SF Masterworks Group discussion

Francis Conway is Swill—one of the 90% in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. A young boy growing Life, already difficult, is rapidly becoming impossible for Francis and others like him, as government corruption, official blindness, and nature have conspired to turn Swill homes into watery tombs. And now the young boy must find a way to escape the approaching tide of disaster. Comparable to J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World, George Turner's masterful exploration of the effects of climate change was also shortlisted for the Nebula Award.