num_pages: 208
description: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a science fiction novel by Kate Wilhelm. Massive environmental changes &amp; epidemic disease, attributed to large-scale pollution, cause the collapse of global civilization. One large, well-to-do extended family sets up an isolated community. As the death toll mounts due to many causes family-members begin cloning themselves to survive. The story follows this family and its decendants as they struggle to survive and reinvent themselves time and time again.
language: English
title: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
titlecomplete: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
characters: Celia Sumner, David Sumner
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Apocalyptic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Hugo Awards, Fantasy, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 10079
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Jupiter Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel
publisher: Collier Books