Overview
HellSans is set in a fictional UK, where HellSans is a ubiquitous typeface, enforced by the government in all communications and in all public spaces. It is the ultimate control device. The majority of the population experience bliss when they see the typeface, but there’s a minority who are allergic to it. The HellSans Allergic (HSAs) are persecuted, and live on the streets or in a ghetto on the outskirts of the capital city. Jane Ward, CEO of the company that manufactures the Inex (a cyborg doll-like creature that has replaced the smart phone as the essential aid and accessory) has everything: fame and fortune, until she falls ill with the allergy and becomes embroiled in the government’s internal power struggles. She loses her job and her wealth, ending up in the ghetto until she is rescued by Dr Icho Smith. Icho is a scientist who has developed a cure for the allergy, but she is on the run from the government and the Seraphs (the ghetto ‘terrorist’ group), who all have their own agenda for the cure. Jane and Icho work together, aiming to expose government corruption and bring the cure to the HSAs. HellSans is written in three parts. Parts one and two can be read in either order which provides a unique approach to the perspectives of the haves and have-nots in the run-up to the revolutionary conclusion. File Under: Science Fiction [ Dystopian Nightmare | Typography Matters | Artificial Friends | Nevertheless Resist ]
Full Product Details
Author: Ever Dundas
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Imprint: Angry Robot
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.369kg
ISBN: 9781915202215
ISBN 10: 1915202213
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 11 October 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR GOBLIN BY EVER DUNDAS In my opinion, the best debut fiction by a Scottish author since 2012. Profoundly affecting, intellectually challenging and beautifully written. An instant classic of modern mythology. - Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman Terrific... Goblin brims throughout with reckless joy. - Peter Ross, The Guardian Enthralling... a captivating debut... Dundas presents us with an iconic protagonist: a powerful imaginative force who looks beyond the facade of 20th Century Britain. - Alastair Mabbott, The Herald A standout debut...sophisticated. - Nick Barley, Herald, Books of the Year 2017 Confounds your expectations and enchants your sensibilities... an indelible and haunting novel. - Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae A love letter to the outcasts, rebels and underdogs... a dazzling narrative... Unflinching, raw and diamond bright. - Megan Kenny, Disclaimer Magazine Magic Realist stories often see their hero slipping off somewhere fantastical to escape the harshness of the real world. In a good story, you're often not sure whether these moments of magic are real or the imaginative embellishments of a vulnerable mind. In a great story, you're left feeling like it really doesn't matter. Goblin is a great story. - Ross McIndoe, The Skinny
the best debut fiction by a Scottish author since 2012 Terrific... Goblin brims throughout with reckless joy. Enthralling... a captivating debut.
Author Information
Ever Dundas gained a Creative Writing Masters with Distinction from Edinburgh Napier University in 2011, and she has a First Class Degree in Psychology and Sociology from Queen Margaret University. She has had several short stories and dark fairy tales published and her work has been shortlisted for awards. She is currently working on her second novel.
