Genesis

TitleGenesis
Year for Search2006
AuthorsBeckett, Bernard(b. 1968)
Date Published2006
PublisherLongacre Press
Place PublishedDunedin, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

Two dystopias. In the first, after an environmental collapse, an authoritarian dystopia is established to protect the remnant from outsiders. In the second, sentient machines have replaced humans and destroy any machines that show initiative.

Info Notes

Australian ed. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Text Publishing Co., 2008. U.K. ed. London: Quercus, 2009. U.S. ed. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Holding Institutions

PSt, VUW

Author Note

The Aotearoa/ New Zealand author (b. 1968) is a secondary school teacher.

Full Text

2006 Beckett, Bernard (b. 1968). Genesis. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press. Australian ed. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Text Publishing Co., 2008. U.K. ed. London: Quercus, 2009. U.S. ed. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. PSt, VUW

Two dystopias. In the first, after an environmental collapse, an authoritarian dystopia is established to protect the remnant from outsiders. In the second, sentient machines have replaced humans and destroy any machines that show initiative. The Aotearoa/ New Zealand author is a secondary school teacher.