Moxyland Contributor(s): Beukes, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316267910 ISBN-13: 9780316267915 Publisher: Mulholland Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Supernatural - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Lauren Beukes's frighteningly persuasive, high-tech fable follows four narrators living in a dystopian near-future. Kendra, an art-school dropout, brands herself for a nanotech marketing program. Lerato, an ambitious AIDS baby, plots to defect from her corporate employers. Tendeka, a hot-headed activist, is becoming increasingly rabid. Toby, a roguish blogger, discovers that the video games he plays for cash are much more than they seem. On a collision course that will rewire their lives, these characters crackle with bold and infectious ideas, connecting a ruthless corporate-apartheid government with video games, biotech attack dogs, slippery online identities, a township soccer school, shocking cell phones, addictive branding, and genetically modified art. Taking hedonistic trends in society to their ultimate conclusions, Lauren Beukes spins a tale of a utopia gone wrong, satirically undermining the idea of progress as society's white knight. |