Getting Back edition by William Dietrich Literature Fiction eBooks
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Getting Back is a futuristic thriller, an eco-fable with a touch of 'Survivor,' Mad Max, and Avatar. The world's population has doubled. Wilderness exists only in old movies. Every region on Earth has been explored, organized, and tamed. But in this brave new age one secret organization promises the most forbidden pleasure of all a true outdoor adventure. The price is a year's salary. The destination is a continent that disease has put off-limits. And the catch is that on this expedition, you may never return...
In the belly of a shimmering 21st Century pyramid, Daniel Dyson occupies Cubicle 17 and fantasizes about love and escape. By day he pursues petty ways to subvert his overly programmed life. By night he flirts with a shadowy group that dares him to rebel and reclaim his autonomy. Then he stumbles onto Outback Adventure.
Outback doesn't advertise and keeps its Internet site heavily encyrpted. Yet Daniel, partly to seek deeper meaning in his life, partly to find a woman who doesn't want to be found, soon finds himself taking a perilous trek across the forbidden continent of Australia. There, Outback has promised he will find out what it means to be truly alive, to test his limits, and to understand real survival. What he and his two dozen fellow adventurers don't know is that all their high-tech gear and all their plans haven't prepared them for what lies ahead. Because this journey will not only plunge them into a stark desert and through a gauntlet of natural dangers, it will force them to face the most dangerous creatures on earth their fellow humans.
Getting Back is a novel of survival and a search for meaning where both have gone extinct - a thriller that asks us whether getting back is the object of the game, or the punishment for losing...
"Dazzlingly cinematic, GETTING BACK is the thinking man's "Road Warrior," a journey into a wasteland depopulated of civilization but not of ideas...speculative fiction at its best, a brainy amalgam of action, romance, and a probing of post-twentieth-century urban civilization that cuts disturbingly close to the bone." Steven Pressfield, author, 'Gates of Fire.'
"If you've never understood why some people care so much about wildness, then this gripping novel will provide a few of the answers." Bill McKibben, author, 'The End of Nature.'
"Dietrich has married the traditions of "1984" and "Deliverance" to produce a futuristic wilderness thriller that is not only utterly gripping but thought-provoking." Robert Clark, author, 'In The Deep Midwinter.'
"An engaging read with considerable depth." Christian Science Monitor.
Getting Back edition by William Dietrich Literature Fiction eBooks
I began reading Dietrich for his history/action/fiction novels featuring his Ethan Gage character. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of those so far and thought I'd try something else by him.'Getting Back' is a future earth that is run by one massive corporation. Every citizen has their own personal niche and doesn't wander outside of it. There's no war, disease, famine, etc., but there are always going to be people that try to jam a square peg in a round hole. These folks that chafe at the status quo are given the opportunity to escape regulated society and take a vacation to the wilds of Australia.
Australia had apparently been decimated by some type of accidental man-made bio engineering experiment that went way wrong, and wiped out all the people on that island continent. Now it was just used to send folks on an outback vacation away from ordered society, or so they were told. In reality, Australia had once again reverted to its original use by decent society; that of wide-open continent-sized penal colony dumping ground.
The people that wanted to get away from society got their wish...now they just have to survive! Great action read and commentary on the human condition. The grass ain't always greener on the other side.
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Getting Back edition by William Dietrich Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This story was fast paced and it's original premise kept me on my toes. This was totally different from other Dietrich book I have read. In one word refreshing.
Kept me turning the epages steadily! Interesting idea, good twists, and characters I could keep track of easily. Worth reading.
good read
This book was a page turner and the plot unfolded little by little. You really did not know the stories outcome until the very end. I would definitely recommend it!
Dietrich always has interesting plots and is a skilled writer.
I intend to read every book written by William Dietrich. His stories are so unusual and all his novels tell a completely different tale. This one is set in Australia, in the future. The characters believe they are on the "adventure of a lifetime", a trek across the outback. That by itself is an interesting premise, but what they find out on this trip is definitely not what they anticipated. This is a really unique
adventure story with a quirky ending - great stuff!
The book is an easy read, and a not very deep adventure for young adults and others that need to kill a few hours on a flight or similar. What I find most intersting is the somewhat alternative view of our future world where control of the masses is an inevitable necessity, but here done in a more subtle, but just a frightening way than the usual Orwellian visions seen in most movies and books. Some of the tendensies are clear already today, and it is interesting to see how well we seem to adapt. But what is the alternative? It's partially what this book is about.
I began reading Dietrich for his history/action/fiction novels featuring his Ethan Gage character. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of those so far and thought I'd try something else by him.
'Getting Back' is a future earth that is run by one massive corporation. Every citizen has their own personal niche and doesn't wander outside of it. There's no war, disease, famine, etc., but there are always going to be people that try to jam a square peg in a round hole. These folks that chafe at the status quo are given the opportunity to escape regulated society and take a vacation to the wilds of Australia.
Australia had apparently been decimated by some type of accidental man-made bio engineering experiment that went way wrong, and wiped out all the people on that island continent. Now it was just used to send folks on an outback vacation away from ordered society, or so they were told. In reality, Australia had once again reverted to its original use by decent society; that of wide-open continent-sized penal colony dumping ground.
The people that wanted to get away from society got their wish...now they just have to survive! Great action read and commentary on the human condition. The grass ain't always greener on the other side.
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