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'''''Children of the Thunder''''' is a 1988 [[science fiction]] novel by [[John Brunner (novelist)|John Brunner]].<ref name=goodreads>{{cite web|title=Children of the Thunder|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/882857.Children_of_the_Thunder|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref> |
'''''Children of the Thunder''''' is a 1988 [[science fiction]] novel by [[John Brunner (novelist)|John Brunner]].<ref name=goodreads>{{cite web|title=Children of the Thunder|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/882857.Children_of_the_Thunder|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref> |
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The [[novel]] explores several themes: environment degradation of the modern world (which Brunner believed was shortening his own life), paternal irresponsibility (in the form of accepting cash for [[sperm donor|donating sperm]] to a [[sperm bank]]), and conservative ([[fascist]]) tendencies in [[British politics]]. The latter may reflect that the book was written during the [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] years. |
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Like other Brunner books, the novel lacks cohesiveness in various ways, and is best read as a series of interconnected [[vignette (literature)|vignette]]s, each of which explores the above themes in a different context, with a culminating scene at the end of the book which is frightening in various ways, including a partial [[role reversal]] of the [[protagonist]] and [[villain]]. |
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In those terms, the book can be seen as an attack of the author on excessive [[sexual freedom]] of men gained in the so-called [[sexual revolution]]. While sexual fulfillment itself is not demonized, the book catalogs extensive [[collateral damage]] in the form of single mothers and offspring not properly cared for. But this is not a kind-hearted appeal for better support systems for these people: they just might counterattack their ''oppressors'' which is to say the parents who abandoned (or neglected) them. |
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| Author | John Brunner |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
Publication date | December 13, 1988 |
| Publication place | Great Britain |
| Pages | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-345-31378-X |
| OCLC | 19096678 |
| LC Class | CPB Box no. 1744 vol. 17 |
Children of the Thunder is a 1988 science fiction novel by John Brunner.[1]
References
- ^ "Children of the Thunder". goodreads.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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