DIGITAL FORTRESS (豆瓣)

副标题: A Thriller
作者: Dan Brown
出版社: St. Martin's Paperbacks
出版年: 30 December, 2003
页数: 329
定价: $7.99
装帧: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 9780312995423

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　　Book Description
　　When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage--not by guns or bombs — but by a code so complex that if released would cri... (展开全部) 　　Book Description
　　When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage--not by guns or bombs — but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.
　　
　　 Amazon.com
　　In most thrillers, "hardware" consists of big guns, airplanes, military vehicles, and weapons that make things explode. Dan Brown has written a thriller for those of us who like our hardware with disc drives and who rate our heroes by big brainpower rather than big firepower. It's an Internet user's spy novel where the good guys and bad guys struggle over secrets somewhat more intellectual than just where the secret formula is hidden--they have to gain understanding of what the secret formula actually is.
　　
　　In this case, the secret formula is a new means of encryption, capable of changing the balance of international power. Part of the fun is that the book takes the reader along into an understanding of encryption technologies. You'll find yourself better understanding the political battles over such real-life technologies as the Clipper Chip and PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) software even though the book looks at the issues through the eyes of fiction.
　　
　　Although there's enough globehopping in this book for James Bond, the real battleground is cyberspace, because that's where the "bomb" (or rather, the new encryption algorithm) will explode. Yes, there are a few flaws in the plot if you look too closely, but the cleverness and the sheer fun of it all more than make up for them. There are enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and a lot of high, gee-whiz-level information about encryption, code breaking, and the role they play in international politics. Set aside the whole afternoon and evening for it and have finger food on hand for supper--you may want to read this one straight through.
　　
　　 From AudioFile
　　The National Security Agency's secret code-breaking machine is stumped by Digital Fortress, a code created by a former employee that could undermine the agency's efforts to keep tabs on the Information Highway. The code sparks two chains of events--a battle with a traitor within NSA headquarters that envelops Susan Fletcher, its head cryptographer, and a race for the ring containing the key code, which draws in David Becker, Susan's fiancé. Moved along by both the abridgment and Bruce Sabath's breathless reading, this techno-thriller races at a lightning pace. Sabath's offbeat character voices, such as that of an NSA staffer nicknamed Jabba the Hut, are fun. The many twists will keep people guessing to the end. J.A.S.
　　
　　 From Booklist
　　The National Security Agency (NSA) is one setting for this exciting thriller; the other is Seville, where on page 1 the protagonist, lately dismissed from NSA, drops dead of a supposed heart attack. Though dead, he enjoys a dramaturgical afterlife in the form of his computer program. Digital Fortress creates unbreakable codes, which could render useless NSA's code-cracking supercomputer called TRANSLTR, but the deceased programmer slyly embossed a decryption key on a ring he wore. Pursuit of this ring is the engine of the plot. NSA cryptology boss Trevor Strathmore dispatches linguist Dave Becker to recover the ring, while he and Becker's lover, senior code-cracker Susan Fletcher, ponder the vulnerability of TRANSLTR. In Seville, over-the-top chase scenes abound; meanwhile, the critical events unfold at NSA. In a crescendo of murder, infernos, and explosions, it emerges that Strathmore has as agenda that goes beyond breaching Digital Fortress, and Brown's skill at hinting and concealing Strathmore's deceit will rivet cyber-minded readers. Gilbert Taylor
　　
　　 Book Dimension
　　Height (mm) 175 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Width (mm) 105　　

作者简介 · · · · · ·

　　丹·布朗（Dan Brown）是美国当今最著名的畅销书作家之一。他2003年3月出版的《达·芬奇密码》创造了一个书市奇迹，旋风般地横扫了美国各大畅销书榜，连续数十周高居《纽约时报》畅销书榜首，全球销量已超过800万册。丹·布朗也凭这部小说而大红大紫。《数字城堡》是丹·布朗的长篇悬念惊悚小说处女作，其创作灵感来自于一个真实的事件。丹·布朗还创作了《天使与魔鬼》、《圈套》等小说，可以说本本都很叫座。
　　译者朱振武，1963年生，英美文学博士，世界文学博士后。也是《达·芬奇密码》和《破解》的主要译者。

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工作之后,很少能够一天读完一部长篇小说了,除非这部小说真的非常吸引人,例如《数字城堡》。和《达芬奇密码》一样，书围绕加密和解密展开。不过这次，它...... (查看原文)

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[与本书译者再商榷] 同样错误百出的朱振武等译的《数字城堡》译文　　闻非　　一直在看关于王汝涌先生就Dan Brown的小说人民文学出版社朱振武先...... (查看原文)

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