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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

This novel looks at the next phase of the internet, after a worldwide economic downfall. It is set in early 21st century Los Angeles. America is largely privatised, with the government only controlling selected compounds in an anarcho-capitalist model. Hyperinflation and electronic exchange plague the world. People withdraw into a metaverse – a virtual realityContinue reading “Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson”

The Unwonted Heroes by Jessica Grimsley

Fraser Coast local Jessica Grimsley has written a full-throttle novel that is the first of a series. People from the Fraser Coast are disappearing around the main character Leonie Reine and before she discovers why, it happens to her! This story has so many twists and turns, and just when the reader figures out theContinue reading “The Unwonted Heroes by Jessica Grimsley”