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Genesis
Published 31 January 2011
ISBN 9781921758034
Format Paperback
Extent 160pp
AU Price $19.95

Genesis

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16 May 2010
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31 Jan 2011
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In the year 2075 the island Republic has emerged from a ruined world. Its citizens are safe but not free. Anaximander, a young, talented Academy student, is put through a gruelling exam. Her special subject: the life of Adam Forde, her long-dead hero. And now she is forced to confront the horrifying truth about her totalitarian world.

What is it to be human? What is consciousness? What makes a soul?
2075. Change brought fear and fear brought destruction. The island-state of the Republic had risen up from the destroyed world: isolated, ordered and repressive. Its citizens are alive, but not free. What remains of the outside world is kept at bay. Planes are gunned down; refugees shot on sight. Until a man named Adam Forde rescues a girl from the sea.
Forde is long-dead when Anaximander faces the Examiners. Her aim: to join the philosopher's class at The Academy. Her topic: Forde's challenge to the Republic. Anaximander feels a connection to Forde, one that she can't explain, one that she doesn't yet know is dangerous.
 
Published 31 January 2011
ISBN 9781921758034
Format Paperback
Extent 160pp
AU Price $19.95

About the author

Bernard Beckett

Bernard Beckett is the author of eleven books, most of them for young adults. He has won numerous awards including the 2010 Prix Sorcières, the Esther Glen Award from the NZ Librarian's Association and the NZ Post Book Award for his novel Genesis. The Tunnel of Dreams is his first middle-grade novel. Bernard lives with his family in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Praise for Genesis

'extraordinarily original…perhaps the first novel for young adults written in the form of a Socratic dialogue…Beckett raises enough philosophical questions to keep an intelligent reader thinking for weeks.' Independent on Sunday

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'strikes a happy medium between novel-of-ideas and beguiling narrative…it's an intricate enquiry into the nature pf human consciousness and artificial intelligence.' Financial Times

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'…this philosophical thriller seethes with complex, unsettling ideas…and its shock ending stays with you long after you have turned the last page.' Weekend Australian

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'sophisticated sci-fi that explores thorny issues in philosophy and science. … Beckett presents a series of philosophical conundrums with lucid and penetrating intelligence, and weaves them into a bleak but compelling futuristic vision.' Age

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