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內容簡介 媒體讚譽科幻小說新星Entertainment Weekly雜誌九月必讀新書之一Nylon雜誌九月必讀新書之一Newsweek雜誌九月必讀好書之一Library Journal雜誌二零一八年最佳出道作之一BookPage雜誌二零一八年最令人期待的小說之一眾多媒體一致好評！23歲的April凌晨三點還在紐約的街上閒晃，走著走著突然碰到了一個巨大的雕像，這個雕工精細的雕像讓，April和朋友Andy兩人非常興奮，兩人很快地拍了一支影片，然後上傳到Youtube上。隔天早上起來，April突然變成名人，而且居然是因為她拍的那支短片，網路上開始流傳這種雕像Carls會出現在世界各地，碰到Carls的April就這樣變成眾人的焦點。新生活影響了April的生活、和家人的關係、開始擔心自己的安全……作者Hank Green是生產教育內容公司的老闆，這本小說精彩地寫出現在科技的改變，大眾在面對不確定的事物和恐懼是會如何應對，一出版就登上紐約時報暢銷榜，並且獲得大眾的好評。IF YOU CAME ACROSS AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THINGAT 3 A.M. IN NEW YORK CITY . . .WOULD YOU KEEP WALKING?OR DO THE ONE THING THAT WOULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER?The Carls just appeared . . .While roaming the streets of New York City at 3 a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture she calls Carl. Delighted by its appearance - like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life.There are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an international media spotlight.Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us . . .Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with how the social internet is changing fame and radicalisation; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration can follow a life in the public eye.'A fun, contemporary adventure that cares about who we are as humans, especially when faced with remarkable events' Kirkus (starred review)'Hank Green hasn't just written a great mystery adventure (though he has), and he hasn't just written the most interesting meditation on the internet and fame I've ever seen (but he did that too), Hank has written a book [that] expands your mind while taking you on a hell of a ride' Joseph Fink, author of Welcome to Night Vale'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is pure book joy' Lev Grossman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy'Fun and full of truth. To be honest, I'm a little irritated at how good the book is. I don't need this kind of competition' Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicles
