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More of a re-release to be clear, an ultimo version of my anarcho-communist, sci-fi epic, Planet Rasputin, edited to suffocation point [yet still drifty in a hauntological way], with an upgrade on all the bits I thought were just ‘okay’ before.

Plot?

Earth in the shallows of the 22^nd Century where viable tokamaks have liberated all [well, most].

On the face of things, Slovenia is part of an alliance of predominantly anarcho-communist nations, but in truth it’s been co-opted by Potočnik, a crypto-tyrant with purple eyes. He dumps Sila, his friend Chu, his ex-friend Gašper, the physicist Nakagami, the militant Aleša and five other dissidents on a [prototype] ship and sends them off on a Mission of Progress; to develop a potential base on Mars.

The ship has strict rules: No out-going messages, no inter-crew communication longer than four hours each day, and no entertainment.

Can Sila & co. convince the ships AI to turn the ship round and ram bridge-first into Potočnik’s HQ?

Will Rasputin turn up at some point?

Random keywords?

Slovene/Ghanaian/Cantonese/Japanese

Sci-fi epic [near-future]

Absurdist [semi]

Surrealist [as outer space warrants]

Anarcho-communist [in parts]

Dystopian [in certain ways, to certain degrees]

Too short [at 180k words]

If you’ve not already checked out mentally, it’s over here on itch.io for $9, and free to read as a PDF right here.

Note: there is an older version available on Ingram Spark as a paperback, but I’m trying to get that taken down now as this Ultimo Version is far superior.

Here’s an old mood pic for no real reason: