10 Futures

by Michael Pryor

Paperback, 2012

Status

Available

Genres

Fiction

Collections

Middle Grade & Teens, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Publication

Random House (Au) (2012), Paperback, 229 pages

Description

"Ten possible futures. Two lives. One enduring friendship.Sam and Tara. Best friends in a future when artificial intelligence organises our lives, and micropets are the latest craze. Best friends when rationing means cold showers and no internet. Best friends when genetic matching makes asking a girl on a date a minefield of epic proportions. But will they still be best friends in a future when plague wipes out most of humanity? Or a future when the Inquisitor asks Sam to choose one betrayal over another? Michael Pryor, one of Australia's best authors of speculative fiction, imagines what our next 100 years might be like. Utopia or dystopia? Miracle or catastrophe? Whatever might happen, it's just around the corner. Which future will be yours?"… (more)

Language

English

Physical description

229 p.; 4.92 x 0.71 inches

ISBN

1742753760 / 9781742753768

Local notes

Sam and Tara. Best friends in a future when artificial intelligence organises our lives, and micropets are the latest craze. Best friends when rationing means cold showers and no internet. Best friends when genetic matching makes asking a girl on a date a minefield of epic proportions. But will they still be best friends in a future when plague wipes out most of humanity? Or a future when the Inquisitor asks Sam to choose one betrayal over another? Australian speculative fiction author Michael Pryor imagines what our next 100 years might be like.