The Naked Sun

　　棘手的案子又找上了紐約刑警貝萊！

　　

　　在兩萬個人類與兩億個機器人居住的遼闊外星球上，人與人恐懼疾病傳染、極度厭惡靠近彼此，竟然有人被近身殺害 — 但誰能忍受近距接觸的心理威脅？而機器人絕不能傷害人類，所以絕沒有人能殺死另一個人，這是一場「不可能的命案」！地球刑警貝萊強壓內心千百個不願意，孤身前往遙遠的陌生星球辦案，而死者迷人柔弱的妻子居然讓貝萊心神不寧……

　　

　　貝萊首次遠離地球，走出冰冷的封閉鋼穴，進入裸陽閃耀下的開闊世界，與他的老搭檔機器人丹尼爾再次聯手，他們要如何破解謎團中重重的心智陷阱？！作者艾西莫夫繼大受歡迎的《鋼穴》之後，再度推出系列作《裸陽》，挑戰自己「機器人學三大法則」的邏輯陷阱，看貝萊與丹尼爾並肩與對手鬥智，快翻開書頁，進入這場刺激的智力戰爭！

　　

　　比科幻更真實、比推理更懸疑！

　　讀者引頸企盼的「機器人系列」全新中文版又來了！



　　「機器人系列」：「銀河帝國」、「基地」系列的遠古開端、銀河未來史前傳艾西莫夫挑出「機器人學三大法則」隱藏的邏輯陷阱，鋪陳出「機器人系列」，與其「銀河帝國」、「基地」系列齊名，是奠定艾西莫夫大師地位的關鍵作品。「機器人系列」二部曲《裸陽》比《鋼穴》更加精彩，絕對不容錯過！



　　*本書中譯本<<裸陽>>由貓頭鷹出版。

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations.The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection.Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on.Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities: Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence "

作者簡介

艾西莫夫（Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992）

　　二十世紀三大科幻小說家之一，也是舉世聞名的 全能通俗作家。他生於白俄羅斯，三歲時隨父母移民美國定居紐約市，聰明絕頂的他十九歲即畢業於哥倫比亞大學，又陸續於該校獲得化學碩士與博士學位。一九四 九年他成為波士頓大學醫學院講師，一九五五年升副教授，三年後由於太過熱中寫作，遂辭去教職成為專業作家，直到生命最後一刻艾西莫夫無所不寫，一生著作近 五百本。但不論他自己或全世界的讀者，衷心摯愛的還是他的科幻作品。他生前曾贏得五次雨果獎、二次星雲獎以及科幻界最高榮譽的科幻大師獎，逝世後又陸續獲 頒三次雨果獎。近年兩部機器人科幻鉅片「變人」與「機械公敵」，便是根據他的名著改編。

　　Isaac Asimov began his Foundation Series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned pver 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decasdes. He died, at age of seventy-two, in April 1992.