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y separately published work icon Ten Futures selected work   short story   young adult   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Ten Futures
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Ten Futures Michael Pryor , North Sydney : Woolshed Press , 2012 Z1855233 2012 selected work short story young adult science fiction (taught in 2 units)

'Sam and Tara. Best friends in a future when artificial intelligence organises our lives, and micropets are the latest craze. Best friends when rationing means cold showers and no internet. Best friends when genetic matching makes asking a girl on a date a minefield of epic proportions.

'But will they still be best friends in a future when plague wipes out most of humanity? Or a future when the Inquisitor asks Sam to choose one betrayal over another?' (From the publisher's website.)

 		Power Politics and Texts for Young People Deakin University 2014 (Trimester 2)
y separately published work icon Ten Futures Michael Pryor , North Sydney : Woolshed Press , 2012 Z1855233 2012 selected work short story young adult science fiction (taught in 2 units)

'Sam and Tara. Best friends in a future when artificial intelligence organises our lives, and micropets are the latest craze. Best friends when rationing means cold showers and no internet. Best friends when genetic matching makes asking a girl on a date a minefield of epic proportions.

'But will they still be best friends in a future when plague wipes out most of humanity? Or a future when the Inquisitor asks Sam to choose one betrayal over another?' (From the publisher's website.)

 		Power Politics and Texts for Young People Deakin University 2016 (Semester 2)
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