false 41913 35 Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, <i>The Children of Men</i> is a story of a world with no children and no future. <br><br>The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race. 1142 book 1992 The Children of Men total:2913|5:476|4:1079|3:945|2:324|1:89| 2913 10268 4539 602 3 9 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 20:07:17 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 18:52:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed May 28 23:32:42 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 16:31:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:17:48 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 10:44:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 16:08:47 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 16:51:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 22:01:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:44:28 -0700 2009 However, I have a feeling the story & the message behind it will stick with me a VERY LONG time. So often we refer ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 12:23:29 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 12:24:57 -0700 2008
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P.D. James’ The Children of Men is built around a single question: What would happen if women couldn’t conceive? That’s exactly what’s on the minds of everyone on earth in the year 2021, not least of Theodore Faro...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 21:40:24 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 21:54:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Mar 21 12:07:56 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 12:09:25 -0700 2008
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Well, the book and the movie are definitely two separate entities. They even have different endings. P.D. James' book lacks the action and excitement of the film version and P.D. James does go on about things like the decor of Theo's house ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 20:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 20:07:03 -0700 2007 Half.com in the wee hours of the morning, fresh from watching its 2007 movie adaption with my pal, Charlie. He'd already seen the thing, but kindly allowed me to experience and be moved by its intensity and moments of profound holiness without any running commentary or inte...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 26 09:40:10 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 15 06:37:33 -0700 2009 2 The Children of Men, by P.D. James, the book on which the recent film was based, is a dire what-if tale of a world without a future, caused by sudden, inexplicable universal sterility. The story unfolds twenty-five years after the last baby was born, around a middle-aged university professor in Lon...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jun 04 20:12:22 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 20:12:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 04 14:16:35 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 25 15:04:52 -0700 2007 The Children of Men, the source mate...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 27 14:30:49 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 28 11:04:11 -0800 2007 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The near future is dystopic and humanity is facing extinction, having suddenly become infertile in 1995, the year that became known as the Omega. Britain, one of the few countries where civilization still seems to survive, althoug...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 08:09:38 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 14:03:49 -0700 2008
On second thought, this is a great book. More than any sci-fi I've read, much of this one sticks with me, which I think is a testament to the clarity of the author's understanding of contemporary civilization (word used broadly).

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Anyone who has seen the film or its trailers knows the premise: in the year 2021, 26 years after the last human was born, England has become the last holdout ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 14:34:49 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 15:00:06 -0700 2009 more...]]>