Phylum Monsters

by Hayford Peirce

Book Overview

Earth and Mars are states of mind. Loosen up. Personal devolution isn't that bad, is it? The Martian Overmind will help us devolve, inverse ontogeny decapitulating phylogeny. We're all Phylum... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812548949
• ISBN13: 9780812548945
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Anarchy has never been so much fun!

The hero of this book, Robert Clayborn, may well be the only sane person left in the universe. "Phylum Monsters" is a delightful odyessy through a future world that offers something for just about anyone... however nuts "anyone" might be. We know we're in for a bizarre ride from the start as Clayborn takes the witness stand in a preposterous multibillion dollar lawsuit over genetically engineered bugs, fungus and, oh yes, people. From there, we zip through an anarchic plot that ties together deevolution, an American state locked in the 19th century, omniscient martians as personal appliances, more third world lunatics than you can shake a martian rock at, and the alleged reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln. A silly, stimulating brain teaser supreme.

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I HATE SCI FI STUFF, BUT OUT OF DESPERATION I READ THIS AND IT BLEW ME AWAY, IT REALLY MAKES YOU QUESTION THE EXISTANCE OF GOD AS WE KNOW IT. VERY INNOVATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE.