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SEVEN OPTIMISTIC NOVELS ABOUT THE FUTURE
They are fiction stories which reveal lesser known trends in government and business, with creative solutions.
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS BROWNER
In 250 years from now, will minds immeasurably superior to ours regard Australia with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us? (From War of the Worlds).
Can Australia be united by a central, rational, scientific government, under Aboriginal Prime Minister Abajoe?
PRESUMED DEAD
In a city governed by a bipartisan duopoly, could self-interest of political parties corrupt politics and cause the disappearance of Jane Kenwood an iconic woman city councillor?
Can her boyfriend Phillip Keane, a forensic scientist, uncover political skulduggery?
SHORT OF LOVE
Tom and Vicki meet at university but their affair is delayed by their careers, which involve
unethical corporate trading between Canada and an African country. The story exposes corporate capitalism and the greed of Tom when he sells his girl to a friend. The story is a satire.
TIME IS GOLD
The story goes inside the bubble where an elite marathon runner trains for the Olympics following advice given by a physicist, psychologist, neuroscientist and a Zen Buddhist. Her think tank discuss philosophies of performance in timed events. Her boyfriend Jack depends on her success for his PhD thesis.
ANIMAL FARM 2
The story sequels George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm (1945). The pigs’ totalitarian control continues on Caruba, an island where the Social Republic installs missiles adjacent to the Democratic Union. The animals learn English and climate science in order to contest the closing of the coal mine, which is their only employment. Will the animals overthrow the pigs?
TURKEYS NOT BEES
Megan is an Australian pole vault champion in training for the 2032 Olympic Games. Her career is halted by nanny state overreach, banning her training methods. Conditions in competitions are to be levelled to bring success to outsiders, profits to investors and votes to politicians. Will Megan and her boyfriend Chance be able to successfully oppose, with a non-violent protest march, mandatory restrictions in a pandemic?
BRISBANE RIVER ANTI-MEMOIR
Coming shortly. A fresh look at the floods and new ways they could have been avoided, based on phenomenological analysis.
The novels are available on Amazon. Reviews are at martinknox.com
WHAT COULD A HUNG COUNCIL DO?
How unstable could local politics become when an elected council becomes hung?
If party politicians join independents on the cross-bench, would developments wanted by the public be more or less likely to be approved?
‘Presumed Dead’ is a novel by Martin Knox set in a fictional council chamber within the Westminster system. Corruption at the big end of town is suspected when Jane Kenwood, a feisty councillor, disappears.
Will my vote in the BCC election matter?
On 28 March 2020, Brisbane and 77 councils across Queensland had local government elections. Councils’ political processes under the Westminster System are described in a crime fiction novel ‘Presumed Dead’ by Martin Knox. Read this exciting story to find out how local government works — and fails.
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Could this book change how you vote for political parties?
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CITY HALL DEMOCRACY RENEWAL
When Brisbane voters elect a City Council on March 28th, Australia’s largest local government will be renewed for a 4 year term. What could go wrong?
Set in a fictional City Hall, Martin Knox has written a political crime thriller novel: ‘Presumed Dead’. There are page-turning politics in a hung council considering a megacasino. There is chilling corruption and imaginative scientific investigation. Will Dr Phillip Keane find missing independent councillor Jane Kenwood? What will happen in their relationship? Will she be able to change their political system?
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