Outrageous Fortune

TitleOutrageous Fortune
Year for Search2007
AuthorsScott, Tim(b. 1962)
Date Published2007
PublisherBantam Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, UK author
Annotation

Humorous, somewhat surrealistic dystopia. Cities had fragmented into zones based on music; examples are Chillout, Classical, Compilation, Dance, Easy Listening where land was cheap because the area was unpopular, Heavy Metal, Jazz, Rap, and Skiffle, which was in decline. See also 2008 Scott which begins on the same note this novel ends, with sentient refrigerators.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 2008.

Holding Institutions

CU-Riv, Merril

Author Note

(b. 1962)

Full Text

2007 Scott, Tim (b. 1962). Outrageous Fortune. New York: Bantam Books. Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 2008. CU-Riv, Merril

Humorous, somewhat surrealistic dystopia. Cities had fragmented into zones based on music; examples are Chillout, Classical, Compilation, Dance, Easy Listening where land was cheap because the area was unpopular, Heavy Metal, Jazz, Rap, and Skiffle, which was in decline. See also 2008 Scott which begins on the same note this novel ends, with sentient refrigerators.