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fiction august 2010 Frank Herbert Bestselling author of the Dune series The Green Brain A fascinating examination of the fragile balance between consciousness, man, and insect from one of the best-loved science fiction creators of all time. In an overpopulated world seeking living room in the jungles, the International Ecological Organization was systematically exterminating the voracious insects that made these areas uninhabitable. Using deadly foamal bombs and newly developed vibration weapons, men like Joao Martinho and his coworkers fought to clear the green hell of the Mato Grosso. But somehow those areas that had been completely cleared were becoming reinfested, despite the impenetrable vibration barriers. And tales were coming out of the jungles—tales of insects mutated to incredible sizes, of creatures who seemed to be men but whose eyes gleamed with the chitinous sheen of insects... Marketing • International bestselling author • Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author Read by Scott Brick Praise for The green brain Category: Fiction/Science Fiction Running Time: 7 hrs - Unabridged “Herbert does more than carry events forward: he deals with Hardcover: 09/16/2002 (Tor) the consequences of events, the implications of decisions.” Territory: North America On Sale Date: 08/30/2010 —St. Louis Post-Dispatch Trade 9781400114887 6 Audio CDs $29.99 Library 9781400144884 6 Audio CDs $59.99 MP3 9781400164882 1 MP3-CD $19.99 Frank Herbert’s speculative fictions have taken the grand themes and questions of politics, ecology, overpopulation, and much more and applied them to the human drama. His most popular works are the well-known Dune books: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, and the extraordinary bestseller God Emperor of Dune. He wrote more than twenty other works of fiction and nonfiction, including a book on home computers, before his death in 1986. Scott Brick is an accomplished audiobook personality. He has recorded over 500 audiobooks, and AudioFile magazine has honored him by adding his name to their prestigious list of Golden Voices. also By frank herBert Hellstrom’s Hive The Dragon in the ISBN 13: 9781400105649 Sea Tantor ISBN 13: 9781400105670 a u d i o for More inforMATION Whipping Star The White Plague Toll Free 877.782.6867 Tantor Audio ISBN 13: 9781400105663 ISBN 13: 9781400105656 Fax 888.782.7821 2 Business Park Road www.tantor.com Old Saybrook, CT 06475.

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