Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang
A Novel
ISBN10: 0312866151
ISBN13: 9780312866150
Trade Paperback
256 Pages
$16.99
CA$27.25
Winner of the Hugo and Locus Awards
Before becomming one of today's most innovative mystery writers, Wilhelm was a celebrated SF author. With this novel, one of her most famous books returns to print.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang tells the spellbinding story of an isolated post-holocaust community determined to preserve itself through a perilous experiment in cloning. Now, at the dawn of the 21st century, this tale is perhaps more compelling and timely than ever before.
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Praise for Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang
"The best novel about cloning written to date."—Locus
"Kate Wilhelm's cautionary message comes through loud and clear."—The New York Times
"One of the best treatments of cloning in SF."—The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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Chapter 1
What David always hated most about the Sumner family dinners was the way everyone talked about him as if he were not there.
"Has he been eating enough meat lately? He looks peaked."
"You spoil him, Carrie. If he won't...