Book description
She called herself Reee and she was the last human being on Earth.
This was the one thing she was sure of. Because Earth was not a dead
planet, not by a long way. There were all manner of strange plants and
bizarre animals, and there were the blue boys who insisted they were
human - but she always set fire to them.
There was however Indigo, the all-devouring protoplasmic ocean that was
literally gobbling up everything in the world. And there was the
enigmatic Emeroo to whom she owed her continued existence. There were
also the so-called Martians - humans who had fled to Mars and only came
back to Earth to scout for survivors and vent their futile furies on the
inhospitable homeworld. Doris Peserchia (1928 - )
Doris Piserchia was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, where she grew up
as part of a large family. She attended Fairmont State College and
worked as a lifeguard while earning a teacher's degree in Physical
Education. Upon graduating in 1950, Piserchia realised that she didn't
want to become a teacher and so instead joined the Navy, where she
served for four years. It was during her time studying for a Master's
degree in educational psychology at the University of Utah that she
discovered science fiction and began to write, although her works were
not published until 1966, beginning with the humorous short story
'Rocket to Gehenna'. Despite her military experience, age, and
preference for older SF, she is often associated with the New Wave, with
her works being described as 'darkly comic' by admirers. Piserchia has
not published any new work since 1983.
