bell? Roland Green
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