Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
定價：525 元
NT $ 525
- 作者：Robin Sloan
- 出版社：Macmillan US
- 出版日期：2013-09-24
- 語言：英文
- ISBN10：1250037751
- ISBN13：9781250037756
- 裝訂：平裝 / 304頁 / 14 x 21 cm / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
推開書店玻璃門，梯子往上延伸一片直達天花板的古書
眼前彷彿是一座滿是野狼、巫婆跟土匪的幽暗森林……
紐約時報暢銷小說，Twitter前創意總監挑戰跨界熱血大作
一個以現代Google總部的數位科技，破解遠古祕密的奇幻探險故事
歡迎來到神祕書店……
在這裡，魔法不是世上唯一的勢力，書架可能是通往永生的祕道
連結Google總部的強大電腦，連巫師和吸血鬼都會心生羨慕……
26歲的失業青年克雷，憑藉著猴子般的好奇心和爬梯功力，讓他找到在一間老舊書店裡輪夜班的新差事。可是上工幾天後，他開始覺得事有蹊蹺：顧客永遠在夜半上門，卻半本書也沒買，老是窩在角落，神祕兮兮地探查書店老闆用特殊形式排列的書籍。
克雷忍不住打開這些古書，赫然發現裡頭全是密密麻麻的古密碼。克雷和他的阿宅朋友化身駭客英雄，前進Google總部，號召網友大軍，運用iPhone和大型Google祕技，將顧客的索書紀錄投射在克雷製作的3D書店裡──當3D影像在MacBook上急速迴旋，克雷驚覺書架背後埋藏著關於遠古《生命之書》更大的祕密……
當古密碼遇上3C技術、魔法大會變成Google解謎大會，圖書館成員穿著黑袍穿梭神祕洞穴中，彷彿一趟科技、遠古碰撞而出的數位奇幻之旅。潛入Google總部與十五世紀末的神祕書會，千百年來亟欲破解的永生之祕，究竟藏在何處？
The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco Webdesign drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay
discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few and never seem to buy anything; instead, they "check out" obscure
volumes from strange corners of the store.
Clay concludes the store must be a front for something larger and engineers a complex analysis of the clientele's behavior with the help of his variously talented friends. But when they
bring their findings to Mr. Penumbra, they discover the bookstore's secrets extend far beyond its walls.
Rendered with irresistible brio and dazzling intelligence, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is exactly what it sounds like: an establishment you have to enter and will never want to
leave.
★本書中譯版《24小時神祕書店》由馬可孛羅出版。
