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The Genocides Study Guide

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by Thomas M. Disch
About 4 pages (1,329 words)
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Literary Precedents

The satire of The Genocides depends in large measure on the familiarity of its situation, characters, and themes.

The novel recalls The Day of the Triffids, which features alien plants ravaging earth and destroying modern civilization. The War of the Worlds sets the basic pattern for alien invasion novels. It has people heroically battling the frightfully deadly war machines of Martians.

Eventually, a small virtue of planet Earth — its microbes — destroys the.....

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The Genocides from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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