內(nèi)容簡介:Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has traveled far from his radical roots in the ’60s—until the bizarre and brutal murder of a millionaire rock promoter draws him back. As Sandy sets out to investigate the crime, he finds himself on a magical mystery tour of the pent-up passions of his generation. For a new messiah has resurrected the once legendary rock band Nazg?l—but with an apocalyptic new beat that is a requiem of demonism, mind control, and death only Sandy may be able to change in time. . . .
作者簡介:
George R. R. Martin's bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series has earned him the title of 'the American Tolkien'. The first book of the series has been made into a HBO TV adaptation, A Game of Thrones. He is the author of eight novels, several collections of short stories and numerous screenplays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁(Geoger Raymond Richard Martin)歐美奇幻小說大師。1948年9月20日出生于美國新澤西州的貝約恩,在伊利諾伊州伊凡斯頓的西北大學(xué)就讀,主修新聞寫作,1971年取得碩士學(xué)位。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關(guān)注點(diǎn),描寫細(xì)膩豐富,突破了幻想文學(xué)界固有的創(chuàng)作模式,多次引領(lǐng)閱讀潮流。代表作有十大浪漫太空歌劇之一的《光逝》、由雨果獎(jiǎng)獲獎(jiǎng)名篇擴(kuò)展而成的《風(fēng)港》、在雜志讀者群中深受愛戴的《圖夫航行記》,以及當(dāng)代正統(tǒng)奇幻的第一經(jīng)典《冰與火之歌》等。由于馬丁的輝煌成就,他被譽(yù)為美國的托爾金和新世紀(jì)的海明威。從1989年開始,馬丁淡出文學(xué)界,轉(zhuǎn)而投身演藝界發(fā)展,其中包括《美女與野獸》的編劇和The Twilight Zone的劇本編輯。1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學(xué)的創(chuàng)作,處女作便是《權(quán)力的游戲》(The Game Of Throne),即為《冰與火之歌》(The Song Of Fire And Ice)的首部曲。雖然封筆幾近10年,但大師風(fēng)范猶在,《權(quán)力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎(jiǎng)和星云獎(jiǎng)年度最佳幻想作品提名,即使是由其中抽取章節(jié)編成的Blood of the Dragon也獲得多個(gè)最佳中篇獎(jiǎng),在科幻奇幻界引起極大的反響。在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中,《冰與火之歌》儼然已經(jīng)可以和《魔戒》平起平坐,作者網(wǎng)站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下,其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。他的讀者群早已是遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的超越奇幻科幻愛好者的范圍,而受到更為廣泛的關(guān)注。
權(quán)力的游戲已在HBO播出。喬治·馬丁被時(shí)代雜志評(píng)選為2011年影響世界的一百人。