起始之地
The Beginning Place
Ursula K. Le Guin · 初版 1980 年
2人推荐
2位读者提及
3次提及
为逃离单调乏味的生活，Hugh Rogers 找到了通往“the beginning place”的路径——那是通往 Tembreabrezi 的大门，一个处在永恒暮色中、宁静田园且恒久不变的世界。Irena Pannis 第一次发现 the beginning place 时年仅十三岁。七年后的今天，她已逐渐了解并爱上了 Tembreabrezi（或称 Mountaintown）温和的居民，并将 Hugh 视作侵入者。然而，一道可怕的阴影威胁要摧毁 Mountaintown，Hugh 和 Irena 携手展开搜寻。在此过程中，他们坠入爱河。他们迎来的究竟是一个崭新的开端……还是宿命的终局？
Hacker News 上怎么说
正在加载完整评论……
……看到第 4 部。她的短篇小说我也挺喜欢读的，包括 1990 年代和 2000 年代出的一些后期文集。有一本很少出现在她“最佳作品”榜单上，但依我之见绝对应该榜上有名的书：《The Beginning Place》。我最早是在英国读的（当时书名叫《Threshold》），最近重读了一遍，无论是故事本身还是它所描绘的那个奇异世界的格局，都依然十分经得起推敲。更不用说……
…get into #4. I've also enjoyed her short stories, including some of her later collections from the 1990s and 2000s. A book that is seldom on her "best of" lists but I think should be there IMHO: The Beginning Place. I first read it in the U.K. (with an alternate title, Threshold) but returned to it recently and it holds up in terms of the story and the scope of the strange world it describes. Not to mention the…
我觉得《The Beginning Place》是一本被低估的 Le Guin 作品，居然没上榜！它绝对不是科幻甚至谈不上未来主义——更像是奇幻加魔幻现实主义——但我觉得情节非常独特且引人入胜。
I think The Beginning Place is an underrated Le Guin book that didn't make the list! It's definitely not science fiction or even futuristic – more like fantasy plus magical realism – but I found the plot so unique and engaging.
我是读着《地海》（Earthsea）长大的，但后来发现了《Threshold/The Beginning Place》。她的一些短篇小说也非常棒。
I grew up reading Earthsea but later discovered Threshold/The Beginning Place. Some of her short stories are very good, too.