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  Imagine the world as you know it, whether as techno-commercialist, an antiquarian yesteryear, a back to the earth environmentalist, or simply as a bookworm visiting a relative in a hospital curled up in a waiting room with a good book  and without warning everyone…

World-Ending Fiction: A Review of Station Eleven

October 4, 2015

If you liked Star Trek or Star Wars, Marko Kloos‘ series, particularly Lines of Departure, is a good companion. I previously read and reviewed Terms of Enlistment, the first book in the series. Both are militaristic dystopian novels. They are short quick reads that are…

Military Dystopian 2: Lines of Departure by Marko Kloos: A Review

April 3, 2015

For those who like a more militaristic feel to a dystopian, Marko Kloos’ Terms of Enlistment is a snappy quick read — snappy because it has a military feel about it, complete with the salutes, standing at attention, boot camp and battles — quick because…

Military Dystopian: Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos

February 15, 2015
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A lot of revolutions start with the noblest of intentions. The French Revolution was no different. “After all, the Americans had done it, hadn’t they?” Robespierre asked (not from the book). As Lafayette and countless others would learn before the bloody Reign of Terror would…

Previewing A Dystopian World: A Review of Madame Tussaud

January 24, 2015
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Meritropolis by Joel Ohman is a dystopian novel that will appear to be in the vein similar  to The Hunger Games. Like most dystopian novels, including two reviewed previously in this blog, Meritropolis runs along the familiar theme of a barely-in-adulthood main character, Charley  battling against an…

Meritropolis: A Review

January 15, 2015
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After nuclear war, survivors find that the water is contaminated and the government fashions a safety net, one that from some eyes is utopian, in that life-giving water is available, but at what cost? What would you do if water did not simply flow from…

Water — What Would Do For A Drop?

October 6, 2013
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Ten more steps. My legs ached with every jarring move, growing heavier the closer I got to my destination. The weight of my bounty pulled against me like a prisoner’s chain. If I dropped it, I would be safe. The idea taunted me as I…

From a Deserter’s Perspective — Zach

October 4, 2013

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