The Resource The child garden, or, A low comedy, Geoff Ryman
The child garden, or, A low comedy, Geoff Ryman
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The item The child garden, or, A low comedy, Geoff Ryman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The child garden, or, A low comedy, Geoff Ryman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "In a future, tropical London, humans photosynthesize, organics have replaced electronics, viruses educate people, and very few live past forty. But Milena is resistant to the viruses. She's alone until she meets Rolfa, a huge, hirsute Genetically Engineered Polar Woman, and Milena realizes she might, just might, be able to find a place for herself after all."--Cover p. [4]
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Small Beer Press edition.
- Extent
- vii, 386 pages
- Note
- "First published in the UK by Unwin Hyman Limited"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781931520287
- Label
- The child garden, or, A low comedy
- Title
- The child garden, or, A low comedy
- Statement of responsibility
- Geoff Ryman
- Title variation
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- Child garden
- Low comedy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In a future, tropical London, humans photosynthesize, organics have replaced electronics, viruses educate people, and very few live past forty. But Milena is resistant to the viruses. She's alone until she meets Rolfa, a huge, hirsute Genetically Engineered Polar Woman, and Milena realizes she might, just might, be able to find a place for herself after all."--Cover p. [4]
- Award
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- Arthur C. Clarke Award, 1990.
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1990.
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- 053574
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ryman, Geoff
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6068.Y74
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
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- Future life
- Viruses
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- or, A low comedy
- Label
- The child garden, or, A low comedy, Geoff Ryman
- Note
- "First published in the UK by Unwin Hyman Limited"--Title page verso
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Small Beer Press edition.
- Extent
- vii, 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9781931520287
- Lccn
- 2011014885
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The child garden, or, A low comedy, Geoff Ryman
- Note
- "First published in the UK by Unwin Hyman Limited"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Small Beer Press edition.
- Extent
- vii, 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9781931520287
- Lccn
- 2011014885
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
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- trueLife expectancy
- trueLondon, England
- trueNear future
- trueRevolutions
- Science fiction
- trueVirus diseases
- Viruses -- Fiction
- trueCommunism
- trueCreativity
- trueDystopias
- Future life -- Fiction
- trueGenetic engineering
- trueGenetically engineered women
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