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This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, 阿莫尔·厄尔-摩塔尔, 马克斯·戈拉斯通

出版时间

2019-07-25

ISBN

9781534431003

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍
In the ashes of a dying world, Red finds a letter marked “Burn before reading. Signed, Blue.” So begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents in a war that stretches through the vast reaches of time and space. Red belongs to the Agency, a post-singularity technotopia. Blue belongs to Garden, a single vast consciousness embedded in all organic matter. Their pasts are bloody and their futures mutually exclusive. They have nothing in common—save that they’re the best, and they’re alone. Now what began as a battlefield boast grows into a dangerous game, one both Red and Blue are determined to win. Because winning’s what you do in war. Isn’t it? A tour de force collaboration from two powerhouse writers that spans the whole of time and space.
用户评论
把书信写在树木的年轮里,写在鳕鱼的身体上,写进熔岩,写进一只偶然邂逅的加拿大鹅脱下的两朵羽毛……just so romantic。
比起说这是一本科幻书,更像是一本情书散文书。一开始读的时候满头雾水,抱着一直想要放弃的心情读下去,后面越来越好看。奇妙地用歌名、十六进制颜色、燃烧颜色对应自己爱人的元素、石头、花朵、蝴蝶、土著语、书名、谚语等来称呼自己的爱人。在时间线之间的穿梭与因果修改,有种拉普拉斯妖的感觉。记得里面提及的时间线有——圆明园、瘟疫对印加帝国的影响、Bess of Cavendish、神秘博士、贸易变动对明朝汇率的影响、亚特兰蒂斯、林则徐、郑成功……但是,再次提醒下,这是一本关于爱情的书。
把三流科幻故事写成爱情小说就能得到质的提升,也不怪我注意力全被Blue信件出现的方式和二位的情话抓住。真的很好奇这个故事的荧幕化呈现,在我整个阅读过程中她们都没有想象的实体,我好恨。这句“That's all I want now. A small place, a dog, green grass. To touch your hand.”简直my girl内心独白投射。不过我们无需像firefighter和fire starter那样捕食对方。my blue说不需要拜伦式的爱情。
意识流科幻百合 单独哪个genre都是我的菜 但组合在一起怎么这么难click
读一半就能猜出剧情 书信里描述的半吊子世界观让人没头没脑;虽然书信感人 但不是都因为爱情愿意为对方牺牲自己了吗 女主之一又有了老公什么鬼。。。很失望
像爱用华丽辞藻堆砌的初中生散文,没有动机和情节推动仅仅用凭空出现的”爱”带我天方夜谭时间旅行很难有说服力,如果分类是诗歌而不是小说或许评分会高一些
world-building很厉害,subtle又诗意,非常考验写作功底,看的时候有时会搞不清楚状况,但又不会错过什么信息,并且画面感非常强,会拿奖可能部分原因也是这个。 That being said, 对于这个极致浪漫的queer romance,理论上我应该会非常喜欢,但不知道为什么,情书形式始终觉得..not enough. (但还是非常respect这本书啦...带入Killing Eve非常合适
I don't read well enough to determine if this Shakespearean-style sci-fi story is actually any good. I do know that it took me more than four months to complete this book and this is absolutely one of the hardest reading experiences I've ever had.
Beautiful prose. Revelation on the seeker is deeply touching. Left too many questions unanswered for my liking
很可爱,文笔很美的一篇,可以算情书范本,太爱里面的句子”人就是海洋一般,撞到石头上破碎重组,或许这就是我怎么知道我活着,想要获取的渴望“”伦敦是君主制和肉馅饼的味道“”我知道你后,那个我们住在一个峡谷的想象就让我觉得我吞下一整个峡谷都无法满足“文笔很漂亮!但故事本身很YA,我觉得人物也没有有趣的发展
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