![]() ![]() Storms that flatten cities and strip flesh from bone are bundled under the rubrik “Weather”. ![]() The Australian penchant for ironic euphemism to brand unthinkable things as palatable is everywhere. In the tradition of the best dystopian fiction, Li’s world is one just like ours, with everything turned up just a little bit - modern Australia catching its reflection at an unflattering angle and finding it has aged ungracefully. The roads between settlements are infested with marauders, bandits and rapists. Post-colonial Australia has fallen and been replaced by patchwork governance and corporate militias.ĭisplaced people gather in temporary camps and sell their belongings, skills and bodies for the bare necessities of survival. Climate change has rendered much of the country uninhabitable. The setting, according to an author’s note, is “Australian, but not Australia”. ![]()
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