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The Sheep Look Up
The Sheep Look Up | John Brunner
2 posts | 5 read | 10 to read
Nebula Award Finalist: A prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of the Earth In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice. Large corporations fighting over profits from gas masks, drinking water, and clean food tower over an ineffectual, corrupt government. Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The “trainites,” a group of violent environmental activists, want him to lead their movement; the government wants him dead; and the media demands amusement. But Train just wants to survive. More than a novel of science fiction, The Sheep Look Up is a skillful and frightening political and social commentary that takes its place next to other remarkable works of dystopian literature, such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and George Orwell’s 1984.
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BestDogDad
The Sheep Look Up | John Brunner
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This is a highly regarded novel and it won the Nebula Award in 1972 but it was the wrong book at the wrong time for me. I love dystopias and a melancholy story but this was just over-the-top dark and depressing, and it burned me out. The world was really well visualized and believable; this might‘ve been where humanity ended up if not for the powers that be coming to their senses and putting environmental protection laws in place.

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RamsFan1963
The Sheep Look Up | John Brunner
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Buechersuechtling That‘s looks interesting. Cool cover. 4y
LazyOwl That cover is awesome 4y
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