The Wanting Seed
Author: Anthony Burgess
In a nightmare, changing world only those who adapt can survive.First there is the ‘liberal’ society, with just enough food and money, and population police to enforce birth control.Then it is swept away. Back comes religion — plus the ancient sins of murder, fornication and cannibalism. And war … contrived extermination exercises to act as a drainage system for this new….Read More
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