Genres: Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Speculative Fiction
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In a decaying 23rd century, religion is big business and tech is the new salvation With Faithcorp’s spiritual simulations leading to widespread addiction and what’s left of law enforcement being administered by contract killers, it seems the Earth’s days are numbered. However, when three Faithcorp execs are found murdered, Licensed Operative Cynthia Hemlock makes it her mission to uncover the truth. Could this be the work of the mysterious Godhead and his underground Godly Resistance Army? Unfortunately, as the Apocalypse approaches, Cynthia finds there is more at stake than money, and it’s no longer clear who her friends are – or what she is investigating. Is Faithcorp’s new religitech the work of the Devil or are its opponents spiritual Luddites hell-bent on destroying the world? And what has happened to its founder, the enigmatic Julia Greengage? With the End Times approaching, Cynthia discovers she is not the only one facing...

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction
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You never know tomorrow will bring…. Life is difficult, life is a struggle. But there is always hope… to raise our expectations, cheat us and leave us worse than ever. And with failed hopes and bitter disappointments to kick us when we’re down, it may seem as though all is lost. But thinking that would be futile…. For how we respond to life is life itself. The missed opportunity, the fateful decision, the hoist petard and sheer bad luck; explore the moment life changed. Or didn’t. In these six short stories, meet the lovestruck author and fashion designer who dream of escaping their humdrum existence as insurance administrator and florist, the born loser whose new job overseas offers him the chance to start his life afresh, the shy nice-guy threatened by redundancy and his new neighbour – the mysterious nurse who moves into the block of flats just as they...

Genres: Essays
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In A Century of Dystopia, author Steve Shahbazian looks at seven literary dystopian novels: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin; Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; High Rise by J.G. Ballard, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and his own Green and Pleasant Land. In this work, he analyses the ways in which the authors used dystopia to comment on their world. Through study of the authors’ own essays, interviews, letters and the historical context in which the novels were written, A Century of Dystopia analyses the allusions, metaphors and references within the works to answer the question: what messages were the authors trying to convey? Discussing ideas ranging from psychology, sociobiology, utilitarianism, solipsism, Christianity, Freudianism and thermodynamics, A Century of Dystopia finds out how the authors of these iconic dystopias influenced each other and asks us to look at the...

Genres: Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction
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Wouldn’t it be lovely to live in paradise? Perhaps... but doesn’t everything come at a price? Approaching Paradise presents seven stories where utopia doesn’t turn out quite as expected. Perfection might be unique, but imperfection turns out horrible in many different ways…. Meet the weedy loser who believes a body transplant will transform his loveless life, the idealistic couple who put their marriage on hold to rid the world of money, the nonagenarian who sees military service as the only possible source of meaning in a world without illness or ageing, the couple who run from the state when it forecasts their child will grow up a murderer, the four lads on holiday in the robotic holiday resort with a difference, the psychiatric patient who knows that being paranoid doesn’t mean they ain’t out to get you, and the lion tamer and sandwich connoisseur who discovers that collective hallucinations can...

Genres: Dystopian, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction
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State Failure. Social Collapse. England is on the Edge... In an England of the future, a booming economy masks rising violence. Seeking to become Prime Minister, controversial Chief Executive, Roger Tyson, warns the country is on the verge of collapse, but his aggressive populism proves divisive. Friends say he wants to save his country, while opponents accuse him of seeking to become dictator. Confronted by a disintegrating society, he finds himself drawn ever deeper in search for the scandal he believes will bring down the government. Is it secretly aiding the violent militants planning to destroy society? Is he covertly working with hardliners in the military to impose martial law? Claims of truth meet allegations of lies – and all the time the country hurtles towards a catastrophic meltdown. With truth and disinformation blurring into one, is his country beyond saving?