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Sci-fi

The Sheep Look Up

by John BrunnerBook 3 of 4 in Club of Rome Quartet
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In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace. Infant mortality is up, and everyone seems to suffer from some form of ailment. The water is polluted, and only the poor drink from the tap. The government is ineffectual, and corporate interests scramble to make a profit from water purifiers, gas masks, and organic foods. Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The Trainites, environmental activists and sometime terrorists, want him to lead their movement. The government wants him in jail, or preferably, executed. The media wants a circus. Everyone has a plan for Train, but Train has a plan of his own.

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ViolenceGraphic
HorrorTerrifying

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Details

First published
August 1972
Pages
461
Reading time
About 9 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
ISBN
9780345249487
Series
Club of Rome Quartet, Book 3

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