The Sheep Look Up
β Scribed by Brunner, John
- Book ID
- 108913138
- Publisher
- Centipede Press
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Review
"A complex tragic masterpiece. John Brunner is the Rachel Carson of science fiction." -- Ian Watson
"Gripping on both an emotional and intellectual level" -- *_*Booklist_
"The best Brunner novel I've yet read . . . staggeringly controlled and dramatic.a work of art!" -- James Blish
"[This book] is, in my opinion and for all kinds of reasons, unquestionably the best SF novel ever written." -- _John Grant, Joint Editor, _The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Product Description
Food and crops, water and scarce resourcesοΏ½all are undergoing major stresses due to human incompetence and greed. In The Sheep Look Up, Brunner describes the lives of the people in the midst of ecological catastrophe and their attempts to come to terms with their environment.
This is the first limited edition of The Sheep Look Up ever published. This edition features an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson, one of science fiction's best-known writers. The book is also signed by Robinson and features an interview with Brunner, a column by John Brunner, and a short autobiography with photographs.
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### Review "A complex tragic masterpiece. John Brunner is the Rachel Carson of science fiction." -- *Ian Watson* "Gripping on both an emotional and intellectual level" -- *\_*Booklist\_ "The best Brunner novel I've yet read . . . staggeringly controlled and dramatic.a work of art!" -- *James Blis
An enduring classic, this book offers a dramatic and prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of Earth. In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace. Infant mortality is up, and everyone seems to suffer from some form of ailment.