β Brunner, John
π Fiction
π
2014
π Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
π English
β 272 KB
π 1 views
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The Sheep Look Up
β Scribed by Brunner, John
- Publisher
- Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1497617812
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β¦ Synopsis
Nebula Award Finalist: A prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of the Earth
In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkableβunless you're poor and have no choice. Large corporations fighting over profits from gas masks, drinking water, and clean food tower over an ineffectual, corrupt government.
Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The "trainites," a group of violent environmental activists, want him to lead their movement; the government wants him dead; and the media demands amusement. But Train just wants to survive.
More than a novel of science fiction, The Sheep Look Up is a skillful and frightening political and social commentary that takes its place next to other remarkable works of dystopian literature,...
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