Chapter 2 Recommended sequence: The battle between gods and demons across yin and yang, time and space dislocation - "Legend of Eternal Night"

(The author of this article is a reviewer of fantasy literature) The rise of Simon R. Green, the author of "Legend of Eternal Night", is quite legendary.He started writing in the early 1970s, but in addition to short stories, he repeatedly hit the wall, and thus accumulated a considerable amount of manuscripts. In 1988, after three consecutive years without a regular job, Green found a full-time job in a bookstore. Unexpectedly, seven novels were accepted by the publishing house two days later.Later, by chance, he was able to write Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" film and novel, which sold 300,000 copies in a hitchhiking ride, made it to the New York Times list, and became a best-selling celebrity.So far, Green's works have sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide and translated into more than ten languages.

Green is good at sharp dialogues and bloody action scenes. There are three main series: "Deathstalker" (Deathstalker) series has a sci-fi space opera background, but it reads more like Alexandre Dumas's swordsman novels. It is a story of adventures and hardships in the Galactic Empire, and the story of dealing with nobles and schemes.Followed by his "Forest Kingdom" series, there are two branches, one is full of wit and creativity full of fantasy adventure, with Prince Rupert and Princess Isobe as the protagonists. "Hawk & Fisher" (Hawk & Fisher) is the story of two people who came to the sin city "Haven" (Haven) as the captain of the guard, and there are six books in total.The most outstanding feature of this series is the combination of sword, magic and reasoning. One-eyed Hawke is good at using a battle axe, while Fisher holds a long sword. Confront supernatural demons.

In 2003, Green released a brand new "Nightside" series, which combined urban fantasy and cold reasoning traditions to create a unique "Nightside District" in the Twilight Zone. It is located in the center of London, where ordinary people cannot enter. The time is always three o'clock in the middle of the night, and strange people from various time and space backgrounds rub shoulders.On one side of the street someone is playing a three-stringed violin and singing medieval folk songs, and on the other side someone is playing a Bob Dylan song on an electric guitar, and the words are sung in reverse.Neanderthals in neat suits gossiped with dwarves in SS uniforms, while Queen Elizabeth's court nobles chatted enthusiastically with six-foot-tall transvestites.A woman in a futuristic space suit and a naked man with tattoos eating together are still struggling.

The protagonist of the novel, John Taylor, was once a famous detective in the "Eternal Night District", because he has natural magic power: his father is human, and his mother seems not to be human.His father went crazy and committed suicide after discovering his wife's true identity, and Taylor spent his whole life pursuing the mystery of his own life experience.He inherited the unparalleled search ability from his mother, he can open the secret eye of psychics, and find anyone and anything in the Evernight District, including death. At the beginning of the first episode of "Never Night", Taylor has been away from the Ever Night area for five years, and he runs a detective agency in a corner of London. One day, the rich and beautiful woman Joanna came to the door and asked him to find his only daughter Cassie who had been missing for many days. .Taylor had no choice but to return to his hometown, the Eternal Night Zone, which was grotesque and chaotic in time and space.He will reunite with his old friends, including Razor Eddie who is immortal and murderous but cruel, Suzie, a hardcore heroine with a gun that can conquer the world, and the "Collector" who travels through ancient and modern times and holds all the treasures of the world in his arms. , and the "Walker" who does not distinguish between good and evil and maintains law and order forever.He will visit various magical places: the tavern that has existed for countless years, and the ancestors of the owner signed a contract with the archmage Merlin to run it from generation to generation; He would rather die than be captured again; in the future region where time and space are disordered, Taylor will witness the tragedy of the eternal night extinction eighty years later, and all the reasons are related to his mother.

Green is famous for his quick pen. In just a few years, "Legend of Eternal Night" has published six books, telling the various bizarre cases that Taylor encountered in the Eternal Night District. The main story running through it is his search for his mother. adventure. The story of "Legend of Eternal Night" is wonderful and fast-paced. The dark background sets off Green's unique humor and strange imagination, making people immersed in it and unable to extricate themselves.Also, I can no longer take the London Underground with a normal heart.