EUGENE, Ore., June 9, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- With the great advancement of technology affecting our lives today, people could only wonder what life would really be like a hundred years from now. An astonishing look at the future of mankind is coming to move your imagination as Xlibris proudly releases AD 2120: Life 100 Years From Now, the compelling new science fiction book from author David R. Earl.
In this novel, nanotechnology has come of age to the point that it is difficult for people to tell an android from a human. Women have come to the forefront in academics, professions, business, government, and politics. The strength and aggressiveness of men is no longer necessary because robots do most of the work. The government has put birth control medication in public water and requires women to secure a permit to have children. African-American women have been mating with the cream of the white male crop, which infuriates some black men who have formed a cabal to fight this acculturation of their race.
Readers will be introduced to attorney Sean O'Reilly and psychologist Carmen Estrada, who marry in the year 2120. Sean belongs to a hard-drinking Irish family while Carmen is a woman of African-American and Honduran ancestry. Their lives together revolve around the new order of their society and readers will find many entertaining and even intriguing details about their world.
The detailed setting and the central theme of the story brings to light the deteriorating moral codes and the advancement of technology that exist in our world today. Nanotechnology exists in reality but it is feared for it poses potential risks to mankind (such as the "grey goo" theory), at the same time some people believe that such technology can deliver great benefits (especially in telecommunications and healthcare). As such, this novel is easily one of the most relevant and entertaining books readers can find today. To order a copy of David R. Earl's AD 2120: Life 100 Years From Now, be sure to log online at Xlibris.com, Amazon.com or visit your local bookstore today.
About the Author
David R. Earl was born in 1930, four months after the start of the greatest depression of our time and was the son of a very poor farming family. He started earning money working for others at the age of 12. While in high school, at the age of 16, he was chosen to be a country cousin and asked to write for The Portland Oregonian and The Oregon Journal. Since then writing has been one of his interests. He is also an avid handball and snow skiing enthusiast. Over the years his articles have been published in state and national magazines. He was editor of a trade journal for 10 years and wrote a quarterly newsletter for the company he owned. His two previous books were well acclaimed, The Bankruptians and Confessions of a Bill Collector from Poverty Knob. Earl started his college career at Oregon State University. He finished it at the University of Oregon, majoring in business and minoring in journalism and advertising. He had a football scholarship at OSU and transferred to the U of O on a track scholarship. In the late 1940s, while a student in a creative writing class, he had several short stories published in sports pulp fiction magazines. David was in business for 47 years and sold his company and retired in 1998. He still maintains a downtown office and goes to it every day to write. In addition to fiction, he writes about business and politics. He and his wife, Ann, live in the South Hills of Eugene, Oregon.
AD 2120 -- by David R. Earl
Life 100 Years From Now
Publication Date: April 27, 2006
Trade Paperback; $21.99; 247 pages; 1-59926-499-4;
Cloth Hardback; $31.99; 247 pages; 1-59926-500-1
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