Dystopia in which humans have devolved into small, but still intelligent, creatures living in a world dominated by plants.
Abridged ed. as The Long Afternoon of Earth (1962)
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C7 - 1957 CY - London DA - 01/1957 LA - eng N1 -Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1976, with an “Introduction” by Joseph Milicia (v-xvii). Abridged ed. as The Long Afternoon of Earth. New York: Signet/New American Library, 1962, which had originally been serialized in slightly different form in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction as “Hothouse.” 20.2 (117) (February 1961): 5-35; “Nomansland.” 20.4 (119) (April 1961): 99-129; “Undergrowth.” 21.1 (122) (July 1961): 84-130; “Timberline.” 21.3 (144) (September 1961): 99-129; and “Evergreen.” 21.6 (127) (December 1961): 82-128
N2 -Dystopia in which humans have devolved into small, but still intelligent, creatures living in a world dominated by plants.