Wasps a the the Speed of Sound by Derryl Murphy
This is the newest edition of Wasps at the Speed of Sound, with
11 short science fiction stories (the original had 10). All of the stories have
an environmental warning but this enhances the stories rather than detracts
from them.
My favourite story was the Blue Train in which most of humanity
that still exists after an extreme water shortage travels the world on a
gigantic train in search of water and their subsequent freedom from this train by one man who dared
to question the company's monopoly on the earths water.
Murphy constructs the world of each story so well, with little
extraneous language as possible so the reader can create a vivid image of their
own. Truly a pleasure to read for any
science fiction fan and possibly for any environmentalist too.
I received this book from Library Thing Early Reviewers
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