Why Do Birds. by. Damon Knight. · Rating details · ratings · 24 reviews. It is the early 21st century, and Ed Stone says he's been in suspended animation since the s--put there by aliens who have sent him on a mission: convince the nations of the world to build a massive vault, in which humanity's billions will lie in suspension /5(24). So begins Why Do Birds, a classically science-fictional novel of ideas and quite possibly Damon Knight's most haunting work, a terrifying tale of deceit and human folly. "One of his great gifts," says Locus of Knight, "is that he takes an initial situation or idea and thinks, and thinks, and thinks."User Interaction Count: Why Do Birds is Damon Knight's second-last novel, from It is described on the cover, fairly accurately, as "A Comic Novel of the Destruction of the Human Race". (Actually, it's not clear that the Human Race is actually destroyed.) The main character is Ed Stone, who shows up in claiming to be from , despite being about 30 years old/5(9).
Why Do Birds: Damon Knight: Gateway / Orion: £ ebook? Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. novel: View all covers for Why Do Birds (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page). Why Do Birds Damon Knight, Author Tor Books $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author Knight avoids the mistake of trying to sound plausible. Despite the detailed. Why Do Birds. by. Damon Knight. · Rating details · ratings · 24 reviews. It is the early 21st century, and Ed Stone says he's been in suspended animation since the s--put there by aliens who have sent him on a mission: convince the nations of the world to build a massive vault, in which humanity's billions will lie in suspension.
Damon Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan. His forte was short stories and he is widely acknowledged as having been a master of the genre. He was a member of the Futurians, an early organization of the most prominent SF writers of the day. Why Do Birds is Damon Knight's second-last novel, from It is described on the cover, fairly accurately, as "A Comic Novel of the Destruction of the Human Race". (Actually, it's not clear that the Human Race is actually destroyed.) The main character is Ed Stone, who shows up in claiming to be from , despite being about 30 years old. Why do birds by Damon Knight, , TOR edition, in English.
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