On his author Web site, John Irving describes how he begins his novels by writing the last sentence first.

约翰•欧文（John Irving）就在自己的网站上描绘，他总是先写出小说的最后一句话，才开始小说的开头部分。

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In recent history, women have fainted while John Irving read a kitchen table abortion scene from his novel Ciderhouse Rules.

在近代，妇女们会晕倒则是因为听约翰·欧文读到《心尘往事》(The Cider House Rules)里在厨房的桌上堕胎的情节。

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Critics marveled at the prodigious talent evident in his imaginative take on a future world, comparing him to Thomas Pynchon and John Irving.

批评家为他对未来世界的惊人的天才想象力而惊奇，将他与托马斯。皮琼和约翰·欧文相对比。

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And a sense of human dignity is at the core of John Irving's writing.

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Billionaire John Irving has died at age 78 after battling an illness.

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Irving John Good famously described the development of an ultraintelligent machine as the "last invention that man need ever make, " for after that, humanity would cede innovation and technological development to its smarter progeny.

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