TY - ABST T1 - "AT392-Red" Y1 - 2018 A1 - Khairani Barokka (b. 1985) ED - William Davies KW - English author KW - Female author KW - Indonesian author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia that includes “Biodiversity Credit” that allowed that allowed the destruction of one area of the world’s environment in exchange for the supposed protection of another area. This result in a massive refugee crisis. This was followed by the introduction of “Accessibility Credits” by which improving accessibility for those with disabilities in one part of the world allowed another part of the world to eliminate accessibility. 

JF - Economic Science Fictions PB - Goldsmiths Press CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Future Encyclopedia of Luddism” Y1 - 2018 A1 - Miriam A. Cherry ED - William Davies KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Presented as an encyclopedia entry that begins with the actual Luddite movement of the earlier nineteenth century, which, instead of being defeated, is successful. Luddite councils are established in factories, then these expand into the political real, then worldwide. The Luddite’s history of successes is then followed to the twenty-fourth century. 

JF - Economic Science Fictions PB - Goldsmiths Press CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The New Black" Y1 - 2018 A1 - Nora O Murchi ED - William Davies KW - Female author KW - Irish author AB -

Dystopia in which most people have lost their jobs to algorithms and the few who work with the algorithms are constantly monitored and required to work precisely as directed. 

JF - Economic Science Fictions PB - Goldsmiths Press CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Speculative Hyperstition at a Northern Further Education College” Y1 - 2018 A1 - Judy Thorne ED - William Davies KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

Presented as interviews with a range of people about what they would like the world to be like in the future, which initially seem straightforward, but gradually becomes clear that the setting is a deeply depleted future after the U. K. left the European Union. 

JF - Economic Science Fictions PB - Goldsmiths Press CY - London U5 -

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