Greybeard (1964)

Others: Positive

"After the 'Accident, ' all males on Earth become sterile. Society ages and falls apart bit by bit. First, toy companies go under. Then record companies. Then cities cease to function. Now Earth's population lives in spread-out, isolated villages, with its youngest members in their fifties"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:: 9781497637627
Length:: 237 pages

Genres: science fiction

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