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Indlæser... America City (original 2017; udgave 2019)af Chris Beckett (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. It's hard to believe that this book is by the same author as Dark Eden or Beneath The World, A Sea. This is a political thriller potboiler with a little doom pasted on. The writing is really pedestrian compared to the prose in Dark Eden or Beneath The World, A Sea. If this was the first book I encountered by Chris Beckett, I would never read another of his books. I don't know if he's aiming for a different market, or this is supposed to be young adult, or what, but it's just not good writing, compared to those other books I mentioned. Both of them were haunting and will stay with me for years. This one is already mostly forgotten. ( ) In America City Chris Beckett gives us a frighteningly convincing vision of the future in a 22nd century world suffering the devastating effects of man-made climate change. Most of the action takes place in North America, much of the rest of the world having descended into chaos and anarchy. Within the US extreme weather is forcing large-scale migration north and east creating tensions and hostility in the receiving areas. Politicians and pressure groups manoeuvre to enlist support for their proposed and probably only temporary solutions, often using morally compromising tactics which include sophisticated methods of generating fake news. We also see events through the eyes of individuals trying to cope with the upheaval in their own lives. The characters are believable and mostly engaging and sympathetic so it is easy to identify with their dilemmas. We may also be challenged to examine the stories we tell ourselves to justify our own choices, since many of the themes explored are relevant today. There are some great futuristic touches, imagining how language, music and technology will develop. This is a thoroughly satisfying and thought-provoking read, with an engaging story skilfully told. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
America, 100 years on: a warmer climate is causing vast movements of people. Droughts, floods and hurricanes force entire populations to simply abandon their homes. Tensions are mounting between north and south, and some northern states are threatening to close their borders against homeless Americans from the south. Against this backdrop, an ambitious young British-born publicist, Holly Peacock, meets a new client, the charismatic Senator Slaymaker, a politician whose sole mission is to keep America together, reconfiguring the entire country in order to meet the challenge of the new climate realities as a single, united nation. When he runs for President, Holly becomes his right hand woman, doing battle on the wisperstream, where stories are everything and truth counts for little. But can they bring America together - or have they set the country on a new, but equally devastating, path? No library descriptions found. |
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