These Savage Futurians [Paperback]

Philip E. High (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2000

Don't think new thoughts, don't improve anything, don't wander over the next hillthese were the commandments for the men and women of the experimental village - one of those careful nurtured settlements established after the collapse of world civilization. The rules were made by the benevolent Masters of the Island - and they had to be obeyed. To disobey was to be destroyed. But Robert Ventnor, villager with a dangerously high quotient of curiosity, was the exception. He fled - and evaded liquidation. But he fled right into the hands of THESE SAVAGE FUTURIANS and thereby supplied the key that could blast apart civilization's second chance and destroy the world once and for all.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Brownstone Books (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158715238X
• ISBN-13: 978-1587152382
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,810,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars I finally found it., February 12, 2003

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This book has haunted me for 27 years. Now thanks to a reprint I was able to read it again. For a book originally published in 1967 it has a remarkable number of SCIFI themes included into one story. Civilization is destroyed by planned obsolescence, the hero creates micro machines to destroy a virus (nanotech in 1967), and a forgetful scientist who forgets to shut off an experiment and accidentally creates a microbial civilization.

The book's hero is an inventive genus raised in a society where inventive genius is taboo. He escapes to an enclave of scientist poising as primitives. He's first exposure to technology is a simple crossbow which he modifies into a fully automatic weapon, and then they educated him. This book's charm is due, not to writing skill or characterizations but, to it's raw unbridled imagination.

Please ignore the title and short blurp on the cover as they have absolutely nothing to do with the story. This was quite common in the 60's especially in ACE doubles (The format the story was originally published in).