The Road to Roswell

 
　　不相信外星生物存在的她，竟在一場婚禮上被外星人綁架！
 
　　Francie跑到羅斯威爾來當大學室友的伴娘，由於準新郎是幽浮迷，這場婚禮也以外星人為主題。她被夾在熱烈討論外星生物的賓客中，白眼實在翻到不能再翻了，這一肚子鳥氣還不是都為了證明新娘這個人生大事之錯誤。Francie是個無外星生物論者，認為那一切都是無稽之談。然而有一種巧合叫做莫非定律，越不相信，越容易遇見。是的，Francie被外星人綁架了，呃⋯⋯而且還是叢長得像風滾草，有一堆觸手的外星人。
 
　　遭到綁架的不只Francie一個人，還包括一位非常有魅力的騙子－Wade、穿梭各賭場吃免費自助餐的老太太、開著露營車的西部片影迷，以及羅斯威爾的特產—外星生物狂粉一名。隨著和外星人相處的時間變長，Francie也漸漸感受到「它」似乎沒有惡意，甚至需要地球人的援助… (文／博客來外文館)

A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are willing to believe--some of which may actually be true--from the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of Blackout and All Clear

＂An absolute blast with abundant humor, copious references to old westerns, and . . . a delightful, intergalactic twist on the romantic comedy.＂--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding--complete with a true-believer bridegroom--she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don’t exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one.

Odder still, her abductor is far from what the popular media have led her to expect, with a body like a tumbleweed and a mass of lightning-fast tentacles. Nor is Francie the only victim of the alien’s abduction spree. Before long, he has acquired a charming con man named Wade, a sweet little old lady with a casino addiction, a retiree with a huge RV and a love for old Westerns, and a UFO-chasing nutjob who is thoroughly convinced the alien intends to probe them and/or take over the planet.

But the more Francie gets to know the alien, the more convinced she becomes that he’s not an invader. That he’s in trouble and she has to help him. Only she doesn’t know how--or even what the trouble is.

Part alien-abduction adventure, part road trip saga, part romantic comedy, The Road to Roswell is packed full of Men in Black, Elvis impersonators, tourist traps, rattlesnakes, chemtrails, and Close Encounters of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth kind. Can Francie, stuck in a neon green bridesmaid’s dress, save the world--and still make it back for the wedding?

Connie Willis is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She has received seven Nebula awards and eleven Hugo awards for her fiction; Blackout and All Clear--a novel in two parts--and Doomsday Book won both. Her other works include Crosstalk, Passage, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Lincoln’s Dreams, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Terra Incognita, The Best of Connie Willis, and A Lot Like Christmas. Connie Willis lives with her family, a bulldog, and a cat in Colorado. She has visited Roswell a number of times and never seen a single alien, except on T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, magnets, and cookie jars. Connie is currently working on a new Oxford historians time travel novel set at Tintern Abbey, Westminster Bridge, and Oxford.