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The passengers of a starship find themselves marooned in an unmapped barren land as a result of a gigantic explosion in space and are threatened with extinction unless they learn the secret of survival
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"We Who Are About To... is a seminal work that punctures many science fiction myths; it is about the hubris of humanity and the imperialist mission. It reminds us that maybe we aren't necessary, that the imperative to keep reproducing is irrational." -- Farah Mendlesohn, editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
..."this is an important science fiction novel." --The New York Times Book Review
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..."this is an important science fiction novel." --The New York Times Book Review
.,."this is an important science fiction novel." --The New York Times Book Review
"This is an important science fiction novel." --The New York Times Book Review
"This is an important science fiction novel." The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review"
MS. Magazine"
Publisher s Weekly""
New York Review of Science Fiction"
This is an important science fiction novel. "The New York Times Book Review""
'In the event of mechanical dysfunction, the ship's computer goes for the nearest "tagged" planet, ie where human life is supposed to be possible, then ejects the passenger compartment separately. Lays an egg you might say . . .'
After an accident destroys their starship and leaves them stranded on an uncharted but apparently hospitable planet - crewless, with few supplies and without tools - the five female and three male passengers debate how to survive. When it is decided that it is their human duty to colonize and populate their new home, one woman resists. But on an alien world where survival dictates conformity, her rebellion is seen as the worst kind of betrayal . . .
'We Who Are About To . . . does what the best SF ought to do, using speculation to unsettle and challenge, to strip away tired preconceptions and ask us to see our own world anew' Hari Kunzru
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- PublisherDell Pub Co
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0440194288
- ISBN 13 9780440194286
- BindingPaperback
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