Tuf Voyaging

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This "novel" brings together a decade's worth of stories about Haviland Tuf, an honest but thoroughly small-time interstellar trader who happens to acquire a centuries-old and miles-long seed-ship of the once powerful Earth Ecological Corps. Originally a deadly weapon, it alone preserves the secrets of a now-forgotten science and still functions well enough to create, gene-spli...(展開全部) This "novel" brings together a decade's worth of stories about Haviland Tuf, an honest but thoroughly small-time interstellar trader who happens to acquire a centuries-old and miles-long seed-ship of the once powerful Earth Ecological Corps. Originally a deadly weapon, it alone preserves the secrets of a now-forgotten science and still functions well enough to create, gene-splice and clone any of a myriad species of plant and animal, both benevolent and destructive. The eccentric but ethical Tuf now styles himself an ecological engineer and wields his ship's treasures to solve the problems plaguing farflung settlements, from famine to sea serpents. These colorful tales mostly skirt the more interesting and prickly issue of Tuf's playing god to fundamentally change the cultures he encounters. Still, the seed-ship is a wonderful idea and Tuf, protecting his pet cats from the charge they are useless "vermin," is a droll hero. 喬治·馬丁（George R．R．Martin，1948～）1971年在《銀河》雜誌發表處女作，之後迅速走紅，自1974年贏得第一座“雨果獎”獎盃以來，迄今已捧回四座“雨果獎”、兩座“星雲獎”、一座“世界奇幻文學獎”，以及十一座“軌跡獎”獎盃。美國科幻與奇幻的界線並非涇渭分明，因而產生了很多可以在科幻與奇幻兩界自由穿行的兩棲作家，喬治·馬丁便是其中出類拔萃的一位。他的早期作品以科幻小說為主，中短篇居多，且頻頻獲獎；現在的作品則以奇幻為主，多為鴻篇巨製。其中，《權力的遊戲》(A Garne of Thrones，1976)取得了出人意料的成功，獲“雨果獎”提名，被稱為是一部將技巧、藝術性和老套故事有機結合的驚人之作。有人說馬丁很像羅伯特·西爾弗伯格，兩人都既是作家，又是編輯家，都有能力將筆鋒指向任何題材，但是有一點很清楚。即馬丁遠遠沒有西爾弗伯格多...(展開全部) 喬治·馬丁（George R．R．Martin，1948～）1971年在《銀河》雜誌發表處女作，之後迅速走紅，自1974年贏得第一座“雨果獎”獎盃以來，迄今已捧回四座“雨果獎”、兩座“星雲獎”、一座“世界奇幻文學獎”，以及十一座“軌跡獎”獎盃。美國科幻與奇幻的界線並非涇渭分明，因而產生了很多可以在科幻與奇幻兩界自由穿行的兩棲作家，喬治·馬丁便是其中出類拔萃的一位。他的早期作品以科幻小說為主，中短篇居多，且頻頻獲獎；現在的作品則以奇幻為主，多為鴻篇巨製。其中，《權力的遊戲》（A Garne）

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