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Bezig met laden... Slag Like Medoor Barry B. Longyear
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Detective Matthew Sikes and his Newcomer partner George Francisco must track down a missing human journalist, named Micky Cass, who has gone undercover as a Newcomer to expose racism and discrimination against the Tenctonese. From the beginning, the journalist's articles about his experiences ignited fierce controversy. When Micky Cass disappears, the controversy explodes and violence wracks the city. It is now up to Sikes and Francisco to solve a case that has the entire city caught in a grip of hate. Finally, as the city burns, Matt Sikes must go undercover as a Newcomer and place himself at the center of the worst violence Los Angeles has ever known... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.5)
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From the context of today and the Biden administration's policy of an open southern border, the premise of "Slag" has become even more relevant.
How do people treat other people, especially different other people? What should government's response be? (Government involvement always worsens any problem or perceived problem, but that is my position and not necessarily author Longyear's. It's also an obvious fact, made more obvious daily.)
The story is set in a future Los Angeles, where every kind of person, every ethnicity, every orientation, already resides, so its premise is entirely plausible.
Not Barry Longyear's greatest book -- that might still be "Infinity Hold" -- but still of interest and, as I already said, worth reading.
Author Longyear makes clear he owes a debt to the book "Black Like Me," also worth reading. (