by Amin Maalouf (1992)
Que peut-il arriver lorsque des sortiléges millénaires se conjuguent une science moderne aussi performante que dépourvue d'éthique ? Au départ. il y avait de mystérieuses féves, réputées favoriser les naissances de garcons, trouvées par le narrateur sur un marché égyptien. Puis ce fut la rarefaction, un peu partout, des naissances féminines. Commenqa alors l'épopée d'un homme passionnément attaché å la « féminité du monde »… Le romancier de _Samarcande_ (prix des Maisons de la Presse 1988), des _Jardins de lumiére_, prix Goncourt 1993 pour _Le Rocher de Tanios_, nous conte ici avec tendresse et humour une fable sur la folie des hommes.
James Stevens-Arce
Juan Bautista and his partner Faiola drive a FreezVan for the Suicide Prevention League in San Juan. Juan is starting to look below the surface at the conflict between the dominate Christian Catholic Church of America and the Twin Messiah cult.
Brian W. Aldiss
"After the 'Accident, ' all males on Earth become sterile. Society ages and falls apart bit by bit. First, toy companies go under. Then record companies. Then cities cease to function. Now Earth's population lives in spread-out, isolated villages, with its youngest members in their fifties"--Amazon.com.
Clare Jarrett
Arabella Miller finds a caterpillar and decides to make him her new friend. She makes a cosy home for him and feeds him lots of crunchy leaves. But caterpillar soon begins to grow and grow and Arabella must watch and wait for his wonderful secret to be revealed.
C.J. Busby
Simon and Cat are stuck in the modern world, determined to find their way to the kingdom - but it soon becomes more dangerous than they could have imagined. Meanwhile, in the kingdom, the Druid is keeping secrets from Dora and Jem. Should they try and follow him to the mysterious Empire of Akkad, where there might be dragons ...? Join the fearless foursome once more as they cross worlds in a race to track down the next piece of amber.