John Barnes

  • THE MAN WHO PULLED DOWN THE SKY
hbk: Congdon & Weed, US, 1987
pbk: ?

ISBN 0-86553-185-4 (US hbk)

novel, science fiction, biotechnology


"Barnes is a sort of young, hip Heinlein, who's tale of warring space colonies -- the Confederation versus the Orbital Republics -- has as much sociological content as hard-SF extrapolation. Barnes is thinking about problems that Niven and pals haven't touched on. This suspenseful story of a struggle over resources has a kind of timeless quality, a sense of social-allegorical subtext that elevates it above technophilia." --John Shirley (in Science Fiction Eye , Volume 1, Number 3, March 1988).

*note: As I don't have a copy of this book, there's no jacket blurb. Anyone care to remedy this situation.




Of Related Interest

  • Biotechnology
  • CyberCulture
  • Cyberpunk
  • Future
  • Genetic Engineering / Biotechnology / Evolution
  • Life Extension / Longevity/ Gerentology
  • Mars
  • Nanotechnology / Molecular Engineering
  • Science Fiction
  • Space Migration / Terraforming
  • Virtual Reality / Cyberspace

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