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Of Men and Monsters (Gollancz SF collectors' edition) (Paperback)

by William Tenn (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (18 Jan 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575072342
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575072343
  • Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 832,938 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Giant, technologically superior aliens have conquered Earth, but humankind survives - even flourishes in a way. Men and women live, like mice, in burrows in the massive walls of the huge homes of the aliens, and scurry about under their feet, stealing from them. A complex social and religious order has evolved, with women preserving knowledge and working as healers, and men serving as warriors and thieves. For the aliens, men and women are just a nuisance, nothing more than vermin. Which, ironically, may just be humankind's strength and point the way forward.


About the Author

William Tenn is the pseudonym of Philip Klass, who was born in 1920. Although he was born in London, he has spent most of his life in America, teaching writing and sf at Pennsylvania State College from 1966. He began writing after serving in the Second World War and published his first story, 'Alexander the Bait' in Astounding Science Fiction in 1946. Stories like 'Down Among the Dead Men', 'The Liberation of Earth' and 'The Custodian' quickly established him as a fine, funny and thoughtful satirist. In 1999 William Tenn was selected the Science Fiction Writers of America's Author Emeritus.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Earth lies under the alien occupation, 6 Mar 2007
By Marshall Lord (Whitehaven, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Of Men and Monsters (Paperback)
This has one of the more memorable opening lines in Science Fiction ...

"Mankind consisted of 128 people."

Earth has been conquered by giant alien invaders who have almost exterminated humankind. The few survivors live primitive, barbaric lives in burrows, or hiding in the walls of the alien's dwellings. They live in fear of the new lords of the earth.

The author, William Tenn, wrote several short story collections but this is his only novel, and it deserves more recognition than it received.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good concept, bad ending, 23 Dec 2003
This review is from: Of Men and Monsters (Paperback)
This book started off slowly, gathered pace through the middle, and then stopped abruptly. The end of the story made so little sense that I found myself checking to see if it was the start of a trilogy. It's not, it just leaves it hanging with the hint of possible sequels which, to my knowledge, never arrived. Shame really, as so much could have been done with the characters and plot.

To summarise, I enjoyed the story, but felt let down by the cliffhanger ending, that to this day, is still hanging.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Back in print? Wow!, 6 Dec 2000
By G. Moses "theonlytruegeo" (Men...Of...The...Sea!) - See all my reviews
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Of course, what the world REALLY needs is a complete collection of Tenn's short fiction (he was never all that prolific, you know), but this'll do for now, I suppose. It's quite a good novel, I must say. Brilliantly imagined and implemented. I can't believe it's been out-of-print for so many years. I suppose (he said morbidly) that after Tenn dies, his work'll get a little more attention, and then perhaps we'll see his stuff easier to find, but until then we can do with this, I guess. It's his only novel, you know. Unfortunately. And he stopped writing in the seventies, which also kinda sucks. But, um, that's not really the point. Of Men and Monsters is good, and soon it'll be readily available, so read it, eh?
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