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Loading... Ascendancies (1980)by D. G. Compton
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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The book jacket calls this a "comic" novel but I never smiled, much less laughed. Alan Ayckbourn this is not. It's certainly not science fiction. There just a few tiny bits of extrapolative thinking, notably in the twist-dense "Extroduction" at the end. It's just a comedy of bad manners, without the comedy.
Not recommended, but please do check out Compton's earlier SF offerings. (