Amped

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Daniel H. Wilson: Amped (2012, Simon & Schuster, Limited)

288 pages

English language

Published Oct. 14, 2012 by Simon & Schuster, Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-4711-0205-9
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Human beings will never stop finding reasons to ostracize, marginalise, discriminate against, oppress, and hate other human beings.

Whether you’re a black person, a female person, a Christian person, an atheist person, a Jewish person, or a Muslim person. Whether you’re a gay person, a bisexual person, or a transgender person. Whether you’re a non-smoking person or a smoking person... the list goes on.

At some point in history, each of the groups I’ve mentioned (and more) have been the subject of oppression and hatred. You may pick one group off that list and say, “Oh, but that’s different. That’s justified. THOSE people are dangerous and need to be stopped. Or segregated. Or something.”

Or maybe the group you love to hate isn’t on that list at all. But I’ll bet you have such a group, and you can fully justify your hatred towards them.

In a nutshell, that’s what …

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  • Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction
  • Fiction, thrillers, general
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