Greybeard (S.F. Masterworks)

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Paperback
2011
$11.65

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.

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.

$11.65

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 10 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 0575071133
ISBN 13: 9780575071131
Book Overview: A haunting vision of a post-apocalyptic England.

Media Reviews

'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 *
brilliant and highly recommended * SFFWORLD.COM *

Author Bio

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.