| Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Contributor(s): Wilhelm, Kate (Author), Fields, Anna (Read by), Cedar House Audio (Producer) |
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ISBN: 0786159936 ISBN-13: 9780786159932 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: Sweeping, dramatic, rich with humanity, and rigorous in its science, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is Kate Wilhelms science-fiction award-winning story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself through a perilous experiment in cloning. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.72" W x 6.18" (0.57 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: When the first warm breeze of Doomsday came wafting over the Shenandoah Valley, the Sumners were ready. Using their enormous wealth, the family had forged an isolated post-holocaust citadel. Their descendants would have everything they needed to raise food and do the scientific research necessary for survival. But the family was soon plagued by sterility, and the creation of clones offered the only answer. And that final pocket of human civilization lost the very human spirit it was meant to preserve as man and mannequin turned on one another. Sweeping, dramatic, rich with humanity, and rigorous in its science, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is widely regarded as a high point of both humanistic and hard science fiction. It won science fiction's Hugo Award and Locus Award on its first publication and is as compelling today as it was then. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fields, Anna: - Anna Fields (1965-2006), winner of more than a dozen Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award in 2004, was one of the most respected narrators in the industry. Trained at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, she was also a director, producer, and technician at her own studio, Cedar House Audio. Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018) was the bestselling author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among her novels are the popular courtroom thrillers featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. Her other works include the science fiction classic Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. |