{"product_id":"the-child-garden-a-low-comedy-paperback","title":"The Child Garden: A Low Comedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoff Ryman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exuberant celebration of excess set in a resource-poor but defiantly energetic twenty-first century.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A richly absorbing tale--with a marvelous premise expertly carried out.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent. . . . Dark and witty and full of love, closely observed, and sprinkled with astonishing ideas. Science fiction of a very high order.\"--Greg Bear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most imaginative accounts of futuristic bioengineering since Greg Bear's \u003ci\u003eBlood Music\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a future 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Ryman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe King's Last Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir\u003c\/i\u003e (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and \u003ci\u003eThe Unconquered Country \u003c\/i\u003e(a World Fantasy Award winner), and the collection \u003ci\u003eParadise Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695246479423,"sku":"9781931520287","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dc31b7adc0cfbcc12b71545819c35322.webp?v=1765003121","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-child-garden-a-low-comedy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}