@booklet {11486, title = {Failed State}, year = {2020}, month = {2020}, pages = {384 pp.}, publisher = {Harper Voyager}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

A sequel to 2017 Brown and, more directly, 2019 Brown with the same central character as in the latter. After the second American Revolution, even though the old regime is gone, the peace is fragile. The former rebels are trying to build turn what remains of New Orleans into a green utopia but using kidnapping for ransom to pay for it. Climate change, which has destroyed cities and produced food shortages, is a major theme.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, isbn = {978-0-06-285910-5}, author = {Christopher [Tracy] Brown (b. 1964)} } @booklet {10400, title = {Rule of Capture}, year = {2019}, month = {2019}, publisher = {Harper Voyager}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The first volume of a series set in the same future as 2017 Brown. See also 2020 Brown. In this volume, the U.S. has lost a war with China and is becoming a dictatorship bent on eliminating any opposition.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Christopher [Tracy] Brown (b. 1964)} } @booklet {9458, title = {Tropic of Kansas}, year = {2017}, month = {2017}, publisher = {Harper Voyager}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which the middle of the U.S. has become a wasteland and the country has fragmented. The novel is of a road trip through the wasteland. See also 2019 and 2020 Brown.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Christopher [Tracy] Brown (b. 1964)} } @booklet {8151, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Countermeasures{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Twelve Tomorrows. MIT Technology Review SF Annual}, year = {2014}, month = {2014}, pages = {35-55}, publisher = {Technology Review}, address = {Cambridge, MA}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which the big Silicon Valley companies have become so powerful that they try to establish California as a a separate state and the U.S. government is forced to negotiate. The process is successfully undermined by hackers.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Christopher [Tracy] Brown (b. 1964)}, editor = {[Michael] Bruce Sterling (b. 1954)} }