"When she thinks of the time before, she thinks of the photo shoot." Sonya Kantor will soon be the youngest resident of the Aperture. Once she lived a privileged life of wealth and respectability, a rare second child for a family in favour. Her father worked for the ruling party, the Delegation. When the revolution … Continue reading Poster Girl – Veronica Roth
"The first day of the end of the world started entirely without incident." Day Zero is told from the point of view of Pounce, a high-end 'nanny bot', shaped like a tiger and designed to be his charge's toy, caregiver, and best friend rolled into one. Said charge is eight-year-old Ezra, and so far things … Continue reading Day Zero – C Robert Cargill
"The Masserey-Van Bults were coming in all the dry way down the Ogooue Road, and, as Hotep would say, there was much rejoicing." In a not-so-distant future, the Earth has become a scorched hell zone. The very rich have escaped to orbiting habitats, accessed by space elevators. At the base of each, service townships (Ankara … Continue reading Firewalkers – Adrian Tchaikovsky
"Mama says mine is a night mind." Set in the near future, this 1993 book feels all too close to predicting some time in the next few years from 2018: society has collapsed, gangs and riots abound, the line between haves and have-nots slimmer than ever. Given a diary for her twelfth birthday, Lola Hart … Continue reading Random Acts of Senseless Violence – Jack Womack
It's been well over a decade since I read Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (and over 30 years since it was first published) but the power of the story stayed with me. It was enough to make me a little cautious about this adaptation, too: both for the usual reason (what if it's not well done?) … Continue reading The Handmaid’s Tale (season 1)
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