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2084: The One Hundred Project
A man wakes up in a hospital and finds it is the year 2084, six decades older than him. He fights it but can't argue with the fact that he can now walk, no longer confined to his wheel chair. His guide, an amazingly kind, funny, striking woman patiently banters with him and leads him to explore his new life. He gets to surf again, and the food is great, their take on sexual activity is both pleasurable and responsible. He soon learns that the major driver in this society is the conviction that raising children well must be the nation's top priority. Their National Children's Defense Budget puts their money behind it. Nathan begins to enjoy. But he is conflicted in feeling the society is soft and indulgent. He is also driven to find out who signed him up to be frozen. He hadn't. In the midst of all this he gets a jaw dropping surprise call from an old surfing buddy who has also been unfrozen but in the country south of them. His friend needs his help or he will suffer a horrible future. Nathan is now faced with betraying his newly embraced country or condemning his old friend. He and the new friends he has made take creative, and always fun, action to do the right thing.
482 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 25, 2017
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July 13, 2024
interesting premise but such unprofessional presentation...
I found the story fascinating--even timely, given the current attempts by fascist MAGAt goons trying to force us all back to the "perfect" era of the '50s," when kids did what they were told, mums stayed home to slave for their families, and dads paid for a house, cars, regular vacations, healthcare, and often a mistress, etc. on a single income and a pretense of godly benevolence.
Alas, the book was so riddled with weird language and punctuation errors that it constantly detracted from the tale. I suspect speech wreck was responsible for many errors (homonyms aren't hard if someone is actually looking for them!), plus the obvious lack of an editor, let alone a proofreader. Punctuation was often wrong--or missing altogether.
Just a really sad presentation of a good idea, and the fact it ended with no real resolution or definite setup for an obvious sequel to answer remaining questions (like Helen as the obvious real villain here...) that we're only implied.
I found the story fascinating--even timely, given the current attempts by fascist MAGAt goons trying to force us all back to the "perfect" era of the '50s," when kids did what they were told, mums stayed home to slave for their families, and dads paid for a house, cars, regular vacations, healthcare, and often a mistress, etc. on a single income and a pretense of godly benevolence.
Alas, the book was so riddled with weird language and punctuation errors that it constantly detracted from the tale. I suspect speech wreck was responsible for many errors (homonyms aren't hard if someone is actually looking for them!), plus the obvious lack of an editor, let alone a proofreader. Punctuation was often wrong--or missing altogether.
Just a really sad presentation of a good idea, and the fact it ended with no real resolution or definite setup for an obvious sequel to answer remaining questions (like Helen as the obvious real villain here...) that we're only implied.
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