IN A SINGLE MOMENT...the lives of three men will be forever changed. In that split second, defined paradoxically by both salvation and loss, they will destroy the world and then restore it. Much had come before, and much would come after, but nothing would color their lives more than that one, isolated instant on the edge of forever.IN A SINGLE MOMENT...Spock, displaced in time, watches his closest friend heed his advice by allowing the love of his life to die in a traffic accident, thereby preserving Earth s history. Returning to the present, however, Spock confronts other such crises, and chooses instead to willfully alter the past. Challenged by the thorny demands of his logic, he will have to find a way to face his conflicting decisions.IN A SINGLE MOMENT...that stays with Spock, he preserved the timeline at the cost of Jim Kirk s happiness. Now, the death of that friend will cause Spock to reexamine the fundamental choices he has made for his own life. Unwilling to accept his feelings of loss and regret, he will seek that which has previously eluded him: complete mastery of his emotions. But while his quest for the perfect geometry of total logic will move him beyond his remorse, another loss will bring him full circle to once more face the fire he has never embraced.
DAVID R. GEORGE III wrote the Crucible trilogy for Star Trek's 40th anniversary as well as Olympus Descending for Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Three. He previously visited DS9 in the novels The 34th Rule, set during the timeframe of the series, and in Twilight, set after the finale. His other Star Trek contributions include a first season Voyager episode, "Prime Factors," and one of the Lost Era books, Serpents Among the Ruins, which hit the New York Times bestseller list in Fall, 2003. Currently he is writing a novella for Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light, coming in December, 2010, from Gallery Books.
In his almost nonexistent spare time, David enjoys trying his hand at new experiences, from skydiving to auditioning--with his lovely wife, Karen--for "The New Newlywed Game", from hiking a glacier in Alaska to belly dancing in Tunisia, from ocean kayaking in Mexico to having dinner at an actual captain's table somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Recently, he performed his first wedding ceremony--which he and Karen also wrote--marrying their friends Jen and Ryan Van Riper. David believes that the world is a wide, wondrous place, with exciting adventures waiting around just about every corner.
He remains free on his own recognizance.
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这本书的叙事节奏掌握得简直是教科书级别的范本。起初的几章,节奏缓慢而克制,像是在为一场即将到来的风暴积蓄能量。作者似乎很享受这种铺垫的过程,通过大量的内心独白和人物间的低语对话,慢慢地构建起一个坚不可摧的心理屏障。我个人对这种慢热型的作品情有独钟,因为它允许读者沉浸其中,去细品那些潜藏在字里行间的微妙情绪。接着,故事的转折点来得猝不及防,那种力度之大,仿佛一脚踩空,直接将人抛入了一个完全不同的情境。从那时起,节奏陡然加快,动作场面虽然没有直接的爆炸和追逐,但那种智力上的交锋、情感上的撕扯,带来的紧张感丝毫不逊色于任何一场激烈的战斗。更绝妙的是,作者在高潮迭起之时,总能适当地插入一些看似无关紧要的细节,比如一段对古代乐器的描述,或者一个短暂的梦境片段,这些“留白”非但没有打断阅读的流畅性,反而像是在紧张的琴弦上弹奏出了一段悠扬的间奏,让读者的心绪得以短暂地放松,然后以更饱满的状态迎接下一轮的冲击。这种高低起伏的韵律感,是这本书最值得称赞的地方之一,它保证了故事始终保持着一种令人兴奋的张力。
评分这本书给我带来的最终感受,是一种复杂而悠长的回味。它不是那种读完就束之高阁、转头就忘的快餐式读物,它更像是一坛需要时间慢慢陈酿的美酒,初饮可能觉得辛辣,但后劲十足,会在心底留下持久的印记。我发现自己时不时地会想起书中的某个场景,或者某句哲学性的提问,它们就像小石子投入平静的湖面,激起的涟漪久久不能平息。这本书探讨的主题,宏大而永恒,它直面了权力、牺牲、宿命与自由意志之间的永恒拉锯战。它没有提供任何廉价的慰藉,结局处理得极其克制和现实,没有那种俗套的皆大欢喜,也没有刻意的悲剧收场,而是一种“在破碎中继续前行”的艰难平衡。这种对人性和世界本质的深刻洞察,让我对作者的敬意油然而生。购买和阅读这本书,绝对是我近期最值得的一次“投资”,它不仅丰富了我的阅读体验,更重要的是,它提供了一个独特的视角,去重新审视我们自身所处的现实世界。我向所有追求深度阅读体验的读者强烈推荐。
评分从文学技巧的角度来看,这本书的语言风格呈现出一种奇特的融合感。它既有古典散文那种沉静、精准的用词,仿佛每一个词语都经过了千锤百炼,带着一种历史的厚重感;但同时,在描绘到激烈冲突或者内心爆发的瞬间,笔触又变得极其现代和破碎,充满了跳跃性的意象和节奏感强的句子。这种文体的“混搭”,非但没有造成阅读上的障碍,反而形成了一种独特的“破碎美学”。特别是作者在处理象征意义时,手法之高明,令人叹服。书中反复出现的主题元素,比如“破碎的镜子”、“永不熄灭的灯火”、“被遗忘的歌谣”,它们在不同的章节中以不同的面貌出现,每一次的重现都像是为之前的情节增添了一层新的解读维度。这迫使我必须回翻前面的章节,重新审视那些我曾以为已经理解的段落。这种文本的“多义性”是真正优秀文学作品的标志,它拒绝给读者一个简单的答案,而是提供了一张无限延展的解读地图,邀请我们不断探索。
评分这本书的封面设计真是引人注目,那种深沉的色彩搭配上那些抽象的符号,立刻就给人一种神秘而宏大的感觉。我一开始还以为它会是一本晦涩难懂的哲学著作,毕竟书名本身就带着一股子古典的韵味。然而,翻开内页后,才发现作者的叙事手法异常流畅,完全没有那种故作高深的架子。故事的开端,背景设定在一个时间感非常模糊的时代,有点像古典神话与未来科幻的交织体。主角的出场处理得非常巧妙,他不像传统英雄那样光芒万丈,反而带着一种与生俱来的疏离感,这种“局外人”的视角,让读者能够更冷静地审视故事中那些错综复杂的人际关系和权力斗争。特别是对环境景色的描绘,那种细致入微,仿佛能闻到空气中尘土的味道,感受到光线穿过巨大建筑缝隙时的那种冰冷感。阅读过程中,我不断在猜测作者到底想通过这些意象传达何种深层的主题,是关于人性异化,还是文明的兴衰?这种悬念的营造,让人欲罢不能,每读完一个章节,都会忍不住停下来,对着空白的墙壁思考几分钟,回味那些尚未完全揭示的线索。这种阅读体验,已经很久没有过了,它不仅仅是在“读”一个故事,更像是在“参与”一场心灵的探险。
评分我必须得提一下作者对角色塑造的功力,简直是神乎其技。书中的主要人物,没有一个是扁平化的符号,他们都是一团复杂的、充满矛盾的有机体。拿那位核心人物来说,他身上混合着近乎圣徒般的高洁理想和偶尔流露出的、让人不忍直视的黑暗面。作者没有试图去美化他,也没有刻意去丑化他,而是将其所有的优点和致命的弱点都暴露在阳光下,任由读者自己去评判和消化。我记得有几段描述他面对道德困境时的内心挣扎,那些文字的力度,让我几乎能感受到他额头渗出的冷汗和胸腔里擂鼓般的心跳。更难得的是,即便是那些戏份不多的配角,也都有着自己清晰的动机和行动逻辑,他们不是为了推动主角而存在的工具人,而是这个世界中活生生的一份子。这种对“众生相”的精准把握,让整个故事的世界观变得无比真实和可信。我甚至花了好几天时间,试图去理解其中一个反派角色的行为逻辑,那种由爱生恨、由误解走向毁灭的过程,写得既悲壮又令人唏嘘。读完这本书,我感觉自己像是参加了一场漫长的人生体验课,收获远超一本书籍本身能给予的。
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