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Wayward Pines

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Wayward Pines
ISBN
9787229111236

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Wayward Pines is a suspenseful science fiction thriller novel by British author Blake Crouch. The Chinese edition was published by Chongqing Publishing House in 2016 and collects the trilogy Pines, Wayward, and The Last Town, translated by Zeng Yawen. The story takes place in a seemingly ordinary American small town in Idaho—Wayward Pines. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke is sent to Wayward Pines to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two federal agents. Shortly after arriving, he is in a severe car accident and wakes up in the town hospital with no ID, no phone, and no one who believes his account of who he is. The medical staff seem friendly, but everything in the town feels off: he cannot reach his family outside; the townspeople seem to avoid certain questions; and an electrified fence surrounds the town, as if to keep residents from leaving—or to keep something out. As his investigation proceeds, Ethan moves step by step away from the world he knows and closer to a secret that could overturn everything he believes about reality. The trilogy opens its suspense in Pines, unfolds twist after twist in Wayward, and delivers its answers in The Last Town, exploring conflicts around closed societies, memory and identity, and survival and control. It was adapted into the Fox television series of the same name, Wayward Pines.

Editor's review

如果你喜欢《双峰镇》式的小镇怪谈、史蒂芬·金式的压迫感,又想要一条能一口气读完的悬念主线,《黑松镇》三部曲值得收入书架。克劳奇很擅长把日常场景写得不正常:友善的护士、熟悉的街景、说不通的规矩,一点一点垒出令人不安的气氛。三部曲并非简单地卖关子,而是在悬念推进中不断掀翻读者的预设,读到中段时你才会意识到,这个故事真正关心的是人在极端处境下怎样选择、怎样定义自己的身份。中文版三册合为一套,译笔顺畅,附录中作者也坦言受到《双峰镇》等作品影响,便于读者按顺序理解整个反转结构。它既是一部爽快的类型小说,也是理解后来《人生复本》作者创作脉络的入口。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 喜欢悬疑惊悚、层层反转叙事的类型小说读者
  • 看过美剧《黑松镇》或《阴松林》,想读原著的人
  • 对封闭小镇、反乌托邦与科幻设定感兴趣的读者
  • 想了解布莱克·克劳奇创作脉络的读者

Not a good fit for

  • 偏好温情、慢节奏文学作品的读者
  • 对压抑氛围、惊悚情节敏感的读者
  • 不愿读长篇系列、只想看单本独立故事的读者

Reading tips

  1. 建议按《破碎时空》《秘密裂痕》《最后的小镇》顺序阅读,反转依赖前后铺垫。
  2. 第一部前半段节奏较慢,请耐心跟随伊桑的视角,留意小镇中的细节暗示。
  3. 可以边读边记录关于电网、记忆和身份的可疑点,第二部会集中回收线索。
  4. 如已看过剧集,不妨把原著当作另一条时间线来读,两者在人物与结局上并不完全一致。

About the publisher

Chongqing Publishing House China · Founded in 1950

Chongqing Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher known for its titles in the humanities, social sciences, literature and arts, with about 940 books in its catalogue. Its publishing areas cover world history, science fiction, foreign literature, architecture and philosophy. Representative titles include Xiang Da's A History of Communications Between China and the West, Liang Sicheng's Rules of Qing-Style Construction, Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem II: The Dark Forest and III: Death's End, Ann Rand's The Fountainhead (25th Anniversary Edition), and Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series. Its authors include Xiang Da, Liu Cixin, Liang Sicheng and Ann Rand. The press has developed distinctive strengths in historical source editing, the introduction and creation of science fiction, the translation of foreign literature, and architecture and philosophy titles, balancing scholarly value with general readership. As public information is limited, this profile outlines its publishing directions based only on the books in the catalogue.

Contents

  1. Pines
  2. Wayward
  3. The Last Town

FAQ

《黑松镇》三部曲分别叫什么?
中文版三册依次为《破碎时空》《秘密裂痕》《最后的小镇》,对应原版Pines、Wayward、The Last Town,重庆出版社2016年以套装形式出版,共用一个ISBN 9787229111236。
《黑松镇》和电视剧是什么关系?
2015年FOX播出的美剧《黑松镇》(Wayward Pines,又译《阴松林》)改编自这套三部曲,由M·奈特·沙马兰执导试播集,马特·狄龙饰演伊桑·伯克;剧集与原著在细节和结局上有差异。
这本书是恐怖小说吗?
它更接近悬疑加科幻惊悚,靠氛围压抑、信息缺失和反转制造紧张感,没有大量血腥描写,但整体基调偏阴暗。
作者布莱克·克劳奇还写过什么?
他还著有《人生复本》《记忆旅行者》《奔跑》等作品,其中《人生复本》已被译成中文,同样以高概念设定和反转著称。

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About the author

Blake Crouch is an author known for high-concept suspense and science fiction. Currently, little is available in Chinese about his life, and public information is limited; what can be confirmed centers mainly on his two translated works. Both Recursion and 2064 Evolution Crisis are categorized as foreign literature. The former builds tense narrative around memory and time-related premises, while the latter looks toward the near future and explores the social and human changes that technological evolution may bring. These two works show that Crouch is skilled at using solid scientific hypotheses as a framework, blending suspenseful investigation with emotional conflict. His pacing is brisk, his reversals are frequent, and his plots continually raise ethical and technological dilemmas. For Chinese readers, his books offer both entertainment and intellectual reflection, and have thus drawn attention among genre-fiction readers.

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