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The bridge Hardcover – January 1, 1973

by Mano D. Keith (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
Hardcover, DJ, Owner sticker in front cover, pages very good
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  1. Print length
    240 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    DOUBLEDAY
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1973
  5. ISBN-10
    0385028709
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0385028707
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DOUBLEDAY; First Edition (January 1, 1973)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385028709
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385028707
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

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  • Mr. Peepers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Prophetic, Insightful and Entertaining!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2012
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    Anyone who says this is not a good book, must not have read it. For it's time, the book was amazingly prescient about the "Green" movement, and proto-environmentalism of our time. He was from England, had no right or left wing ideas, and was just trying to write a good science fiction novel. Like George Orwell, with Big Brother watching you(like our video cameras in the streets, and drones watching you today from the skies,), and Jules Verne with his sub-marines, and aerial flight, Mano was right with his predictions. Today, people will insult or attack you if youre wearing animal fur, even if it is fake. Who gave them that right? And global warming, when most scientists now disclaim that theory? No, this was a work of science fiction, and a damn good one at that. Sorry if he was right on the money!!
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  • Martin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2022
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    Written in 1973, describing 2035. very interesting similarities.
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  • Catcher
    1.0 out of 5 stars You're kidding right?
    Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2011
    These other reviews have to be jokes or written by the author.

    This book is PAINFUL to read. I can not believe I managed to finish it at all - I'm just grateful I only paid $.25 for the book at a used book store...and I still feel ripped off. Nothing about this book was interesting or entertaining, nothing. It was a cliche for all right-wing loonies to feel good about resisting the evils of the liberals.

    I have given this book as a gift - a "Worst book in the world" gift.

    Tl;dr - Worst book of the thousands and thousands I have read from the Golden age to 2011.
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  • JJames
    4.0 out of 5 stars Difficult at first....
    Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2014
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    but after the first 50 pages or so, the real story starts. Interesting read. I've recommended it to a coworker.
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  • Robert J. Geisler
    5.0 out of 5 stars A tale of a dystopian future where Eco-Politics has run amok and man is an endagered species.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2005
    Mano's book is weirdly prescient about the burgeoning power of the green movement and he explores the darker ramifications of a world ruled by a green/socialist government whose ecological politics have tainted and warped the very fabric of society. Mankind is no longer dominant in this world, but has willingly ceded his dominion over it. The big change comes during a civil war between the Green/Eco forces and the Realist/Christian forces. In the end the Greens won and proceeded to radically remake the world, tearing up highways and parking lots, planting genetically modified plants that could grow in the harsh and polluted soils of the cities, and ending man's consumption of nature's resources. Pretty much what the Greens seek to do now, actually.

    But in this dystopian future we see what would happen if it is taken to it's ultimate end, such as the PETA or ELF folks would have it. For in this future no one farms or raises food, in fact eating or drinking anything is forbidden and punishable under the law. To subsist everyone consumes a liquid e-diet provided by the government. The e-diet is a chemically constructed nutrient rich fluid that the body can consume completely and produces no waste products at all, it is also loaded with narcotics to keep the people docile. Pollution of all forms has also been outlawed, even noise pollution - people are forbidden to listen to music, watch movies, or speak. In fact all communication is by a type of finger-speech or reading lips, and anyone making noise or speaking aloud, even in surprise, can be punished under the law. No competition is allowed either, playing games with others or competing against one's fellow man is a sign of anti-social behaviour and punishable under the law.

    There are more such laws that Mano introduces us to, and he does so in an interesting way. He has Priest, the main protagonist for much of the book, a newly released convict travel from Yankee Stadium (where he was imprisoned for speaking in anger) back to his home in New Loch to be with his wife and new born child. The government has released Priest because their latest policy decree is that the very act of human breathing is offensive to nature (because of the germs and virii killed in the process) and therefore everyone must die. Priest now has seven days to get home before the decreed day of death is final. In those seven days we explore this world and discover that it is a study of opposites, at once verdant and yet bereft life, and that Priest is at once both a hero for wanting to live and choosing life over a senseless death, and at the same time an ugly savage and anti-hero for his actions and behavior. With the sparing use of other characters such as Paul Xavier, the aged Catholic priest who befriends Priest on his trip home, Mano does an excellent job of showing us the logical result of the faux intellectualism and arrogance of the nannystate that a green/socialist government ultimately leads to; a society of death and nihilism, that values even microbial life more than human life, and in the end sows the seeds of it's own destruction.
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  • N Sch
    5.0 out of 5 stars worth reviving
    Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2013
    I knew Mano's work from national review but was unaware he was a novelist. This was my first of 3 that i've read. It's quirky and very stylized - a little hard initially to get into the writing style, which is unique to this book. Quirky - some sentences begin without a first word....instead of "I went down to the lake" it might read "...down to the lake." You can get used to it. It is actually quite prescient about where we've ended up and I found it very readable and sophisticated.
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  • DWM
    4.0 out of 5 stars Angry Man
    Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2021
    I was going to give this book only three stars but upon further reflection I upped the review to four. Any book I read in one sitting is impressive. This author reminded me a bit of Cormac McCarthy in No Country for Old Men. A very economical writing style. Very well written even if occasionally the topic is distasteful. As opposed to many fiction writers I have read lately which seem to be college seniors (or juniors!), D. Keith Mano is clearly an adult with a mature perspective. He also seems to be refreshingly angry- very angry. He takes the environmental movement, and its hatred of humankind to its brutal (and surprisingly relevant) conclusion where humankind (or specifically mankind) essentially needs to commit suicide to atone for his sins- both environmental and otherwise. Sometimes I could not help but smile (with a bit of horror) at the lesbian communes and the suicide pills. The society is fully emasculated- except for the Last Man. However the world after the Last Man continues to have disturbing issues (including cannibalism) reminding me of Canticle for Leibowitz where humanity, in its quest for paradise continues to repeat a never ending cycle of building up and then destroying itself. A good book to ponder- brings up a lot of issues without offering any clear answers.
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  • anthony daly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2015
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    That good brought another for a friend. Delivery very quick product good condition. Very pleased
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