Beggars and Choosers (Beggars Trilogy (also known as Sleepless Trilogy)) - Softcover

Kress, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812550102 ISBN 13: 9780812550108

Publisher: Tor Science Fiction, 1996

Synopsis

In a genetically altered future America that is overrun by beautiful and super-intelligent people, the entire planet faces destruction in the face of overpopulation and unemployment. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

NANCY KRESS is the author of more than twenty books, including more than a dozen novels of science fiction and fantasy. Her novels have won two Hugo and four Nebula Awards as well as the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction novel. She lives in Seattle.

Review:

''Kress' sequel to Beggars in Spain fearlessly addresses a host of ethical quandaries while simultaneously relating a vivid tale of people trapped by their biological destinies.'' --Library Journal

''Takes an admirably complex look at controversial issues . . . [This] isn't merely an excellent and thoughtful work of science fiction but is also an important commentary on some of the key issues we'll be facing in the next century.'' --Publishers Weekly

''[A] plot that hums like a high-tension cable. The miracle is that this excitement is generated by readers' own moral confusion . . . Beggars and Choosers will terrify, delight, enrage, and engage.'' --School Library Journal

''Kress' work remains strongly character driven, an approach that in her hands raises social-speculation SF to about as high a level as one can reasonably expect.'' --Booklist

''Takes an admirably complex look at controversial issues . . . [This] isn't merely an excellent and thoughtful work of science fiction but is also an important commentary on some of the key issues we'll be facing in the next century.'' --Publishers Weekly

''[A] plot that hums like a high-tension cable. The miracle is that this excitement is generated by readers' own moral confusion . . . Beggars and Choosers will terrify, delight, enrage, and engage.'' --School Library Journal

''Kress' work remains strongly character driven, an approach that in her hands raises social-speculation SF to about as high a level as one can reasonably expect.'' --Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0812550102
• ISBN 13: 9780812550108
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384