- Hardcover: 375 pages
- Publisher: Vhps Trade (Jan 15 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312007809
- ISBN-13: 978-0312007805
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.5 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,306,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"For those interested in science fiction, Barry Longyear is required reading." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
--This text refers to the
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A boy, who has known nothing in his brief life but love and darkness, forces open a window and sees for the first time the outside world, which also sees him: an illegal immigrant by birth. Arrested, his parents tortured to death, we see through Thomas Windom's eyes a race preparing to deal with overpopulation in the only manner left.
--This text refers to the
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Future is Human,
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This review is from: Sea of Glass (Paperback)
I've never read much science fiction. I'll read more after this book. The story is surprisingly intimate at times while delving into intillectual and social debates philosophers and religeous scholars have engaged in for years. Sometimes the best things come at a price that seems unfathomable but strangly believable at the same time. Many of us are not living cookie-cutter lives and have histories filled with pain and disappointment. Perhaps preparing us for difficult times ahead or helping us to appreciate the good things we have now. Barry Longyear is a great writer. Maybe a profit? Either way he will inspire you to think deeply about yourself and feel something real for the character, Thomas Windom. Run completed. -- READY -- READY --READY_____:)
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Sea of Glass,
By Rob (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sea of Glass (Paperback)
One of the best, least known Science Fiction works of the 20th C. This book is required reading for anyone who loves the genre. Thankfully it is back in print.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Beautiful work,
By William Sargent - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sea of Glass (Paperback)
When I was a kid, I had pretty typical taste in Science Fiction. It was Heinlein, Asimov, and even some Piers Anthony.This book changed how I thought about science fiction. It says something, not only about the fictional world, but about our world. Instead of being about rough sketches of a characters to advance an idea, it's about a child growing up and finding out what his world is and what it means. At the same time... man, is it bleak. I recommend this book to everyone, but some people just put it down midway because they don't like the ideas that that world has to live by. It's not a book for kids, but that's why I loved it, and think it's a book that everyone should read. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Chilling,
By Melissa McCauley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sea of Glass (Paperback)
Thomas Windom's only sin was being born an illegal child in this Malthusian nightmare set in the not-too-distant future of an overpopulated Earth. Tommy is thrown into a brutal work camp with other illegal children, a place filled with unspeakable brutality and the aching sweetness of first love. He inevitably turns to studying the system which has enslaved him and discovers the key to the prophecy made by the all-knowing computer, Mac III, which runs this frighteningly believable world. The ideas and images remain with you long after the book is over. Unforgettable.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Powerful, Chilling, Superb,
By Lee J. Stamm - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sea of Glass (Paperback)
A darkly gripping and starkly graphic picture of the near future, told in compelling first-person by the central character, as he grows from child to adult. Difficult to put down, almost forcing the reader to continue to the end. Certainly among Longyear's best, and easily on the long list of alltime best sci-fi novels.
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