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Iron Cage

Andre Norton · 1974 · Novel

Setting: far future

Synopsis

Thousands of years in the future, a simple tribe of intelligent animals wanders the earth with a young boy, Jony, in their care, until the landing of a spaceship shatters their peaceful lives. Using his wits against sophisticated weapons, Jony defends the People - the gentle tribe of animals - and faces the conflict of his allegiance to his protectors and his need to be among his own kind. With ironic understatement, the author points out the foolish and even dangerous distinctions we draw between humans and animals.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Science fictionFiction in EnglishAmerican Science fictionEnglish fictionIronFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, fantasy, general

isfdb_id: 11100

openlibrary_id: OL473454W

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