The Embedding

The Embedding

Ian Watson

#4822 of 8,085 books · #991 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1975).

Ian Watson presents a collection of short stories and essays. Whether he is dealing with a future culture where whales control us ("The Culling") or taking a hilarious poke at the matter of government funding ("The President's Not for Turning"), his concepts are clear and undeniably logical. True to the highest ideal of science fiction, Watson carries present tendencies of our society to possible conclusions in "Roof Gardens under Saturn," and points a warning finger at the consequences of alienation from the environment. In an innovative style which borders on the experimental, Watson explores in "The Pharaoh and the Mademoiselle" the horrors of fascism.