Greybeard - Hardcover

Aldiss, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727844423 ISBN 13: 9780727844422

Publisher: Severn House Publishers, 1993

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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About the Author

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.

Review

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 *

About this edition

• Publisher: Severn House Publishers
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0727844423
• ISBN 13: 9780727844422
• Binding: Hardcover