This is a science-fiction novel about a society in which human producers in the economy are mostly unnecessary. As for content warnings, it’s a little bit sad and makes reference to drugs and sex once or twice I believe but should be family-friendly overall. You can buy a copy here (not an affiliate link) or find the free version the author published online here. Spoilers ahead.
Overall the book has some good ideas, but the writing feels half-done. It doesn’t really end on a cliff-hanger, but the ending feels unsatisfying. The book feels unrealistic in many ways:
- the “elites” of that world would stuff the populace into some dormitories with television and not allow them to leave alone but when some folks in a bus show up and say they want to take them it’s all good. Not to be morbid, but if the elites didn’t want to have to give them resources, why not just kill them? Allegedly they were putting birth control juices in the water so the plan seemed to be to eventually not have to deal with the populace, but if they have armies of robots it would surely be easier to just pull the plug.
- I’m not sure why the Australia project (the good guys) doesn’t just invade the rest of the world and give them all paradise. It seems like the natural thing to do.
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