TY - ABST T1 - “Acts of Defiance” Y1 - 2021 A1 - Eric Brown (1960-2023) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author KW - Scottish author AB -

The story is set on one of the islands of Orkney, Scotland, where the protagonist had moved to distance himself from the current regime that destroys books that meet its disapproval and kills dissidents. Having destroyed all philosophy books, it is now coming for his favorite novels.

JF - Burning Brightly: 50 Years of Novacon PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston, Eng.] SN - 978-1-914953-03-3 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Death Aid" Y1 - 2020 A1 - Joseph Elliott-Coleman ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

The story is set in Croydon in South London after the Eurowars and the protagonists are all survivors, mostly from the military, dealing with injuries, PSTD, poor housing, and, for many, no purpose in life. The expanded European Union, known as Neo Euro, which includes a United Ireland, states that have broken away from Europe, and a dysfunctional United Kingdom, establishes radical new policies to deal with housing, the homeless, and health care, but the U.K. fails to introduce any of the reforms, and the story is set in a Croydon in South London, where people have taken things into their own hands. In this setting, some of the veterans are deciding whether or not to rejoin the United Nations military with the aim of suppressing the government of Myanmar, which is still killing its citizens. The story is riddled with typos. 

JF - London Centric: Tales of Future London PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. SN - 978-1-912950-73-7 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Gulliver’s Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World. Part V: A Voyage To The Island of The Wolves” Y1 - 2020 A1 - Philip Palmer (b. 1960) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author KW - Welsh author AB -

Gulliver is thrown off a hip and ends up on an island that at first appears to be inhabited solely by a community of mostly young vegetarians who do not wear clothes and are promiscuous. But then, in what turns out to be a yearly ceremony, a pack of clothed wolves walking on two legs appear who feed on the humans. 

JF - Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK’S Healthcare Workers PB - NewCon Press CY - Weston, Eng. ER - TY - ABST T1 - “A Conclusion” Y1 - 2018 A1 - Paul Cornell (b. 1967) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

The story is set in a future of constant surveillance by the Company, which is everywhere.

JF - Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK’S Healthcare Workers PB - NewCon Press CY - Weston, Eng. N1 -

Originally published in audio format as an Audible original.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Escape Hatch" Y1 - 2018 A1 - Matthew De Abaitua (b. 1971) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) ED - Tom Hunter KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

An entrance to an apparent eutopia appears, and the story explores the response of one woman who visited and returned. 

JF - 2001: An Odyssey in Words: Commemorating the Centenary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Birth PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. N1 -

Rpt. in Best of British Science Fiction 2018. Ed. Donna Scott ([Weston, Eng.]: NewCon Press, 2019), 155-59. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Browsing: Security Issue” Y1 - 2016 A1 - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Surveillance dystopia.

JF - Nature VL - 533.7604 U2 -

Illus. Jacey

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Final Path” Y1 - 2016 A1 - Genevieve Cogman ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

Post-catastrophe (general collapse) young adult dystopia in which the young woman protagonist escapes to join other young people who have run away to an island. 

JF - Now We Are Ten: Celebrating the First Ten Years of NewCon Press PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Montpellier” Y1 - 2016 A1 - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

The story is set in a city divided between the well-off and the slums. Montpellier is one of four high-rise buildings built in the slums that were intended to provide a better life but failed, in large part because the well-off were providing addictive drugs to the people living there. Hope is held out at the end.

JF - Galaxy's Edge VL - no. 19 N1 -

Rpt. in Best of British Science Fiction. Ed. Donna Scott ([Weston, Eng.]: NewCon Press, 2017), 267-79. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Ravisher, The Thief” Y1 - 2016 A1 - Marian Womack (b. 1975) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Female author KW - Spanish author AB -

The story is set in a post-catastrophe dystopia. 

JF - Barcelona Tales PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. U2 -

Illus.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Taking Flight" Y1 - 2016 A1 - Una McCormack (b. 1972) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

The story is set on an isolated planet in a future in which genetically modified people are marked and bonded and bought and sold. 

JF - Crises and Conflicts: Celebrating the First 10 Years of NewCon Press PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston, Eng.] SN - 978-1-9-910395-17-0 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Utopia + 10” Y1 - 2016 A1 - J[acqueline] A. Christy ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author AB -

Dystopia of extreme pollution and deep rich/poor divisions. 

JF - Now We Are Ten: Celebrating the First Ten Years of NewCon Press PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Events" Y1 - 2015 A1 - Stan Nicholls ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

The story takes place in a future after a complete economic collapse in which reading is prohibited, and the entire economy is based on the lottery for when one gets to see the regular, spectacular “events,” attendance at and approval of which is compulsory.

JF - Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK’S Healthcare Workers PB - NewCon Press CY - Weston, Eng N1 -

Originally published in Novacon 45 Souvenir Booklet. Events / Heatwave. Birmingham, Eng.: The Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 2015.

ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Faith Without Teeth” Y1 - 2014 A1 - Ian Watson (b. 1943) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia in which everyone is expected to voluntarily have their teeth removed so that everyone is equal.

JF - Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction PB - Solaris CY - Oxford, Eng. N1 -

Rpt. in his The 1000 Year Reich and Other Stories ([Weston, Eng]: NewCon Press, 2016), 189-199 with an author’s note on 199. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Honey Trap" Y1 - 2014 A1 - Ruth EJ Booth ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - Scottish author AB -

Dystopia from after the bees have all died out. 

JF - La Femme PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. N1 -

Rpt. illus. Becca McCall. Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition of Shoreline of Infinity, no. 8½ (Summer 2017): 75-92. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Palestinian Sweets” Y1 - 2014 A1 - Stephen Palmer (b. 1962) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Male author KW - Welsh author AB -

A very odd story in which London is divided into areas dominated by competing religions, with the areas demarcated by smell. 

JF - La Femme PB - New Con Press CY - [Weston], England U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Worldmaker” Y1 - 2014 A1 - Rachel Armstrong ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Female author JF - Paradox: Stories Inspired by the Fermi Paradox PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston, Eng] N1 -

Rpt. in Digital Dreams: A Decade of Science Fiction by Women. Ed. Ian Whates ([Weston, Eng]: NewCon Press, 2016). EBook.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Before Hope" Y1 - 2013 A1 - Lakin-Smith, Kim ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - UK author AB -

Dystopia set in a future of colonized planets that have all the problems of contemporary life. The story includes the possibility for resistance and revolution.

JF - Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction PB - Solaris CY - Oxford, Eng. U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Blossom Project” Y1 - 2013 A1 - M. Frost ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author AB -

A plague has killed many people and animals, and Australia and New Zealand (now Auzealand) have completely cut themselves off from the rest of the world to avoid the spread of the plague. The authoritarian government controlling science is using genetic engineering using blood from those who were immune to the plague to create a cow (Blossom) that would give milk carrying the antibodies. Auzealand is presented in eutopian terms; the rest of the world is presented as a dystopia.

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Cellular Level” Y1 - 2013 A1 - J. E. Bryant ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author AB -

The story is told from the point of view of an engineer developing drones to replace pollinators killed by various environmental changes who needs the wisdom of an old woman who has spent her life on a farm to understand the workings of nature. The technology works but the bees still know more.

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Charlie’s Ant” Y1 - 2013 A1 - Adrian [Czajkowski] (b. 1972) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

High-tech farming creates a dystopia..

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] N1 -

Rpt. in the Edinburgh International Science Festival Special Edition of Shoreline of Infinity, no. 11½ (Spring 2018): 36-45. 

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Adrian Tchaikovsky [pseud.].

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Contraband" Y1 - 2013 A1 - Terry Martin ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Climate change dystopia.

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Do Shepherds Dream of Electric Sheep” Y1 - 2013 A1 - Fleming, Sam ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - Scottish author AB -

Satire on a future in which most agriculture has been automated. 

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Earthen" Y1 - 2013 A1 - Alicia Cole ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

The story presents a high-tech future with most farms fully mechanized with the focus on one woman who still lives on her farm and cares deeply for the land.

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Long Indeed We Do Live. . .” Y1 - 2013 A1 - Storm Constantine (1956-2021) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

In a future after an undescribed environmental catastrophe, society has developed inside domes with different arbors devoted to different trees. Presented mostly positively. While there is much fantasy in the story, it appears that human life has also adapted to life outside the domes and that here is communication between life outside and the trees inside. 

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "More" Y1 - 2013 A1 - Nancy [Anne Koningisor] Kress (b. 1948) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia of conflict between rich and poor in a world in which the rich can afford protection from the deteriorating environment.

JF - Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "A Season" Y1 - 2013 A1 - Rebecca J. Payne ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

The story is about a man trying to save his land in a near-future dystopia of climate change and rapacious industrial agriculture.

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston, Eng] N1 -

Rpt. in Digital Dreams: A Decade of Science Fiction by Women. Ed. Ian Whates ([England]: NewCon Press, 2016). EBook. 

ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Soul Food" Y1 - 2013 A1 - Lakin-Smith, Kim ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - UK author AB -

Climate-change dystopia made even worse by human intervention. 

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The World Coyote Made” Y1 - 2013 A1 - Jetse de Vries ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Dutch author KW - Male author AB -

Climate change dystopia in which technology is used to create food and return extinct animals to the wild.

JF - Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers PB - NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers CY - [Weston, Eng] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Two Sisters in Exile” Y1 - 2012 A1 - Aliette de Bodard (b. 1982) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - French author KW - US author AB -

A eutopia of peace threatened by the surrounding warrior peoples.

JF - Solaris Rising1.5: An Exclusive Ebook of New Science Fiction PB - Solaris CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Shop Talk" Y1 - 2009 A1 - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) ED - Robey James KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

The story, which has elements of humor and fantasy, is set on a future Earth that had colonized space but had become extremely insular and tried to keep everyone in the town in which they were born.

JF - Warrior Wisewoman PB - Norilana Books Science Fiction CY - Winnetka, CA VL - No. 2 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Collateral Damage” Y1 - 2008 A1 - Jaine Fenn ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

Dystopia of a society with deep divisions between rich and poor with the poor hired and given perks to kill anyone the leader considers to pose a problem.

JF - Subterfuge PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. N1 -

Rpt. in Digital Dreams: A Decade of Science Fiction by Women. Ed. Ian Whates ([Weston, Eng.]: NewCon Press, 2016). EBook 

ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Killing Fields" Y1 - 2008 A1 - Lakin-Smith, Kim ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - UK author AB -

Post-catastrophe dystopia of violence.

JF - Celebration: An anthology of original short stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. N1 -

Rpt. in Digital Dreams: A Decade of Science Fiction by Women. Ed. Ian Whates ([Weston], Eng.: NewCon Press, 2016). EBook

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Man of the Strong Arm" Y1 - 2008 A1 - Adam [Charles] Roberts (b. 1965) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia with elements of satire on SF. The dystopia is a male chauvinist society that honors the strongest man and keeps most men in ignorance. Women are essentially slaves, but there is a strong women's underground.

JF - Celebration: An anthology of original short stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Peculiar Bone, Unimaginable Key" Y1 - 2008 A1 - Brian W[ilson] Aldiss (1925-2017) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia in which Europe and the Islamic countries have agreed to end conflict with Europe agreeing to ban alcohol and the Islamic countries agree to end honor killing.

JF - Celebration: An anthology of original short stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association PB - NewCon Press CY - [Weston], Eng. U5 -

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