High Performance Visualization

APPLE TV+年度科幻劇集 《末日地堡》原著小說三部曲之1 2013年全台書店排行榜No.1 系列三部曲總銷售突破20萬冊《別相信任何人》作者S. J. 華森　極力推薦： ──這哪是小說？根本就是毒品！ 一碰就血脈賁張，有如被萬瓦電流穿透全身，神經幾乎崩斷。 你會被故事黏住，而故事裡的人，你一輩子忘不掉。《波西傑克森》作者雷克萊爾頓　狂熱按讚： 「無與倫比的天才！你絕對找不到更好看的末日故事！」《失竊的孩子》作者凱斯唐納修　重磅好評： 「《羊毛記》真的有料，真的好看到爆，看了你就會明白，網路上那些High翻天、散播速度比瘟疫還快的狂熱五星口碑是怎麼來的……如果你到現在還沒讀過《羊毛記》，那你鐵定是那種完全跟不上網路流行、無可救藥的『老派讀者』。其實，《羊毛記》根本就是為你量身打造的，看了你就知道什麼叫做『老派說故事魅力』。」英國「每日快報」： 「驚悚刺激的故事，加上對人類文明的深刻省思，令人永難忘懷……《羊毛記》地堡故事三部曲足以媲美《1984》和《美麗新世界》。」現在，茱麗葉是第十八地堡的首長，可是，「上層」的首長辦公室裡根本見不到她的蹤影，因為她一直守在最底層，親自操縱鑽掘機，拼命要打穿地堡外牆。只有她知道，就在牆外，埋藏著一部巨大神秘的機器，找到機器，她就可以從地底接通到第十七地堡……她念念不忘孤兒和那幾個孩子，他們還孤零零的困在那廢棄的死亡地域。她曾經許下承諾，會回去救他們。 然而，為了履行承諾，她卻必須面對大家對她的不滿，疑懼，不信任……她很想告訴大家，外面還有更多地堡，還有更多像他們一樣的人，可是她還不能說，而且，就算說了也沒人相信。而她手下的工人也都嚇得魂飛魄散，因為長久以來，那一直是地堡最嚴厲的禁忌：牆外的世界什麼都沒有，只有無所不在的毒氣，外牆破了，意味著全地堡的人都會死…… 而事實上，他們的恐懼是對的：毒氣確實無所不在，而且，更可怕的，並不是只有牆外才有…… 不遠處，第一地堡，有一種秘密裝置主宰著所有地堡的命運，而能夠啟動那個裝置的人，一直在冬眠系統中沉睡，現在，他快要醒了…… 茱麗葉終於穿破了外牆，牆外，只見一個巨大的圓洞，洞口是一整片巨大的鋼板。茱麗葉知道，她找到機器了，她可以去救孤兒了，但她不知道的是，五十個地堡底下都有一部同樣的機器，而所有的機器都設定通往同一個地方……

APPLE TV+年度科幻劇集 《末日地堡》原著小說三部曲之1 2013年全台書店排行榜No.1 系列三部曲總銷售突破20萬冊《別相信任何人》作者S. J. 華森　極力推薦： ──這哪是小說？根本就是毒品！ 一碰就血脈賁張，有如被萬瓦電流穿透全身，神經幾乎崩斷。 你會被故事黏住，而故事裡的人，你一輩子忘不掉。《波西傑克森》作者雷克萊爾頓　狂熱按讚： 「無與倫比的天才！你絕對找不到更好看的末日故事！」《失竊的孩子》作者凱斯唐納修　重磅好評： 「《羊毛記》真的有料，真的好看到爆，看了你就會明白，網路上那些High翻天、散播速度比瘟疫還快的狂熱五星口碑是怎麼來的……如果你到現在還沒讀過《羊毛記》，那你鐵定是那種完全跟不上網路流行、無可救藥的『老派讀者』。其實，《羊毛記》根本就是為你量身打造的，看了你就知道什麼叫做『老派說故事魅力』。」英國「每日快報」： 「驚悚刺激的故事，加上對人類文明的深刻省思，令人永難忘懷……《羊毛記》地堡故事三部曲足以媲美《1984》和《美麗新世界》。」那個時候，已經沒有人住在地面上。 地面上，只剩一個致命的死亡世界，空氣中瀰漫著致命的強酸毒氣。走出那扇閘門，五秒鐘，你開始瘋狂嘔吐，十秒鐘，你的肺開始融化……為什麼會這樣？生化浩劫？核污染？……太久遠了，已經沒有人知道…… 大家都住在地下，巨大的圓筒型地下碉堡，總共一百四十四層樓，每層樓高將近十公尺，從最底層到最上層，高度超過一公里……而且，基於某種原因，地堡裡沒有電梯，只有一座中央螺旋梯。想上頂樓，是多麼艱辛遙遠的路程。然而，在某個特定的日子，大家還是不顧一切想上去，因為，那一天，有一個人會「出去」…… 在地堡，最大的禁忌，最嚴重的犯罪，就是當眾說出「我想出去」。一旦你說出口，你就必須走出那扇閘門……五秒鐘，開始瘋狂嘔吐，十秒鐘，肺開始融化……在頂樓牆上的巨大顯示幕，你可以看到外面的山丘上遍布屍體，那麼，為什麼每隔一段時間還是會有人想「出去」……？ 有一天，又有一個人「出去」了，而那個人，竟然是地堡的保安官。一個執行法律的最高官員為什麼會觸犯地堡最嚴重的罪？ 地堡的領袖是一位七十歲的老太太，深受愛戴。她很想知道，那些人為什麼會一個個走出去？背後是什麼力量在驅使他們？她不忍心看到山丘上那越來越多的屍體。而現在，就連她最得力的部屬保安官也走了，她必須找一個人來接替他，查出真相。而最理想的人選

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