2018 A.D. (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Sam J. Lundwall
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—dystopia
- Time of Work: 2018
- Setting: Sweden and the sheikdom of Khuri
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Future, Twenty-first century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Capitalism, Middle East, Sweden or Swedish people, Advertising, Bedouins
- Locales: Sweden
The Plot
This novel, first published in Swedish, depicts a polluted future world dominated by crass commercialism. The main character struggles to make a living in the corrupt advertising profession. This world’s economy is unfortunately dependent on a bored oil sheik who plays games with the international financial market.
Sam Lundwall’s novel opens in Stockholm, Sweden, where the reader witnesses a wedding in a department store. The wedding is televised, accompanied by subliminal advertising. Only the salespeople have transmitters that shield them from the flood of...
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