“The Double-Cab Club”

Title“The Double-Cab Club”
Year for Search2020
AuthorsJones, Tim(b. 1959)
Secondary TitleStuff
Date PublishedMarch 25, 2020
ISBN Number978-1-99-115031-8
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

The story is set in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2030 as the country cuts its carbon usage in an attempt to reverse climate change. Showers are already limited to three minutes. After secondary school. everyone must spend a period working for the in the Climate Corps. The story is told from the point-of-view of a man who still owns an SUV, although he mostly drives an electric car.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. without the illus. in Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume III. Ed. Marie Hodgkinson ([Wellington, New Zealand]: Paper Road Press, 2021), 114-24.

URLhttps://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/119374933/climate-fiction-the-doublecab-club
Illustration

Illus. Ruby Jones

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (b. 1959) was born in England and brought to New Zealand at age two.

Full Text

2020 Jones, Tim (b. 1959). “The Double-Cab Club.” Illus. Ruby Jones. Stuff (March 25, 2020). https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/119374933/climate-fiction-the-doublecab-club Rpt. without the illus. in Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume III. Ed. Marie Hodgkinson ([Wellington, New Zealand]: Paper Road Press, 2021), 114-24. PSt

The story is set in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2030 as the country cuts its carbon usage in an attempt to reverse climate change. Showers are already limited to three minutes. After secondary school. everyone must spend a period working for the in the Climate Corps. The story is told from the point-of-view of a man who still owns an SUV, although he mostly drives an electric car. The author was born in England and brought to New Zealand at age two.