eNews From Gardenia
Robert Llewellyn's novel hits the Kindle Store.
10 August, 2012
As we reported last year, Robert Llewellyn has taken to the Internet - as is so often his way - to launch his latest novel under a new publishing venture, the crowd-funded Unbound project. And having smashed its fundraising target, News From Gardenia is now available as a fully-fledged book release - with hardcover copies from Unbound now available to buy at Amazon.
But if you're the sort who prefers to carry their entire library around on a slate-coloured plastic tablet, then you're in luck as well - because the Kindle edition of the book is now finally on sale. Clocking in at just £5.99 to download - a three quid saving on the hardback - it's the first of Robert's five novels so far to be published as an eBook. And the international nature of the Kindle Store means the book is also available for instant download in the US and various European Amazon sites.
If you like to have your books brought to you by Bobby's dulcet tones ringing in your ears, meanwhile, don't forget that the book is also available as an MP3 download at Audioboo. And if you've forgotten what it's all about, here's a handy synopsis in Robert's own words:
Dystopia has now become so pervasive it's almost engulfed the entire science fiction genre. I felt driven to search for an alternative to the tiresome predictions of everything getting much worse; I wanted to imagine a world where everything has got much better.
News From Gardenia is a science fiction novel; a man called Gavin Meckler who was born in 1979 arrives 200 years into the future where he discovers a world that is recognisable and yet utterly different. It's a place where it's possible to travel from one side of the world to the other in a matter of minutes without burning fuel, but it's also a place where everyone is a gardener because that's how they can be sure to eat.
It is at once extraordinary and mundane. It is not finished, it is, as in any period of history, a world which is constantly changing, but the changes are sustainable, gentle and by default put people first.
As Gavin learns about this new world and the society he eventually becomes a part of, he also begins to learn about himself.
A very real future, brought that bit closer by being available to experience in all manner of deeply modern technological ways. Cor, it's almost poetic.
Buy News From Gardenia from Amazon, Unbound or Audioboo.
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