The Cylons' Secret: Battlestar Galactica 2

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		The Cylons' Secret: Battlestar Galactica 2
		The Cylons' Secret: Battlestar Galactica 2

基本信息·出版社：Tor Books
·页码：304 页
·出版日期：2006年08月
·ISBN：0765315793
·International Standard Book Number：0765315793
·条形码：9780765315793
·EAN：9780765315793
·版本：1st
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Battlestar Galactica

内容简介 Sometimes no news is bad news.

It’s been twenty years since the end of the Cylon war. The twelve human colony worlds are rebuilding, and the Cylons . . . the Cylons have been just too quiet. They are nowhere to be found. The robotic race that tried to obliterate their creators has gone to parts unknown in deep space.

The aftermath of the war has created a new, illegal profession: scavenger. Tom Zarek is one, scouring the outer settlements for valuable Cylon technologies and artifacts and usually returning empty-handed. But now, he and the crew of the Cruiser Lightning have found the Omega Station, a scientific station shrouded in secrecy beyond the edge of charted space. This is it, the big score, except something is wrong…the base is still occupied, not by humans alone; by Cylons too!

The Battlestar Galactica, one of the oldest warships in the fleet, receives the Lightning's distress call, a cryptic one-word message: "Cylons." William Adama, newly promoted to second-in-command, is worried. Most of his crew are green, new recruits, not prepared for anything but the most routine missions. And, as Adama soon discovers, this mission is anything but routine. Omega is indeed full of Cylons, but also something much more disturbing . . .

作者简介 Craig Shaw Gardner is the author of more than 30 books and 50 short stories, including the novels A Malady of Magicks, Dragon Sleeping, and the New York Times bestselling novelization of Batman Returns. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with his wife and the two cats that run their lives.
媒体推荐 Praise for the Battlestar Galactica TV series: "This story of enemies within is dead serious, and seriously good."—James Poniewozik, Time Magazine

"It's all been said before, but I'll say it again: Battlestar Galactica is much, much better than you can possibly imagine. The battle scenes are claustrophobic and paranoia-inducing; the power struggles are complicated and nuanced like the ones you find on "The Sopranos;" the stakes are always high, and there's an incredible amount of action in each episode."—salon.com
“An intensely suspenseful journey of survival … gripping, scary, and well worth staying home on Fridays to watch … TV’s most provocative fantasy adventure …”
—TV Guide “Roush Rave”

"Rapidly shaping up to be the most influential Science Fiction series since Babylon 5 and the original Star Trek."
—TV Zone magazine

"Serious and sexy, Battlestar Galactica is the best sci fi on TV."
—CFQ (Cinefantastique)

“…this Battlestar is smart enough and entertaining enough to win you over.”
—Robert Bianco, USA Today

“With its hot, androgynous heroine leading the remnants of humanity against evil, God-fearing robots, Battlestar Galactica is boldy re-creating sci-fi TV.”
—salon.com

"Galactica is back, better than ever . . . You don't have to love sci-fi to love Battlestar Galactica. . . a great TV series."
—USA Today
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Praise for the Battlestar Galactica TV series
“An intensely suspenseful journey of survival … gripping, scary, and well worth staying home on Fridays to watch … TV’s most provocative fantasy adventure …”
—TV Guide “Roush Rave”

"Rapidly shaping up to be the most influential Science Fiction series since Babylon 5 and the original Star Trek."
—TV Zone magazine

"Serious and sexy, Battlestar Galactica is the best sci fi on TV."
—CFQ (Cinefantastique)

“…this Battlestar is smart enough and entertaining enough to win you over.”
—Robert Bianco, USA Today

“With its hot, androgynous heroine leading the remnants of humanity against evil, God-fearing robots, Battlestar Galactica is boldy re-creating sci-fi TV.”
—salon.com
文摘 Chapter One
Caprica—One Day Before the War
 
Everything would change.
 
The Twelve Colonies, all of humanity, were unaware. But the other intelligence, the one humanity took for granted, the one they had created, after all—the other intelligence wanted this way of things to end.
 
A signal was broadcast, a simple set of instructions, and nothing would be the same again.
 
 
Glori heard the welcoming tone as she entered the kitchen.
 
“Cylon Chef is here to serve you.”
 
The voice greeted her the moment she stepped into the room. Artificial and cheery at the same time. She had laughed the first time she heard it—an appliance that could talk!
 
The novelty had long since worn off. Surely there must be some way to turn the stupid voice off. She wondered what she had done with the instruction book.
 
She looked at the thin, attentive Cylon before her. The machine’s two arms came with at least a dozen different attachments, from spatulas and mixers to slotted spoons and ultrasharp knives. The arms could also plug directly into any of the dozen different sockets and apertures around the room, overseeing anything that might get chopped or baked or boiled. It was a very handsome machine.
 
“How may I serve you?” the Chef prompted. She had taken too long to respond.
 
“Plan dinner,” she replied quickly.
 
“Certainly.” Something whirred inside the mechanism. “Would you like to select from a list of previous menus?”
 
Glori frowned, trying to remember what her husband had really liked in the past. Well, the Chef would remind her.
 
“Previous menus,” she announced.
 
“Previous menus,” the Chef agreed. “You have forty-seven previous menus available. Do you have an immediat
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