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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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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One group, now calling themselves the Circlemakers, includes situationist artists Rod Dickinson and John Lundberg, the sculptor Gavin Turk, Rob Irving and others.

这类人的当中，有一部分自称为“怪圈制造者”，包括情景艺术家罗德·狄金森，约翰·伦德伯格；雕刻家加文特克，罗布·欧文等其它。

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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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