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Rubberman's Citizens
A story of oppression and loss, of uprising and joys. Rubberman's Citizens pushes through grim tyranny with the courage, compassion, and humour of those forced to fight troubled times.
In Citizenry, Leena knew cruelty was normal.
Order was kept by Warren, through intimidation and abuse.
Normal meant deliveries from above, supplies from the great, unknowable, Actual.
Normal meant hating the lessers who live below.
Normal meant routine public degradation.
Normal meant hearing screams, and knowing no one dared help.
Normal was knowing that tomorrow, it could be your own screams being ignored.
Leena found a way to help.
Leena found a chance.
Leena discovered revolution.
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The first book in the series, Rubberman's Cage, serves as a broad introduction to most of the regions inside the series environment.
Rubberman's Citizens takes a closer look into one region's history, and by the end of the tale of Citizenry, we are pushed forward into the future of the inhabitants, and the vast environment itself.
In Citizenry, Leena knew cruelty was normal.
Order was kept by Warren, through intimidation and abuse.
Normal meant deliveries from above, supplies from the great, unknowable, Actual.
Normal meant hating the lessers who live below.
Normal meant routine public degradation.
Normal meant hearing screams, and knowing no one dared help.
Normal was knowing that tomorrow, it could be your own screams being ignored.
Leena found a way to help.
Leena found a chance.
Leena discovered revolution.
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The first book in the series, Rubberman's Cage, serves as a broad introduction to most of the regions inside the series environment.
Rubberman's Citizens takes a closer look into one region's history, and by the end of the tale of Citizenry, we are pushed forward into the future of the inhabitants, and the vast environment itself.
218 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 7, 2018
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About the author
Joseph Picard
16 books8 followers-Year of hatching: 1976
-Last seen: Lower Mainland, B.C., Canada
-Current level: 43
-Blood type: Red and tangy
-Identifying features: Drives a manual wheelchair fuelled by taurine.
-Do not approach. Suspect won’t shut up, especially if his books come up.
-Known to be easily distracted by polyhedral dice. And crows. And dogs. And kids.
-And the colour 47.
A generally creative type, a lifelong interest in writing became a greater focus when a short story spawned a sequel… and another sequel… and a prequel. Fleshing them out and cleaning them up eventually became his first novel, Lifehack.
While cycling to a computer repair job in 2001, Joseph was struck by a car, resulting in T5/6 paraplegia. Since then, he has married, and had two children, Caitlin and Lachlan.
Later dealing with significant paraplegia-related pressure wounds that resulted in months of hospitalization, Joseph gradually recovered to a healthy paraplegic condition.
Joseph began volunteering at the local seniors’ centre, leading to a job. This position ended less than a year later due to Covid-19. A few months later, Joseph began working for another non-profit organization dealing with community projects and seniors, and a company catering to family services.
Meanwhile, the next story beckons…
-Last seen: Lower Mainland, B.C., Canada
-Current level: 43
-Blood type: Red and tangy
-Identifying features: Drives a manual wheelchair fuelled by taurine.
-Do not approach. Suspect won’t shut up, especially if his books come up.
-Known to be easily distracted by polyhedral dice. And crows. And dogs. And kids.
-And the colour 47.
A generally creative type, a lifelong interest in writing became a greater focus when a short story spawned a sequel… and another sequel… and a prequel. Fleshing them out and cleaning them up eventually became his first novel, Lifehack.
While cycling to a computer repair job in 2001, Joseph was struck by a car, resulting in T5/6 paraplegia. Since then, he has married, and had two children, Caitlin and Lachlan.
Later dealing with significant paraplegia-related pressure wounds that resulted in months of hospitalization, Joseph gradually recovered to a healthy paraplegic condition.
Joseph began volunteering at the local seniors’ centre, leading to a job. This position ended less than a year later due to Covid-19. A few months later, Joseph began working for another non-profit organization dealing with community projects and seniors, and a company catering to family services.
Meanwhile, the next story beckons…
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July 20, 2018
This series is one of the most underrated you will come across, if you like a good dystopian story, full of great characters and a well crafted script then this is for you. The style is unique as in each book the characters evolve as they explore their environment, learning new words and skills as they go. At times their misunderstanding about things, like the sun for example, will make you laugh.
In the first book Lenth's journey takes him to the Citizenry and we see his side of events, in the second book those events have been repeated from Leena's perspective, this sort of thing works well in TV series and it works well here.
The level of violence has increased here, brutal fights almost up to hunger games standard, it isn't glamorised and the deaths all feel like a standard part of the citizen's life.
Really looking forward to book 3 as hopefully more of Rubberman's world gets explored.
Blog post is here> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2018...
In the first book Lenth's journey takes him to the Citizenry and we see his side of events, in the second book those events have been repeated from Leena's perspective, this sort of thing works well in TV series and it works well here.
The level of violence has increased here, brutal fights almost up to hunger games standard, it isn't glamorised and the deaths all feel like a standard part of the citizen's life.
Really looking forward to book 3 as hopefully more of Rubberman's world gets explored.
Blog post is here> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2018...
March 3, 2021
This inspiring book opens in perhaps the nastiest dystopian setting of anything I've read. We see in their full and repulsive ripeness the fruits of idleness in an entire society. Engaging characters and well-controlled dramatic tension made it a compelling read, and we are left with a note of hope in the beautifully paced ending with its lovely symbolism.
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