Dystopian novels evoke images of barren cities, smashed cars abandoned in streets, and bands of hardened survivors fighting for their lives and freedoms. Each book is crammed with descriptions of brutal dictator
Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian―royalty who feed on mortal pleasure. Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents a...
I have a real problem with writing because I cannot settle on one style. The linking theme in all my books is ‘Urban.’ Sometimes it’s Urban Fantasy with magic and other times its Science Fiction or Speculative Fiction, but it all seems to be in towns and cities as with Pill Wars o...
props: sinister thistles, white rabbits (some mutated), abundant bird life, thrumming that’s probably just your blood beating in your brain, traces of previous expeditions up to and including heavily decayed/overgrown weapons, vehicles, corpses, and plants that look like corpses.traps: alligators,...
and video of personal space is being uploaded to the Web for use by corporations and government. The encroachment into the home with this two-way monitoring is unsettling, but for years now we have been witnessing the explosion of CCTV cameras on the streets of major cities around the world...
and video of personal space is being uploaded to the web for use by corporations and government. The encroachment into the home with this two-way monitoring is unsettling, but for years new we have been witnessing the explosion of CCTV cameras on the streets of major cities around the ...
cities. • In these utopian societies, all aspects of people's lives were governed by their faith. Religious Utopias • Example: the Shakers – a religious group who fled to the United States in 1774 to escape persecution. They formed a tight knit community, which required ...
In the year 2145, the world sweats as global warming takes over, flooding cities and mutating animals into beasts. As civilization becomes ravaged by these prehistoric creatures, Dr Robert Kerans and his team venture into newly uncharted territory to research the now-wild world. Published in 196...
In Los Angeles last night, we were given another reminder of what’s coming. If you live in the cities, it’s time to move. LA erupts into chaos following Dodgers’ World Series victory with looters raiding Nike store, ‘hostile’ mob burning down bus F...
users will experience a sense of “embodiment” or “presence.” That is, they’ll feel like they’re actually inside a virtual space with other people, seeing things in first-person and probably 3D. It will also be able to host many users who can interact with one another in real time...