{"id":412,"date":"2012-03-22T02:04:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T02:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=412"},"modified":"2012-03-22T02:04:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T02:04:19","slug":"nick-wood-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Nick Wood – March 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported previously I've finished reading Lauren Beukes'<\/b> book Moxyland<\/i>, a feverish, high paced near future sf book set in - wait for it - Cape Town<\/span>. In some ways it reminds me of Cory Doctorow's<\/b> sharp and much lauded YA politico-techno thriller Little Brother<\/i>. Moxyland<\/i> is a gradually increasing inter-locking narrative told from the perspective of four main characters - old 'racial' identity markers of the past now swept aside by more fluid online personas and characters. Here, in a Cape Town just ten years hence, a new power differential - an alternative version of apartheid<\/i> perhaps - is emerging between State-corporations and the individual. Moxyland<\/i> tracks the tale of the main characters varied responses to this political predicament as they head towards a climactic clash…with resonant echoes of past struggles. The book itself also comes with a music CD and is thus a multi-media book of the future indeed. I have heard it is due to be released internationally this year and will keep you posted about this. For further website information you can visit: http:\/\/www.moxyland.com\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Just a further note to add on Lauren Beukes'<\/b> book Moxyland<\/i>, it's due for a UK\/Australia release on 26th June<\/b> and for release in the US on September 1st 2009<\/b>. The UK publishers are Angry Robot<\/a>. For more information about the UK release go to http:\/\/angryrobotbooks.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Another book I've read with the encouragement of my niece is a set-work book in some Cape Town schools, Skyline<\/i> by Patricia Schonstein Pinnock<\/b>. This is a more contemporary tale but tracks the varied stories of a number of immigrants and refugees into South Africa and puts the xenophobic attacks of last year within South Africa into a stark and shameful relief. <\/p>\n

Finally, I hope to report next month on books by Glynne MacLean<\/a><\/b> and Nisi Shawl<\/b>. In the meantime, I am also making some headway on my YA book and at least have a title now as the narrative takes shape, namely Lunar Voices, Ancestral Steps<\/i>. Now all I have to do is finish it properly and find a willing publisher! Until next month.<\/p>\n

Nick Wood - Mar 2009. <\/p>\n

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