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5.0 out of 5 stars Greener Than You Think, Nov 21 2003

By	Christopher Campbell (Willington, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greener than you Think (Hardcover)

I encountered this book by chance at a used book store in 1980.
I read it then and wrote on the inside cover "Undoubtedly my favorite book of all!" All these years later, now being 2003,
I thought to myself "I wonder if it's still in print?"
Well, I see I can get it used and I want to buy one and send it along to director Tim Burton and tell him to make this into a movie!
I laugh aloud at the events in the story. Moore's subtle use of language brings new meaning to the word stealth. His characters come to life effortlessly and satisfyingly. Our hapless everyman protagonist, Albert Weener, hasn't a clue as to how the world around him perceives him and moves forward to the beat of his own drummer. All the while, the world's very existence is threatened by a product of his own doing. As I reread this book twenty years later I still want to say it's my favorite.
Read it....it's a real gem!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Science Fiction Miracle Grow, Jun 7 2002

By	Joe Thorburn "Jose" (Greeley Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greener than you Think (Hardcover)

Written soon after World War II, this book encapsulates many of that decade's turmoil and at the same time manages to project into the future to address some interesting contemporary ideas into a compact and delightful science fiction satire. Ward Moore's style of writing is clever and comical without veering from the main character's oddball mindset and vernacular. The mutant grass is a metaphor for good against evil, mankind against nature or nature against mankind, World War III, and precedes the writings of the environmental historians and of environmental ethics in philosophy. The book also touches on such issues as environmental determinism, evolution, and survival of the fittest, and too, looks at various biblical themes, among them, Adam and Eve (Eve being Miss Francis) and Noah's Ark. When you read it you will probably find your own list of cleverly placed themes and analogies.

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