WAS
By Geoff Ryman
1992
First Published
3.88
Average Rating
384
Number of Pages
This haunting, wildly original novel explores the lives of several characters entwined by The Wizard of Oz—both the novel written by L. Frank Baum and the strangely resonant 1939 film. WAS traverses the American landscape to reveal how the human imagination transcends the bleakest circumstance.
Avg Rating
3.88
Number of Ratings
1,838
5 STARS
35%
4 STARS
34%
3 STARS
18%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
4%
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Author
Geoff Ryman
Author · 17 books
Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. He was born in Canada, and has lived most of his life in England. His science fiction and fantasy works include The Warrior Who Carried Life (1985), the novella The Unconquered Country (1986) (winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the World Fantasy Award), and The Child Garden (1989) (winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Campbell Award). Subsequent fiction works include Was (1992), Lust (2001), and Air (2005) (winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, the British Science Fiction Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and on the short list for the Nebula Award).
