The End of the Dream [Paperback]

Phillip Wylie (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: DAW (January 3, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879979003
• ISBN-13: 978-0879979003
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #515,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the price of ego inflation, October 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The End of the Dream (Paperback)

he was a voice in the wilderness. he tried to show us what lay in the canyons between who &what we are &who & what we really are. he tried to show that we humans are bound by law. and that law is nature. and nature does not give a tinkers' damn about our opinions. the "the end of the dream" is now. it's happening now. look around. if someone has to explain, you'd never understand.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The author's last book, but not his best, June 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The End of the Dream (Paperback)

I'm fairly certain _The End Of The Dream_ is Phillip Wylie's last book; alas, it is not one of his best. Although it contains some unforgetable imagery, the thread holding everything together is frayed and breaks in places. Still, the plane crash into the Regency Towers, the Antarctic exploitation, and the mass deaths due to bad air vividly illustrate his theme of the horrors coming from environmental abuse - particularly his "vibes", which will stay with long after you'd like.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eye opener!, June 23, 1999

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John McLaughlin (Silicon Valley) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The End of the Dream (Paperback)

Wylie's End of the Dream introduced me to the dangers of scientific specialization. That a nuclear scientist would have only a "basic" knowledge of biology and a chemist that constructs deadly pesticides only a slight exposure to genetics was shocking, yet true. I learned a great deal. If you can find a copy, read it.