The means of destruction are approaching perfection with frightful rapidity. BARON ANTOINE HENRI JOMINI. 1838 1 Terry Franklin was a spy. This afternoon in February, in a small cubbyhole in the basement of the Pentagon, he was practicing his trade. It was tedious work. He adjusted the screen brightness on his puter monitor and tapped the secret access code of the user he was pretending to be tonight. Now the file name, also special access, a classification higher than top secret. He had to b
Lennart Sane who is not only the best at what he does but who is also a nice guy. And to Elisabeth Sane who is as charming as her husband. PART ONE Shattering the Past The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. -H. G. Wells The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. -C. G. Jung ONE 1...
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《丰乳肥臀》第一章马洛亚牧师静静地躺在炕上,看到一道红光照耀在圣母玛利亚粉红色的乳房和她怀抱着的圣子肉嘟嘟的脸上。去年夏季房屋漏雨,在这张油画上留下了一团团焦黄的水渍;圣母和圣子的脸上,都呈现出一种木呆的表情。一只牵着银色细丝的蟢蛛,悬挂在明亮的窗户前,被微风吹得悠来荡去。“早报喜,晚报财”,那个美丽苍白的女人面对着蟢蛛时曾经这样说过。我会有什么喜呢?他的脑子里闪烁着梦中见到的那些天体的奇形怪状,听到街上响起咕噜噜的车轮声,听到从遥远的沼泽地那边传来仙鹤的鸣叫声,还有那只奶山羊恼恨的“咩咩”声。麻雀把窗户纸碰得扑扑愣愣响。喜鹊在院子外那棵白杨树上噪叫。看来今天真是有喜了。他的脑子陡然清醒了,那个挺着大肚子的美丽女人猛然地出现在一片光明里,焦燥的嘴唇抖动着,仿佛要说什么话。她已经怀孕十一个月,今天一定要生了。马洛亚牧师瞬间便明白了蟢蛛悬挂和喜鹊鸣叫的意义。他一骨碌...
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What I did was take all the spades out of a deck of cards plus a joker. Ace to King = 1-13. Joker = 14. I shuffled the cards and dealt them. The order in which they came out of the deck became the order of the stories, based on their position in the list my publisher sent me. And it actually created a very nice balance between the literary stories and the all-out screamers. I also added an explanatory note before or after each story, depending on which seemed the more fitting position.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A debt of gratitude to Emily Bestler, Jason Kaufman, Ben Kaplan, and everyone at Pocket Books for their belief in this project. To my friend and agent, Jake Elwell, for his enthusiasm and unflagging effort. To the legendary George Wieser, for convincing me to write novels. To my dear friend Irv Sittler, for facilitating my audience with the Pope, secreting me into parts of Vatican City few ever see, and making my time in Rome unforgettable. To one of the most ingenious and gif
JOB INTERVIEW Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick. Ullman stood five-five, and when he moved, it was with the prissy speed that seems to be the exclusive domain of all small plump men. The part in his hair was exact, and his dark suit was sober but forting. I am a man you can bring your problems to, that suit said to the paying customer. To the hired help it spoke more curtly: This had better be good, you. There was a red carnation in the lapel, perhaps so that no one on the str
作者:都梁(..)自网络比《阳光灿烂的日子》更残酷的青春--血色浪漫没有炮火的年代,一代人的青春挥洒在武斗与呐喊声中,这是他们阳光灿烂的日子,他们的浪漫在血色昏黄中弥漫成昨日的记忆,我们在他们的故事中心随波动,却发现,青春不过是一场绽放到极致却结束得太仓促的事。钟跃民、袁军、张海洋、李奎勇……文革以前,他们只是一群普普通通的中学生,文革开始了,他们的命运也随之改变……第一篇郑桐有些不好意思:"有个大个子一巴掌把我眼镜打飞了,我当时就怒了,一板砖拍过去 ,觉着手感不对,闹了半天拍树上了,哥们儿赶紧找眼镜戴上,又拎起板砖照一个人准备拍 ,定眼一瞧,我操,是他妈警察,吓得我把砖头一扔,没命地跑了。"...