Jennifer Government

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• Future rather imperfect

  Jennifer Government by Max Barry Abacus £9.99, pp352 Welcome to Coolsville by Jason Mordaunt Jonathan Cape £10.99, pp384 The pace of modern advancements in biotechnology, information dissemination and corporate global hegemony has almost put the dyst ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Jennifer Government By Max Barry

  A grand ol' space operaScottish writer Ken MacLeod is one of the hottest new science fiction writers around, and his latest space opera, Engine City (Tor, $24.95, 304 pages, ISBN 076530502X), is sure to expand his readership. Engine City can be enjoy ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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  A satirical look at consumerism run amok. But the phrase "run amok" doesn't describe the world Barry creates nearly well enough. Imagine a world where not countries go to war against each other, but corporations. Where there aren't military goals, but marketing goals. The government will only invest ... (continue)

  A satirical look at consumerism run amok. But the phrase "run amok" doesn't describe the world Barry creates nearly well enough. Imagine a world where not countries go to war against each other, but corporations. Where there aren't military goals, but marketing goals. The government will only investigate a crime if funded by the victims, ambulances require an Amex card to come to your aid and workers take on the name of their company as their surnames. It's all rather far fetched... or is it? Perhaps the satire works so well because it's all so plausible. An often hysterical and thought provoking read.

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  Disappointing

  Intriguing premise, which unfortunately was paired with mediocre writing and storytelling.

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  Psilotum said on May 28, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Much better than "Company"

  Much more inventive, much more satirical than his more recent book, "Company".

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• English Books
• Paperback 336 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 1400030927
• ISBN-13: 9781400030927
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Jan 06, 2004
• Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages 한국 책

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