TY - STAND KW - US author KW - Queer author KW - Non-binary author AU - Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (b. 1986) AU - John Joseph Adams (b. 1976) AU - Hugh [Crocker] Howey (b. 1975) AU - Christine Yant AB -

Dystopia in three parts. In the first story, mass shootings are a constant, and children are taught using VISIONS, a virtual reality system that supposedly allows safe education. In the second story, there is enforced church membership and attendance, patriarchy, marriage between a man and a woman, with the woman expected to have children, and constant updates rating on every individual with penalties for falling too low. CUSN, developed from VISIONS, connects everyone, but becomes infected with a virus. In the third story, a small group of people try to bring down the system.

BT - Ignorance is Strength: The Dystopia Triptych 1 C5 -

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Queer, non-binary author (b. 1986) using the pronouns, they, them, their. Early publications used the name A. Merc Rustad, which may be their birth name, but they later changed it their name to the current one.

C7 - 2020 CY - New York/London DA - 01/2020 LA - eng N2 -

Dystopia in three parts. In the first story, mass shootings are a constant, and children are taught using VISIONS, a virtual reality system that supposedly allows safe education. In the second story, there is enforced church membership and attendance, patriarchy, marriage between a man and a woman, with the woman expected to have children, and constant updates rating on every individual with penalties for falling too low. CUSN, developed from VISIONS, connects everyone, but becomes infected with a virus. In the third story, a small group of people try to bring down the system.

PB - Broad Reach Publishing + Adamant Press PP - New York/London PY - 2020 SN - 979-8677287572 979-8677291012 979-8677298424 SP - 273 EP - 94 T2 - Ignorance is Strength: The Dystopia Triptych 1 TI - Trust in the Law, For the Law Trusts in You. Lawless: Part I” ER -