The Child Garden
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 Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Geoff Ryman |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Unwin Hyman |
| Released | 1989 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 389 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-044-40393-3 |
The Child Garden is a 1989 science fiction novel by Geoff Ryman. It won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1990.
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In a future tropical England cancer has been cured, but as a result the human lifespan has been halved. The novel tells the story of Milena, a young woman who is immune to the viruses which are routinely used to educate people.
It is a world transformed by global warming and by advances in genetic engineering. Houses, machines, even spaceships are genetically-engineered lifeforms.
