Galapagos

Long, long ago, as he researched into the origin of species, the creatures of the Galapagos had inspired Charles Darwin. Now, a million years on, the new inhabitants of the islands – the human survivors of the ‘Nature Cruise of the Century’ – have quietly evolved into sleek, furry creatures with flippers, and small brains. All other forms of humankind have ceased to exist, finally made redundant by their own inventions. All that survives of their Big-Brain Culture is contained in Mandarax, a tiny electronic marvel that can recall nay one of twenty thousand popular quotations from world literature, as well as translate among a thousand languages. Unfortunately Mandarax doesn’t understand Kanka-Bono, the language of the cannibals who have arrived to ‘look after’ the new humanity. 237p.