Sheep Look Up

Name: Sheep Look Up
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ISBN: 9781932100013

ISBN-10: 1932100016

ISBN-13: 9781932100013

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Brunner, James John Bell

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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…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: BenBella Books
Publication date: 5/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



December


Prospectus


Carnage


Signs of the Times


Not in Our Stars


A Roost for Chickens


Entrained


It's a Gas


The Opposite of Ovens


The Bleeding Heart is a Running Sore


The Root of the Trouble


Deficit


In Spite of Having Charity a Man Like Sounding Brass


Space for This Insertion is Donated by the Publishers as a Service to the Community


House to House


The Moral of the Twentieth Century


Badmixture


Relief


January


Marching Orders


Above the Sound of Speed


Snow Job


Charge Account


Rats


No Bigger Than a Man's Hand


Memento Laurae


Ahead of the News


It Figures


Come Clean


You Dig


The Tiniest Trace


And it Goes on


Earthmover


Showdown


February


In Praise of Biocide


This Hurts Me More


The Continuing Debate


Fire When Ready


The Natural Look


Possession is Nine Points


The Offer of Resistance


The Indispensable Assistants


Brokenminded


Eat it in Good Health


The Strong Came Forth


My Fingers are Green and Sometimes Drop off


The Rearing of the Ugly Head


Disgrace


Not Making Headlines


A Call to Alms


March


Long Multiplication


A Gift of Insects


A Straw to a Drowning Man


Riposte


The Precautionary Measure


Pick Yourself Up and Start Over


Lab Report


The Marvels of Modern Civilization


Raveled Sleeve


April


Hero Fiddling


A Victim of the First World War


Don't Touch


Rehearsal


Before We are So Rudely Interrupted


Blest are the Pure in Bowel


The Trial Runs


May


Grab While the Grabbing's Good


Blanket


Thus Far: No Father


The Ill Wind


Side Effects


Overcast


From the Bowels of the Earth


The Dog Days


A Plan to Map the Planet


Burning Your Bridges Before You Come to Them


The Underground Movement


By the Dead Sea


June


A View Still Extremely Widely Adhered to


Steam Engine Time


If it Moves, Shoot it


A Place to Stand


The Go Signal


Right about Now


Companions in Adversity


Buildup of Forces


Critical


July


Galloping consumption


Fuse


The Crunch


Blowback


Out in the Open, Shut Up


Earthwake


This isn't the End of the World, is it?


Scratched


Prime Time Over Target


Back in Focus


August


Followed by the Explosive Harpoon


The Grass is Always Browner


Watershed


Have You Seen Any of These Insects?


Low Summer


Unable Now to See the Mountains


Fed Up


Back


Check and Balance


The End of a Long Dark Tunnel


Direct Hit


The Genuine Article


Insusceptible of Rigorous Analysis


September


Mother-Rapers


Standstill


Fraught


A Shift of Emphasis


Mine Enemies are Delivered into My Hand


To Name But a Few


Conspectus


Memorandum


The Image


Spasm


Fit


The Descent into Hell


The Referred Pain


Out of Hand


October


The Tick-Tock Men


Statement of Emergency


That's Telling 'Em!


Getting Straight


The Rough Draft


Acid Trip


Work in Progress


Homecoming


Making a Good Recovery


Even Keel


The Late News


November


Wherewithal Shall it be Salted?


Alias


There is Hope Yet


Armed


The Shock of Recognition


The Rational Proposal


The Smoke of That Great Burning


Next Year


The Sheep Look Up