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- City at the End of Time is a 2008 science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear. It was published in August 2008 by Del Rey in the United States, and Gollancz in the United Kingdom. The story follows three drifters in present-day Seattle who are tormented by strange dreams of the Kalpa, a city one hundred trillion years in the future. The Kalpa is attempting to ward off the Typhon, an inexplicable entity that has consumed the rest of the ancient universe and broken down the laws of physics. The novel belongs to the Dying Earth subgenre. It is rooted in hard science fiction, but also incorporates several other genres, including fantasy and horror. Bear called it science fiction "stretched to the nth degree". He said that in the novel he honors those writers who changed the face of science fiction and fantasy, including William Hope Hodgson and Arthur C. Clarke, and pays homage to Hodgson's 1912 novel, The Night Land, with which City at the End of Time shares a number of plot elements. The novel received a mixed reception from critics. Some reviewers were impressed by the novel's scope and grandiosity, while others felt that the characters were underdeveloped and the story was difficult to follow. New Scientist described the first half of the book as "a gripping, original tale", but complained that in the second half Bear over-complicates the story with "too many ideas, images, mythologies and distractions". City at the End of Time was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2009. (en)
- 《末日都市》（City at the End of Time），是美国作家葛瑞格·贝尔2008年创作的科幻小说，于同年八月由美国格雷出版社和英国格兰茨出版社出版。故事讲述了在现代西雅图，三个流浪者因不断梦见一座一百万亿年后的未来城市卡尔帕而备受其扰，这座未来城市正试图抵御一个不知名物体——提丰的进攻，提丰不仅吞噬了宇宙尚未消亡的部分，还颠覆了物理定律。 这部小说属于世界末日类型，以硬科幻为基础，但是也融入了如奇幻和恐怖等不同风格。贝尔称此书“涉及各个层面”，在书中他纪念了一些改变科幻和奇幻小说面貌的作家，如威廉·霍普·霍奇森和亚瑟·查理斯·克拉克。《末日都市》参考了霍奇森1912年的小说《暗黑大陆》中的情节，贝尔通过这种方式向《暗黑大陆》致敬。 外界对这部书的评价褒贬不一，有些书评人深受小说涉及的领域和庞大的世界观吸引，其他人则认为小说人物不丰满，故事情节难理解。《新科学人》将小说的前半部分形容为“扣人心弦的原创故事”，但认为贝尔在后半部分复杂化了情节，导致“观点太多、人物形象太多、神话传说太多、分散读者注意力的因素太多”。《末日都市》被提名为2009年轨迹奖最佳科幻小说和同年的约翰·坎贝尔纪念奖最佳科幻小说。 (zh)
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- 《末日都市》（City at the End of Time），是美国作家葛瑞格·贝尔2008年创作的科幻小说，于同年八月由美国格雷出版社和英国格兰茨出版社出版。故事讲述了在现代西雅图，三个流浪者因不断梦见一座一百万亿年后的未来城市卡尔帕而备受其扰，这座未来城市正试图抵御一个不知名物体——提丰的进攻，提丰不仅吞噬了宇宙尚未消亡的部分，还颠覆了物理定律。 这部小说属于世界末日类型，以硬科幻为基础，但是也融入了如奇幻和恐怖等不同风格。贝尔称此书“涉及各个层面”，在书中他纪念了一些改变科幻和奇幻小说面貌的作家，如威廉·霍普·霍奇森和亚瑟·查理斯·克拉克。《末日都市》参考了霍奇森1912年的小说《暗黑大陆》中的情节，贝尔通过这种方式向《暗黑大陆》致敬。 外界对这部书的评价褒贬不一，有些书评人深受小说涉及的领域和庞大的世界观吸引，其他人则认为小说人物不丰满，故事情节难理解。《新科学人》将小说的前半部分形容为“扣人心弦的原创故事”，但认为贝尔在后半部分复杂化了情节，导致“观点太多、人物形象太多、神话传说太多、分散读者注意力的因素太多”。《末日都市》被提名为2009年轨迹奖最佳科幻小说和同年的约翰·坎贝尔纪念奖最佳科幻小说。 (zh)
- City at the End of Time is a 2008 science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear. It was published in August 2008 by Del Rey in the United States, and Gollancz in the United Kingdom. The story follows three drifters in present-day Seattle who are tormented by strange dreams of the Kalpa, a city one hundred trillion years in the future. The Kalpa is attempting to ward off the Typhon, an inexplicable entity that has consumed the rest of the ancient universe and broken down the laws of physics. (en)
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