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适读人群 :8岁及以上 Worldwide sales of Harry Potter exceed $450 million
In the US alone there are over 160 million Harry Potter books in print
Harry Potter is published in 74 languages
The seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sold 8.3 million copies in the first 24 hours breaking all publishing records (set by previously published Harry Potter titles)
Publication Dates and First Printings:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, September 1998 (50,000)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, June 2, 1999 (250,000)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, September 8, 1999 (500,000)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, July 8, 2000 (3.8 million)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, June 21, 2003 (6.8 million)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, July 16, 2005 (10.8 million)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, July 21, 2007 (12 million)
内容简介
For the first time, J. K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full-color editions. Kate Greenaway-award winning artist Jim Kay has created over 100 stunning illustrations, making this deluxe format a perfect gift as much for a child being introduced to the series, as for the dedicated fan. Book one, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, is publishing on October 6, 2015.
Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility.
All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley -- a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.
But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place that Harry -- and anyone who reads about him -- will find unforgettable.
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副校长
米勒娃·麦格谨上
哈利·波特的人生在他十一岁生日那天发生了永远的改变,眼睛像黑甲虫似的巨人鲁伯·海格带给他一封信和很多令人震惊的消息。哈利·波特不是一个普通的男孩,他是一个小巫师。一段非凡的冒险即将开始……
这是J。K。罗琳创作的魔法经典的个彩绘本,书中充满了吉姆·凯绘制的绚丽彩图。这是一场绝对迷人的盛宴,献给忠实的哈迷和新的读者们。
作者简介
J. K. Rowling is the author of the beloved, bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing the series during a delayed Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. J. K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including an OBE for services to children's literature, France's Legion d'Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. She supports a wide number of causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.
Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Jim studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Archives of Tate Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Jim has produced concept work for television and contributed to a group exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He now lives and works in Northamptonshire, England, with his partner and a rescued greyhound.
J.K.罗琳,是畅销书“哈利·波特”系列的作者,该系列小说深受读者的喜爱,屡创销售纪录。迄今为止,“哈利·波特”系列销量已越450000000册,被翻译成78种语言,并被改编成8部好莱坞大片。J.K.罗琳还为慈善组织撰写过三部“哈利·波特”系列衍生作品,分别是《神奇的魁地奇球》《神奇动物在哪里》(用于资助“喜剧救济基金会”)及《诗翁彼豆故事集》(用于资助“荧光闪烁”慈善组织)。她还创作了一部以《神奇动物在哪里》为灵感来源的电影剧本。2012年,J.K.罗琳正式推出数字化公司Pottermore,哈迷们可以在网站上欣赏她的新作,陶醉于神奇的魔法世界里。J.K.罗琳还为成年读者写过小说《偶发空缺》,并以笔名罗伯特·加尔布雷思创作过推理小说。她曾荣获过众多奖项和荣誉,其中包括表彰她对儿童文学做出巨大贡献的大英帝国勋章、法国荣誉军团勋章,以及国际安徒生文学奖。
吉姆·凯,是帕特里克·奈斯的小说《恶魔呼唤》的插画绘制者,他的插画获得了2012年凯特·格林纳威奖。他曾在威斯敏斯特大学学习绘画,毕业后曾先后在泰特英国美术馆和英国皇家植物园工作。他在里奇蒙美术馆举办个展时,一位出版商看中了他的绘画,主动与他洽谈,自此开启了他的自由插画家生涯。吉姆也为电影和电视节目创作概念图,并参与过伦敦维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆的一场联合展览。现在他与伴侣,还有一条被解救的灵缇犬生活在英国北安普敦郡。
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精彩书评
Praise for the original publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"A wonderful first novel. Much like Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling has a gift for keeping the emotions, fears, and triumphs of her characters on a human scale, even while the supernatural is popping out all over. The book is full of wonderful, sly humor [and] the characters are impressively three-dimensional (occasionally, four-dimensional!) and move along seamlessly through the narrative. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is as funny, moving and impressive as the story behind its writing. Like Harry Potter, [J. K. Rowling] has wizardry inside, and has soared beyond her modest Muggle surroundings to achieve something quite special."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"A charming, imaginative, magical confection of a novel. . . . A glorious debut, a book of wonderful comic pleasures and dizzying imaginative flights. There is no cause to doubt Rowling's abilities and promise, and every reason to expect great things, truly great things, from her in the future." -- The Boston Sunday Globe
"You don't have to be a wizard or a kid to appreciate the spell cast by Harry Potter."
-- USA Today
"The story delights and the writing gives you goosebumps, the good kind."
-- Chicago Tribune
*"Readers are in for a delightful romp with this award-winning debut from a British author who dances in the footsteps of P. L. Travers and Roald Dahl. Rowling leaves the door wide open for a sequel; bedazzled readers will surely clamor for one."
-- Publishers Weekly, starred review
前言/序言
好的,这是一本关于太空探索的科幻小说简介: 《星际漂流者:失落的信标》 作者:伊芙琳·里德 一、故事背景:遥远的边界与未知的呼唤 公元2742年,人类文明已经将足迹延伸至银河系的边缘。星际联邦(Galactic Union)统治着数百个宜居星球,技术的高度发达使得超光速旅行成为日常。然而,在已知星域之外的“幽灵星云”深处,仍有大片区域如同古老的传说一样,笼罩在迷雾之中。 故事的主角,艾登·凯尔(Aiden Kael),是一名经验丰富的深空勘探员,驾驶着他那艘老旧但可靠的单人飞船“流浪者号”。艾登并非联邦的精英,他更像是一个自由的拾荒者和地图绘制者,热衷于探索那些被官方忽略的、充满危险和机遇的区域。他内心深处一直被一个无法解释的冲动所驱使:寻找那些被遗忘的、可能改变人类历史的古老文明遗迹。 二、开端:来自深空的异常信号 故事始于一次例行的勘测任务。艾登正穿越一片以强烈的时空扰动著称的区域,他的飞船传感器突然捕捉到一个微弱但结构极其复杂的信号。这个信号并非来自任何已知的联邦通讯协议,它的频率和编码方式透露出一种令人不安的古老与先进的结合。 经过数周的三角定位,艾登发现信号源指向一颗被冰封的、没有大气层的行星——代号“塞勒涅-7”。根据联邦的星图记录,这颗星球是死寂的,不具备任何生命存在的可能。但信号的强度和规律性无法作假。 艾登决定违反联邦的禁航令,冒险登陆塞勒涅-7。他相信,这是一个等待了数千年的发现。 三、核心冲突:冰层之下与古代的秘密 登陆过程异常艰难。塞勒涅-7表面覆盖着数公里厚的冰层,地表温度低至零下两百摄氏度。艾登动用了所有储备能源,才勉强在冰层中钻开一条通道,进入了地下的结构。 他发现的,不是一个自然形成的洞穴,而是一个宏伟到令人窒息的地下城市遗迹。这座城市由一种未知的、能自我发光的黑色晶体构成,仿佛时间的洪流都无法侵蚀分毫。信号正是从这座城市的中心——一个巨大的、悬浮在空中的菱形结构中发出的。 在探索的过程中,艾登遇到了第一个巨大的挑战:守护这座遗迹的防御系统。这些系统并非由能量武器构成,而是基于复杂的生物机械工程。它们是数百万年前,这个失落文明留下的“守卫者”。这些生物机器人拥有令人难以置信的学习和适应能力,它们并非简单地攻击,而是试图理解入侵者的意图,并以最有效的方式将其隔离。 艾登必须依靠他的工程知识和勘探经验,而非武力,来避开或暂时解除这些守卫。他的飞船“流浪者号”上的维修AI——一个名为“奥拉”(Aura)的、具有高度拟人化情感的程序——成了他唯一的伙伴和智囊团。 四、转折:信标的内容与联邦的阴影 经过数日的搏斗和破解,艾登终于成功激活了菱形结构的核心,也就是那个信标。信标播放的内容,颠覆了他对已知宇宙历史的认知。 这个信息片段揭示了“先驱者”——一个比人类文明早了数百万年的超智慧种族——的兴衰史。先驱者发现了一种宇宙终极的规律,这种规律能让他们几乎掌握时间与空间。然而,这种力量带来了一个无法避免的灾难:他们无意中撕裂了宇宙的结构,导致了“大静默期”的降临,几乎所有高级文明都因此消亡或退化。 塞勒涅-7的冰封,正是先驱者为了自我封存和防止灾难重演而设下的保险措施。而信标的信号,并非求救,而是一个警告:一种被称为“熵噬者”(Entropy Eaters)的虚空生物,正在被信标的激活所吸引,它们以能量和信息为食,正从宇宙的边缘迅速靠近。 更糟的是,联邦的深空监测站捕捉到了艾登登陆时产生的微弱能量波动。一支由“星际安全部队”精英组成的追击小队,由冷酷的指挥官维克多·哈克率领,正全速赶来。联邦并不相信任何“失落的警告”,他们只相信控制权和资源。他们认为艾登发现了某种强大的古代武器,必须被立即没收。 五、高潮:双重威胁下的抉择 艾登发现,他不仅要逃脱联邦的追捕,还要在熵噬者到达前,决定如何处理先驱者留下的“遗产”。他意识到,如果联邦得到控制这种古老技术的知识,历史可能会再次重演。 在地下城市的最深处,艾登找到了核心反应堆——一个稳定但极其不稳定的能量源。他必须在两个极端之间做出选择: 1. 自我牺牲: 摧毁整个地下结构和反应堆,确保先驱者的力量永远不被滥用,但自己和“流浪者号”将永远被埋葬在冰封之下。 2. 信息传递: 冒着被联邦捕获的风险,将有限的警告信息上传到一个安全的、跨星系的节点,然后利用反应堆的能量进行一次孤注一掷的超光速跃迁逃离。 高潮发生在联邦登陆部队与熵噬者先头部队同时到达塞勒涅-7的时刻。哈克指挥官的部队开始对冰层进行爆破,而艾登则在奥拉的协助下,与熵噬者周旋,试图争取最后的时间。在晶体城市的废墟中,一场关于知识、权力与生存的最终对决展开了。艾登必须用智慧而非蛮力,来证明人类值得被赋予这些超越时代的真相。 六、结局的展望:漂流者的遗产 (此处为开放式结局,留下悬念) 在爆炸与能量洪流中,艾登做出了他的最终选择。无论结果如何,他都成为了连接人类与宇宙最深层秘密的桥梁。他所做的,不仅仅是一次太空探险,而是对人类文明未来走向的一次深刻审判。当“流浪者号”拖着受损的身躯,划过星际的黑暗时,他知道,真正的漂流,才刚刚开始。他手中的数据核心,载着足以改变整个星际联邦认知的秘密,等待着在下一个未知的星域中,找到一个真正能够理解它的人。