The Great Hydration
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| Author | Barrington J. Bayley |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Wildside Press |
Publication date | 2002 (Print on demand), April 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 132 |
| ISBN | 1-59224-103-4 |
The Great Hydration is the sixteenth and last science fiction novel by Barrington J. Bayley. The book was written in 1998 and first published as a print on demand edition in 2002. The book features the illegal traders Krabbe and Bouche, the first humans to reach the planet of Tenacity, as they proceed to destroy the planet's anhydrous economy in an attempt to make a quick profit.
Literary significance and reception
In Paul Di Filippo's book review column in Asimov's, he described Bayley as "a combination of Robert Sheckley, David Bunch and Stanislaw Lem." Di Filippo reviewed The Great Hydration as confirming "Bayley’s witty, wonderland plotting."[1]
References
- ^ "On Books: by Paul Di Filippo". Asimov's Science Fiction. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
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