Limbo by Bernard Wolfe
In the aftermath of an atomic war, a new international movement of pacifism has arisen. Multitudes of young men have chosen to curb their aggressive instincts through voluntary amputation - disarmament in its most literal sense. Those who have undergone this procedure are highly esteemed in the new society. But they have a problem - their prosthetics require a rare metal to function, and international tensions are rising over which countries get the right to mine it . . .
To my mind, Bernard Wolfe remains one of the most remarkable original writers of the 20th centuryShrewd, and sometimes profound, comments on Western civilisation- ObserverDeep, strange, and wonderful, LIMBO represents a straight arrow pointing from the cautionary dystopias of Orwell and Huxley to the postwar absurdist mode of CATCH-22, Pynchon, and Philip K. DickAs to the books of Bernard Wolfe, his extraordinary imagination, his range of styles and genres, should alone qualify him for a conspicuous role in 20th century American literature
Bernard Wolfe (1915-1985) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He worked as a military correspondent for a number of science magazines during the Second World War, and began to write fiction in 1946. He became best known for his 1952 SF novel Limbo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473212473 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473212472 |
| Title | Limbo |
| Author | Bernard Wolfe |
| Series | Sf Masterworks |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2016-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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