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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - by Kate Wilhelm (Paperback)

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - by  Kate Wilhelm (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The story of an isolated post-holocaust community of clones who are determined to preserve civilization, Where Late the Sweet Bids Sang" is widely regarded as Wilhelm's finest work.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like <i>The Infinity Box </i>and <i>The Clewiston Test</i>. <p/>Now one of her most famous novels returns to print, the spellbinding story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself, through a perilous experiment in cloning. Sweeping, dramatic, rich with humanity, and rigorous in its science, <i> Where Later the Sweet Birds Sang</i> is widely regarded as a high point of both humanistic and hard SF, and won SF's Hugo Award and Locus Award on its first publication. It is as compelling today as it was then. <p/><i>Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang</i> is the winner of the 1977 Hugo Award for Best Novel.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"The best novel about cloning written to date." --<i>Locus</i> <p/>"Kate Wilhelm's cautionary message comes through loud and clear." --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"One of the best treatments of cloning in SF." --<i>The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018)</b> is the author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among them are the science fiction classic <i>Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang</i>, the Constance and Charlie mysteries, and <i>The Good Children.</i> The recipient of many honors--the Prix Apollo, the Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and the Kurd Lasswitz Award--Ms. Wilhelm, along with her husband, Damon Knight, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Michigan State University in recognition of their many years as instructors for the Clarion workshop in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Born in Ohio and raised in Kentucky, she lived in Eugene, Oregon.

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