false <![CDATA[Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173935217m/347364.jpg 968827 14 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a science fiction novel by Kate Wilhelm, published in '76. Parts of it appeared in Orbit 15 in '74. It was the recipient of the Hugo Award for Best Novel in '77, & was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in '76. The title of the book is a quotation from Shakespeare's Sonnet 73. Massive environmental changes & epidemic disease, attributed to large-scale pollution, cause the collapse of global civilization. One large, well-to-do extended family sets up an isolated community. As the death toll mounts due to many causes family-members begin cloning themselves to survive. When the clones come of-age, they reject the idea of sexual reproduction in favor of further cloning. The original members of the community, too old & outnumbered to resist, are forced to accept the new social order. Time passes. The new generations of clones are physically & mentally weaker than their predecessors. Towards the end, the community is found to have been wiped out by natural disasters & by the destruction of the mill, which had been their vital energy source. Only a few select people survived. Among them was a man named Mark, who had foreseen the death of the community & had prepared for it. 953721 1976 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang total:274|5:87|4:97|3:69|2:18|1:3| 274 1069 496 40 5 4 false false Fri Jun 29 21:59:02 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 22 16:20:01 -0700 2008
The exploration of sexuality, individuality, and institutionalism is so deliciously conc...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 18 16:16:08 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 22 16:20:01 -0700 2008 Frightening.
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This apocalyptic novel took over my life today. Copyright 1974 and it reads like a current bestseller. I was completely swept up in the story, and long for the many characters to all become whole. I was constantly reminded of other works wit...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 07:08:10 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 22 16:20:01 -0700 2008
A book entirely worth reading! A fascinating look at the "end of our race" when we are no longer able to procreate. Scientists come up with a cloning solution, but how will the clones deal with the new wo...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 16:37:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 22 16:20:01 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1977 Tue Jun 17 23:48:18 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 23:57:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 09 10:43:48 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 10:51:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 04:03:20 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 05:51:24 -0800 2008 The Midwich Cuckoos. Its real interest is in...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 11:27:33 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 19:32:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 20:21:20 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 07:57:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Mon Oct 06 15:45:04 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 16:05:50 -0700 2008 2
Kate Wilhelm expresses the complexity of the interaction between the group and its individual members....more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Jan 27 22:34:12 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 22:34:12 -0800 2008 Started off too dry, too naturalistic, too removed from humans, like the boring descriptive "sci fi" of the 19th century and early 20th century Brit shit. I also detested the silly idea of clones somehow being "one organism"...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 20:41:38 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 22 16:20:01 -0700 2008
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The world ends, man dis...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Thu Dec 11 13:29:01 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 13:30:47 -0800 2008 2 But predjudice against the clones causes them to band together in hiding.. how will they survive?
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