{"product_id":"border-breed-nor-birth-1","title":"Border, Breed nor Birth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorder, Breed nor Birth\u003c\/strong\u003e is a science-fiction novel by Dallas McCord \"Mack\" Reynolds. It is the second in a sequence of near-future stories set in North Africa, which also includes \u003cem\u003eBlack Man's Burden\u003c\/em\u003e (1961), \u003cem\u003eBlack Sheep Astray\u003c\/em\u003e (1973), and \u003cem\u003eThe Best Ye Breed\u003c\/em\u003e (1978).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKipling said those things didn't count when two strong men stood face to face. But ... do they count when two strong ideologies stand face to face...?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDuring his meeting in Dakar with the head of the Reunited Nations African Development Project, Dr. Homer Crawford resigns his post as leader of the Sahara Division team to become El Hassan, the liberator and would-be tyrant of North Africa. Threatened with arrest, Crawford and his followers hide in the Sahara erg. They intercept news that the Arab Union has occupied Tamanrasset, ostensibly to protect the region against El Hassan rioters…\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorder, Breed nor Birth\u003c\/em\u003e and the North Africa series have been called a \"notable exception\" to the indirect treatment of racial issues in 1960s science fiction magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorder, Breed nor Birth\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published as a two-part series in \u003cem\u003eAnalog Science Fiction and Fact\u003c\/em\u003e (July and August 1962). In 1972, Ace Books reprinted it along with the first book in the sequence, \u003cem\u003eBlack Man's Burden\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe readers of \u003cem\u003eAnalog\u003c\/em\u003e voted \u003cem\u003eBorder, Breed nor Birth\u003c\/em\u003e as the second best story of its issues in the magazine's Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) poll.[6] The popularity of \u003cem\u003eBorder, Breed nor Birth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlack Man's Burden\u003c\/em\u003e prompted Reynolds to write \u003cem\u003eBlack Sheep Astray\u003c\/em\u003e for the short-story collection \u003cem\u003eAstounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, a special tribute by thirteen \u003cem\u003eAstounding\u003c\/em\u003e authors to the memory of science fiction and fantasy magazine editor John W. Campbell.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDallas McCord \"Mack\" Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e (1917-1983) was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Harding.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHis work is noteworthy for its focus on socioeconomic speculation, usually expressed in thought-provoking explorations of Utopian societies from a radical, sometime satiric, perspective. He was a considerably popular author from the 1950s to the 1970s, especially with readers of science fiction and fantasy magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReynolds was the first author to write an original novel based upon the 1966-1969 NBC television series \u003cem\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/em\u003e, named \u003cem\u003eMission to Horatius\u003c\/em\u003e (1968).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Livre numérique Kobo","offer_id":46413414039762,"sku":"c7df35a9-ecad-3f1a-ac97-8e7be6497c4b","price":2.16,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_7c640483-c47a-4b8b-b9ec-d3dd91ff0e5a.jpg?v=1762996046","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/border-breed-nor-birth-1","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}