The Wild Shore
★★★★★Read Jan 1, 1996
Since I liked the Mars trilogy so much, I decided to try out his other famous work, the alternate California novels. I didn't like this first one much. It's, well, not very good. A basic coming of age novel set in a degenerate, post-apocalyptic Ameicna culture. Some of the culture stuff is reasonably well executed, but on the whole I found this book kind of dull. I'm not likely to read the next two.
Goodreads readers give it 3.74★, from 4,371 ratings. I gave it 2★, −1.7, where I'm usually −0.9: I liked it less than most.
Readers call it Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Apocalyptic, Alternate History.
Won Locus Award 1985, Philip K. Dick Award 1985.
Also nominated for Nebula Award 1985, SF Chronicle Award 1985.