Comments on: Tom Disch’s ‘The Genocides’ – One of the ‘100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels’ Involves an Ecological Catastrophe http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/tom-disch%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98the-genocides%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-one-of-the-%e2%80%98100-must-read-science-fiction-novels%e2%80%99-involves-an-ecological-catastrophe/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 0rison http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/tom-disch%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98the-genocides%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-one-of-the-%e2%80%98100-must-read-science-fiction-novels%e2%80%99-involves-an-ecological-catastrophe/#comment-7895 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:31:36 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=5942#comment-7895 The brilliant “Camp Concentration” was Disch’s masterpiece, not “The Genocides.” I certainly hope it made the list!

The authors of this survey paint with a rather broad brush when they decry the unsatisfying conclusions of alien invasion novels since “The War of the Worlds” — there have been quite a few, some of them brilliant. “Childhood’s End” comes to mind. It had better be on that list, too!

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