The Green Brain
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Author | Frank Herbert |
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Cover artist | Gerald McConnell[1] |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1966 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 160 pp |
The Green Brain (1966), initially published as Greenslaves, is a science fiction novel by American writer Frank Herbert.[2]
Plot introduction
The book is set in the not-so-distant future, where humankind has all but succeeded in controlling all life on the planet and almost completely wiping out all insect life. The earth is divided into a "Green Zone" which humans totally dominate (or so they believe) and a diminishing "Red Zone" that is not yet conquered.
The "Green Brain" of the title is an intelligent organism that embodies and arises from nature's resistance to human domination. It is able to command social insects to form humanoid-shaped collective organisms which it uses to infiltrate the "Green Zone".
The book is about a small team sent into the jungles of Brazil to investigate the problem, who find out that some of their assumptions were wrong.
Reception
David Pringle described the novel as "a giant-insect story, full of grotesquerie and done with verve". Pringle rated the novel two stars out of four. [2]
Adaptation
By the time of Herbert's death, arrangements also had been made to make a movie adaptation of the novel.[3]
References
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- Bibliography
- Dune (1965)
- Dune Messiah (1969)
- Children of Dune (1976)
- God Emperor of Dune (1981)
- Heretics of Dune (1984)
- Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)
- "The Road to Dune" (1985)
- Songs of Muad'Dib (1992)
- The Road to Dune (2005)
- "A Matter of Traces" (1958)
- "The Tactful Saboteur" (1964)
- Whipping Star (1970)
- The Dosadi Experiment (1977)
- Destination: Void (1966)
- The Jesus Incident (1979)
- The Lazarus Effect (1983)
- The Ascension Factor (1988)
- The Dragon in the Sea (1956)
- The Green Brain (1966)
- The Eyes of Heisenberg (1966)
- The Heaven Makers (1968)
- The Santaroga Barrier (1968)
- Soul Catcher (1972)
- The Godmakers (1972)
- Hellstrom's Hive (1973)
- Direct Descent (1980)
- The White Plague (1982)
- Man of Two Worlds (1986)
- High-Opp (2012)
- Angels' Fall (2013)
- A Game of Authors (2013)
- A Thorn in the Bush (2014)
collections
- The Worlds of Frank Herbert (1970)
- The Book of Frank Herbert (1973)
- The Best of Frank Herbert (1975)
- The Priests of Psi (1980)
- Eye (1985)
- The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert (2014)
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