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Trouble with Lichen
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ISBN10: 0593450140
ISBN13: 9780593450147
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jul 5 2022
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780593450147
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jul 5 2022
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
A sharp, amusing story (The Guardian) about the fountain of youth and its implications for women's rights, by one of the twentieth century's most brilliant--and neglected--science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced. It was a genius move for John Wyndham to center an age-slowing narrative on women, who are still today pressured to remain youthful-looking forever, or succumb to social invisibility. . . . Wyndham was uniquely gifted at skewering humankind's foibles while maintaining a shred of hope that our better angels would prevail.--Kate Folk, from the introduction
What if humans discovered the secret to prolonged life? Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two biochemists investigating a rare lichen, separately discover that it has a remarkable property: It slows the aging process almost to a halt. Francis, realizing the horrifying implications of an ever-youthful wealthy elite, decides to keep his findings a secret. But the younger and more daring Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo and free women from the career-versus-children binary--in short, a chance to remake the world.
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