Greybeard

The Cephalopod Coffeehouse is a monthly get together in which we talk about the book(s) we've read and this month I've been reading Greybeard -

After the "Accident," most mammals on earth become sterile. Society ages and falls apart bit by bit. First toy companies go under. Then record companies. Then cities cease to function.

Now earth's population lives in spread-out, isolated villages, with its youngest members in their 50's. When the people of Sparcot begin to make claims of gnomes and man-eating rodents lurking around their village, Greybeard and his wife set out for the coast with the hope of finding something better.

First, I have to admit my reading level has dropped off substantially in comparison to last year so this is only the second book I've read this year and I haven't quite finished it. It reminds me a little of The Road in its bleakness and also Children of Men with its similar theme of sterility and because of the somber theme it isn't the kind of book I can rush right through. I am, however, enjoying it thus far but my final judgement will have to wait until I actually get to the end.

That said, I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes serious science fiction/dystopian. 

What are you reading?