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Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham - AD-TEAM - 12-22-2024

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epub | 8.71 MB | English| Isbn:9780593450154 | Author: John Wyndham, Kate Folk (Introduction) | Year: 1960

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Quote:A "sharp, amusing story" (The Guardian) about the fountain of youth and its implications for women's rights, by one of the twentieth century's most brilliant-and neglected-science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called "the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced."

"It was a genius move for John Wyndham to center an age-slowing narrative on women, who are still today pressured to remain youthful-looking forever, or succumb to social invisibility. . . . Wyndham was uniquely gifted at skewering humankind's foibles while maintaining a shred of hope that our better angels would prevail."-Kate Folk, from the introduction
What if humans discovered the secret to prolonged life?

Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two biochemists investigating a rare lichen, separately discover that it has a remarkable property: It slows the aging process almost to a halt. Francis, realizing the horrifying implications of an ever-youthful wealthy elite, decides to keep his findings a secret. But the younger and more daring Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo and free women from the career-versus-children binary-in short, a chance to remake the world.
Category:Science Fiction & Fantasy, Social Science Fiction, Science Fiction - Gender Roles & Sexuality

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