Vortex tells the story of Turk Findley, the protagonist introduced in Axis, who is transported ten thousand years into the future by the mysterious entities called “the Hypotheticals.” In this future humanity exists on a chain of planets connected by Hypothetical gateways; but Earth itself is a dying world, effectively quarantined.
Turk and his young friend Isaac Dvali are taken up by a community of fanatics who use them to enable a passage to the dying Earth, where they believe a prophecy of human/Hypothetical contact will be fulfilled. The prophecy is only partly true, however, and Turk must unravel the truth about the nature and purpose of the Hypotheticals before they carry him on a journey through warped time to the end of the universe itself.
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罗伯特•查尔斯•威尔森(Robert Charles Wilson),近年来最具影响力的科幻作家之一,现居多伦多。他长期耕耘类型小说,最初在杂志上发表短篇作品,两次入围世界奇幻奖。1994年,长篇小说《神秘地带》以平行世界为主题,获得菲利普•迪克奖,接下来的《达尔文新大陆》获得加拿大的科幻大奖极光奖,《盲湖》、《穿越时空的巨石碑》获奖,并两度名列《纽约时报》年度注目书单,2005年的《时间回旋》更获得科幻最高荣誉雨果奖最佳长篇小说,确立名家地位。历时六年之后,终以《时间旋涡》为时间三部曲画上完美句号。
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宇宙的三维宏观结构开始了它终极的坍塌。新的天界因为宇宙坍塌而显露出来。潜藏的时空维度,从量子沫中结晶,作为新的微粒与力量舒展开来……
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