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The Grain Kings (Paperback)

by Keith Roberts (Author)
3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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  • Paperback: 212 pages
  • Publisher: Wildside Press (19 Dec 1976)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 188044884X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1880448847
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,921,618 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A science fiction novel by the author of "The Inner World" and "The Furies."

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3.0 out of 5 stars Recognisably Roberts, 22 Feb 2008
Someone has to review this -- I waited a year hoping for some sort of blurb, but when it reached the top of my wish list, I got it anyway.
So. First things first. "A science fiction novel by Keith Roberts." The title, I thought, says it all -- this would be a novel of a parallel Dorsetshire, where iron age agricultural tyrants ruled from the hill forts, something like Pavane or Kiteworld.
Wrong. It's seven short stories, a blend of science and fantasy fiction, with a very english, very seventies, very Roberts feel. The title belongs to a novella of superpower rivalry aboard colossal combine harvesters loose in the grain fields of Alaska at the end of the twentieth century. "The White Boat", which was later grafted back into "Pavane", stands alone here. And there are stories of strange worlds, alternative history and the plain nasty horror of "I Lose Medea".
If you want to get a feel for Roberts' range, this is a necessary read, but it's not a route to the same pleasure of the major novels.
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