The Tomorrow City by Monica Hughes

In which an AI completely transforms a city's problems.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/feel-so-cold
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James Nicoll wrote:

The Tomorrow City by Monica Hughes

In which an AI completely transforms a city's problems.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/feel-so-cold

Excerpts follow:

C3 ensures there will be no protests. Almost everyone watches
television. Television is within C3’s control. It’s a simple
matter to brainwash the population into obedience.

Conspiracy Theory: Does C3 contain a hidden meaning? Perhaps C3 = C^3 =
CCC = Союз Советских Социалистических = Union of Soviet Socialists ?

It’s made clear that bosses are always men and secretaries are
always women.

Seems like something straight out of Francis Bacon AKA Shakespeare's
playbook. The truly brilliant Bacon writ English mythology large.

Danke,

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On 21 Apr 2024 12:05:32 -0000, jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
wrote:

The Tomorrow City by Monica Hughes

In which an AI completely transforms a city's problems.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/feel-so-cold

Looking up information about her, "Keeper of the Isis Light" is the
only work of hers whose title even sounds vaguely familiar to me;
presumably, unlike "The Tomorrow City", that is one of her better
works.

But as I never became acquainted with her oeuvre at all, I can hardly
say for sure.

John Savard

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