The Green Brain
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 Cover of first edition (paperback) |
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| Author | Frank Herbert |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Released | 1966 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 160 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
The Green Brain, initially published as Greenslaves, is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, first published in 1966.
[edit] Plot introduction
The book is set in the not-so-distant future, where mankind has all but succeeded in controlling all life on the planet and almost completely wiping out all insect life. The earth is divided into a "Green Zone" which humans totally dominate (or so they believe) and a diminishing "Red Zone" that is not yet conquered.
The "Green Brain" of the title is an intelligent organism that embodies and arises from nature's resistance to human domination. It is able to command social insects to form humanoid-shaped collective organisms which it uses to infiltrate the (somewhat incongruously named) "Green Zone".
The book is, as is usual in Herbert's writing, about a small team sent in to investigate the problem, who invariably find out that some of their assumptions were wrong.
