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Synopsis
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.
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Brian W. Aldiss (1925 - 2017)Brian Wilson Aldiss was born in 1925. He was a highly decorated science fiction author who achieved the rare feat of acceptance as a writer of real significance by the literary establishment in his lifetime. As well as his many award-winning novels he has been a hugely important anthologist and editor in the field. He also wrote the pre-eminent history of the genre (with David Wingrove), Billion Year Spree (later expanded and revised as Trillion Year Spree). He died in 2017 the day after his 92nd birthday.
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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 *
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- PublisherRemploy
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0706608461
- ISBN 13 9780706608465
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages237
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Greybeard
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Remploy, 1979
ISBN 10: 0706608461
ISBN 13: 9780706608465
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Hardcover
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Seller: The Bookman & The Lady, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Brian Aldiss on title page. Remploy reissue, published 1979. First printing thus. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Hint of foxing to page edges, bottom corner of the last three pages have a small stain. Otherwise a bright copy. Clean text, strong binding. Nice jacket now in fresh Mylar. Very good condition. Uncommon edition to find signed. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 240112007
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