★已授權美、英、韓、西、土

邪典小說《骰子人》（The Dice Man）作者Luke Rhinehart最新科幻諷喻小說，幽默銳利地從外星生物的視角檢視人類文明的崩壞與荒謬。

「大概是今年最棒的科幻諷刺小說，除非川普入主白宮。」
——《獨立報》

有一群外型毛茸茸圓滾滾的超高智慧外星人（統稱FF），從另一個宇宙來到地球四處觀光玩耍。有一天「路易」跟著老漁夫比利回家，比利一家人馬上愛上了這位逗趣的外星朋友。然而，當路易使用比利家的電腦駭入政府及企業網站，從銀行盜領數百萬美元轉發給他人，掀起巨大騷動，他們才意識到這群外星貴客恐怕是天大的麻煩。比利與妻子、二個兒子於是展開一段離奇非凡、驚濤駭浪的旅程，歷經聲名大噪、暴富、鋃鐺入獄、死亡又死而復生，且堂堂登上FBI的最高層級通緝名單。

政府立刻認定這群外星毛怪都是恐怖份子，必須盡全力殲滅。殊不知外星人其實想拯救人類——他們的遊戲舉動是希望讓世人認清美國政治、經濟與軍事體系裡的瘋狂與不公。然而掌權者才不玩遊戲，他們發動戰爭！

Luke Rhinehart的反文化小說《骰子人》於1971年出版後，被奉為邪典小說（cult novel）經典，已在25國翻譯出版，持續在世界印行不輟。2013年《電訊報》選為五十本最佳邪典書籍之一。

 

Luke Rhinehart is the acclaimed author of ten works of fiction. His novel The Dice Man has been translated into 27 languages and has been praised by Loaded Magazineas "the Novel of the Century," by a BBC production as "one of the most influential books of the last half century," and by the London Telegraph as "one of the fifty great cult books of the last 50 years."

 

"Rhinehart’s SF satire adeptly bounces back and forth between radically silly and serious, never going overboard in either direction, on its way to a potentially deadly but entertaining showdown between fun and tyranny." - Publisher's Weekly

"Rhinehart’s exploration of the human condition and its myriad flaws through Louie’s unique take on it is delightful, and fans of globe-hopping,madcap fun with a razor-sharp side dose of political and societal satire will gobble up this absurdist treat." – Booklist

“Political commentary meets first contact invention, and somehow comes out the other end a hilarious sci-fi comedy.” - Barnes & Noble

“[T]his is a terrific satire poking fun at politicians, the banks, the military and the gun-toting right, and is probably the best and funniest sci-fi satire you’ll read all year… at least until Donald Trump’s in the White House.”——The Independent (UK):

“Classic Rhinehart. Fresh, smart, and very very funny.”—Danny Wallace, author of Yes Man