| 词条 | Anvil of Stars |
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| name = Anvil of Stars | title_orig = | translator = | image = Greg Bear - Anvil of Stars.jpeg | caption = | author = Greg Bear | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = The Forge of God Series | subject = | genre = Science fiction | publisher = Warner Books, Inc. | pub_date = 1993 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = 471 | isbn = 978-0-446-36403-4 | oclc= 27319153 | preceded_by = The Forge of God | followed_by = }} Anvil of Stars is a science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear, a sequel to The Forge of God.[1] The book was initially released in 1993 by Warner Books. OverviewIn the novel, volunteers from among survivors of the recently destroyed Earth are sent on a quest by a mysterious race of beings known as "The Benefactors" to find and destroy "The Killers", the civilization responsible for the Earth's destruction. The Benefactors' Law requires the "Destruction of all intelligences responsible for or associated with the manufacture of self-replicating and destructive devices." The book is written almost entirely from the point of view of a central character, Martin Gordon, known as Martin Spruce, who is the son of a central character in The Forge of God, Arthur Gordon. Although a leader or Pan, Martin has moral qualms. His successor, Hans, however, does not hesitate to finish "the Job."[2] PlotThere are two interwoven themes in the novel. The first is the cost of justice. Destroying the race that attempted to destroy humanity (and, it is later revealed, other races) appears to be a simple matter of retaliation. The Killers, when they are discovered, have formidable philosophical defenses in addition to their vast technological resources. They have created hundreds of sentient races, interlocked in a culture of breathtaking complexity and beauty. The execution of justice falls to children of the destroyed planets. Those from Earth base their on-ship culture on Peter Pan, calling themselves Wendys and Lost Boys. It is revealed once the Leviathan system is destroyed that the Killers were in fact still in the system, and had continued to manufacture fleets of self-replicating machines to destroy alien races. However, while the Killers were destroyed and justice served, trillions of what were likely innocents had to die to accomplish this. Bear leaves the human crew torn between relief that their work is complete and their guilt that they were little better than those they had come to destroy. References1. ^{{cite web|title=ANVIL OF STARS 1992|url=http://www.sfreviews.net/anvilofstars.html|website=SF Reviews|publisher=sfreviews.net|accessdate=22 November 2016|first=Thomas M. |last=Wagner.}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anvil Of Stars}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Anvil of Stars (Forge of God #2) by Greg Bear|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/464609.Anvil_of_Stars?ac=1&from_search=true|website=Goodreads|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=22 November 2016}} 5 : 1992 American novels|1992 science fiction novels|American science fiction novels|Libertarian science fiction|Novels by Greg Bear |
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