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The Grain Kings (Paperback)

by Keith Roberts (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Panther; paperback / softback edition (24 Nov 1977)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0586043136
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586043134
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,557,062 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Recognisably Roberts, 22 Feb 2008
This review is from: The Grain Kings (Paperback)
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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