Cloud Atlas

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TitleCloud Atlas
Year for Search2004
AuthorsMitchell, David [Steven](b. 1969)
Date Published2004
PublisherSceptre
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Irish author, Male author
Annotation

A large novel with multiple story lines ranging from the past to the future, including a future authoritarian dystopia, "An Orison of Sonmi~451" (185-245). Sonmi~451 is the name of a "fabricant" or clone created to work in a fast food restaurant. The clones are drugged to sleep and wake on schedule and to keep their intelligence low and are indoctrinated into complete obedience. Sonmi~451 becomes part of a botched experiment on raising the intelligence of fabricants and experiences the world outside the restaurant. The names and the language used suggests that this part of the novel is set in a future North Korea. Part of the novel is set in the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. 
Info Notes

A movie directed by Lilly (previously Andy) and Lana (previously Larry) Wachowski was released in 2012. Doona Bae (b. 1979) plays Sonmi~451.
Holding Institutions

MoSW, VUW
Author Note

(b. 1969)
Full Text

2004 Mitchell, David [Stephen] (b. 1969). Cloud Atlas. London: Sceptre. MoSW, VUW

A large novel with multiple story lines ranging from the past to the future, including a future authoritarian dystopia, “An Orison of Sonmi~451” (185-245). Sonmi~451 is the name of a “fabricant” or clone created to work in a fast food restaurant. The clones are drugged to sleep and wake on schedule and to keep their intelligence low and are indoctrinated into complete obedience. Sonmi~451 becomes part of a botched experiment on raising the intelligence of fabricants and experiences the world outside the restaurant. The names and the language used suggests that this part of the novel is set in a future North Korea. Part of the novel is set in the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. A movie directed by Andy and Lana (previously Larry) Wachowski was released in 2012. Doona Bae (b. 1979) plays Sonmi~451. The author was born in England and lives in Ireland.