The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1932100016
- ISBN 13
- 9781932100013
- Seller
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Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Introduction by David Brin. Afterword by James John Bell.
An enduring classic, this book offers a dramatic and prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of Earth. In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace. Infant mortality is up, and everyone seems to suffer from some form of ailment.
Synopsis
The Sheep Look Up is a science fiction novel by British author John Brunner, first published in 1972. The novel's setting is decidedly dystopian, the book dealing with the deterioration of the environment in the United States. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972. The title of the novel is a quotation from the poem Lycidas by John Milton: The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ...
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- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202000401
- Title
- The Sheep Look Up
- Author
- John Brunner
- Illustrator
- Bob Eggleton
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1932100016
- ISBN 13
- 9781932100013
- Publisher
- Benbella Books
- Place of Publication
- Dallas, TX
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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