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84K by Claire North

January 26, 2019 by Claire Badger 2 Comments

Theo is an average citizen in a fairly average dystopia. You know the kind: human rights violations are normal, everyone is scared, and the government wields unilateral power with virtually no opposition; or, to be more accurate, The Company (a mega corp) runs the government, which wields power with virtually no opposition. Everyday, Theo gets up, goes to work, calculates the financial costs of crimes to society, slaps a bill on the perpetrator, bothers absolutely no one, stands up not even for himself (to the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 1984, 84K, British, capitalism, children of men, Claire North, dystopia, handmaid's tale, sci-fi, spec-fic, Speculative Fiction

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 1984, 84K, British, capitalism, children of men, Claire North, dystopia, handmaid's tale, sci-fi, spec-fic, Speculative Fiction ·
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