Can I read The Mere Future on EtoBox?
The Mere Future by Sarah Schulman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Mere Future about?
For a nation that elected Barack Obama as president, here is the first novel of the new era: The Mere Future, by award-winning novelist, activist, and playwright Sarah Schulman, set in a utopian (or is it dystopic?) future vision of New York City. The city has morphed into what appears to be an idealized version of itself, the result of what the new mayor calls "The Big Change," in which rent is cheap, homelessness is a thing of the past, and the only job left is marketing. Advertising no longer appears in public but in the privacy of one's home; chain stores and homogenous culture disappear, and a rugged individualism triumphs. Despite the utopian surface, however, there is a disturbing malaise that infects the population; some openly question how the mayor is paying for such measures, which take place at the expense of anyone feeling anything close to art or emotion, culminating in murder and a resulting trial that transfixes the city. Will justice be served under the new Lifestyle-Appropriate Trial and Sentencing System?Sparkling with witty and provocative social commentary, The Mere Future is a startling vision of the world to come that blows literary conventions out of the wat
Who reads The Mere Future?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Sarah Schulman
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Ltd.
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781551522661
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.49 / 5 (121 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14