Re: The Literature Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:56 am
Rex Kramer wrote:The City and The City is a pretty tremendous book. About 25% of the way through according to my kindle and the setting is probably one of the most original I've ever read. Essentially the story takes place in an eastern European city that is in exactly the same place as another city. Sections of these cities overlap but the residents of each city are not allowed to acknowledge the presence of the other. Anyone breaking this gets snagged by something called Breach. It's really quite fascinating. I'm reticent to recommend it yet without finishing it but I'd check it out if the premise interests you.
Sounds similar to a hypothesis I'd been considering (but never told anyone about...):
What if you could clone the UK; Everyone who wants to Brexit goes on the independent, no-deal island just to the West. Everyone who wants to remain stays where they are, and remains part of the EU.
I'd mainly thought of of it as an illustration of 'which would you prefer to live on?', but never considered it as the basis for fiction until now.