AirbornHarper Collins, 2004年5月11日 - 368 頁 Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City. Like riding a cloud. . . . Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies. |
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... sailmakers on the scene , plus the first officer , Paul Rideau , talking on the ship's phone , no doubt with the captain . He caught a glimpse of me and didn't look entirely pleased . Mr. Rideau was a fine pilot , so everyone said , but ...
... It's the only way to get to her before she goes down . " He looked across at Mr. Kahlo and Mr. Chen , and the machinists and sailmakers , their faces gray in the starlight , none relishing the idea of careening out over the ocean 10.
... sailmakers . " Cloud hopping next , it'll be ! " Hands tousling my hair , clapping me on the back , voices saying , " Well done , " and me trying not to smile but smiling and laughing anyway because it felt so good to know I'd brought ...
... sailmaker , would be signing on with another ship at the end of this jour- ney . Last year , after we'd rescued that hot air balloon , Captain Walken had told me I deserved a promotion , and as soon as there was a suitable position ...
... sailmaker . Sailmaker ! This was my great chance . If I could become junior sailmaker , then maybe one day I could become head sailmaker , then rudder man , watch offi- cer - and one day , just maybe , captain of a ship like the Aurora ...