As I am almost sure I have writed earlier, Book 10, Eventide, combines economic themes with homages to Shakespeare. I am actually think the book might be constructed as a series of short stories that combine to make an arc, and there might ... *might* ... be some Chuck Dickens and Jane Austen thrown in for good measure.
The key plot device in Book 10 is the Anything Box, which I conceive as a kind of device that rearranges matter into objects based on a pre-defined template. Those who control the anything boxes control the planet's economy. And I have been thinking about the implications of this. (Also, how big is an Anything Box and what does it look like?)
As I have imagined this planet's society... 22,000,000 million inhabitants spread across an archipelago of 13,000 islands... I am orienting the story toward the control exercised by those who control the anything boxes. Some Ayn Rand themes - along the lines of "Anthem" -- are under consideration.
I can't help but think it topical. With the Government preparing to spend trillions of dollars on "stimulus" and states lining up with their arms wide open our government is trying to make itself into an anything box.
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