In this novel, Maggie Gee speculates about the survival of love between men and women in a frozen future world where children are rare, child-size robots run out of control, and homosexuality is the norm. Far into the the 21st century, civilization has broken down in the face of the deepening cold. An old man, Saul, lives in a disused airport with a gang of wild boys, who spare his life only because of his skills as a storyteller. Saul tells of his youth, days of fierce heat and dwindling fertility. Men and women live separately, the women cluster around the rare children, and men turn to each other or to robot 'pets.' But Saul is different'he falls in love with Sarah.
Title: The Ice People
Author: Maggie Gee
Publisher: Richard Cohen
Year: 1999
Number of pages: 244
ISBN: 9781860661532
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