Greybeard
$21.14
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2011
Summary
Ecological disaster has left the English countryside a wasteland. Humanity faces extinction, unless Greybeard and his wife Martha are successful in their quest for the scarcest and most precious of resources: human children.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575071131 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0575071133 |
| Author: | Brian Aldiss |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 231g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
| Series: | S.F. Masterworks |
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Greybeard is a potent elegy for the human condition … beautifully observed and written, involving and profound – Adam RobertsA truly impressive achievement * Observer *That rare favourite - the book you don’t want to put down * Books & Bookmen *Unforgettable * Daily Telegraph *Greybeard is one of those hidden gems, a rare find that makes you kick yourself for not discovering it sooner, a masterful piece of literary science fiction and a poignant tale of human mortality (5⁄5 stars) * SFBook *Brilliant and highly recommended * SFFWorld.com *‘Greybeard is one of those hidden gems, a rare find that makes you kick yourself for not discovering it sooner, a masterful piece of literary science fiction and a poignant tale of human mortality.’ (5⁄5 stars) * SFBOOK *brilliant and highly recommended * SFFWORLD.COM *
About The Author
Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss is an SF/fantasy author who has achieved the rare success of acceptance as a writer of real significance by the literary establishment in his lifetime. He lives near Oxford.
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