Two Thousand Thirty-Four 2034
Subtitle: Two Thousand Thirty-Four
Contributors: John W. Dumont (Translator)
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Inferno Publications
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 700
Subjects: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Science Fiction
First sentence: UTC 12.25.2034

Why are there REMNANTS  when a coat is made, and the floor, littered with tares of cloth, swept free? Does the maker of the coat regard the gentle sweep of the broom [if indeed any such thought occurs to a SURAH III  Associate who threads a day of needles, or the SURAH II whose compulsion of flesh and blood removes the detritus of accomplishment]KOD as anything more than a passing moment — a diversion from the reality of virtual consciousness. 
Inevitably, seconds grapple as a miser lusts for the touch of gold. 
I don’t know… I don’t think I ever knew the answer to that question. Not because anyone ever favored me with the courtesy of a reply, but maybe— maybe I just didn’t care to know. Maybe I thought that if there was an answer it wasn’t relevant, that it had no purpose in the grand scheme of things, that — like most things — it was immutable and just had to be accepted. Maybe I just never thought to ask. And maybe I never will…
Geld-straw, limber strands, bound in disgruntled, unruly wisps, snare a quiet rhythm. One becomes lost— transposed to another world, another place where the sands of time compass feet warmed by bone-white, perfectly-formed particles of silica… and the reflection of summer’s azure surfs in the dark-green spores of another’s eyes. 
Gently sweeps the taut measure, the tympanum’s purpose and urge — an oracle to the eye and ear conjoined as one. 
Sweep… sweep… sweep.
Description: Splendid for its consummate erudition and unrelenting affirmation for the ascendancy of the human intellect, Telesphore Thernardier’s epic commentary on a world gone astray cleverly melds dystopian humor and wry imagery to foment the arena of public perception. From the first tentative pages through a milieu of chapters bound together by an amalgam of ten eclectic narrators, the reader embarks upon a precipitous journey into a hazy past, and an almost uncertain future affirming the virtues of ONE WORLD ONE PEOPLE. 

The year is 2034 — W’s inept reign ancient history! The CROWN LEAGUE OF NATIONS rules the world. Israel, forsaken by Principality VI (the former United States) in the year 2009, has been obliterated. PERSONAL OLIGOPOLIC RATIOS are the standard upon which economic performance ensures Associate viability — or the time of TRANSCENDENCE. A rare find of nearly-pure platinum in Tierra del Fuego sparks a heated debate over Non-inventoried CROWN Resources and the benefits to Principality VII’s lopsided OLIGOPOLIC RATIOS. VIRTUAL WEB GENERATORS indulge every thought and imagination. Bizarre rituals at the MOTHER WORLD SPIRIT CHURCH —  syncretizing kabbalah, candomblé, necromancers, witches, Islam and the Brothers of Belial — sustain spirituality during a time of crisis. The LIFE AND LABOUR OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST END, a 19th century, virtual Victorian London Theme Park, faces imminent danger from a new strain of Yersinia pestis; while a rock-crazed Centurion flea recounts the glory of the bold campaign. A suave King of Dis compliments Dante by reciting contemporary Cantos from ‘La Cantilèna di Diavolo’. Doctor Thomas-Joseph Mengele’s franchised HMOC (Human Organ) clinics and Doctor Michel-Gilbert de Evremonde’s Le Centre des Etudes du Médecine Génétique et Molèculaire sustain global excellence in genetic research by recycling surplus fetuses and unproductive citoyennes destined for TRANSCENDENCE. Performing Stars pervert new ways to be revered by adoring fans. Books speaking of other books — and talking among themselves — are conveniently downloaded from Rental Imaging Sequence Scanners (RISSs), to be liberally imbibed during casual conversation.
And all the while… Jason-Wilhelm Prediger — 2034’s fleeting protagonist — struggles to fathom the meaning of the STRAIN OF CONSCIOUS REVELATION.