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The Great Transition: A Novel | Nick Fuller Googins

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Told from the perspectives of a teenage girl and her parents, this is the future, but it‘s also the past. Her parents frequently tell her stories of what it was like before, how hard they had to fight, and how that progress is still so delicate due to the continuing capitalist greed of the fossil fuel industry and its climate criminals. Life looks radically different and is not easy, but together, humanity pulls through. When violence breaks⬇️

JenniferEgnor out and climate criminals are killed, the delicate family splits, and the clock is ticking for them to find each other again—but there will be a price. This book asks, when will we do something? What will it take for us to DO SOMETHING?! What kind of world do we want to live in? The one we are living in now is dying, at our hands. The time to act is now. An intense, moving read fitting for this moment. How will we respond? Choose wisely. 2w

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JenniferEgnor

The Great Transition: A Novel | Nick Fuller Googins

Progress is fragile. Revolution is a delicate bird. We think we have fixed everything, but the old world – the destroying classes – they will roll it back the instant they can. They are trying. Are you listening to me?

Nebklvr Sounds quite good 3w

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BarbaraBB

The Marriage Act | John Marrs

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This book helped me get through some tough days after the election, the horrible violence in Amsterdam and all the fake news surrounding that night.
I knew I could count on Marrs. This is another good speculative novel set in a near future Britain where people are encouraged to upgrade their relationship to a Smart Marriage, which is tempting because then you benefit from NHS and top education for your kids etc. ⬇️

BarbaraBB The marriages are monitored by AI robots which comment on your marriage - or worse. A bizarre plot, yet nothing seems unthinkable at the moment. 1mo

Suet624 You‘re right. Nothing seems unthinkable. Glad this book got you through. 1mo

Amiable 💙💙 1mo

sarahbarnes Well said. Glad you found something that worked for you. ♥️ (edited) 1mo

LeahBergen Happy Birthday, my friend!! I hope you have a wonderful day! 😘😘 1mo

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BarbaraBB

The Marriage Act | John Marrs

I am not sure if this is true but it sounds very plausible. And yet AI is taking over… so scary!

DogMomIrene AI equally thrills and chills me. So much potential for good, but given the state of the world, so much more opportunity for the self-interested to meddle, distort, and manipulate. 1mo

AmyG AI just makes me think of The Terminator. 😬 1mo

bookandbedandtea @DogMomIrene I agree with you, both that AI offers so much potential for good but also that there's too much potential for it to be misused. I personally think we're going to see a great deal of the latter and little of the former. 🫤 1mo

DogMomIrene @bookandbedandtea Agree! Too many humans are asking “What‘s in it for me?” instead of “What do we owe one another?”😢😢😢 1mo

BarbaraBB @DogMomIrene So sad but I think you‘re right. 1mo

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