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War is humanity's only hope. "Aldiss' dark vision of collapsing society and withering earth is poignant and brutal … [a] richly detailed world" (Science Fiction Ruminations). In a future where the Earth has been savaged by overpopulation and over-farming, robots are considered more valuable than humans, and sand must be altered to create artificially fertile soil. Ex-convict Knowle Noland, the hallucinating sea captain of the Trieste Star, finds himself wrapped up in a plot to incite a global war that will wipe out millions. War, it seems, is the only way to drastically reduce the population and create a better world for those who survive.
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War is humanity's only hope. "Aldiss' dark vision of collapsing society and withering earth is poignant and brutal … [a] richly detailed world" (Science Fiction Ruminations).In a future where the Earth has been savaged by overpopulation and over-farming, robots are considered more valuable than humans, and sand must be altered to create artificially fertile soil. Ex-convict Knowle Noland, the hallucinating sea captain of the Trieste Star, finds himself wrapped up in a plot to incite a global war that will wipe out millions. War, it seems, is the only way to drastically reduce the population and create a better world for those who survive.
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Author Bio: Brian W. Aldiss
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) wrote acclaimed science fiction novels that won two Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He also wrote bestselling popular fiction, including the three-volume Horatio Stubbs saga and the four-volume the Squire Quartet, experimental fiction such as Report on Probability A and Barefoot in the Head , and many other iconic and pioneering works, including the Helliconia Trilogy. He edited many successful anthologies and published groundbreaking nonfiction, including a magisterial history of science fiction. Among his many short stories, perhaps the most famous was "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long," which was adapted for film by Stanley Kubrick and produced and directed after Kubrick's death by Steven Spielberg as A. I. Artificial Intelligence.
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| Available Formats : | CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
| Runtime: | 4.78 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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