Moxyland
Author | : Lauren Beukes |
Publisher | : Mulholland Books |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2016-08-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780316267908 |
ISBN-13 | : 0316267902 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Download or read book Moxyland written by Lauren Beukes and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauren Beukes's frighteningly persuasive, high-tech fable that follows four narrators living in a dystopian near-future. Kendra, an art-school dropout, brands herself for a nanotech marketing program. Lerato, an ambitious AIDS baby, plots to defect from her corporate employers. Tendeka, a hot-headed activist, is becoming increasingly rabid. Toby, a roguish blogger, discovers that the video games he plays for cash are much more than they seem. On a collision course that will rewire their lives, these characters crackle with bold and infectious ideas, connecting a ruthless corporate-apartheid government with video games, biotech attack dogs, slippery online identities, a township soccer school, shocking cell phones, addictive branding, and genetically modified art. Taking hedonistic trends in society to their ultimate conclusions, Lauren Beukes spins a tale of a utopia gone wrong, satirically undermining the idea of progress as society's white knight.