I just got this one off of Wild Shore Press, which also published the Burning Man novel "The Girl who tried to catch the man". I had no idea what to expect and really got sucked into it.
The novel bounces back and forth between the 19th century and the near future. In the main plot line this young Lesbian couple in an america completely taken over by neocons and religious wack jobs steal a boat to get away and head out for this floating republic of renegades endlessly sailing in a fleet through the Caribbean and Gulf. The past part of the story creates the history of the Fleet and how it gets to present day. I know enough of American history to find it fascinating. Whoever wrote it did their research about 19th century politics, etc etc, with enough accurate historic connections to make it all seem plausible .
The Modern day parts of the story are really well done and the whole thing feels....well...real, like you could go buy a boat and go do this stuff. Its one of those books about possibilities that you can't get out of your head, made doubly relevant by the fact that fringe people and artists and burners all figure into the story.
Anyway I really enjoyed it. Its a short novel, 219 pages, and is available cheap as a download from www.wildshorepress.com. Actually the hardcopy isn't bad at like 12 bucks or something, but I'm broke.
meadow
The novel bounces back and forth between the 19th century and the near future. In the main plot line this young Lesbian couple in an america completely taken over by neocons and religious wack jobs steal a boat to get away and head out for this floating republic of renegades endlessly sailing in a fleet through the Caribbean and Gulf. The past part of the story creates the history of the Fleet and how it gets to present day. I know enough of American history to find it fascinating. Whoever wrote it did their research about 19th century politics, etc etc, with enough accurate historic connections to make it all seem plausible .
The Modern day parts of the story are really well done and the whole thing feels....well...real, like you could go buy a boat and go do this stuff. Its one of those books about possibilities that you can't get out of your head, made doubly relevant by the fact that fringe people and artists and burners all figure into the story.
Anyway I really enjoyed it. Its a short novel, 219 pages, and is available cheap as a download from www.wildshorepress.com. Actually the hardcopy isn't bad at like 12 bucks or something, but I'm broke.
meadow
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Re: The Ganymeade Protocol
Mon, May 5, 2008 - 1:48 AMThanx meadow, that is one of the best concepts I've heard in years. It's been too long since some one wrote a good dystopia story, I'd began to wonder if the genre had died. -
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Re: The Ganymeade Protocol
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 4:47 AMI sorta know the guy who wrote. Not well, we just move in some of the same social circles and have some of the same acquaintances.
Sounds like something that is right up my genre preference... I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the review.
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Re: The Ganymeade Protocol
Fri, May 16, 2008 - 12:38 PMFrankly I hope he writes a sequel or two. I think the book is set up for one and it would make a GREAT series.
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