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Wanting Seed (Norton Paperback Fiction) (original 1962; edition 2001)

by Anthony Burgess

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Tristram Foxe and his wife, Beatrice-Joanna, live in their skyscraper world where official family limitation glorifies homosexuality. Eventually, their world is transformed into a chaos of cannibalistic dining-clubs, fantastic fertility rituals, and wars without anger.

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Title:	Wanting Seed (Norton Paperback Fiction)
Authors:	Anthony Burgess
Info:	W. W. Norton & Co. (2001), Ausgabe: Reissue, Paperback, 288 Seiten
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The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess (1962)

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The racism, homophobia, and sexism kept on jarring me out of the story. I just couldn’t finish it. There are some interesting ideas in this book, but I’m sure they can be found in other sci-fi dystopian novels that aren’t as *ahem* problematic.

LynnMPK | Jul 1, 2023 |

Burgess found a way to solve the problems of our world. No more innocent animals need to be tortured for food. WTG Burgess, my kind of author. (

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burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |

Part Brave New World, part 1984, with a dollop of Soylent Green. Not bad at all -- as usual, Burgess entertains. (

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mkfs | Aug 13, 2022 |

The racism, homophobia, and sexism kept on jarring me out of the story. I just couldn’t finish it. The two stars is for the basic underlying plot. There are some interesting ideas in this book, but I’m sure they can be found in other sci-fi dystopian novels that aren’t as *ahem* problematic. (

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LynnK. | Aug 4, 2020 |

This is far from Burgess' best work. Skip it. (

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seshenibi | May 3, 2020 |

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This was the day before the night when the knives of official disappointment struck.

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Tristram Foxe and his wife, Beatrice-Joanna, live in their skyscraper world where official family limitation glorifies homosexuality. Eventually, their world is transformed into a chaos of cannibalistic dining-clubs, fantastic fertility rituals, and wars without anger.

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