- Fiction, Nuclear warfare, Fiction, science fiction, general, English Science fiction
"After the 'Accident, ' all males on Earth become sterile. Society ages and falls apart bit by bit. First, toy companies go under. Then record companies. Then cities cease to function. Now Earth's population lives in spread-out, isolated villages, with its youngest members in their fifties"--Amazon.com.
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- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Brian W. Aldiss
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, House of Stratus, New American Library
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780451051417
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**Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for his science-fiction novels and short stories. His byline typically reads Brian W. Aldiss or Brian Aldiss, with occasional pseudonyms in the mid-1960s. His work in the genre includes novels such as The Malacia Tapestry and Finches of Mars, which reflect his sustained engagement with speculative themes.**
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