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The Sheep Look Up

John Brunner

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#5052 of 8,085 books · #1033 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1972).

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. The water is polluted, and only the poor drink from the tap. The government is ineffectual, and corporate interests scramble to make a profit from water purifiers, gas masks, and organic foods. Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The Trainites, environmental activists and sometime terrorists, want him to lead their movement. The government wants him in jail, or preferably, executed. The media wants a circus. Everyone has a plan for Train, but Train has a plan of his own.

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Publisher
Harper & Row
ISBN-13
9781497617803
Topics
Environmental collapseCorporate greed and government dysfunctionActivism and terrorism

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