The Disestablishment of Paradise
Published on 13. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-575-13263-4 (ISBN)
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Something has gone wrong on the planet of Paradise.
The human settlers - farmers and scientists - are finding that their crops won't grow and their lives are becoming more and more dangerous. The indigenous plant life - never entirely safe - is changing in unpredictable ways, and the imported plantings wither and die. And so the order is given - Paradise will be abandoned. All personnel will be removed and reassigned. And all human presence on the planet will be disestablished.
Not all agree with the decision. There are some who believe that Paradise has more to offer the human race. That the planet is not finished with the intruders, and that the risks of staying are outweighed by the possible rewards. And so the leader of the research team and one of the demolition workers set off on a journey across the planet. Along the way they will encounter the last of the near-mythical Dendron, the vicious Reapers and the deadly Tattersall Weeds as they embark on an adventure which will bring them closer to nature, to each other and, eventually, to Paradise.
The human settlers - farmers and scientists - are finding that their crops won't grow and their lives are becoming more and more dangerous. The indigenous plant life - never entirely safe - is changing in unpredictable ways, and the imported plantings wither and die. And so the order is given - Paradise will be abandoned. All personnel will be removed and reassigned. And all human presence on the planet will be disestablished.
Not all agree with the decision. There are some who believe that Paradise has more to offer the human race. That the planet is not finished with the intruders, and that the risks of staying are outweighed by the possible rewards. And so the leader of the research team and one of the demolition workers set off on a journey across the planet. Along the way they will encounter the last of the near-mythical Dendron, the vicious Reapers and the deadly Tattersall Weeds as they embark on an adventure which will bring them closer to nature, to each other and, eventually, to Paradise.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-575-13263-4 (9780575132634)
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Phillip Mann (1942 - 2022) Phillip Mann was born in Yorkshire in 1942. He studied at Manchester University and in California and worked for the New China News Agency in Beijing for two years following the Cultural Revolution. From 1969 to 1998, he taught at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, where he was professor of Drama. Following his retirement, he divided his time between New Zealand, France and England while writing, teaching and directing theatre. His first novel, The Eye of the Queen, was first published in 1982 and translated into German, French, Italian and Portuguese. It was followed by eight others - all published by Gollancz in print and by SF Gateway as ebooks. Many of his books and plays have been produced for RNZ Radio New Zealand.
The Disestablishment of Paradise (2013) was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award and the John W Campbell Award. His An Old Fashioned Story was included in the recent Big Book of Cyber Punk ( Vintage 1923). Phillip's final novel, Chevalier & Gawayn: The Ballad of the Dreamer, was published by Quentin Wilson Publishing shortly before his death in 1922 and has now been released by SF Gateway as an ebook.
The Disestablishment of Paradise (2013) was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award and the John W Campbell Award. His An Old Fashioned Story was included in the recent Big Book of Cyber Punk ( Vintage 1923). Phillip's final novel, Chevalier & Gawayn: The Ballad of the Dreamer, was published by Quentin Wilson Publishing shortly before his death in 1922 and has now been released by SF Gateway as an ebook.