Livre broché, 256 pages
Langue : chinese
Publié par 天地出版社.
四位女性被派遣前往边界外勘察。这是一片荒芜了多年、被称为“X区域”的神秘地带，她们已经是政府派遣出的第十二支勘探队，以往的勘探队均以失败告终。在探险的过程中，女主角发现自己一直在被欺骗和误导，身处危险与谎言之中。 “遗落的南境”The Southern Reach是一个秘密政府组织，负责派遣探险队穿越国界去一个被命为“X区”的地方进行监测。三十年来前，在这个无人小岛“X区”发生了一件被政府封锁消息的意外事件，当时的探险队员有些离奇消失，幸存的队员返国后则是丧失心智成了行尸走肉。 最新被派往“X区”的第十二支探险队由四位不同领域的女性专家组成，其中有心理学家、人类学家、勘测员与生物学家。由于任务机密，她们的名字不被透露。其中心理学家是领队，她具有催眠人类的能力。 她们没有任何对外的通讯器材，但有自卫的枪支。在基地附近有一个地道，下了地道后，她们发现地道墙面上突出的菌类像是雕刻成文字的圣经箴言。生物学家不小心吸进了通道里的细小孢子，后来她才发现这些孢子让她的身体散发光芒，像是具有了特殊的超能力。 随着探险的进行，队员开始产生争执，关系日益紧张。后来，人类学家离奇消失，其他三人后来发现她死于一座会排出绿色灰烬的高塔。接着心理学家也消失了。主角生物学家抛下颇具敌意的勘测员，独自到岛上其它地方探险。她怀着恐惧攀爬上灯塔，想要追查杀人凶手。 像所有的科学家一样，女主角生物学家有一股驱使她分析万物了解其运作奥秘的好奇心，这也是她的热情所在。她对于科学的执着研究导致婚姻触礁，她的军医丈夫先前也参与了前往“X区”的探险，但后来返家后成了行尸走肉。 到底是谁杀了人类学家？生物学家从人类学家的尸体上采样，发现是奇怪的脑细胞。这个细胞有机体遇到人类时会瞬间侵入造成人类心智丧失，生物学家匿称这个有机体是“爬行者”。
四位女性被派遣前往边界外勘察。这是一片荒芜了多年、被称为“X区域”的神秘地带，她们已经是政府派遣出的第十二支勘探队，以往的勘探队均以失败告终。在探险的过程中，女主角发现自己一直在被欺骗和误导，身处危险与谎言之中。 “遗落的南境”The Southern Reach是一个秘密政府组织，负责派遣探险队穿越国界去一个被命为“X区”的地方进行监测。三十年来前，在这个无人小岛“X区”发生了一件被政府封锁消息的意外事件，当时的探险队员有些离奇消失，幸存的队员返国后则是丧失心智成了行尸走肉。 最新被派往“X区”的第十二支探险队由四位不同领域的女性专家组成，其中有心理学家、人类学家、勘测员与生物学家。由于任务机密，她们的名字不被透露。其中心理学家是领队，她具有催眠人类的能力。 她们没有任何对外的通讯器材，但有自卫的枪支。在基地附近有一个地道，下了地道后，她们发现地道墙面上突出的菌类像是雕刻成文字的圣经箴言。生物学家不小心吸进了通道里的细小孢子，后来她才发现这些孢子让她的身体散发光芒，像是具有了特殊的超能力。 随着探险的进行，队员开始产生争执，关系日益紧张。后来，人类学家离奇消失，其他三人后来发现她死于一座会排出绿色灰烬的高塔。接着心理学家也消失了。主角生物学家抛下颇具敌意的勘测员，独自到岛上其它地方探险。她怀着恐惧攀爬上灯塔，想要追查杀人凶手。 像所有的科学家一样，女主角生物学家有一股驱使她分析万物了解其运作奥秘的好奇心，这也是她的热情所在。她对于科学的执着研究导致婚姻触礁，她的军医丈夫先前也参与了前往“X区”的探险，但后来返家后成了行尸走肉。 到底是谁杀了人类学家？生物学家从人类学家的尸体上采样，发现是奇怪的脑细胞。这个细胞有机体遇到人类时会瞬间侵入造成人类心智丧失，生物学家匿称这个有机体是“爬行者”。
Very weird with lots of visuals. I feel like the book requires you to use your imagination to formulate the details of the descriptions. I liked this book. Made me curious about the sequels, but I’m feeling like I don’t want to read the next one right away.
You might expect an ensemble cast, based on the summary, but it's really not - the main character is very disinterested in her expedition-mates. Not a single character, even herself, gets a name. The protagonist herself is well fleshed out, but don't expect too much development from the others.
You might also expect a mystery, where you slowly piece together what happened to Area X and the previous expeditions - you do get a little bit of that, but not really. By the end most questions remain unanswered.
The appeal here is mostly the setting and atmosphere. It's an unsettling story that touches on various sources of horror: the transformation into something inhuman; the feeling of facing something beyond comprehension, of knowing nothing about the dangers you're facing, of the inevitability of defeat. I enjoyed it.
You might expect an ensemble cast, based on the summary, but it's really not - the main character is very disinterested in her expedition-mates. Not a single character, even herself, gets a name. The protagonist herself is well fleshed out, but don't expect too much development from the others.
You might also expect a mystery, where you slowly piece together what happened to Area X and the previous expeditions - you do get a little bit of that, but not really. By the end most questions remain unanswered.
The appeal here is mostly the setting and atmosphere. It's an unsettling story that touches on various sources of horror: the transformation into something inhuman; the feeling of facing something beyond comprehension, of knowing nothing about the dangers you're facing, of the inevitability of defeat. I enjoyed it.
I'm not sure if I'd call this one of my favorites, but there was something gripping about the way it was written and the slow burn of revelations. The utter unknowableness of everything was crushing, and the mysteries never fully unraveled, but I couldn't put it down.
I'm not sure if I'd call this one of my favorites, but there was something gripping about the way it was written and the slow burn of revelations. The utter unknowableness of everything was crushing, and the mysteries never fully unraveled, but I couldn't put it down.
it's the journal of a biologist exploring an area where things are Wrong and Strange. if that sounds like an enjoyable read to you it probably will be
it's the journal of a biologist exploring an area where things are Wrong and Strange. if that sounds like an enjoyable read to you it probably will be
