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24%OFFGeoff Ryman - Child Garden (S.F. Masterworks) - 9780575076907 - V9780575076907
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Child Garden (S.F. Masterworks)

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Description for Child Garden (S.F. Masterworks) Paperback. 'Angela Carter meets Derek Jarman's Jubilee in a Max Ernst landscape. Excellent' Time Out Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.

In a semi-tropical London, surrounded by paddy-fields, the people feed off the sun like plants, the young are raised in Child Gardens and educated by viruses, and the Consensus oversees the country, 'treating' non-conformism. Information, culture, law and politics are biological functions.

But Milena is different: she is resistant to viruses and an incredible musician, one of the most extraordinary women of her age. This is her story and that of her friends, like Lucy the immortal tumour and Joseph the Postman whose mind is an information storehouse for others, and Rolfa, genetically engineered as a Polar Bear, whose ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575076907
SKU
V9780575076907
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Ref
99-10

About Geoff Ryman
Geoff Ryman was born in Canada in 1952 but moved to America when he was eleven. He moved to London in 1973. He began writing science fiction in 1976. His other novels include Was and 253. He currently lives and works in London and Oxfordshire.

Reviews for Child Garden (S.F. Masterworks)
Angela Carter meets Derek Jarman's Jubilee in a Max Ernst landscape. Excellent
TIME OUT
I can't imagine anyone not getting charmed doo-lally by this book
CITY LIMITS
This book should make Ryman a front-runner for the major literary prizes
GUARDIAN
One of the sturdiest monuments of "Humanist" SF
ENCYLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION
... Read more

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