BK 59: (Jun 6, 2023) Waste Tide
With 352 reading pages it will be approximately 12 pages a day.
Check out the Bio, links and videos below:
"Award-winning author Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide is a thought-provoking vision of the future.
Translated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem to English-speaking readers.
Mimi is drowning in the world's trash.
She’s a waste worker on Silicon Isle, where electronics -- from cell phones and laptops to bots and bionic limbs ― are sent to be recycled. These amass in towering heaps, polluting every spare inch of land. On this island off the coast of China, the fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to a toxic end.
Mimi and thousands of migrant waste workers like her are lured to Silicon Isle with the promise of steady work and a better life. They're the lifeblood of the island’s economy,but are at the mercy of those in power.
A storm is brewing, between ruthless local gangs, warring for control. Ecoterrorists, set on toppling the status quo. American investors, hungry for profit. And a Chinese-American interpreter, searching for his roots.
As these forces collide, a war erupts -- between the rich and the poor; between tradition and modern ambition; between humanity’s past and its future.
Mimi, and others like her, must decide if they will remain pawns in this war or change the rules of the game altogether."
Article: NPR Stunning Photos of a Vaste E-Waste Dumping Ground - and Those Who Make a Living Off It.
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This is what we discussed at the meeting...
This is what we discussed at the meeting...
* How we liked the book.
* How it tied into Climate Change & Sustainability
* Style of Writer
* Details of Torture
* Character Development
* Whether it is really Sci-Fi
* Concern for future of some rare elements
* Idea of viruses in prosthetic limbs
* Idea of Companies lying and how they function today & in the future
* Trash issues in other countries
* Child Labor here & abroad
* Translation
** If there is anything I missed please let me know.
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