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Recursion 豆瓣 Goodreads
Recursion 所属 作品: 记忆旅行者
8.0 (6 个评分) 作者: Blake Crouch Crown Publishing Group 2019 - 6
"My son has been erased." Those are the last words the woman tells Barry Sutton, before she leaps from the Manhattan rooftop.
Deeply unnerved, Barry begins to investigate her death, only to learn that this wasn't an isolated case. All across the country, people are waking up to lives different from the ones they fell asleep to. Are they suffering from False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious new disease that afflicts people with vivid memories of a life they never lived? Or is something far more sinister behind the fracturing of reality all around him?
Miles away, neuroscientist Helena Smith is developing a technology that allows us to preserve our most intense memories and relive them. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to reexperience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.
Barry's search for the truth leads him on an impossible, astonishing journey as he discovers that Helena's work has yielded a terrifying gift--the ability not just to preserve memories but to remake them . . . at the risk of destroying what it means to be human.
Rivers of London 豆瓣
所属 作品: Rivers of London
作者: Aaronovitch, Ben 2011 - 9
My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden ...and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying.
Swimming in the Dark 豆瓣
所属 作品: Swimming in the Dark
作者: Tomasz Jedrowski Bloomsbury Publishing 2020 - 2
Poland, 1980. Anxious, disillusioned Ludwik Glowacki, soon to graduate university, has been sent along with the rest of his class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together, they spend a dreamlike summer swimming in secluded lakes, reading forbidden books - and falling in love.
But with summer over, the two are sent back to Warsaw, and to the harsh realities of life under the Party. Exiled from paradise, Ludwik and Janusz must decide how they will survive; and in their different choices, find themselves torn apart.
Swimming in the Dark is an unforgettable debut about youth, love, and loss - and the sacrifices we make to live lives with meaning.
The Golden Age of Murder 豆瓣 Goodreads
所属 作品: “谋杀”的黄金时代
作者: Martin Edwards HarperCollins 2015 - 5
A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors’ darkest secrets.
This is the first book about the Detection Club, the world’s most famous and most mysterious social network of crime writers. Drawing on years of in-depth research, it reveals the astonishing story of how members such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers reinvented detective fiction.
Detective stories from the so-called “Golden Age” between the wars are often dismissed as cosily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth: some explore forensic pathology and shocking serial murders, others delve into police brutality and miscarriages of justice; occasionally the innocent are hanged, or murderers get away scot-free. Their authors faced up to the Slump and the rise of Hitler during years of economic misery and political upheaval, and wrote books agonising over guilt and innocence, good and evil, and explored whether killing a fellow human being was ever justified. Though the stories included no graphic sex scenes, sexual passions of all kinds seethed just beneath the surface.
Attracting feminists, gay and lesbian writers, Socialists and Marxist sympathisers, the Detection Club authors were young, ambitious and at the cutting edge of popular culture – some had sex lives as bizarre as their mystery plots. Fascinated by real life crimes, they cracked unsolved cases and threw down challenges to Scotland Yard, using their fiction to take revenge on people who hurt them, to conduct covert relationships, and even as an outlet for homicidal fantasy. Their books anticipated not only CSI, Jack Reacher and Gone Girl, but also Lord of the Flies. The Club occupies a unique place in Britain’s cultural history, and its influence on storytelling in fiction, film and television throughout the world continues to this day.
The Golden Age of Murder rewrites the story of crime fiction with unique authority, transforming our understanding of detective stories and the brilliant but tormented men and women who wrote them.
Petals on the Wind 豆瓣
作者: Andrews, V. C. Pocket Books 1990 - 11
For Carrie, Chris and Cathy the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds.Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist and grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them.But that wasn't their fault. Was it?Cathy knew what to do. She knew it was time to show her mother and grandmother that the pain and terror of the attic could not be forgotten...Show them. Show them -- once and for all.
解剖课 豆瓣
The Anatomy Lesson 所属 作品: 解剖课
作者: [美] 菲利普·罗斯 译者: 郭国良 / 高思飞 上海译文出版社 2013 - 8
埋葬了父亲之后,年至不惑的祖克曼突然染上了一种无从诊断的疼痛——由肩颈蔓延到躯干,甚至精神也被这种疼痛占据。没有医生知道他的病痛从何而来。他不得不依靠止痛药度日,不能继续写作,甚至连行动都为疼痛所掣肘。百无聊赖的他开始放飞思绪,回忆起他失败的婚姻以及家庭关系。极度的恋旧情怀与征服病痛的企图心爆发之下,祖克曼决心返回母校芝加哥大学,在那里学习医学……
欢迎来到敌托邦 豆瓣
Welcome to Dystopia 所属 作品: 欢迎来到敌托邦
作者: [英]戈登·范·格尔德 译者: 赵阳 新星出版社 2019 - 11
范·格尔德通过邀请科幻新晋作家和知名作家们一起对世界的未来进行畅想,精心挑选了45篇最打动人心的短篇科幻故事。作者们笔下有时带有诙谐的色彩,有时夹杂恐怖的格调(偶尔两者兼而有之),不管怎样,都非常启发读者的思考。
在这里,你能读到哈里·托特达夫、艾琳·冈恩、李允河、巴里·纳撒尼尔·马尔茨伯格、简·约伦、罗恩·古拉特等45位世界级科幻作家对未来的乐观畅想或悲观隐喻。
2020年2月9日 已读
且不说惊人一致的anti-trump的政治立场让立意平庸不少,大部分短篇堪称旧瓶装新酒,索然无味。
2019 科幻 虚构
Gerald's Game 豆瓣
所属 作品: Gerald's Game
作者: Stephen King Hodder Paperbacks 1993 - 5
Read about the author. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
2020年2月5日 已读
比Dolores粗制滥造一些,胜在细腻的内心活动和抽丝剥茧的叙事手段。手铐,被束缚的女性主动性(agency);野狗,女主人公被放逐的另一个阴暗自我;丈夫的尸体,(又)一次对女性身体的剥削,死亡。多一星给用力过分的女性主义。
StephenKing Thriller 虚构
Welcome to Dead House 豆瓣 Goodreads
所属 作品: Welcome to Dead House
作者: R.L. Stine Scholastic 2003 - 9
Just when you thought it was safe....the 25 top-selling titles in the series that revolutionized horror for kids are back w/ a fresh new look. The updated design will make you scream. The original artwork will give you nightmares. And the classic bone-chilling stories from the master of horror will just kill you. This spine-tingling series sparked a licensing phenomenon & made R.L. the #1 author in the U.S.--and it's STILL the "must have" collection for true horror fans. Now a whole new generation will discover the thrill of reading ...and they'll never be the same again.
2020年2月2日 已读
WtD E01 read-along 果然和小时候看的重点完全不一样 - “Was it possible that I thought a pile of clothes was a smiling girl? No, I'm not crazy, I have great eyesight.”
Goosebumps R.L.Stine 虚构
Misery 豆瓣
所属 作品: 头号书迷
作者: Stephen King Signet 1998 - 6
Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader—she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house. Now Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work—just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 豆瓣 Goodreads
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 所属 作品: 我们一直住在城堡里
7.3 (6 个评分) 作者: Shirley Jackson Penguin Classics 2006 - 10
Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.
2020年1月30日 想读
What a weird little book. Things you can always find in her stories: troubled protagonist, unreliable narrator, the unexpected menace. 她的长篇和短篇气质还是有些不同的,比起这本我还是更喜欢The Haunting of Hill House,相似的是字里行间挥之不去的claustrophobia和yearning。Audible听完,补了Jonathan Lethem的序。
2022 2022-audible Shirley_Jackson 惊悚 虚构
We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone 豆瓣
作者: Ronald Malfi JournalStone 2017 - 11
A new mother is pursued by mysterious men in black. A misguided youth learns the dark secrets of the world from an elderly neighbor on Halloween night. A housewarming party where the guests never leave. A caretaker tends to his rusted relic of a god deep in the desert...
In his debut short story collection, Bram Stoker Award finalist Ronald Malfi mines the depths and depravities of the human condition, exploring the dark underside of religion, marriage, love, fear, regret, and hunger in a world that spins just slightly askew on its axis. Rich in atmosphere and character, Malfi's debut collection is not to be missed.
Boneshaker (Sci Fi Essential Books) 豆瓣
作者: Cherie Priest Tor Books 2009 - 9
At the start of the Civil War, a Russian mining company commissions a great machine to pave the way from Seattle to Alaska and speed up the gold rush that is beating a path to the frozen north. Inventor Leviticus Blue creates the machine, but on its first test run it malfunctions, decimating Seattle's banking district and uncovering a vein of Blight Gas that turns everyone who breathes it into the living dead. Sixteen years later Briar, Blue's widow, lives in the poor neighborhood outside the wall that's been built around the uninhabitable city. Life is tough with a ruined reputation, but she and her teenage son Ezekiel are surviving - until Zeke impetuously decides that he must reclaim his father's name from the clutches of history.
The Luminous Dead 豆瓣
作者: Caitlin Starling Harper Voyager 2019 - 4
A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emotional journey for survival.
When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane.
Instead, she got Em.
Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too . . .
As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, her control giving way to paranoia and anger, Gyre severs her connection with Em and the outside world. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head.
But how come she can’t shake the feeling she’s being followed?
The Lies of Locke Lamora 豆瓣
所属 作品: 绅士盗贼拉莫瑞
作者: Scott Lynch Spectra 2007 - 6
In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part Robin Hood, one part Ocean’s Eleven , and entirely enthralling.…
An orphan’s life is harsh–and often short–in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains–a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected “family” of orphans–a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting.
Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld’s most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful–and more ambitious–than Locke has yet imagined.
Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi’s most trusted men–and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr’s underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game–or die trying.…
From the Hardcover edition.
2020年1月30日 在读
好看!binge了一天!作者有些太事无巨细地絮叨了不过正中我萌点wwww
Fantasy 虚构
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream 豆瓣
8.9 (7 个评分) 作者: Harlan Ellison Ace Books 1983 - 8
Harlan Ellison has won more awards for imaginative literature than any other living author, but only aficionados of Ellison's singular work have been aware of another of his passions ... he is a great oral interpreter of his stories. His recordings have been difficult to obtain ... by his choice. In 1999, for the first time, he was lured into the studio to record this stunning retrospective. Contents include: an original introduction; I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream; Laugh Track Grail; "Repent, Harlequin!" said the Ticktockman; The Very Last Day of a Good Woman; The Time of the Eye; Paladin of the Lost Hour; The Lingering Scent of Woodsmoke; and A Boy and His Dog (source of the cult motion picture). This recording is the winner of the International Horror Writers Bram Stoker Award for outstanding non-print media.
2020年1月25日 已读
the perfect nihilism, the perfect gory agony - 原著小说可以作为游戏视角的补充材料
HarlanEllison 科幻 虚构
盛夏王 豆瓣
作者: (加拿大)O・R莫林 译者: 祝旻 2004 - 3
《盛夏王》主要讲述了:十七岁的劳尔无法面对失去挛生姐姐的事实,为探知真相,不相信有魔法世界的她接受了精灵国的一项使命——寻找被囚禁的盛夏王,让他点燃仲夏之火。如果她完成了任务,就能使姐姐在精灵国得到重生。劳尔一路艰辛,可时间紧迫,意外的事接二连三地发生,她应付得了吗?
2020年1月17日 已读
算是YA fantasy启蒙吧!当年市图书馆赞助了多少美梦源泉www这个系列构建了我对爱尔兰最早最模糊的记忆,精灵,流水般的酒和美妙的食物,每一部都有一个讨人喜欢的女主角。
O·R·莫林 儿童文学 加拿大 虚构
西尔维亚的两个恋人(全二册) 豆瓣
所属 作品: 西尔维亚的两个恋人
作者: [英国] 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔 译者: 秭佩 / 逢珍 兰州大学出版社
《西尔维亚的两个恋人(秭译本)》描写的是18世纪拿破仑战争的历史时期,城乡普通人的爱情故事。故事围绕着捕鲸水手、店铺商人和农人家庭交错展开;上海生活、城市生活、乡村生活交织在一起,再加上强募队抓壮丁和拿破仑战争的历史背景,便展现出相当奇特而又纷繁复杂的生活画面。