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Meet Auberon Quin. He is a man to whom the world is a punchline; a dangerous man, for he cares for nothing but a joke. And meet Adam Wayne – to whom the joke is quite serious. When Quin is appointed King of England, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. When Adam Wayne is appointed Provost of Notting Hill, he proposes to be patriotic about it and takes the new order of things seriously, organizing a Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods. Amidst the chaos of confusion, the stirring speeches, the epic battles, and the all-pervading…mehr
Meet Auberon Quin. He is a man to whom the world is a punchline; a dangerous man, for he cares for nothing but a joke. And meet Adam Wayne – to whom the joke is quite serious. When Quin is appointed King of England, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. When Adam Wayne is appointed Provost of Notting Hill, he proposes to be patriotic about it and takes the new order of things seriously, organizing a Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods. Amidst the chaos of confusion, the stirring speeches, the epic battles, and the all-pervading Chesterton wit, The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a cry for renewed life in a deadened world – a call that compels mankind to fight for the small things, if only for the sake of fighting for something.
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English author, poet, critic, and newspaper columnist known for his brilliant, epigrammatic paradoxes. His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, featured in over fifty stories published between 1910 and 1936, who solves mysteries and crimes thanks to his understanding of spiritual and philosophic truths; and his best-known novel is The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), a metaphysical thriller. In addition to The Napoleon of Notting Hill, his first novel, he wrote several other near-future satires of England. Madeline Ashby is the author of the Machine Dynasty series and the novel Company Town, as well as a contributor to How to Future: Leading and Sense-Making in an Age of Hyperchange. She has developed science fiction prototypes for Changeist, the Institute for the Future, the Smithsonian Institution, SciFutures, Nesta, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the Atlantic Council, and others.
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Series Foreword ix Introduction: Dystopias Are Problems Plus Time xv Madeline Ashby Book I I Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 3 II The Man in Green 9 III The Hill of Humor 31 Book II I The Charter of the Cities 43 II The Council of the Provosts 55 III Enter a Lunatic 69 Book III I The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 87 II The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 103 III The Experiment of Mr. Buck 115 Book IV I The Battle of the Lamps 135 II The Correspondent of the "Court Journal" 151 III The Great Army of South Kensington 163 Book V I The Empire of Notting Hill 189 II The Last Battle 205 III Two Voices 215
Series Foreword ix Introduction: Dystopias Are Problems Plus Time xv Madeline Ashby Book I I Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 3 II The Man in Green 9 III The Hill of Humor 31 Book II I The Charter of the Cities 43 II The Council of the Provosts 55 III Enter a Lunatic 69 Book III I The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 87 II The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 103 III The Experiment of Mr. Buck 115 Book IV I The Battle of the Lamps 135 II The Correspondent of the "Court Journal" 151 III The Great Army of South Kensington 163 Book V I The Empire of Notting Hill 189 II The Last Battle 205 III Two Voices 215
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