The Wall Around Eden
{4.5/5} “Tunneling the Wall, disobeying the Pylon, potshots at angelbees — the only result was the whole town got put to sleep for three days. After that happened, the Town Meeting forbade any more resistance.”
The Wall Around Eden by Joan Slonczewski, published in 1989
Doomsday was 20 years ago. The angelbees, or their masters, have taken over Earth and Isabel’s town of Gwynwood has a wall around it. She knows something about the outside world from the newspaper from Sydney that arrives every month. But that’s not enough, and she’s building a radio from instructions in a book Teacher Becca gave her. She and her friend Peace Hope are also going to go to the Pylon to try to provoke a reaction.
This novel is about difficult ethical choices. Slonczewski tells a compelling story.
I like how Isabel asks questions about her world.
This is the 2nd time I’ve read it.
I’ve read all 7 of Slonczewski’s books. I previously reviewed Still Forms on Foxfield.