2001 film directed by James Mangold

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.

After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.

Two fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and buy him a caretaker robot. Initially resistant to the idea, Frank soon appreciates the benefits of robotic support – like nutritious meals and a clean house – and eventually begins to treat his robot like a true companion. With his robot’s assistance, Frank’s passion for his old, unlawful profession is reignited, for better or worse.

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

这一本让人看了内心充满痛苦和温暖，让人微笑和伤感的书。戏剧性的故事，深刻和细腻的笔调是它无数次被搬上各国舞台和银幕的原因。 故事讲述查理·高登由于先天弱智而受其父母冷眼，更是受到大环境的不平相待，但纯真善良的他以为世界万物都相当美好，将面包店欺负他的工作伙伴当作好朋友。他明白自己不聪明，未符母亲的期望，于是他成了二位科学家的实验物体，与真正的实验白老鼠──阿尔吉侬，共同接受了脑部手术。高登由弱智逐渐成了天才，生活却从云端，落入了暗黑深渊中──焦虑、不安、偏狭、猜忌。他发现原来真实社会是如此的丑恶不堪，人性并非真挚纯良，敏感的思绪为他带来智慧，亦带来纠缠不清的痛苦。这不完全的实验，终究难逃失败的命运，当高登在智力攀升至最高峰时，了解到这项实验注定失败，历经种种心情转折，卯尽全力寻找原因，在他顺利完成这项失败实验的研究後，智力也逐步的衰退，再度恢复原来的本质──令人心疼的痴愚！

In a future world rife with decay and destruction, Killy is a man of few words who packs one very powerful gun. He wanders an endless labyrinth of cyberdungeons filled with concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other bizarre silicate creatures. Everyone is searching for the Net Terminal Genes, but no one is quite certain what kind of power they contain. The answer may lie hidden among the scattered human settlements of this vast and desolate future world.

★村上春树以《1Q84》向本书致敬 ★著名学者刘绍铭经典译本内地首次出版 ★62种文字风靡110个国家，全球销量超过5000万册 ★《时代周刊》“最好的100本英语小说” ★兰登书屋“100本20世纪最佳英语小说” ★入选英美中学生必读书书目 1936年以来，我所写的每 一部严肃作品，都是直接或间接地反对极权主义，支持我所理解的民主社会主义。 ——乔治•奥威尔（《我为何写作》） 《1984》是一部杰出的政治寓言小说，也是一部幻想小说。作品刻画了人类在极权主义社会的生存状态，有若一个永不褪色的警示标签，警醒世人提防这种预想中的黑暗成为现实。历经几十年，其生命力益显强大，被誉为20世纪影响最为深远的文学经典之一。