- Paperback: 372 pages
- Publisher: Austin & Macauley Publishers (10 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905609310
- ISBN-13: 978-1905609314
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,814,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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By 2032 the UK has seen many changes, some acceptable and some causing outrage. Themes that have been the source of contention for decades, often resulting in heart wrenching and life changing decisions, are all visited here. The government, who have 'perfected' strategies to control the population and reduce crime, are now faced with dealing with an anomaly of such catastrophic and unexpected consequence it puts the UK in a state of disbelief and panic. The circumstances have existed since time began, but are now unexpectedly reversed. Fecundity! is a book with a difference, taking an everyday occurrence and confusing rational thinking with a profound twist. It will make you look within and ponder but, it will also give you the opportunity to get even, get involved, vote for the rapist's outcome, join in discussion forums and help shape the sequel 'Anomalies'. Visit www.fecundity.uk.net
About the Author
Originally from Lincolnshire lass, Meg moved to West Yorkshire in 1988 with her daughter, Emma, and son, Sam. Prior to taking up writing Meg worked in property, charity and recruitment. Meg draws much of her inspiration from the heady heights of the Holme Valley, where she now lives. Her first publication, Tarot Teachers, was published in 2007, the same year that she wrote and directed her first play, Memories of To Sir With Love. Meg recently became enamoured with Amateur Dramatics, undertaking a two-year Performing Arts course to enhance her writing and acting skills. Her favourite roles to date have been Mrs Richardson, in Fawlty Towers and Irene, in The Lady of Letters. Her ambition is to play a cameo role in Fecundity! A trained Energy Therapist, Meg has a healthy interest in alternative therapies and spirituality. Besides drama, Meg enjoys property renovations, art, photography, cookery and her pets.
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This is a remarkably brave book, dealing with themes rarely broached in mainstream media. By showing us a future in which the government has the nation's DNA on file, children are monitored at all times by their parents and crime is almost non-existent, Meg Plummer has created a Britain that is neither utopian nor distopian - a very rare thing in any book dealing with 'tomorrow'. In fact, with the introduction of ID Cards and Biometric passports, Fecundity! manages to address a multitude of issues relevant to us today.
The characters, despite their unusual lifestyles (by today's standards) still come across as very human and are not the generic 2D models often presented in novels where the plot of the story is the driving force. In fact, the atypical relationships forged add a great deal of depth to the somewhat conceptual plot and the down to earth language of dialogue, coupled with the sparing use of colloquialisms, really make the loving but often strained relationships more believable.
It did take me a few pages to get into the story, the opening sequence being of a rather unsavoury nature, but after a few pages I was thoroughly involved and could really identify with the characters, making the rest of the book fly by.
By far the the most unusual and interesting thing about Fecundity! is the fact that the reader can vote as to the outcome. In today's 'Big brother' society(And I mean it in both the 1984 and the Channel 4 sense!), this could well be the future of the novel. The book, as a form of interactive media has a long way to go and Meg Plummer seems to be at the forefront, enabling readers to interact with her characters and their environment in order to change this fictitious future at fecundity.uk.net.
I would heartily recommend this book.
The characters, despite their unusual lifestyles (by today's standards) still come across as very human and are not the generic 2D models often presented in novels where the plot of the story is the driving force. In fact, the atypical relationships forged add a great deal of depth to the somewhat conceptual plot and the down to earth language of dialogue, coupled with the sparing use of colloquialisms, really make the loving but often strained relationships more believable.
It did take me a few pages to get into the story, the opening sequence being of a rather unsavoury nature, but after a few pages I was thoroughly involved and could really identify with the characters, making the rest of the book fly by.
By far the the most unusual and interesting thing about Fecundity! is the fact that the reader can vote as to the outcome. In today's 'Big brother' society(And I mean it in both the 1984 and the Channel 4 sense!), this could well be the future of the novel. The book, as a form of interactive media has a long way to go and Meg Plummer seems to be at the forefront, enabling readers to interact with her characters and their environment in order to change this fictitious future at fecundity.uk.net.
I would heartily recommend this book.
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