Front Cover of 2084
Back Cover of 2084
*What will North America look like by the end of the 21st century? *What are the problems facing our children and grandchildren? *What solutions are most likely? *What if there were a solar flare as large as the one in 1859? *Will the United States still exist? *What would it be like without the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution? *What would George Orwell have predicted for the centennial of his famous novel? *Join the literary descendants of Winston Smith and his girlfriend Julia as they face an even more ominous type of Big Brother in this extrapolation of real science. Cover painting by Douglas Castleman www.DougNCart.com |
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In the year 2084, recent widower Carlton Smith, an executive with a robotics company named RUR, is forced to take his eighteen- year-old daughter Tori with him on a cross-country trip in a souped-up Humvee. If they can't find out who murdered the chief engineer for RUR and stole his prototype computer chip, the company will be forced into bankruptcy. In their quest, they must survive extreme weather conditions, as well as mutants, refugees and gangsters, as they make their way between embattled city- states. In San Angeles, Carlton is befriended by the beautiful but mysterious Julia O'Brian. Is she really who she claims to be? Or is she part of the conspiracy to kill him and destroy the company? |
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