Untouchable
| Title | Untouchable |
| Year for Search | 1997 |
| Authors | Brown, Eric(1960-2023) |
| Date Published | 1997 |
| Publisher | Orion Children’s Books and Dolphin Paperbacks |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author, Scottish author |
| Annotation | This short novel includes two dystopias. The first is a version of contemporary India from the perspective of a Dalit (Untouchable) girl. The second is a version of virtual reality where children kidnapped from the streets of Delhi. But within virtual reality there are also eutopian spaces where the girl is treated as an equal. See also 1997 Baxter, Gulliverzone and 1998 Lovegrove. Other, non-utopian volumes in the series include Stephen Bowkett, Dreamcastle (1997), Graham Joyce, Spiderbite (1997), Peter F. Hamilton, Lightstorm (1997), Ken Macleod, Cydonia (1998), Maggie Furey, Sorceress (1998), Stephen Baxter, Webcrash (1998), Maggie Furey, Spindrift (1998), Eric Brown, Walkabout (1999), and Pat Cadigan, Avatar (1999). |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Web 2027 (London: Millennium, 1999), 195-285. |
| Info Notes | Part of a series entitled The Web. |
| Holding Institutions | NLS |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1960) was born in England and lives in Scotland |
| Full Text | 1997 Brown, Eric (b. 1960). Untouchable [The Web at the head of the title]. London: Orion Children’s Books and Dolphin Paperbacks. Rpt. in Web 2027 (London: Millennium, 1999), 195-285. Part of a series entitled The Web. NLS This short novel includes two dystopias. The first is a version of contemporary India from the perspective of a Dalit (Untouchable) girl. The second is a version of virtual reality where children kidnapped from the streets of Delhi. But within virtual reality there are also eutopian spaces where the girl is treated as an equal. See also 1997 Baxter, Gulliverzone and 1998 Lovegrove. Other, non-utopian volumes in the series include Stephen Bowkett, Dreamcastle (1997), Graham Joyce, Spiderbite (1997), Peter F. Hamilton, Lightstorm (1997), Ken Macleod, Cydonia (1998), Maggie Furey, Sorceress (1998), Stephen Baxter, Webcrash (1998), Maggie Furey, Spindrift (1998), Eric Brown, Walkabout (1999), and Pat Cadigan, Avatar (1999). The author was born in England and lives in Scotland. |
