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After The Fall
Technology has changed the world around us over the last century, and promises even more great things for the future. But what does that future look like without the marvels of the machine age? After the fall of technology, what lies ahead for humanity?
Featuring a new story from Adam Roberts, plus tales from Allen Ashley, Mike Chinn, Caren Gussoff, Amelia Mangan, Stephen Palmer, Rob Sanders and many more.
Featuring a new story from Adam Roberts, plus tales from Allen Ashley, Mike Chinn, Caren Gussoff, Amelia Mangan, Stephen Palmer, Rob Sanders and many more.
190 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2014
About the author
Alex Davis
9 books5 followersAlex Davis is an author, editor, publisher, creative writing tutor and events organiser based in Derby.
His debut novel, THE LAST WAR, is out in July from Tickety Boo Press and is the first in a science-fiction trilogy following the aliens of the Noukari.
He is co-ordinator for Derby's annual Edge-Lit event – running this year on the 11th July – and also part of the management committee for this year's Derby Book Festival.
He also runs Boo Books, Derby's independent press, aiming to promote regional talent along internationally known authors. Their latest release is The Electric, available in paperback for the first time. For more information, visit http://boobooks.net/
His debut novel, THE LAST WAR, is out in July from Tickety Boo Press and is the first in a science-fiction trilogy following the aliens of the Noukari.
He is co-ordinator for Derby's annual Edge-Lit event – running this year on the 11th July – and also part of the management committee for this year's Derby Book Festival.
He also runs Boo Books, Derby's independent press, aiming to promote regional talent along internationally known authors. Their latest release is The Electric, available in paperback for the first time. For more information, visit http://boobooks.net/
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May 31, 2015
First off, let me just make it crystal clear, I was given a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
After The Fall is a collection of short stories on the theme of 'what will the world be like After The Fall of technology'. Would our lives be different? How much further back, in an historical sense, would we devolve? How much would we miss what we have come to depend on?
There is a good amount of variation among these 19 tales, some more apocalyptic than others, there is humour in here too (I especially liked 'Waiting For Google' - that one still makes me chuckle long after finishing it. Of the more apocalyptic type of story I think, if I had to pick a favourite it would be 'Hell Freezes Over, by Mike Chinn, set in a world where global warming has led to eternal winter and one man is walking, trying to keep warm and trying to find survivors or some kind of civilisation.
'Then and Now' by Delphine Boswell offers a different way of looking at things though when a technology purge by the government means that people have to get out, make their own entertainment.....meet real people!!
All in all this is a cracking collection, not a weak story among them. Alex Davis at Boo Books is doing a grand job of putting out good quality collections and this is certainly worth reading. An excellent book that might just make you think a bit about just how much you depend on your gadgets
After The Fall is a collection of short stories on the theme of 'what will the world be like After The Fall of technology'. Would our lives be different? How much further back, in an historical sense, would we devolve? How much would we miss what we have come to depend on?
There is a good amount of variation among these 19 tales, some more apocalyptic than others, there is humour in here too (I especially liked 'Waiting For Google' - that one still makes me chuckle long after finishing it. Of the more apocalyptic type of story I think, if I had to pick a favourite it would be 'Hell Freezes Over, by Mike Chinn, set in a world where global warming has led to eternal winter and one man is walking, trying to keep warm and trying to find survivors or some kind of civilisation.
'Then and Now' by Delphine Boswell offers a different way of looking at things though when a technology purge by the government means that people have to get out, make their own entertainment.....meet real people!!
All in all this is a cracking collection, not a weak story among them. Alex Davis at Boo Books is doing a grand job of putting out good quality collections and this is certainly worth reading. An excellent book that might just make you think a bit about just how much you depend on your gadgets
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