Futureland

author: Walter Mosley

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.73

book published: 2001

rating: 4

read at: 2014/05/29

date added: 2014/05/29

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'Futureland' by Walter Mosley is a collection of nine Science Fiction stories he wrote a number of years ago collected into an ebook format. There is a distinct cyberpunk feel to the stories, and they intertwine some of the characters.



We are introduced to a young boy named Ptolemy Bent whose father will go to great lengths to make sure his son gets the right education. We meet Fera Jones, a heavyweight fighter and her designer drug addicted father. Folio Jones is the "last private detective in New York" and has a computer for an eye.



This is the future, but it's a future where rights and privileges are nonexistent for the common people. Rich, megomaniacal people rule the poor, run the prisons and collect the few who are smart enough to benefit them. Racism is still very much rampant, even to the extent of biowars.



It's a bleak future, but the stories are interesting, the characters are memorable, and the message is loud and clear. This is great stuff from someone who isn't known for this type of writing.



I was given a review copy of this ebook by Open Road Integrated Media and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this book.





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