The seed collectors
GenreFiction
AgeAll Ages
Year2015
Pages384
Avg price€12.49 (€9.37–€19.98)
Added byRachael Barker
Fiction

The seed collectors

by Scarlett Thomas
4.0 · 1 review
Critics' consensus

"Scarlett Thomas's novel is widely admired for its bold structural ambition and richly philosophical ideas, though some readers find its sprawling cast and digressive style more intellectually dazzling than emotionally satisfying."

"I have no idea why everyone thinks nature is so benign and glorious and wonderful. All nature is trying to do is kill us as efficiently as possible." Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but then again they might also contain the secret of enlightenment. Not that anyone has much time for enlightenment. Fleur, left behind at the crumbling Namaste House, must step into Oleander's role as guru to lost and lonely celebrities. Bryony wants to lose the weight she put on after her botanist parents disappeared, but can't stop drinking. And Charlie struggles to make sense of his life after losing the one woman he could truly love.

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3 editions
  • Seed Collectors
    Published · 2017
    Publisher · Counterpoint Press
    Pages · 396
    Lang · ENG
    ISBN · 9781619029514
  • Seed Collectors
    Published · 2016
    Publisher · Canongate Books
    Pages · 384
    Lang · ENG
    ISBN · 9781847679222
  • The seed collectors
    Published · 2015
    Publisher · Canongate
    Pages · 374
    Lang · ENG
    ISBN · 9781847679208

Community reviews

  • R
    Rachael Barker
    7/8/2026

    Thoroughly entertaining fantasy-meets family dynamics.