They : a sequence of unease /
Dick, Kay,
They : a sequence of unease / Kay Dick ; with an afterword by Lucy Scholes. - ix, 112 pages ; 22 cm
Originally published in 1977 by Allen Lane, London.
Some danger ahead -- The visitants -- Pocket of quietude -- Pebble of unease -- The fine valley -- A light-hearted day -- The fairing -- The garden -- Hallo love -- Afterword.
"Set amid the rolling hills and the sandy shingle beaches of coastal Sussex, this disquieting novel depicts an England in which bland conformity is the terrifying order of the day. Violent gangs roam the country destroying art and culture and brutalizing those who resist the purge. As the menacing 'They' creep ever closer, a loosely connected band of dissidents attempt to evade the chilling mobs, but it's only a matter of time until their luck runs out. Winner of the 1977 South-East Arts Literature Prize, Kay Dick's They is an uncanny and prescient vision of a world hostile to beauty, emotion, and the individual"--Amazon.com.
9781946022288 1946022284
Dystopias--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Novellas.
They : a sequence of unease / Kay Dick ; with an afterword by Lucy Scholes. - ix, 112 pages ; 22 cm
Originally published in 1977 by Allen Lane, London.
Some danger ahead -- The visitants -- Pocket of quietude -- Pebble of unease -- The fine valley -- A light-hearted day -- The fairing -- The garden -- Hallo love -- Afterword.
"Set amid the rolling hills and the sandy shingle beaches of coastal Sussex, this disquieting novel depicts an England in which bland conformity is the terrifying order of the day. Violent gangs roam the country destroying art and culture and brutalizing those who resist the purge. As the menacing 'They' creep ever closer, a loosely connected band of dissidents attempt to evade the chilling mobs, but it's only a matter of time until their luck runs out. Winner of the 1977 South-East Arts Literature Prize, Kay Dick's They is an uncanny and prescient vision of a world hostile to beauty, emotion, and the individual"--Amazon.com.
9781946022288 1946022284
Dystopias--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Novellas.