The Year is 3090

by Tad Winslow

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The year is 3090.

What was once Australia and New Zealand is decimated, and a free range jail for the worst of humanity is what remains.

The days of prison are over. The condemned live free on the continent, encircled by the largest man-made enclosure ever constructed—visible even from well beyond the moon. The new Earth Law will cleanse these lands every fifty years for the sake of sterilizing those with “sick genes” as a rightous act of population control.

Earth is now a tropical desert steeped in pollution and ruled by the conjoined forces of China and the great United States of America.

The destruction of New York city laid the foundation for a world wide revolution. Millions died after the atomic bomb named,The Manhattan Target, detonated. Global commerce palpatated like an ill heart for decades only to emerge from the rubble with an alliance that flourished and gained control.

To many made a fool, Earth Law has yet to achieve peace—a resistence has risen from The Fall of Russia.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. The Year is 3090

    [ wall.doll ]'s Buddy Icon [ wall.doll ]

    Posted 3 months ago

    Amazing imagery, and a novel description of a post-war/bomb/revolution world.

  2. The Year is 3090

    PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)'s Buddy Icon PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)

    Posted 3 months ago

    Conjured images of an “Escape from New York”-like post-apocalyptic world. Well written.
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  3. The Year is 3090

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 3 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Dark and lots of well thought out detail with a gravely voice-over sort of feel to it. Didn’t quite follow the second-to-last sentence though.

  4. The Year is 3090

    Apostrophe 's Buddy Icon Apostrophe

    Posted 3 months ago

    looks like this is someones idea of the worlds end. I would hope we have a far brighter future than that.

  5. The Year is 3090

    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Good job. A very sad kind of future, but who knows what the future may hold. I just hope if that happens in our lifetime, that I am not one of the ‘sick’ genes.
    LoA

  6. The Year is 3090

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    dark indeed, aworld I wouldnt want to be alive it, you paint a vivid picture of a future.. sci fi style.

  7. The Year is 3090

    HolyTurtle GIGANTOR's Buddy Icon HolyTurtle GIGANTOR

    Posted 22 days ago

    yes, dark but a definite possibility all the same

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