Proxy

by Jason Mallory

Robots replace human workers, devastating the economy. Civil War begins as Presidential hopefuls legislate amid violent corruption.

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The use of robotics as a replacement for human labor has reduced the once working-class people to a state of poverty, resulting in a near collapse of the world’s capitalist economies. The United Nations struggles to maintain a moral global order as international business organization, Circos, uses control over labor robots and its sovereign financial might to manipulate power from the world’s impoverished governments. While the United States teeters on the brink of civil war, two presidential candidates of opposing ideologies campaign for different solutions to the nation’s problems. And the world watches as its fate is decided.

100 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 2012

About the author

Author of the political-sc-fi novel, Proxy, as well as the true travel adventure story, For Joy and Wisdom.

Websites include:
http://www.FilmMediaProductions.com
and
http://www.ForJoyandWisdom.com

Reviews

[Paul Bryant · Rating 1 out of 5]

Here's a self-published novella all about the near future when robots have made 50% of the workforce redundant and terrorists are fighting back against Big Robotics and politicians are being assassinated and – yes, it's that topia we all call dys. This little book got a five star review from Bird Brian but I have to respectfully disagree with my friend Brian in this case, a thing I earnestly strive to avoid under normal circumstances. Jason Mallory's ideas are a little wild 'n'crazy (manmade viruses are unleashed to cull the human population because from the rich guy's point of view there's a lot of surplus population especially in South America) but nothing we haven't come across in a trillion good, bad and ugly science fiction stories. But that's okay – I even agree with some of his notions about the rich of the Western world, as I said in my review of The Privileges. That is not the problem. Thing is, how can I put this delicately – er – er – I can't! – Mr Mallory is not that good at the actual thing of writing itself, the thing where you pluck these tired old used-up old threadbare English words out of the ether and place them adjacently on the page or screen and mysteriously make the magic that crackles those sexy synapses in the brainial lobes of your lovely readers such that their little toes curl and they want to read more and they are having what they call a good time. I note that Mr Mallory has written another self-published book, called For Joy and Wisdom, in which he recounts his adventures and thoughts he had whilst skateboarding round Europe. Check out those goodreads reviews! Every one says "I was looking forward to this, but by page 20 I was hating it – this guy is hopeless - one star". Okay, there are some two star reviews because some people are much nicer than me.

From page 44 – a presidential candidate is making a speech :

America has been swayed. Swayed by a system that had once served it well, but which has now breed a beast without a leash, (the assassin in the back balcony begins to piece together his rifle), one which we must now bite down on and overcome

[yes, bite down on that beast!]

Just as the people have equal votes, so to should they have equal shares of the robotic labor force, and thus equal votes for what their shares work to produce. This check-and-balance will keep the people directed as a democracy, as opposed to subject to the direction of a private interest controlling most of our labor. As robots have become cost effective over humans…

(and on like that for a couple of pages)


Complaining at length about a self-published novella feels like strangling a kitten and it's only three days before Christmas too. Have I no heart?

Apparently not.

[E.S. Wynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A compelling vision of a people’s revolution in a dark, profits-over-people hyper-recession powered by automation. Proxy is a novel that hits close to home, making the reader wonder just how far off a future like this could really be– tomorrow, perhaps?

[Olimpia Garner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it! I found it entertaining and engaging. I read the whole book in only 2 sittings because I couldn't put it down. I like how the author tied in the beginning to the end. I can definitely see this being turned into a movie. Enjoy!

[Jason]

This book should be a movie. It moves fast, and makes points through actions. Seriously interesting and realistic, too.