#DystopianFutures

NaNoWriMo, day twenty

I have been a member of NaNoWriMo for eight years and competed during six of those with varying degrees of success. 2015 was a...

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Consider Her Ways and Others, by John Wyndham, a review

A friend of mine, a fellow author, on learning about the concept of my work in progress – Venus Virus, sent me this book – just in case....

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NaNoWriMo, day three

NaNoWriMo is an intensive writing boot camp that costs nothing but late nights, blurred vision and sore wrists. I discovered it through a...

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Dystopia, our dystopia

I read four novels “It Can't Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis (published in 1935), “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley (published in 1932),...

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The Purge, Election Year, a review

Election year 2016 was a dramatic one for the United States, and early 2017 we are already getting sniffs that dystopian fiction like...

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The Venus Virus (in honour of Election Day and America's new president)

This morning's news inspired me to write a draft prologue for my work in progress "The Venus Virus". The Venus Virus Prologue Two years...

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Lilith's Brood, Octavia E Butler - a review

I thought for a long while that I didn't like sci-fi. I now realise that I just don't like white-male-centric sci-fi. I love this book...

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Carmilla Voiez