The House fo the Scorpion 蝎子之屋 ISBN 9780689852237
作者： Nancy Farmer 著
出版社：Simon & Schuster 2004年7月
简介：小说主人公是克隆人马特——他一出生便触犯了两条天律：第一，他是三十六个冷冻百年的人体细胞植入母牛体内存活下来的惟一一人；第二，他是反抗他所在的鸦片王国法律、拒绝终止智力成长天条的惟一一人。全书围绕马特与“天罪”的殊死抗争展开——全书充满惊心动魄的故事情节，奇特迷人的幻想描写，人物复杂多变，性格色彩分明，故事惊心动魄，情节扣人心弦，具有暴风雨般的冲击力和震撼力。赋予当代生物遗传学领域最前沿技术栩栩如生的生命，注入了令人心跳的感觉。《蝎子之屋》是一部堪称天才的小说，它描写一个克隆人在充满敌意同时又喧嚣纷乱的世界里努力探求生存的权益和自我的价值的传奇故事，探析克隆技术给人类带来的道德与伦理的困惑，肉体与灵魂的冲突以及生命的价值和本质。《蝎子之屋》同时又是一部特色鲜明的科幻小说——它完全不同于其它科幻小说：没有高科技的打斗拼杀，也丝毫见不到外星人的踪影，完全建立在现实的基础之上。围绕着克隆人马特的传奇经历，作者绘声绘色地讲述了一个激动人心同时又扣人心弦的故事。目前，这部美国科幻小说《蝎子之屋》的中文版已由接力出版社隆重推出；是中国引进的第一部有关克隆人的科幻小说。 Matteo Alacrán wasnot born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of acountry called Opium -- a strip of poppy fields lying between theUnited States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cellsplit and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in thewomb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey fromembryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him amonster -- except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loveshimself, because Matt is himself. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatenedby a sinister cast of characters, including El Patrón'spower-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army ofbodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. Butescape from the Alacr n Estate is no guarantee of freedom, becauseMatt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't evensuspect.
