The Hidden Mask
| Title | The Hidden Mask |
| Year for Search | 1995 |
| Authors | Elder, John(b. 1933) |
| Date Published | 1995 |
| Publisher | Octant Press |
| Place Published | Temuka, New Zealand |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author |
| Annotation | Complex future tale in which a wealthy woman leads the successful effort to reverse population growth and produce a livable world. A World-literacy council creating a single world-language, world-speak based on English, was instrumental in bringing people together, but local languages remain, so everyone is bilingual. This council ultimately gives way to a World-council elected by everyone on Earth, with all political organizations prohibited. Ends with extracts from the world encyclopedia of 5164 covering the years 2000-2100. |
| Holding Institutions | ATL, PSt, VUW |
| Author Note | Aotearoa/New Zealand author (b. 1933). |
| Full Text | 1995 Elder, John (b. 1933). The Hidden Mask. Temuka, New Zealand: Octant Press. ATL, PSt, VUW A complex future tale in which a wealthy woman leads a successful effort to reverse population growth and produce a livable world. A World-literacy council creating a single world-language, “world-speak”, based on English, was instrumental in bringing people together. Local languages remain, so everyone is bilingual. This council ultimately gives way to a World-council elected by everyone on Earth, with all political organizations prohibited. The novel ends with extracts from the world encyclopedia of 5164 covering the years 2000-2100. Aotearoa/New Zealand author. |
