Maybe a dream

Perchance to Dream

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The real fear is not the unknown, but the familiar becoming unfamiliar and impermanence becoming daily routine.

A genius who died young, comparable to the author of Fahrenheit 451

Lovecraft, Ligotti, and Philip K. Dick

The first introduction in China of Charles Beaumont's short speculative fiction collection

A wonderful chemical reaction of black humor, philosophical science fiction, fun and horror

☠Is the charm of extramarital affairs limited to lust?

☠When “body anxiety” no longer exists, will we fall in love with ourselves in front of the mirror?

☠Where is the boundary between reality and dreams? Do you have the courage to believe in the truth?

☠The greatest pleasure for a collector is to collect all his collections. But what is the price to pay for a perfect collection?

16 mind-bending short stories where everything you thought you knew wasn't what you thought it would be. Beaumont's worldview, like the light reflected from Cthulhu's pupils, is filled with ethereal illusions, spanning the realms of yin and yang, tearing apart tradition and entering a new realm of imagination.

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【Content Introduction】

"May There Be a Dream" collects 16 short stories by Charles Beaumont, all translated for the first time. Drawing on the mysticism and surrealism of French literature, his work employs a unique style that transcends genre fiction, using reality and dreams, science fiction, paranoia, and sometimes even black comedy, as mirrors for everyday life. Using humor, cruelty, and a penchant for the absurd, he attempts to break down the barriers of rationalism... The advent of indifferent science fiction can also give rise to the most intense poetry and beauty. These eccentric writers living within the materialistic civilization of the 20th century all cautiously indulged in this "gloomy joy."

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About the Author

Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) was a prolific American writer and screenwriter. He was diagnosed with a rare illness (a combination of Pick's disease and early-onset Alzheimer's) at the age of 34 and died at the young age of 38. His works are recommended on Stephen King's bookshelf, and the writers of "Black Mirror" cite him as an inspiration for the television series "The Twilight Zone," for which he was a key writer. His beloved series has been adapted several times. He also co-wrote numerous films and television series, including "What Made Me Brain Dead?", "The Long Tales of Alfred Hitchcock," "A Premature Burial," "The Red Death," and "The Haunting of Wedding Hall."

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【Editor's Recommendation】

✷ Recommended reading on Stephen King's bookshelf; the creative force behind the first edition of "The Twilight Zone"; the source of inspiration for "Wonderful Stories of the World", "Black Mirror", "The Matrix", "Star Trek", "Lost", "The Secret of Number 9", "The Island of Terror", etc.; its wide-ranging influence can be seen in movies, books, music, art and even text adventure games.

✷ The author's life and writings are like science fiction itself. Within the relentless world of sci-fi storms, they weave a strange and alienated humanity, unattainable madness, and a sci-fi world unlike any other sci-fi film.

✷ The stunning twists and turns, the brain-burning reasoning, abandoning the gushing blood and gore, focusing on the torrent of existential fear.

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With a unique style that transcends genre fiction, he constructs his own "philosophical-reasoning" science fiction world:

These are the author's own impressions of the appearance and pattern of a particular scene, of things that change with the plot, and his own mysterious feeling about this wonderful and changing world.

2022-04-01

中信出版社

Penguin Random House China

328

9787521740615