Name: The Green Brain
Price: 35.23 NZD
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Author: Herbert, Frank
ISBN: 9780765378897

Type

Physical Book

Author

Frank Herbert

Publisher

Tor Books

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.8 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9780765378897

Synopsis "The Green Brain"

A fascinating examination of the fragile balance between consciousness, man and insect from one of the best-loved science fiction creators of all time. In an overpopulated world seeking living room in the jungles, the International Ecological Organization was systematically exterminating the voracious insects which made these areas uninhabitable. Using deadly foamal bombs and newly developed vibration weapons, men like Joao Martinho and his co-workers fought to clear the green hell of the Mato Grosso. But somehow those areas which had been completely cleared were becoming reinfested, despite the impenetrable vibration barriers. And tales came out of the jungles . . . of insects mutated to incredible sizes . . . of creatures who seemed to be men, but whose eyes gleamed with the chitinous sheen of insects. . . .

Frank Herbert

(Author)

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Frank Patrick Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington (1920). Before turning to science fiction, he had various jobs, from photographer and TV cameraman to oyster fisherman. In 1965, he introduced the book series The Dune Chronicles, which was critically acclaimed and popular, describing an imaginary world with its own politics, ecology, and social structure.

The first book of the saga, Dune, was a true literary phenomenon and won the Nebula and Hugo Awards, as well as the International Fantasy Award, which he shared with Lord of the Flies by William Golding. He died on February 11, 1986. The rest of the saga includes: Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune.

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