Guava

TitleGuava
Year for Search2019
AuthorsKurian, Vera
Secondary TitleFutures A Science Fiction Series
Volume / Edition[No. 2]
Pagination25 pp.
Date Published2019
PublisherRadix Media
Place PublishedBrooklyn, NY
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Authoritarian dystopian set on a planet with one continent, presidents chosen through rigged elections, and one Supreme Leader. People are kept on short rations, bread has sand added, people are required to buy any food in surplus. Television must be left on a minimum of three hours a day and has a camera that can record activities. People simply disappear. AAs a population control mechanism, all women sixteen to thirty are drafted into the military and never seen again, which raises the level of harassment and violence directed at women. 

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Author Note

Female author

Full Text

2019 Kurian, Vera. Guava. Illus. Futures A Science Fiction Series [No. 2]. Brooklyn, NY: Radix Media. 25 pp. PSt US

Authoritarian dystopian set on a planet with one continent, presidents chosen through rigged elections, and one Supreme Leader. People are kept on short rations, bread has sand added, people are required to buy any food in surplus. Television must be left on a minimum of three hours a day and has a camera that can record activities. People simply disappear. AAs a population control mechanism, all women sixteen to thirty are drafted into the military and never seen again, which raises the level of harassment and violence directed at women. Female author.