{"product_id":"the-futures-coming-everywhere-john-fraser-9781910301579","title":"The Future's Coming Everywhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Fraser's latest work of fiction, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Future's Coming Everywhere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e comprises two thematically linked stories. In the first, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCandice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, echoing\u003cbr\u003e both Voltaire's Candide - a disillusioned idealist and world traveller - \u003cbr\u003e and Zadig, the last wise, just king of Babylon - Candice sets out to find \u003cbr\u003e power and wisdom. Her reason is dwarfed by a huge powerless electronic \u003cbr\u003e brain, functioning without purpose or control. She is compelled by office \u003cbr\u003e politics to flee, through the natural park she herself created. Managing to \u003cbr\u003e evade pursuit, regaining her autonomy and mobility, she finds the people \u003cbr\u003e she meets along the reservation's edge have neither power nor wisdom, \u003cbr\u003e but they do illuminate. Eventually she finds solace and refuge in a bar, \u003cbr\u003e The Truce. \u003cbr\u003e In the second tale, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Friends\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Danièle, after adventures in the catering \u003cbr\u003e trade and estrangement from her friends and lovers, realises that it is in \u003cbr\u003e Law that wisdom and justice must reside. Wisdom is everywhere, law is \u003cbr\u003e precarious, but in the end she finds the latest king of Babylon, in his vast, \u003cbr\u003e near-deserted residence. She waits for people to arrive, to benefit from \u003cbr\u003e this enlightened rule, but will she wait alone...?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Fraser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910301574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910301579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aesop Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"John Fraser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48486272041215,"sku":"9781910301579","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_896bfd07-8979-4c04-b386-41f719196415.jpg?v=1778054655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-futures-coming-everywhere-john-fraser-9781910301579","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}