Stephen J. Stoneham

UNkind

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is 2062 and the world is unified under a UN agency that is charged with initiating a programme to ensure the continued betterment of mankind. It is referred to as The Authority by its adherents and "UNkind" by its detractors. Its chief scientist has discovered a source of clean, renewable energy - meta-molecular energy - that is powering model cities for all peoples of the world, bringing a level of prosperity hitherto only dreamed of. But the research that created this meta-molecular energy has also created a benefit only the wealthy can afford - de-senescence, an ability to turn off the ageing algorithm in human genes. The world under the UN is in fact an increasingly divided world. A global referendum is to be held to decide the future of meta-molecular energy. The Authority seeks to ensure a favourable referendum result while its nemesis, The Apostacy, seeks to undermine the referendum, The Authority and its chief scientist, Professor Michael Brensinsky. The women who surround Brensinsky have their own designs in a world where gender is undergoing necessary recalibration. The world of UNkind is a world of sordid power politics where sex is a weapon and trust an anachronism. The book is a hybrid sci-fi, detective and dystopian story immersed in erotic fiction. It is set predominantly in Sydney, with key scenes played out around iconic Manly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers LLC
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781528938013
• ISBN-10: 1528938011
• Artikelnr.: 57097295

Autorenporträt

Mr Stoneham started his teaching career as a tutor in the University of Sydney's English department. He has taught English at many schools including Sydney Grammar in Australia, Milton Academy in Boston and Marlborough College in the UK. He gained his first Head of English position in 1986 at the Emanuel School in Sydney and became its first Deputy Headmaster. He has held many executive positions in leading schools and universities and has been a principal of a university college for overseas students. He has a Bachelor's (Honours) degree and a Master's (Honours) degree from Sydney University. He has a certificate in Gifted Education from the University of NSW, having gained a 'High Distinction' in a course he initially regarded as bunkum and yet became unexpectedly interested enough to register to study for a PhD in that field. He works with schools, universities and tuition colleges in Sydney through Stoneham Education Consulting. His most recent projects involve helping talented Year 12 students to improve their essay writing and helping university students with their academic writing. He runs small groups for gifted students from Sydney's finest selective schools' Years 3 - 12 and does some editing/writing of school policies, publications and reports. He writes essays on pop culture and business, and has written reams on literature for teaching purposes. He has written an English textbook, a novel, his favourite satirical book based on an imaginary character called The Poire (complete with illustrations by his talented sister and music notation from his talented jazz saxophonist son) and now this collection of short stories and vignettes. He says he plans to give up writing, having said all he wanted to say. He still plays guitar with bands, strives to improve his jazz improvisation, when his back is not sore takes his carbon fibre surf ski out on Sydney Harbour, loves his dog, Scout, to a point beyond infinity and loves his wife and family almost as much.