BAMBER, George

BAMBER, George
(1932-)
   US writer whose sf novel, The Sea is Boiling Hot (1971), deals with a large number of themes, including ECOLOGY: nuclear pollution has set the seas to boiling; mankind lives in huge domed CITIES; COMPUTERS do the work and provide sophisticated entertainment; many citizens opt out for lobotomized relief from a boring world. The protagonist discovers how to reverse the effects of POLLUTION by reconstituting pollutants into their original states; DISASTER routinely threatens and breaks.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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