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The Sheep Look Up
- Author
- John Brunner
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Publish Date
- 28 November 2017
- Run Time
- 13 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice. Large corporations fighting over profits from gas masks, drinking water, and clean food tower over an ineffectual, corrupt government.
Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The “trainites,” a group of violent environmental activists, want him to lead their movement; the government wants him dead; and the media demands amusement. But Train just wants to survive.
More than a novel of science fiction, The Sheep Look Up is a skillful and frightening political and social commentary that takes its place next to other remarkable works of dystopian literature, such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and George Orwell’s 1984.
Critics Review
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“An arresting diary of what’s in store for us.”
Washington Post
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“Gripping on both an emotional and intellectual level.”
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Details
- Author
- John Brunner
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Duration
- 13 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 28 November 2017
- ISBN
- 9781538486375
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Adventure fiction, Dystopian and utopian fiction
Synopsis
In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice. Large corporations fighting over profits from gas masks, drinking water, and clean food tower over an ineffectual, corrupt government.Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The “trainites,” a group of violent environmental activists, want him to lead their movement; the government wants him dead; and the media demands amusement. But Train just wants to survive.More than a novel of science fiction, The Sheep Look Up is a skillful and frightening political and social commentary that takes its place next to other remarkable works of dystopian literature, such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and George Orwell’s 1984.
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