PublishedGollancz, June 2011 |
ISBN9780575105232 |
FormatSoftcover, 272 pages |
Dimensions13.3cm × 20cm × 2cm |
On a far future Earth, mankind's achievements are immense: artificially intelligent robots, genetically uplifted animals, interplanetary travel, genetic modification of the human form itself.
But nothing comes without a cost. Humanity is tired, its vigour all but gone. Society is breaking down into smaller communities, dispersing into the countryside and abandoning the great cities of the world.
As the human race dwindles and declines, which of its great creations will inherit the Earth...and which will claim the stars...
Marijke is the Customer Service Supervisor at Boffins and has been a Boffin for over five years, and a bird fanatic for even longer. She reads anything interesting.
In the distant future, Dog scholars discuss their folk tales of humans and a fierce debate follows – were Humans simply fables to teach Dogs moral lessons, or did they really exist in some long forgotten time? This book collects eight folk tales about Humans and presents them alongside Dog commentary. Simak from City in 1952, but many of the themes within are still relevant to today’s world.
