Category: Science Fiction Publisher: A.B.R. at Smashwords
ISBN-10: 098660531X
Type: Fiction
Pages: 10
Copyright: June 18, 2010
ISBN-13: 9780986605314
A speculative and satirical short story about the health care industries assuming dictatorial powers in a recognizable near future society. The trends are in play now; the future may not be as far away as you think.
This free ebook tells the story of one family's brush with a dictatorial health care regime.
Excerpt
Zack feels his transportation card vibrating in his pocket, and walks carefully through the crowded bus, as it pulls into his stop. He steps out of the bus and glances up the hill, unaware of vague feelings of dissent. His house is near the top of the hill, the bus goes right past it and there is a stop half a block from his front door, but government regulations decree that every citizen must walk a minimum of ten blocks every day. Like everyone else, his transportation card is programmed to notify him to get off the bus four blocks from home; failure to comply is transmitted automatically and results in the issuance of a substantial fine. He no longer owns a car; the fees for driving in Vancouver are prohibitively expensive.
A Subtle Armageddon follows in the tradition of C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien in defending traditional values in an increasingly secular culture. It deals with the plight of the last man on Earth, who ought to have had it easy. But he is not the la
