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News from the Squares

Hardback

Main Details

Title News from the Squares
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Llewellyn
SeriesNews From
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 223,Width 140
Category/GenreScience fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9781783520077
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint Unbound
Publication Date 26 September 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this eagerly-awaited sequel to News From Gardenia, Gavin Meckler is trying to get back to the present, but something is amiss. He soon realises he has travelled sideways through time to another possible future, as unlike Gardenia as our own era. Arriving in a teeming megacity, Gavin discovers a highly technologically developed society in a vast urban landscape constructed around a seemingly endless series of squares dense with lush vegetation and trees. Much of what Gavin sees is recognisable. But there is one important difference. Here, women make up the majority of the global population and run the majority of institutions, including the vast and mysterious Institute of Mental Health where Gavin is required to live...

Author Biography

Robert Llewellyn is a novelist, actor, screenwriter, comedian and TV presenter. He wrote his first novel at the age of twelve and published his first grown-up work of fiction, The Man on Platform 5, only thirty years later. He has written stories, books, plays, sketches, and stand-up comedy routines. He has appeared on British television regularly since 1987, including as Kryten in Red Dwarf, a presenter on Scrapheap Challenge and How Do They Do It?, and on the popular video podcasts Carpool and Fully Charged. He lives in Gloucestershire, where he drives an electric car and writes under a rack of solar panels.