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Stooryduster
Stooryduster
@stooryduster@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Had a reason to recently re-visit But n Ben A-Go-Go by Mathew Fitt ISBN 0-946487-82-0. Written in Scots, it is about a not so far future Scotland drenched in UV radiation where the entire population live on offshore floating cities anchored 700 metres above a drowned Greenock.

Entirely in #Scots. Available from Luath press. It's a damn good #Scifi read. With words like Cyberjanny, Clypecam, Incendiecoup, Stoorsooker - you can puzzle them on my quiz here: https://stooryduster.co.uk/comp-quiz/gogoquiz.htm More in alt txt.

The year is 2090. Global flooding has left most of Scotland under water. The descendants of those who survived God’s Flood live in a community of floating island parishes, known collectively as Port, living in mortal fear of a supervirus called Senga.
Paolo Broon is a low ranking cyberjanny. When he receives an unexpected message from his radge criminal father to meet him at But n Ben A-Go-Go, Paolo's life is changed forever. He must traverse VINE, Port and the Drylands and deal with rebel American tourists and crabbit Dundonian microchips to discover the truth aabout his family's past in order to free his life partner Nadia, from the sair grip of the merciless Senga.
Set in a distinctly unbonnie future-Scotland, But n Ben A-Go-Go weaves a chilling tale of intrigue, full of dangerous and psychologically malkied characters. Mathew Fitt takes the aalegedly dead language of Scots and energises it with a narrative that crackles and fizzes with life.
The year is 2090. Global flooding has left most of Scotland under water. The descendants of those who survived God’s Flood live in a community of floating island parishes, known collectively as Port, living in mortal fear of a supervirus called Senga. Paolo Broon is a low ranking cyberjanny. When he receives an unexpected message from his radge criminal father to meet him at But n Ben A-Go-Go, Paolo's life is changed forever. He must traverse VINE, Port and the Drylands and deal with rebel American tourists and crabbit Dundonian microchips to discover the truth aabout his family's past in order to free his life partner Nadia, from the sair grip of the merciless Senga. Set in a distinctly unbonnie future-Scotland, But n Ben A-Go-Go weaves a chilling tale of intrigue, full of dangerous and psychologically malkied characters. Mathew Fitt takes the aalegedly dead language of Scots and energises it with a narrative that crackles and fizzes with life.
The year is 2090. Global flooding has left most of Scotland under water. The descendants of those who survived God’s Flood live in a community of floating island parishes, known collectively as Port, living in mortal fear of a supervirus called Senga. Paolo Broon is a low ranking cyberjanny. When he receives an unexpected message from his radge criminal father to meet him at But n Ben A-Go-Go, Paolo's life is changed forever. He must traverse VINE, Port and the Drylands and deal with rebel American tourists and crabbit Dundonian microchips to discover the truth aabout his family's past in order to free his life partner Nadia, from the sair grip of the merciless Senga. Set in a distinctly unbonnie future-Scotland, But n Ben A-Go-Go weaves a chilling tale of intrigue, full of dangerous and psychologically malkied characters. Mathew Fitt takes the aalegedly dead language of Scots and energises it with a narrative that crackles and fizzes with life.
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