“Oh, yes. Even a stunted, twisted, ugly little boy can look down over the world when he’s seated on a dragon’s back.” Tyrion pushed the bearskin aside and climbed to his feet. “I used to start fires in the bowels of Casterly Rock and stare at the flames for hours, pretending they were dragonfire. Sometimes I’d imagine my father burning. At other times, my sister.” Jon Snow was staring at him, a look equal parts horror and fascination. Tyrion guffawed. “Don’t look at me that way, bastard. I know your secret. You’ve dreamt the same kind of dreams.”
"當然是真的了,只要能騎在龍背上,即便是發育不良,畸形扭曲的丑陋小男孩也可以睥睨全世界。"提利昂推開熊皮,站起身來。"以前我常躲在凱巖城深處的地道,燃起火堆,望著熊熊烈焰,一望就是好幾個鐘頭,一邊幻想那是魔龍吐出的烈火。有時候我會幻想我老爸被火燒死,有時候則是我老姐。"瓊恩·雪諾一臉既害怕又驚奇的表情,提利昂看了哈哈大笑,"小雜種,別用那種眼光看我,我知道你心里在想什么,你也有過這樣的夢吧。"
“No,” Jon Snow said, horrified. “I wouldn’t.”
"我才沒有,"瓊恩·雪諾害怕地說,"我不會……。"
“No? Never?” Tyrion raised an eyebrow. “Well, no doubt the Starks have been terribly good to you. I’m certain Lady Stark treats you as if you were one of her own. And your brother Robb, he’s always been kind, and why not? He gets Winterfell and you get the Wall. And your father. he must have good reasons for packing you off to the Night’s Watch.”
"沒有?從來沒有?"提利昂抬起一邊眉毛,"那想必史塔克一家人待你不薄?想必夫人對你也視如己出啰?還有你那異母兄弟羅柏,向來都跟你很親是罷?為什么不呢?他得到臨冬城,你得到的卻是絕境長城。至于你父親大人嘛……他一定也有正當理由,才會把你送去當守夜人……。"
“Stop it,” Jon Snow said, his face dark with anger. “The Night’s Watch is a noble calling!”
"不要再說了,"瓊恩·雪諾臉色陰沉地怒道,"加入守夜人是神圣的使命!"
背景介紹:
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作,由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關注點,描寫細膩豐富,突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式,多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就,他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始,馬丁淡出文學界,轉而投身演藝界發展,1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作,處女作便是《權力的游戲》,即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名,在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中,《冰與火之歌》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐,作者網站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下,其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。