TY - ABST T1 - “Ungovernable Cities” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Will[iam Woodward] Self (b. 1961) ED - Edwina Attlee ED - Phineas Harper ED - Maria Smith KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Satire describing a number of fantastic or just very odd cities. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s La città invisibili/Invisible Cities 1972/1974).

JF - Gross Ideas: Tales of Tomorrow’s Architecture PB - The Architecture Foundation and Oslo Architectural Triennale CY - London SN - 978-1-9996462-3-3 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Last Word. Writer's Block" Y1 - 2009 A1 - Will[iam Woodward] Self (b. 1961) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopian satire in which the Ministry of Fiction controls the production of fiction. Writers work in offices at desks set in long rows and produce fiction on topics they are set.

JF - RSA Journal VL - 155.5537 N1 -

An extract was published as “Ministry of Fiction.” The Guardian Review (March 4, 2009): 5.

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Butt: An Exit Strategy Y1 - 2008 A1 - Will[iam Woodward] Self (b. 1961) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopian satire using an imaginary country to skewer the modern world.

PB - Bloomsbury CY - London ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Principle" Y1 - 2007 A1 - Will[iam Woodward] Self (b. 1961) ED - The Editors of Nerve.com Instigated by Svedka [a vodka] KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Religious satire. The original golden plates of the Book of Mormon are rediscovered, and it turns out that they require polygamous, gay marriage.

JF - 2033: The Future of Misbehavior. Interplanetary Dating, Madame President, Socialized Plastic Surgery, and Other Good News from the Future PB - Chronicle Books CY - San Francisco, CA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future Y1 - 2006 A1 - Will[iam Woodward] Self (b. 1961) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

An odd future with both eutopian and dystopian elements based on the notebooks of a twentieth century London taxi driver.

PB - Viking CY - London U5 -

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