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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publication date
August 4, 2015
Pages
187
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781504002134
ISBN-10
150400213X
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$12.99
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Summaries and Reviews
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In this thoughtful meditation on the future of humanity, colonists on Mars struggle to prevent their own extinction
Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankindâs last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planetâs surface, the colonists who have escaped their dying home world are attempting to make a new life unencumbered by the corrupting influences of politics, art, and religion. Unable ever to return, these pioneers have chosen an unalterable path that winds through a landscape as terrible as it is beautiful, often forcing them to compromise their beliefsâand sometimes their humanityâin order to survive.
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But the gravest threat to the future is not the settlementâs total dependence on foodstuffs sent from a distant and increasingly uncaring Earth, or the events that occur in the aftermath of the miraculous discovery of native life on Marsâit is the fact that in the ten years since colonization began, every new human baby has been born dead, or so tragically deformed that death comes within hours.
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The great Brian W. Aldiss has delivered a dark and provocative yet ultimately hopeful magnum opus rich in imagination and bold ideas. A novel of philosophy as much as science fiction, Finches of Mars is an exploration of intellectual history, evolution, technology, and the future by one of speculative fictionâs undisputed masters.
Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankindâs last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planetâs surface, the colonists who have escaped their dying home world are attempting to make a new life unencumbered by the corrupting influences of politics, art, and religion. Unable ever to return, these pioneers have chosen an unalterable path that winds through a landscape as terrible as it is beautiful, often forcing them to compromise their beliefsâand sometimes their humanityâin order to survive.
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But the gravest threat to the future is not the settlementâs total dependence on foodstuffs sent from a distant and increasingly uncaring Earth, or the events that occur in the aftermath of the miraculous discovery of native life on Marsâit is the fact that in the ten years since colonization began, every new human baby has been born dead, or so tragically deformed that death comes within hours.
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The great Brian W. Aldiss has delivered a dark and provocative yet ultimately hopeful magnum opus rich in imagination and bold ideas. A novel of philosophy as much as science fiction, Finches of Mars is an exploration of intellectual history, evolution, technology, and the future by one of speculative fictionâs undisputed masters.
Editions
Hardcover
from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (June 6, 2013)
9780007478927 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $24.50
About: Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp.
About: Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp.
Paperback
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from Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (August 4, 2015)
9781504002134 | details & prices | 187 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.99
About: In this thoughtful meditation on the future of humanity, colonists on Mars struggle to prevent their own extinction Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp.
About: In this thoughtful meditation on the future of humanity, colonists on Mars struggle to prevent their own extinction Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp.
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