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Limbo

Jan Lara (1988)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.17

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Positive tags

Self-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Doctor

Synopsis

LIMBO is a uniquely unusual, dazzling novel of the future that is unlike anything you have ever read- or are likely to read. Dr. Martine, a neurosurgeon, flees a limited nuclear war to a forgotten island in the Indian Ocean. After 18 years of performing "humane" lobotomies on island natives, he sets out to rediscover the world. What he finds is a grotesque post-bomb society in which self-mutilation and installed prosthetic limbs are used to mute the urge to make war. Bernard Wolfe, co-author of Really The Blues, grapples with the largest issues of our century in Limbo.

Tags

DystopianPost-ApocalypticSatirical SFPhilosophical FictionLiterary SF