Harrison Brown (1917–1986)
Författare till The Challenge of Man's Future: An Inquiry Concerning the Condition of Man During the Years That Lie Ahead
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The Challenge of Man's Future: An Inquiry Concerning the Condition of Man During the Years That Lie Ahead (1954) 49 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Brown, Harrison Scott
- Födelsedag
- 1917-09-26
- Avled
- 1986-12-08
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Sheridan, Wyoming, USA
- Dödsort
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Medlemmar
Recensioner
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Statistik
- Verk
- 40
- Medlemmar
- 174
- Popularitet
- #123,126
- Betyg
- 3.2
- Recensioner
- 2
- ISBN
- 10
- Språk
- 1
There's main parties in the novel, those that believe the message and wish to use it as a catalyst to join countries together with the common goal of improving humanity through disarmament along with implementation of structures to encourage peace. Then there's a second party mainly consisting of a doubtful scientist, his underling and a senator he ropes in to help scuttle the plans being made.
Overall, it's not a bad story, it's enjoyable and there's all the elements of humanity within - greed, distrust, power, deceit, hatred. However I was expecting it to be more science-y and less political whereas it primarily is a novel of politics revolving around the reaction to the message.… (mer)