The Genocides

by Thomas M. Disch
The Genocides
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65 ratings, 3.82 average rating, 7 reviews (more data...)
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published
2000 by Vintage

binding
Paperback, 160 pages

isbn
0375705465   (isbn13: 9780375705465)

description
This spectacular novel established Thomas M. Disch as a major new force in science fiction. First published in 1965, it was immediately labeled a mast...more






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Erik Simon
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05/07/08

Love this book. Is there anything better than a Heartland character weilding a Bible in one hand, a gun in the other? Doesn't sound so futuristic. And before Heartlanders castigate me, I'm from Illinois. I also love that things don't turn out peachy at the end of this book. Disch is such a fine writer.
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Melissa
Read in August, 2008
As many books explore doomed future scenarios I don't think I've ever come across one that involved a story quite like this one. It didn't look at humans developing technology for some space-age world, but instead showed how people had to revert to agricultural and survival techniques as they were trying to live long enough to figure out what the hell was going on with their world as some alien plant was taking over their world.
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Sam
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11/15/08

Read in November, 2008
This is a treatise on the dissolution of the patriarchy in the form of a science-fiction novella.
Bleak stuff. I read it on the eve of the American presidential election, in almost a single sitting. Enjoy!
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Jessica
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04/01/08

Absolutely terrifying but not because of what one would think based on the title. I had to read it in one sitting or else I would not have been able to sleep.
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Ian
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07/27/08

bookshelves: sci-fi
Read in July, 2008
What's better than humans trying to survive an invasion of plants? Again, 3.5.
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Martin
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11/13/08

EXCELLENT
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Rob
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08/23/07

Has a copy to sell/swap
Crapola!
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Hrimcealde
Hrimcealde marked it as to-read
11/26/08

bookshelves: to-read

Nick
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11/24/08

bookshelves: -apocalypse, authors_thomas_disch, fiction, fiction-, science

Connor
Connor marked it as to-read
11/18/08

bookshelves: to-read

Ray ogar
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10/23/08


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10/21/08

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10/21/08

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Christian
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10/14/08


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10/09/08

recommends it for: nihilists

Rebecca
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10/08/08

bookshelves: apocalyptic, fiction

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09/27/08

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Annene
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09/13/08


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09/12/08

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