Arc of a Scythe Series 04 Gleanings
《镰刀纪元》宇宙的“番外故事集”，既是对已知世界的补充，也是对人性深层次探索的延伸。
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内容简介 · · · · · ·
虽然《Arc of a Scythe》（镰刀纪元三部曲）的主线故事在《The Toll》中已经完结，但作者 Neal Shusterman 在 2022 年又出版了系列的扩展短篇集
Gleanings（《收割记》）
一部集合了 13 个短篇故事的扩展集，聚焦在《Scythe》世界中的其他镰刀、不同地区、不同时间背景下的事件与人物。 这些故事中有些发生在三部曲的时间线中，有些是前传，还有一些揭示了主线故事之外的世界和人物视角。
主要亮点与特色
🔍 非主角视角：讲述普通人、其他镰刀、失落历史中角色的故事 🌍 扩展世界观：展现不同地区的镰刀体系与文化差异 💀 哲学/黑色幽默并存：有些故事充满道德张力，有些则极具讽刺意味 🤯 意外转折多：很多故事结尾带有强烈的讽刺、冲击或悲剧色彩
精选故事简介（无剧透）
“Formidable” 镰刀 Curie 的起源故事，讲述她为何选择背离暴力，成为“尊严死神”。
“Never Work with Animals” 极具讽刺的故事，带有黑色幽默风格，涉及一个与动物互动的镰刀。
“The Persistence of Memory” 发生在某个被遗忘的社区，涉及不被记录的“清除”。
“Meet Cute and Die” 一段浪漫喜剧开场的故事，最后却转向黑暗，极具 Shusterman 式反转。
“The First Swing” 镰刀制度的诞生故事，发生在人类刚刚进入长生时代不久。
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Award-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal, and was hired to write a movie script.
In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, and television writer. As a full-time writer, he claims to be his own hardest task-master, always at work creating new stories to tell. His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association, as well as garnering a myriad of state and local awards across the country. Neal’s talents range from film directing (two short films he directed won him the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Awards) to writing music and stage plays – including book and lyrical contributions to “American Twistory,” which is currently playing in Boston. He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful “How to Host a Mystery” game for teens, as well as seven “How to Host a Murder” games.
As a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the “Goosebumps” and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios.
Wherever Neal goes, he quickly earns a reputation as a storyteller and dynamic speaker. Much of his fiction is traceable back to stories he tells to large audiences of children and teenagers – such as his novel The Eyes of Kid Midas. As a speaker, Neal is in constant demand at schools and conferences. Degrees in both psychology and drama give Neal a unique approach to writing. Neal’s novels always deal with topics that appeal to adults as well as teens, weaving true-to-life characters into sensitive and riveting issues, and binding it all together with a unique and entertaining sense of humor.
Of Everlost, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman has reimagined what happens after death and questions power and the meaning of charity. While all this is going on, he has also managed to write a rip-roaring adventure…”
Of What Daddy Did, Voice of Youth Advocates wrote; “This is a compelling, spell-binding story… A stunning novel, impossible to put down once begun.
Of The Schwa Was Here, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman’s characters–reminiscent of those crafted by E. L. Konigsburg and Jerry Spinelli–are infused with the kind of controlled, precocious improbability that magically vivifies the finest children’s classics.
Of Scorpion Shards, Publisher’s Weekly wrote: “Shusterman takes an outlandish comic-book concept, and, through the sheer audacity and breadth of his imagination makes it stunningly believable. A spellbinder.”
And of The Eyes of Kid Midas, The Midwest Book Review wrote “This wins our vote as one of the best young-adult titles of the year” and was called “Inspired and hypnotically readable” by School Library Journal.
Neal Shusterman lives in Southern California with his children Brendan, Jarrod, Joelle, and Erin, who are a constant source of inspiration!
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