Memoirs of the Future

Memoirs of the Future is a futuristic novel juxtaposing two very different cultures and countries: Terra and FWF. Both incorporate features which represent extrapolations of present-day social, political, technological and culturaltrends. They are perceived through the eyes of Dr. Philip Deeron, a scion of a wealthy family who, disenchanted with contemporary life, embarks on an experiment in suspended animation which lands him three-and-a-half centuries into the future. There he discovers that in Terra the present day Internet has evolved into a gigantic computer complex which is used by the Terrans for coordinating the activities of a society in which all forms of government have vanished, having been replaced by grass-roots forms of participatory democracy. By contrast, in FWF an outgrowth of Internet is used by those in power to monitor and control all working individuals through computer-integrated bank accounts, centralized employment records and other bureaucratic devices, coordinated by means of social security numbers assigned to each citizen from the moment of birth. Philip Deron soon finds himself in danger of becoming a pawn in the confrontation between the two opposing systems and countries. In his struggles to adapt and survive he is aided by several enticing women from both camps, and eventually has to decide where his allegiances truly lie.Prugovecki, Edward is the author of 'Memoirs of the Future' with ISBN 9780940121676 and ISBN 0940121670.