Kris’ Book Reviews

This is one of the most extraordinary books I have ever read. First of all, it starts few million years in the future, when the Sun is dying, Earth has been taken over by giant plants and the last remaining human beings are 5 times smaller than now.

In this book we will be looking through eyes of a young man that doesn’t like to behave according to the rituals of his people. He will journey to the bottoms of the forest, even to the dark side of the planet. We will learn how the human civilization was born and why it collapsed (this is especially interesting view!).

The multitude of plants presented in this novel are very interesting, all of them act like predators, have quick reflexes and have only one purpose – eat.

All in all Aldiss book if very interesting, the future presented is very intriguing, and one will not stop reading until the whole novel is finished, highly recommended.

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